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BLACK SCREEN

INT. MANSION ± NIGÀT

The lights are dimmed in a very large, expensive living

r m. Big, ld b ks fill a vast b kshelf. A y
ng GIRL
ab
t the age f 5 r 6 stands in the entrance way t the
living r m. Àer face cann t be seen.

Àer FATÀER, in his 50¶s, stands next t her, h lding her

hand. Àe wears an expensive b
siness s
it.

FATÀER
Stay right there, Sierra.

SIERRA
Okay, Daddy.

The father lets g f her hand, walks acr ss the r m, and

st ps in fr nt f a d r that pens
p t the living r m.
The d r stands pen ab
t an inch.

The father l ks sad, nerv
s, and scared t death at the

same time. Àis face says that s mething is definitely
wr ng.

Sierra stands m ti nless. Àer br wn hair is braded,

creating p ny tails n her right and left sides. Even
th
gh her v ice is s ft and inn cent it has an eerie t ne
t it.

The father p
shes pen the d r, and he glances inside. At

first he is bvi
sly dist
rbed by what he sees, b
t a l k
f relief sl wly c mes acr ss his face.

SIERRA
Is M mmy in there?

FATÀER
I need t y
t pay cl se attenti n t what
I say. We j
st walked in the h
se, right?
We j
st entered the h
se?

SIERRA
Yes, Daddy.
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FATÀER
And y
saw M mmy right bef re we left,
c rrect?

SIERRA
Yes.

The father cl ses the d r.

FATÀER
I need y
t be a big girl n w, and tell
the p lice what happened t night. Alright?
Can I c
nt n y
t d that f r me?

SIERRA
Y
can always c
nt n me, Daddy.

FATÀER
Okay, I¶ll be right back. Daddy has t make
a ph ne call.

The father walks
t f the r m. Sierra walks t wards the

d r that her father l ked inside. She walks in a sl w,
s
spense b
ilding manner.

She st ps in fr nt f the d r, and stares at it f r a

m ment. She grabs the handle and p
shes the d r pen.

On the fl r, ab
t 10 feet fr m the d r, are the bl dy

b dies f Sierra¶s MOTÀER and OLDER SISTER. Àer sister is
dead, and has m
ltiple stab w
nds all ver her b dy.

The m ther has a large kitchen KNIFE in her hand, and her
thr at is slit. Bl d is everywhere.

The m ther l ks like she is als dead, b
t she spasms n

the fl r, and her eyes pen as she gets her ne last
m ment f life. When her eyes pen, she sees Sierra
standing in the d rway.

The m ther sees Sierra¶s face. Àer face is h rrifying. She

l ks like a little dem n as she stands there staring
em ti nless at her dead sister and s n t be dead m ther.
Àer m ther dies with a terrified l k n her face.
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EXT. TÀE BEACÀ ± NIGÀT

SUPER: ³TÀREE DAYS LATER. 3:00 am´

BRANDON and BRITNEY sit n BEACÀ CÀAIRS ab
t 20 feet fr m

the water.

They are a c
ple in their early 20¶s, having a r mantic

night n the beach.

The beach is pitch black d
e t a new m n and the absence

f artificial light.

There is h wever a f
ll sky f stars. They p sted a PIRATE

FLAG between the chairs, and they are b th drinking r
m.
They are n w sharing ne retractable beach chair.

BRANDON
Wh ¶s t say that, right n w, we aren¶t
pirates?

BRITNEY
Mmm. We are pirates.
(kissing his neck)
And a b ttle f r
m.

They cheer with their b ttles.

BRANDON
I l ve it here. Let¶s stay f rever.

BRITNEY
F rever, and ever?

Britney l ks
p at the sky.

BRITNEY
I l ve h w the stars l k
t here. They¶re
s bright. I wanna see an alien.

Brand n cl ses his eyes as if g ing t sleep.

BRANDON
Y
¶re an alien.

Britney playf
lly hits Brand n.

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BRITNEY
Y
are s mean t me.

They b th la
gh.

BRITNEY
I¶m n t letting y
fall asleep.

Britney rest her head n his chest.

BRANDON
Did y
have a f
n t day?

BRITNEY
I had s m
ch f
n t day. I l ved kicking
y
r b
tt at p
t-p
t.

BRANDON
I let y
win.

BRITNEY
Yeah right, I¶ll take y
n any day any
time, baby.

BRANDON
I can¶t believe the party didn¶t get b
sted.

BRITNEY
(lifts her head)
Oh I kn w. That¶s the first ne t make past
11 in a l ng time. I bet they¶re all
w ndering where the hell we went.

She rests her head back d wn n his chest.

BRITNEY
My head h
rts.

BRANDON
Y
light-weight.

Brand n gently pets her head. Britney lifts her head
p,
and l ks ar
nd with a l k f c nf
si n n her face. She
l ks t ward the cean. The TIDE has st pped.
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BRITNEY
Brand n. Brand n l k.
(beat)
The waves have st pped.

Brand n rel
ctantly lifts his head
p t l k then stares

in disbelief when he realizes that she is telling the
tr
th. Brand n stands t get a cl ser l k.

BRANDON
N way.

BRITNEY
Brand n, what is that?

They see a SILÀOUETTE f a pers n standing sideways ab
t

waist high in the water. Britney stands
p, and Brand n
backs
p t her side.

Britney l ks t wards land t see j
st h w far away fr m

everything they really are. When she l ks back a c
ple f
sec nds later, the silh
ette faces them in knee high
water.

It sprints at them with
nnat
ral speed. Britney and

Brand n r
n away fr m the water in pp site directi ns.

Britney r
ns left, and Brand n r
ns right.

The silh
ette grabs Brand n, and drags him by his ankles
acr ss the sand t wards the cean. It s
bmerges itself
still grabbing Brand n by the ankle.

Brand n fights his way
t f the water with all his might
as he grabs the WET SAND. Britney st ps r
nning, and l ks
t wards the cean.

BRITNEY
(screaming)
BRANDON! ÀELP! SOMEONE ÀELP US!

Àe is p
lled all the way int the water. Brand n breaks

free, and crawls
t f the water WÀEEZING heavily.

S
ddenly a ÀAND grabs his leg and q
ickly p
lls him back

nder.
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Britney lets
t a BLOODCURDLING SCREAM. She t
rns and r
ns
away fr m the beach with all f her might.

Britney r
ns thr
gh a field as fast as she can, and she
sp ts a h
se at the t p f a small hill.

She st ps f r a m ment, and l ks back. She sees the

Silh
ette appear at the ther side f this field, staring
at her. S
ddenly it b lts t ward her.

At first she is s frightened that she can¶t m ve. She

tries t r
n b
t her feet have s
nken int the gr
nd
p t
her ankles.

She falls ver, frees her feet, and r
ns
p t the d r f

the h
se. She bangs n the d r as hard as she can.

The silh
ette q
ickly r
ns
p fr m behind her. It reaches

Britney the instant s me ne pens the d r.

INT. BEACÀ ÀOUSE - DAY

BLOOD drips fr m the w den stairs that lead t the d r.

Britney, an OLD MAN, and an OLD LADY lay dead n the
kitchen fl r.

EXT. TÀE BEACÀ ± DAY

The s
n rises. The waves crash calmly against the sh re.
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INT. APARTMENT ± MORNING

ZACK MARVEL wakes
p and r lls
t f bed. Àe grabs a

b ttle f water ff f his dresser. Àe tips the b ttle
p
int his m
th as he pens the d r t his r m, and steps

t int the living r m.

Àe finishes his b ttle f water, and grabs a new ne fr m

the refrigerat r.

At the far end f the living r m there is a glass d r

that pens
p t the balc ny.

Behind the glass d r is a MAN wh se face can¶t make
t

beca
se f his jacket and hat. The man stands there with a
h
ge bl dy kitchen knife.
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The man q
ickly pens the balc ny d r. Zack thr ws his
b ttle and b lts f r the d r t his apartment that is
right behind him.

Àe r
ns
t the d r, and swiftly r
ns d wn the three

flights f stairs as if they were n t there. The man with
the knife is fast n his tail.

Zack r
ns acr ss the apartment parking l t in his t-shirt

and b xers.

The man with the knife r
ns s fast that Zack cann t st p
r sl w d wn even f r a sec nd.

There is a gr cery st re very cl se t the apartments that

the y
ng man r
ns
p t , and g es inside.

INT. GROCERY STORE ± DAY

Every ne in the st re l ks at him, as he r
ns like a mad

man in his bare feet and b xers. Àe r
ns t the middle f a
large f d isle.

Àe keeps l king back and f rth, side t side t make s
re

that the man is n t g ing t r
n
p n him.

Zack l ks t ne side, and when he l ks back t the

ther, the man with the knife charges him at f
ll speed.

The knifeman pl
nges his knife int Zack¶s st mach. Zack

falls t the gr
nd. Àe starts shaking his head back and
f rth; bl d spews
t f his m
th. Bl d gets fl
ng nt
the racks f f d.

INT. BEDROOM - DAY

Then the Zack wakes
p f r real. Àe wakes
p
t f breath.

EXT. SUBURBAN NEIGÀBORÀOOD ± DAY

The s
n rises acr ss a neighb rh d filled with tw st ry

h
ses.

INT. ÀOUSE ± MORNING

Zack and KRISTEN MARVEL are 22 year ld twins, and are best
friends.
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Zack is thin with shaggy hair, and he has facial st
bble
fr m n t shaving in a few days. Kristen is bl nd and very
c
te.

Zack lies in bed r
bbing his st mach.

ZACK
(t himself)
I¶m awake. I¶m awake.

Zack p
lls his blanket back
p ver his head. Kristen gives
tw q
ick kn cks n the d r then walks int Zack¶s r m.

KRISTEN
WAKE UP!

Kristen hits Zack repeatedly with a pill w.

KRISTEN
WAKE UP! Wake
p y
b
m.

ZACK
Alright, j
st give me a c
ple min
tes, h
h?

KRISTEN
C me n, we¶ve g t a l t a shit t d t day.
Y
need t get started.

ZACK
And by we, y
mean I¶ve g t a l t f shit
t d t day.

KRISTEN
Yes, beca
se I¶m g nna let y
d all the
hard st
ff, and I¶ll s
pervise.

Zack p
lls the c vers back ver his head.

ZACK
Typical.

KRISTEN
Zack, y
are getting
p?

Kristen grabs ne f his legs that pr tr
ding fr m the

sheets, and begins t p
ll him ff the bed.
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ZACK
OK, OK, I¶m
p. Kris I¶m naked
nder here.
KRISTEN
(l
d la
ghing)
Why are y
naked?
ZACK
S metimes I sleep naked.

KRISTEN
Why d y
sleep naked, y
big freak?

ZACK
C
z y
keep it 100 degrees in here. And
what, y
never sleep naked? Y
kn w what,
I d n¶t wanna kn w. Get
tta my r m I¶m
naked. Oh my head h
rts.

Kristen sits n the c rner f the bed.

KRISTEN
I kn w, mine t . I haven¶t been this h
ng-
ver since spring break. Remember that? And,
I didn¶t even drink that m
ch last night.

ZACK
Y
d n¶t think y
drank that m
ch last
night? What ab
t th se five jager-b mbs we
t k? What ab
t the Patr n we drank? What
ab
t the beer we b nged?

KRISTEN
Q
it talking ab
t alc h l bef re I p
ke.
N w my st mach h
rts, t .

Kristen stands.

KRISTEN
Besides, I didn¶t b ng any beers last night.

Zack r lls ver nt his st mach.

KRISTEN
ZACK! Wake
p, I¶m making breakfast.

ZACK
I¶M UP!
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Kristen walks
t f Zack¶s r m.

KRISTEN
OK. OK.

Kristen c ntin
es t g thr
gh the h
se waking pe ple
p.

BEER CANS and bl
e plastic c
ps are all ver the place.
There are still a few PEOPLE sleeping n the fl r
thr
gh
t the h
se.

One past-
t g
est has his b
tt crack sh wing. Kristen

thr ws a blanket ver his l wer half.

INT. KITCÀEN ± DAY

Kristen enters the kitchen.

KRISTEN
Am I the nly pers n in this h
se wh
d esn¶t sleep bare-assed?

CORY, 21, a cl se friend f Zack and Kristen¶s. Àe is a

little taller than Zack. Àis hair l ks s mething like an

n-spiked m -hawk, similar t that f a E
r pean S ccer
player. Àe lives f r the m ment.

CORY
Yep, pretty m
ch. Y
¶re missin¶
t, babe.

C ry p
lls
t a b x f cereal. Àe pens the b x, smells

it, shakes it, and listens t it. Kristen washed her hands
in the sink.

CORY
We need t g sh pping. And when I say we I
mean y
.

Kristen sits at the table.

KRISTEN
Of c
rse y
d .

CORY
And we need a new sh wer c
rtain.
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KRISTEN
What!? What happened?

C ry sits d wn at the table with cereal, a b wl, and s me

milk.

CORY
OK, s I was SO dr
nk last night-

KRISTEN
À w did I kn w that¶s h w this was g ing t
start?

CORY
N , n . It wasn¶t even like that. Well, it
was kind f like that, I g
ess. S , there¶s
this really h t chick in my hist ry class
that sh wed
p here last night at like 11.
Leslie. I never really talked t her bef re,
b
t she walks
p, pr bably dr
nk. Like, hey
I kn w y
, y
¶re s h t.

KRISTEN
She did n t say that.

CORY
What? À w dare y
? She s said that. I t ld
y
she was dr
nk.

KRISTEN
C ry.

CORY
She wanted t take sh ts. I said nly if
they¶re b dy sh ts. S , I¶m taking b dy
sh ts ff her.

C ry smiles and shakes his head.

CORY
N . We were b ngin¶ beer. I¶m SO f lded, b
t
I¶m trying t play if ff like« like I¶m
n t. I mean, she drank like an Irishman f r
shit¶s sake; I had t stay n her level.

KRISTEN
À w¶d that w rk
t f r y
?
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CORY
Y
kn w that s
per dr
nk g
y that y
see
at every party.

KRISTEN
Where y
that-

CORY
-Yeah, I was that g
y.

KRISTEN
Yeah. I hate t break it t y
, b
t y
¶re
always that g
y. B
t, y
p
ll it ff better
than m st pe ple.

CORY
(ch
ckles)
N t last night I didn¶t. S . What happened
was.

FLASÀBACK: INT. ÀOUSE ± NIGÀT OF TÀE PARTY

Leslie walks
p the stairs, and l ks t her left. She sees

C ry and Zack p
tting s mething in their m
ths, and
washing it d wn with beer.

Leslie t
rns right, and enters the bathr m. The batht
b is

filled halfway with red h ch. Bl
e plastic c
ps are
stacked n the edge f the t
b. Leslie l ks int the t
b.

CORY
D n¶t w rry, it¶s clean.

C ry la
ghs like s me ne wh is c mpletely smashed. Àe

st
mbles t ward the t
b. Zack walks by the bathr m.

ZACK (OS)
Yeah, C ry t k a sh wer with a l t f s ap
right bef re he filled it
p.

C ry t
rns and leans n the d r.

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CORY
(sl
rring his speech)
Sh
t
p, y
s ns f bitches.

C ry grabs a t
be f t thpaste ff the c
nter and thr ws

it at Zack.

ZACK (OS)
Àey, shit.

C ry la
ghs, and t
rns t ward Leslie.

CORY
I hit him in his head.

C ry grabs a c
p.

CORY
Leslie. I will pr ve y
that this h ch is
p
re as fine wine.

LESLIE
I d n¶t kn w if y
need t be drinking any
m re.

C ry leans ver the t
b t dip his c
p in ar
nd the back
edge.

CORY
Well, I d kn w I need t be drinking any
m re.

C ry¶s feet slip
t fr m
nder him while he is leaned

ver. In ne swift m ti n he thr ws his c
p, grabs the
sh wer c
rtain and p
lls it d wn with him as the left side
f his b dy lands in the h ch.

BACK TO SCENE:

Kristen stares at C ry with a c ncerned, yet n t s
rprised,

l k n her face.

C ry t
rns his b dy t reveal that the left side f his

cl thes are stained red.
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KRISTEN
I kn w wh y
¶re talking ab
t th
gh, and
she is c
te. She was act
ally talking ab
t
y
last night.

CORY
(perks
p)
Really?

KRISTEN
N .

C ry¶s face dr ps.

CORY
Y
are s
ch a ridic
l
s hater.

Kristen stands
p.

KRISTEN
And y
¶re t m
ch f r me.

CORY
I¶m s glad I d n¶t have t w rk t day.

C ry slams his head d wn n the table.

CORY
My head h
rts like a bitch.

INT. ZACK¶S ROOM

Zack gets
p
t f bed. Àe picks
p cl thes fr m his

fl r, p
ts them n. Àis r m is a c mplete mess.

Àe walks t his dresser, and rests his arms n t p f it.

Àe l ks at himself in the mirr r in fr nt f the dresser.

Zack l ks deeply int his wn face as if trying t

nderstand wh he is. Àe pens the t p drawer j
st a
little, then slams it cl sed.

ZACK
N t t day.

Zack l ks like he is ab
t t thr w
p. Àe pens the

drawer, and p
lls
t a pict
re f an attractive girl ab
t
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the age f 20. Àe l ks deep int the pict
re.

Zack p
ts the pict
re back in the drawer, and takes
t a

c ntainer f pills. Àe takes the cap ff, and p
ts tw
pills in his m
th. Àe swall ws them dry.

INT. KITCÀEN - DAY

ALEX and AMY walk int the kitchen. Alex p
lls
t a CÀAIR
and sits d wn; Amy sits n his lap.

KRISTEN
G d m rning y
tw . L ks like s me ne hit
it ff last night.
(t Amy)
Aren¶t y
glad that I dragged y
t my
party?

AMY
Yes. When are y
c king
s breakfast?

KRISTEN
Right n w.

Kristen stands
p, and starts p
lling
t pans.

KRISTEN
What d y
feel like?

AMY
UMM, pancakes.

ALEX
S wh all lives here?

AMY
J
st Kristen and Zack. They¶re twins.

ALEX
Twins?

KRISTEN
C ry might as well live here.

C ry smiles and n ds.

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CORY
Is it bright in here t any ne else?

KRISTEN
It is; c
rtains are n my list. On Zack¶s
list.

AMY
D n¶t let Zack pick
t the c
rtains.

KRISTEN
G d p int. Ok, back n my list.

AMY
Where is y
r br ther? I didn¶t really see
m
ch f him last night. Did that ne girl
c me ver?

KRISTEN
N , he¶s sleeping naked, by himself.

CORY
Zack w
ld be sleeping naked by himself.

Kristen hands
t plates and silverware t the pe ple at

the table. She places a large platter f pancakes n the
table.

Kristen sits d wn t eat. The fr nt d r slams sh
t.

KRISTEN
(sarcastically)
Damn. G d-bye, thanks f r c ming.

The d r slams again. Every ne st ps what they are d ing,

and l ks t wards the living r m.

AMY
Wh is sla-

The d r slams a third time.

KRISTEN
QUIT SLAMMING TÀE DOOR!

The d r slams again. Kristen gets
p, and p wer-walks ver

t the living r m.
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Right when she gets there, she sees the f t f s me ne
walking
t the fr nt d r, and slamming it behind them.

Every pers n that was sleeping n the living r m fl r is

n w g ne. Kristen walks back int the kitchen.

KRISTEN
W w.

ABBY walks int the kitchen, and stands a few feet inside
the d rway. Abby is c
rrently Kristen¶s best friend.

She is a very pretty, petite girl wh is lder than she

l ks. Right n w she l ks ghastly.

She¶s pale, with her make
p sm
dged and r
nning. She l ks

really pissed ff, and her eyes are red and irritated.

KRISTEN
Abby. Baby, are y
k? Y
have a r
gh
night?

CORY
That¶s what every girl l ks like after a
night with me.

Every ne la
ghs at C ry¶s c mment except f r Abby.

KRISTEN
Ahh. C me here. Sit.
(pats her lap)
Tell Kristen all ab
t it. We have s me
pancakes left ver t .

Abby t
rns her head, and sl wly p
lls a kitchen knife
t

f a knife rack that is n the c
nter. N w her limp arm
h lds the knife at her side as Abby stands there staring
Kristen d wn.

KRISTEN
Did y
r ex call again? Babe?

CORY
Àey Blade, what are y
d ing with the
knife?
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ALEX
C ry, is this als what happens after y

sleep with s me ne?

CORY
Yes. This happens every time.

Abby takes sl w half-steps t wards them. Kristen l ks

c nf
sed and a little creeped
t. Amy and Alex l k
freaked
t.

Kristen starts t stand.

KRISTEN
Let me get y
s me breakfast.

ABBY
SIT DOWN!

AMY
Àey, y
¶re freakin¶
s
t. P
t the knife
d wn.

INT. BATÀROOM - DAY

Zack l ks at himself in his bathr m mirr r. Àe lights
p

a cigarette, and takes several deep inhales. Àe flicks the
ashes. Àe p
lls
p his l ng sleeve f his left arm t
reveal several small r
nd b
rn marks al ng his arm.

Zack h lds the cigarette
p t his left arm. Àe breathes

heavy as he l ks at himself in the mirr r. Àe d esn¶t b
rn
his arm again, b
t instead takes l ng drag fr m the cig and
thr ws it int the t ilet.

KITCÀEN

Abby walks
p t Kristen, and p
ts the knife, blade d wn,

n Kristen¶s knee. Abby stares at Kristen f r a m ment, and
then starts t c
t the t p layer f skin n Kristen¶s leg.

BATÀROOM

Zack is still l king in the mirr r. Kristen screams fr m

d wnstairs.

Zack r
ns
t f the bathr m.

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INT. KITCÀEN ± DAY

Kristen p
shes Abby away.

KRISTEN
WÀAT TÀE ÀELL ARE YOU DOING?

Abby makes a dash f r C ry wh is n w standing behind the

table. Abby crawls n t p f the table t get t him. C ry
d
cks
nderneath the table, and kicks it ver.

This sends the table crashing d wn, and p
ts Abby in the
c rner f the r m. Zack and MATT r
n int the kitchen.

Matt is Abby¶s b yfriend. Àe is hands me and preppy.

Zack r
ns
p t Kristen t aid in her bleeding leg. Kristen

is n w h lding her leg ver the sink. Zack grabs s me paper
t wels and h lds them
p t her leg.

There is an abn rmally large am
nt f bl d p
ring
t f

Kristen¶s leg c nsidering the size f the c
t.

ZACK
What¶d y
d ?

KRISTEN
ABBY CUT ME!

MATT
D
de.

Matt r
ns t the table t help Abby.

MATT
(alm st la
ghing)
What happ-

Matt st ps when Abby stands
p. She l ks evil as she

stands there h lding the knife that has bl d shining n
it.

Abby¶s eyes l k painf
lly red. She is making a terrible

n ise when she breaths.
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MATT
Abigail. Are y
OK?

ABBY
N , I¶m n t f
cking k.

ABBY
Y
think I d n¶t see y
l king at her? I
kn w y
want her m re than me.

MATT
Baby, what are y
talking ab
t? And what¶s
g ing n with y
r eyes?

ABBY
(yelling)
Y
want Kristen m re than me. Y
have the
nerve t try t h k
p with my best friend.

JAY, a rand m kid that n ne else kn ws, walks int the

kitchen. Àe is tall and awkwardly skinny.

MATT
I swear t y
, I never tried r wanted t
get with Kristen.

Alex and Amy stand in the c rner, trying t stay
t f

what is g ing n.

Matt t
rns t l k at Kristen, and when he d es, Abby r
ns

ar
nd the table and tries t stab Matt, b
t Zack grabs her
fr m behind and Matt takes the knife
t f her hand.

Abby kicks and screams as if she was being assa
lted, and

she w n¶t st p.

ZACK
What is wr ng with her? Abby st p. ABBY,
calm d wn.

CORY
D
de, she l ks like she has rabies r
s mething. I think we need t tie her
p.
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KRISTEN
We need t call a d ct r. She¶s never acted
like this bef re. This isn¶t Abby. This is
s me ne else.

CORY
Call an ex rcist.

MATT
(t C ry)
Is this f
nny t y
?

ZACK
Àelp me sit her d wn. I can¶t h ld her m
ch
l nger. CORY, get y
r ass ver here.

JAY
Àere¶s s me d
ct tape.

Jay grabs s me d
ct tape
t f his messenger bag, and

h lds it
t t Alex.

ALEX
I¶m n t tying her
p.

CORY
D
de, here.

C ry takes the tape fr m Jay.

MATT
N ne¶s tying
p my girlfriend. Let me j
st
talk t her.
(t Abby)
Baby. I need y
t calm d wn. I was with
y
all night. I swear±

Matt st ps talking as Abby st ps thrashing ar
nd. She

v l
ntarily sits in the chair. She l ks at Matt with a
c ld, dark stare.

She sl wly reaches
p and grabs a handf
l f her hair. Then

she sl wly p
lls n it
ntil it rips
t.

Every ne stares in apprehensi n, and disg
st.

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Every ne stands silently f r a m ment as they think ab
t
what they j
st witnessed. Abby sits h lding her hair.

Bl d r
ns d wn the side f her head, drenching her shirt.

Then she extends her arm t ffer the cl
mp f hair t
Matt.

MATT
Tie her
p.

ZACK
What the f
ck is g ing n?

Amy r
ns ver t Kristen and they h
g each ther beca
se
they are scared. C ry and Matt pr ceed t tie Abby t the
chair with Jay¶s d
ct tape.

Abby¶s hands are tied t gether behind her back, with her
back tied t the chair. Àer feet are tied t the legs.

Once tied
p, she starts t str
ggle and scream again. Àer
screams sl wly get l
der and l
der t the p int that
every ne in the r m has t c ver their ears.

Jay rips ff ne strip f d
ct tape, and tapes her m
th

cl sed. Abby never st ps trying t scream.

Even with her m
th cl sed she is able t p
t
t a high

pitched shrill that every ne can still hear.

MATT
(t Jay)
Y
always keep d
ct tape with y
?

JAY
Never kn w when y
¶ll need s me.

AMY
That¶s creepy.

MATT
(t C ry)
I¶m s rry, b
t wh the hell are y
?

JAY
I¶m a friend f-
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ZACK
-Can s me ne please tell me what the hell
g ing n? I wake
p, hear a scream,
Kristen¶s c
t, pe ple ripping hair
t.

ALEX
N ne f
s kn w. She j
st started freaking

t, saying that Matt tried t get with
Kristen. Then she stabbed her in the leg.

Zack and C ry l k at Matt

ZACK
(t Matt)
Y
tried t get with my sister, and n w she
g t stabbed by y
r girlfriend.

MATT
D
de, I¶m as c nf
sed as y
are. I never
tried t get with Kristen last night. Ask
her.

Zack takes a step t wards Matt with his fists clinched.

ZACK
Like h w y
never tried t kiss her n New
Year¶s, right?

KRISTEN
Zack, will y
please get me a bandage fr m

nder my sink?

ZACK
(calmly speaks)
Yeah.

Zack stares at Matt f r a m ment as he walks away.

KRISTEN
There sh
ld be s me per xide
nder there,
t .

AMY
(st
dying Abby)
Àey g
ys, I think her eyes are bleeding.

INT. KRISTEN¶S ROOM

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Zack r
ns int Kristen¶s r m, and l ks
nder her sink f r

s me bandages. Àe d esn¶t find them, s he pens her
medicine cabinet behind the mirr r.

The cabinet has a l t f creams and rand m bjects in it.

The big band-aids are n the b tt m shelf.

Àe hears a scream, different than Abby¶s. Zack r
ns back t

the kitchen and sees every ne standing by the fr nt d r.

Abby c ntin
es t shake and try t scream, b
t n ne pays

any attenti n t her.

ZACK
What is it?

KRISTEN
C me here and l k.

EXT. FRONT YARD - MORNING

Zack steps
p t the d r, and sees that bl d c vers

everything as far as the eye can see, as if bl d rained
d wn fr m the sky. They all stare in sh ck and
bewilderment.

The m rning s
n shines ff a dr p f bl d that hangs fr m

a tree leaf. The neighb r¶s wind chime is m
ffled by the
drying c at f bl d n it.

CORY
What« happened?

KRISTEN
This can¶t be real.

ZACK
Y
¶re seeing this t ?

JAY
It¶s all bl d.

Zack walks
t the d r. Every ne f ll ws. As they walk
t

in the grass, bl d p ls
p ar
nd their sh es.
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By n w m st f the neighb rh d c mes
tside t l k at
it. Everything has very bright and vibrant, nightmarish
c l rs t it.

ZACK
Why is it s bright
t here?
(t the neighb rs)
ÀEY! What is this?

The neighb rs m ti n f r Zack t be q
iet.

ZACK
What are they d ing?

The d
ct tape ver Abby¶s m
th has c me ff, and she
starts her s
per l
d screaming again. A POLICE CAR c mes
h
rrying t wards them, and st ps in fr nt f their h
se.

Tw COPS get
t f the car. They are b th in their late

20¶s. B th f their eyes are very red, like Abby¶s.

COP ONE
D y
reside at this h
se?

ZACK
Yeah.

COP
Is everything k in there?

ZACK
N t really n . What¶s g ing n
t-

COP ONE
-A j gger rep rted l
d screaming c ming
fr m inside y
r h
se.

Abby is still screaming.

COP TWO
(sarcastically)
Pr bably that screaming.

ZACK
Yeah, I¶m act
ally glad y
¶re here-
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COP ONE
-y
need help killing her?

ZACK
(beat)
What?
COP ONE
Y
«need«help«killing her? Offing her.
Taking her
t?

ZACK
What? What is all this?

COP ONE
My m m
sed t tell me when it rained, it
was act
ally g d crying. S y
tell me.

KRISTEN
(t C p One)
What¶s wr ng with y
r eyes?

COP ONE
What¶s wr ng with YOUR eyes?

ZACK
Can y
tell
s what the hell is g ing n
beca
se we¶re all pretty damn c nf
sed right
n w?

COP ONE
Well, we w
ldn¶t want that.

C p One l ks Amy
p and d wn.

COP ONE
W
ld we?

The c ps twitch. C p One walks back t his car, and p ps

pen the tr
nk. Àe grabs a gas can
t f his tr
nk and
walks int the h
se.

INT. ÀOUSE - DAY

Àe travels d wn the main hallway p
ring liq
id
t nt

the fl r.
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AMY
(t C p Tw )
What is he d ing?

COP TWO
Q
esti ning the s
spect.

MATT
What s
spect?

Zack r
ns int the h
se.

ZACK
Àey st p ass-h le.

C p One hits Zack in the face with his g
n, and kn cks him
d wn. Àe stairs at Zack and smiles.

Bl d leaks
t f the C p One¶s eyes. Àe wipes his eyes

and smears bl d acr ss his face.

C p One dr ps a match n the fl r, and lights the wh le

h
se n fire. Zack gets
p and r
ns f r the d r, b
t the
c p grabs his legs, and p
lls him nt a r m with a l t f
fire, and thr ws him in.

COP ONE
(wiping his eyes)
Warm en
gh in there?

C p One walks
t the fr nt d r, smiling. C p Tw starts

la
ghing. As he la
ghs, the s
nd f his la
gh g es in and

t, as if his la
ghter is being m
ted, then
n-m
ted. C p
One walks
t the fr nt d r.

COP ONE
That
ght t take care f that whiney
bitch.

C ry and Alex r
n
p t C p One. As they appr ach him, the

c p p
lls
t a GLOCK and sh ts Alex in his left sh
lder.

This st ps them b th in their tracks. Alex falls t the

gr
nd, screaming in pain.

Zack breaks
t f the fr nt wind w, and escapes his r m.

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C p Tw takes
t a knife, and slashes the tires f every
car that is in fr nt f the h
se.

KRISTEN
(yelling t the neighb rs)
ÀELP US! PLEASE ÀELP!

All f the neighb rs SÀÀ Kristen. C p One, still p inting

his g
n at every ne, grabs Kristen, p
lling her t wards the
b
rning h
se.

Zack r
ns
p t C p One and Kristen.

The c p walks in fr nt f Alex and sh ts him in the face.

Zack st ps and takes tw steps back.

Fire is blazing
t f the fr nt d r. The c p walks right

int the wall f fire, and Kristen is sl wly getting p
lled
in.

ZACK
(t C p Tw )
DO SOMETÀING!
(l ks at Kristen, then at C p Tw )
Give me y
r g
n. NOW! NOW!

C p Tw stands m ti nless, l king at Zack. Zack g es t

grab C p Tw ¶s g
n. Matt r
ns
p t help him.

As they b th fight t get the C p Tw ¶s g
n, Zack is able

t grab h ld f the g
n¶s handle, and he falls ver as he
yanks the g
n
t f the c p¶s hands.

The g
n g es ff as it is yanked away, sh ting C p Tw in

the st mach. Matt catches the C p Tw as he falls, and he
s ftly lays the him n the gr
nd.

Zack q
ickly gets back n his feet, and r
ns
p t Kristen

wh is j
st ab
t t be p
lled int the fire.

The C p One is already c mpletely eng
lfed in the fire, and

Kristen is ab
t t get her arm p
lled in. Zack sh ts
three sh ts int the fire where C p One w
ld be.

This makes C p One g limp, and C ry is able t p
ll

Kristen away fr m the infern .
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Kristen falls t the gr
nd crying and trying t pry the
dead, b
rnt c p¶s hand ff f her wrist.

KRISTEN
Get it ff me. Get him ff me.

Amy sits n the gr
nd crying, and Zack h lds Kristen. Matt
stares d wn at dead C p Tw . C ry is the nly ne wh
d esn¶t seem t be in sh ck.

Jay stands by the c p car, bserving all that has taken

place. The neighb rh d gr ws abs l
tely silent.

M re pe ple start t c me
t f their h
ses t l k at

them. They l k dem n p ssessed, and they are all smiling
creepy evil smiles. Kristen and Zack stand next t each
ther.

ZACK
Maybe y
were right ab
t this
neighb rh d.

Kristen l ks at Zack, and Zack l ks at Kristen.

AGAINST BLACK, TITLE CARD:

³RECIPROCITY´

OPENING CREDITS MONTAGE

A)R
nning thr
gh the neighb rh d.

B)Flashes f Jay grabbing the p lice weap ns and p
tting

them int his messenger bag.

C)Flashes f the neighb rh d as they r
n thr
gh it.

D)Kids making ³sn w angels´ in the bl d.

E)Flashes f men in b
siness s
its.

F)They c ntin
e t r
n as the pe ple in the neighb rh d g

ab
t their n rmal activities in the midst f the bl d and
cha s.

INT. CORPORATE OFFICE BUILDING ± DAY

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Well dressed pe ple in b
siness attire sc
rry ab
t in a
pr fessi nal manner inside the large c rp rate b
ilding f
a f rt
ne 500 c mpany.

Everything ab
t the b
ilding screams ³m ney;´ even the

secretary l ks like a milli n b
cks.

The b
siness has five main EXECUTIVES.

ADAM YORK is ne f these men. Y rk is the hands me ne f

the gr
p. Àe is in his early 40¶s. Àe is c
rrently g ing
thr
gh the m ti ns f his day-t -day w rk.

YORK
( n the ph ne)
Tell Abrams that I d n¶t give tw craps
ab
t what he thinks. Wh d es he think he
is, D nald Tr
mp? Àell, he nly wns ne
c nd . I didn¶t. N I literally did n t.
What is the first r
le f neg tiati n? T
ask. S I did the right thing. That is h w
n rmal pe ple d b
siness. What? Did y

j
st say Irregardless? Irregardless is n t a
w rd. N it¶s regardless. Y
kn w what? I
am hanging
p n y
. Why? Beca
se managers
have three res
rces: time, m ney, and
pe ple. And, as a manager my time is
inelastic and irreplaceable.

Y rk hangs
p the ph ne.

YORK
Damn it, he¶s a d
mb ass h le.

WESLEY JONES steps int the r m. Àe drinks c ffee
t f a

large paper c
p, and h lds papers in his ther hand.

JONES
Àey Y rk, g
ess wh was the highest m ney-
making dead pers n f last year.

YORK
2Pac.
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JONES
I said dead pers n.

YORK
Elvis.

JONES
A WELLL. N pe, Kirk C bain. 50 mil.

YORK
That l
cky, dead bastard.

JONES
Please. Ch
mp change.

J nes l ks at the paper in his hand.

JONES
G
ess h w many billi naires there are in
China?

YORK
What is that, the w rld¶s m st rand m facts?

JONES
15 billi naires in China. Ohh, what j b has
a w rkplace with the m st germs?

YORK
P rn star?

JONES
A WELLL. G d g
ess. Teacher. N
mber tw ,
acc
ntant.

RANDAL KINNERSLY walks by them. Àe is the c mpany

acc
ntant, and he l ks the part.

YORK
I c
ld have t ld y
that. Y
hear that
Kinnersly? Why d n¶t y
keep y
r germs
t
f my ffice?

Randal is h lding papers and c
p f c ffee.

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RANDAL
Why d n¶t y
keep all y
r paperw rk
t f
my ffice? Oh wait, beca
se y
can¶t even
d basic math.

YORK
Beca
se y
¶re an acc
ntant. It¶s y
r j b
t cr
nch the n
mbers, man.

JONES
Yeah, we make the m ney; y
add it
p.

The g rge
s SECRETARY walks
p t Y rk.

SECRETARY
Allan. Mr. Marvel is here t see y
.

YORK
Thank y
, send him in.

MR. MARVEL, Zack and Kristen¶s Father, r
nds the c rner,

and enters the main r m. Àe is a wearing a b
siness s
it.

MARVEL
Allan, Wesley, Randal. This place has really
changed since I was here last. Y
g
ys are
l king sharp.

YORK
As are y
.

JONES
Y
want s me c ffee?

MARVEL
N , I¶m trying t q
it. It gives me bad
headaches. I tried drinking Decaf, b
t it
d esn¶t taste as g d.

JONES
N . Pl
s what¶s the p int? I d n¶t drink
anything b
t water
nless it gets me dr
nk
r hyper.

J nes and Y rk la
gh f r ab
t 10 sec nds.

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YORK
S , what can we d f r y
?

MARVEL
What happened Wednesday?

JONES
I kn w. It¶s awf
l.

MARVEL
N . I mean what happened?

YORK
What d y
mean?

MARVEL
Y
kn w what I mean.

YORK
What happened was
nrelated.

MARVEL
B
llshit.

JONES
There is n reas n t believe that it had
anything t d with it. S metimes pe ple
kill pe ple. Y
kn w the big man¶s family
had deep iss
es.

MARVEL
S y
¶re telling me that y
all are g ing
t sit here like it was a rand m event that-

YORK
-We said that we w
ld never talk ab
t it
again. We agreed.

MARVEL
Yes we did. B
t
r agreement is g ing t
bec me n
ll and v id if this c mes back t
bite
s all in the ass. This is g ing t
bring
p all s rts f q
esti ns and
attenti n that we can¶t have. Where¶s the
big man?
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JONES
Àe¶s getting ready f r the f
neral.

Randal l ks sick t his st mach. Àis shaking hands make

his c ffee spill
t. Àe d es n t n tice.

YORK
Will y
relax? Everything is fine. N thing
is wr ng. If it g es wr ng, y
will be the
first t kn w.

MARVEL
(t Randal)
Y
¶re spilling c ffee n y
r pants.

Randal walks t the bathr m. Marvel t
rns and walks away.

SEAN ÀARMON t
rns the c rner and enters the main ffice.
Àe sips n a h
ge CUP OF COFFEE. Y rk f
ri
sly waves his
hands t get Àarm n¶s attenti n.

ÀARMON
What is
p?

YORK
Marvel was j
st here.

ÀARMON
Marvel? What did he want?

JONES
Àe was c ncerned.

ÀARMON
Well w pdee frickin da.

JONES
I¶ll get every ne.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - LATER

N w all five f the b
siness exec
tives are in an ffice,

and they are sitting ar
nd a large table.

MARKUS ALLAN, a b rn leader, is standing in fr nt f

every ne.
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MARKUS
We have n way f kn wing if we have a
pr blem. S , I say that we g n like
n rmal, d n¶t b ther the big g
y with it,
and j
st chill
t.

RANDAL
Y
g
ys said that this was g ing t w rk
itself
t.

YORK
Listen. N thing is wr ng. This d esn¶t mean
anything. S , relax.

MARKUS
(walking
t f the r m)
We are in c ntr l f what happens; never
f rget that.

EXT. NEIGÀBORÀOOD ± DAY

Zack, Kristen, C ry, Matt, Jay, and Amy appr ach C ry¶s
apartment. It¶s nly ab
t a mile fr m Zack and Kristen¶s
neighb rh d.

All f them are n the verge f a mental breakd wn. Kristen

and Amy cry and h ld each ther as they walk.

INT. CORY¶S APARTMENT ± DAY

They all sit d wn in the living r m. They are all

c mpletely silent f r a m ment.

CORY
(t Zack)
S «what d we d n w?

ZACK
I d n¶t kn w.

KRISTEN
We need t call the c ps, first f all.

MATT
Àey st
pid, we j
st killed tw c ps.

Zack j
mps
p, and p
nches Matt in the face.

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ZACK
D n¶t y
call her st
pid.

Matt stands
p, and sh ves Zack away.

MATT
What is y
r pr blem y
d
mb bastard. My
girlfriend j
st g t b
rnt alive. I¶m f
cking
s rry if I¶m a little sh rt with pe ple.

ZACK
D n¶t call her st
pid.

MATT
OK! I think we have bigger f
cking fish t
fry, ZACK!

Matt À lds his jaw.

MATT
F
ck.

JAY
What ab
t every ne¶s eyes? It¶s like
they¶ve all t
rned crazy« and evil. What is
that?

This brings the r m¶s attenti n t Jay.

CORY
I¶ll tell y
what¶s crazy; standing ar
nd
and staring like a ped phile at a playgr
nd
while all y
r friends are ab
t t killed
by dem n p ssessed c ps. That¶s pretty
f
cking crazy t me.

MATT
(t Jay)
Yeah, what is wr ng with y
?
(t Zack)
Àe j
st st d there as C ry and I were
fighting the c p. St d there with a st
pid,
blank l k n his face.

Every ne l ks at Jay. Tears are r
nning d wn Amy¶s face.

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KRISTEN
We need t st p blaming each ther and j
st
w rk t gether t fig
re
t what is g ing
n.

Zack walks
t f the living r m. C ry f ll ws him.

INT. CORY¶S ROOM ± DAY

Zack l ks
nder C ry¶s bed.

ZACK
Where is it?

CORY
What?

ZACK
Where the f
ck is it?

CORY
It¶s ver here, damn.

C ry pens a drawer in his c mp
ter desk. Àe p
lls
t a

sack f week.

ZACK
Y
d n¶t have any pills?

CORY
N pills. It¶s either this r cheep v dka.

LIVING ROOM

KRISTEN
They did l k evil, Jay. Like little dem n
pe ple.

AMY
And their eyes. What was wr ng with all f
their eyes?

KRISTEN
What d y
think, Amy? That the w rld has
g ne crazy?
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CORY¶S ROOM

Zack takes a l ng hit
t f a pipe. Àe passes the pipe t

C ry. Zack grabs his left arm, where all the cigarette b
rn
marks are.

Àe p
lls the l ng sleeve d wn t c ver all the b
rns. C ry

l ks at Zack, b
t says n thing.

LIVING ROOM

KRISTEN
That was a nightmare c me tr
e. I kept
waiting and waiting f r myself t wake
p.
B
t I still haven¶t. Zack¶s been having a
l t f bad dreams lately.

CORY¶S ROOM

CORY
Y
¶re still d ing that, h
h?

Zack grabs the pipe
t f C ry¶s hands.

ZACK
It¶s the nly thing that lets me kn w when
I¶m awake.

Zack takes a t ke.

ZACK
I haven¶t d ne it in a while act
ally.

LIVING ROOM

KRISTEN
Why d y
think we aren¶t like every ne
else?

JAY
Maybe we are.

They sit in silence.

CORY¶S ROOM
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CORY
S an anteater walks int a bar.

C ry takes the pipe
t f Zack¶s hands.

CORY
The bartender l ks at him, and says, ³Àey
my Uncle¶s been l king f r y
.´

Zack l ks at C ry with a blank l k n his face, as he

tries t get the j ke. C ry l ks back with a half smile.

Zack finally gets it, and cracks a smile that sl wly t
rns
int a la
gh.

CORY
I¶ve always been able t make y
la
gh.

Zack p
ts his arm ar
nd C ry. The m d is lightened.

CORY
I kn w what¶s g ing n. I saw it in a m vie
nce.

ZACK
A m vie, h
h?

CORY
It was called Ret
rn f the V lcan C rpses.

Zack manages t let
t an ther la
gh.

CORY
N , I¶m seri
s. I¶ll tell y
all ab
t it.

INT. LIVING ROOM ± DAY

Matt, Amy, Kristen, and Jay are sitting in fr nt f the TV.

Zack and C ry walk int the r m.

Every channel is n thing b
t bright vibrant, alm st

bea
tif
l c l rs.

JAY
(thinking
t l
d)
What if we¶re all dead?
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MATT
What?

JAY
Seri
sly. What if we all died last night,
and this is s me s rt f hell?

ZACK
We¶re n t in hell.

Zack t
rns the TV ff.

ZACK
We¶re leaving.

MATT
Where?

ZACK
T find Brand n.

KRISTEN
Yeah, he was at
r h
se last night. Did
y
try calling him?

ZACK
Yeah, b
t my ph ne¶s n t w rking.

AMY
Neither is mine.

Kristen takes
t her ph ne and p
shes talk. She p
ts the

ph ne n speaker. It rings twice. A l
d scream is heard n
the ther end f the ph ne. It s
nds like pe ple are being
killed. Kristen hangs
p.

ZACK
We need t find Brand n and see what he
kn ws beca
se I¶m s
re this is happening t
him t .

CORY
Let¶s g ; I kn w where he lives.

INT. OFFICE BUILDING ± DAY

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A y
ng, male INTERN steps
t f his c
bical, and
nerv
sly walks acr ss the ffice fl r. Àe appr aches
Mark
s wh is talking with J nes. Àe h lds s me paper.

JONES
They d n¶t want a ref
nd.

MARKUS
G d beca
se they¶re n t getting ne.

The Intern stands f
r feet away fr m Marc
s.

JONES
Àer c mpany didn¶t get a Jan
ary r Febr
ary
inv ice, and she wants t kn w exactly what
they we.

INTERN
Mr. Allen

Marc
s and J nes t
rn their heads t ward the intern.

MARCUS
Yes sir.

INTERN I was w ndering if y

w
ld sh w me h w t register this.

MARCUS
Ask a sales ass ciate ab
t things like
that. Keith r Jerry can sh w y
h w.

A l
d POP n ise ech es thr
gh the ffice. It came fr m

behind a sh
t d r. Every ne j
mps. A WOMAN cl se t the
d r dr ps all her papers, and trips.

Marc
s l ks at the cl sed d r, then t J nes, then at

Y rk wh is n the ther side f the large r m, sitting at
his desk. Y rk l ks
p at Marc
s.

The w man wh dr pped the papers, kn cks n the d r. She

grabs the d r handle.

MARCUS
DON¶T OPEN TÀAT!

Àer hand lets g f the d r handle.

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Marc
s, J nes, and Y rk walk ver t the d r. A little

g ld sign next t the d r reads ³Randal Kinnersly ±
Acc
nting.´

Marc
s cracks pen the d r. Àe pens the d r j
st en
gh

t fit inside, then sh
ts the d r behind him.

INT. RANDAL¶S OFFICE ± DAY

Randal sits behind his desk facing Marc
s. Randal sh t

himself in the head thr
gh his m
th. Àis head is sl ped
d wn l king at his lap. Àe still h lds the g
n.

The deep red bl d sprayed acr ss the white wall behind

him. It l ks like a painting. Alm st bea
tif
l.

Marc
s walks
p t Randal¶s b dy. In the palm f Randal¶s

right hand is a little envel pe. Marc
s takes it
t f his
hand.

INSERT: SMALL ENVELOPE

The fr nt: ³T : Randal Kinnersly´
Inside: ³I kn w ab
t Kyler´

INT. OFFICE BUILDING ± DAY

Marc
s walks
t Randal¶s ffice. Àe sh
ts the d r behind

him.

MARCUS
A shelf br ke. Everything¶s fine. Please,
get back t what y
were d ing.

Y rk and J nes l k at Marc
s.

MARCUS
We¶re in deep shit.

INT. VAN ± DAY

They all sq
eeze int C ry¶s 1984 T y ta Àiace Van. C ry

drives. As they leave the neighb rh d they n tice that the
bl d that was c ving everything is alm st c mpletely g ne.

Everything seems alm st n rmal as they drive fr m C ry¶s

h
se t Brand n¶s h
se.
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It¶s like the ther drivers d n t even n tice that they

are n the r ad.

ZACK
Well, I d n¶t kn w; it seems pretty n rmal

t here, h
h?

CORY
(trying t s
nd f
nny)
Yeah, a little t n rmal.

They p
ll
p at a st p light. The car next t them has

their wind ws d wn; all the passengers are l king f rward,
and they are n t m ving.

Amy l ks at the car next t them, and taps n her wind w

with her kn
ckle t try and get their attenti n.

ZACK
Everything is fine n w. L k.

Zack r lls d wn his wind w t try and talk t the drivers

sitting next t them at the st p light.

ZACK
(t the ther car)
Exc
se me. Are y
all k? Àell ?

Zack reaches ver, and h nks the h rn.

ZACK
Àey, are y
-

Zack st ps talking when every ne in the car t
rns their

heads and l ks at them. Their heads t
rn t wards them at
the same time. Their eyes are red and evil l king.

MATT
À ly shit.

AMY
D n¶t l k at them. D n¶t l k at them.

The light t
rns green, and b th cars start driving.

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ZACK
Why did they l k at
s like that?

JAY
Beca
se we¶re gh sts.

MATT
Jay, sh
t
p with the gh st thing.

The van p
lls
p t Brand n¶s h
se.

EXT. BRANDON¶S ÀOUSE - NOON

Brand n Bianchi lives with his parents. It is a fairly

large ranch style h
se. They all get
t f car and walk
t the fr nt d r.

CORY
(kn cking n the d r)
Mrs. Bianchi always makes me feel better.

MRS. BIANCÀI pens the d r. She is Brand n¶s very

attractive m ther. She is Italian, and has a large Italian
family.

Àer eyes are
n
s
al like the ther pe ple fr m the

neighb rh d. Àer eyes take them all by s
rprise.

MRS. BIANCÀI
( verly happy)
Àey Zack, Kristen.

ZACK
Àey Mrs. Bianchi, is Brand n here? We really
need t talk t him.

MRS. BIANCÀI
Oh n , he¶s n t, b
t I¶m expecting him any
min
te n w s please c me in and make
y
rselves at h me.

Zack l ks at Kristen.

ZACK
Um, we d n¶t want t intr
de. We¶ll j
st
wait
t here f r him.
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MRS. BIANCÀI
Oh n y
d n¶t. Get
t f the c ld n w.
NOW!

Mrs. Bianchi smiles.

MRS. BIANCÀI
(gently)
C me in
t f the c ld. Àe¶ll be here s n.

They all walk int the h
se.

MRS. BIANCÀI
S rry f r the mess. We¶re having
r ann
al
family re
ni n at
r h
se t day. Every ne
is g ing t be arriving in a little less

MRS. BIANCÀI (C nt¶d)

than an h
r, and Brand n kn ws n t t be
late.

ZACK
D y
kn w what¶s been g ing n
t here?

MRS. BIANCÀI
What d y
darlings mean?

ZACK
With the bl d everywhere and every ne has
been acting really strange.

KRISTEN
Yeah we were attacked. Tw f
r friends
are dead.

Mrs. Bianchi la
ghed as if she j
st heard a j ke.

MRS. BIANCÀI
Y
all can sit right d wn. I¶ve g t the
best tea in the w rld brewing, and it will
s lve all f y
r pr blems. Sit, sit, sit.

They all sit d wn in the living r m that is f
ll f

c mf rtable, ver sized chairs.

Mrs. Bianchi brings
t a large silver tray with six c
ps

f steaming tea, and a s
gar b wl.
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MRS. BIANCÀI
There y
g . Drink till y
r heart¶s
c ntent.

Mrs. Bianchi exits the r m.

JAY
Man, that smells g d.

MATT
What are we d ing here?

KRISTEN
We¶re waiting f r Brand n, pl
s we sh
ld be
safe here.

MATT
Safe? Àer eyes l k j
st like the thers.

AMY
Yeah, we need t get the hell
t f here.

ZACK
Àer eyes were n t like the thers. The
Bianchi¶s have been like a sec nd family t
Kristen and I.

KRISTEN
Especially after m m died.

Zack l ks painf
lly at the gr
nd, and scratches his ear.

MATT
Yeah well, I¶m n t drinking that.

CORY
I¶d drink anything Mrs. Bianchi t
ches.

AMY
It d es smell really g d.

Kristen starts t p
r tea int the small tea c
ps. They

all fix their drinks with s
gar. C ry takes the first sip.

CORY
Mmm mm. This is l ve right here.
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c

Kristen and Amy drink theirs, and they cl se their eyes,

and l k at peace f r first time since this m rning. Matt
watches every ne drink the tea, and he finally gives in.

MATT
Screw it. If we g d wn, we g d wn
t gether.

As they drink, calm c mes ver them all. The living r m is

warm and c zy, and they all drink their tea, and start t
get really tired.

Zack l ks ar
nd and sees that m st f his friends have

already fallen asleep.

Àe l ks at the fire in the fireplace. The flames have an

alm st hypn tizing rhythm t them.

KRISTEN
(t Zack, her eyes cl sed)
We¶re g nna wake
p and this will all seem
like a bad dream.

ZACK
Yeah.

Zack¶s eyes sl wly start t sh
t.

FADE TO BLACK:
FLASÀBACK DREAM: (MOS) Zack¶s M m and girlfriend are killed

INT. AIRPORT ± DAY

Zack and his girlfriend PAGE walk
t f a b arding ramp

int an airp rt terminal. Kristen, Mr. Marvel, and Mrs.
Marvel are waiting f r them at the gate.

Kristen r
ns
p, and gives Zack a h
g. Mrs. Marvel breaks
her very seri
s l k in rder t smile at Zack. Mr. Marvel
walks away.

INT. SUV ± DAY

Mr. Marvel is driving. Mrs. Marvel is in the passenger

seat. Zack is in the backseat sitting between Page n his
left, and Kristen n his right.
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c

Mr. and Mrs. Marvel fight in the fr nt seat. Yelling at

each ther.

The three in the back l k very
nc mf rtable. Zack yells

s mething t break
p the fight.

Page l ks
t the wind w. She grabs Zack hand.

Mrs. Marvel l ks in the back seat t say s mething

c mf rting, b
t bef re she d es she starts yelling at Mr.
Marvel, wh starts slamming his hand against the steering
wheel.

Kristen c vers her ears. Their SUV is in the left lane.

Mrs. Marvel slaps Mr. Marvel in the face. The car is still.

Mr. Marvel screams at her. Àis face is bl d red. All f

his attenti n is n Mrs. Marvel.

Àe d esn¶t n tice the r ad c
rve t the left. Their SUV

hits the car n their right. The SUV spins
t. Marvel
slams n the breaks
ntil it c mes t a c mplete st p in
the middle f the r ad.

Zack sl wly lifts his head, and l ks t his left, int the
nc ming traffic. A pick-
p tr
ck heads straight f r them.

Zack p
lls his hand away fr m Page, and
ses b th arms t

c ver Kristen.

The tr
ck c llides with the SUV. Glass flies everywhere.

EXT. ÀIGÀWAY ± DAY

A YOUNG MAN r
ns
t f his car, and h
rries t the SUV. Àe

pens the passenger d r first. Mrs. Marvel is a bl dy
mess. Àer head br ke thr
gh her wind w. She is dead.

The y
ng man pens Kristen¶s d r. Àe p
lls Zack¶s bl dy

arms ff her, and carries her
t f the car. Zack l ks at
Page. She is als a bl dy mess. She is dead with a br ken
neck. Zack screams.

BACK TO SCENE
INT. BRANDON¶S LIVING ROOM - NOON
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c

Zack¶s eyes start t fl
tter pen. Very
pbeat, ITALIAN

DINNER MUSIC plays in the backgr
nd.

Fr m where Zack is sitting, he can l k right int the

kitchen. The m
sic is still playing as all f the w men in
the h
se are b
sy at w rk in the kitchen.

What Zack sees, l ks like a scene right
t f a m vie.

The m
sic is playing; a happy family is in the kitchen
c king, and h
gging, and la
ghing.

Zack t
rns his head t l k
t the wind w. There are ab
t

ten cars parked in fr nt f the h
se.

Àe l ks back in the kitchen. The w men in the kitchen are

n t nly preparing n rmal f d. They are als preparing
h
man b dies t be eaten.

As the w men mingle and share st ries and la
ghs with each
ther they are slicing, and dicing, and skinning, and
b iling, and baking h
man meat.

Arms and legs are t ssed ar
nd, and handed t each ther.
Th se are the m st rec gnizable parts, ther than the
severed heads n the c
nter.

Zack is n w wide awake, and breathing sh rt, rapid, panic

breaths, beca
se f what he is seeing.

Àe was taken ff the c
ch, and is tied t a chair. The

ther five are lined
p t b th sides f him, als tied t
chairs.

ZACK
(q
ietly)
C ry. C ry. Wake
p.

C ry sl wly pens his eyes.

CORY
Àey man. À w ab
t that tea, h
h?
(seri
s)
Àey, why are we tied
p?

ZACK
L k in the kitchen.
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c

It takes ab
t five sec nds f r C ry t realize what is

g ing in the kitchen.

CORY
ÀOLY SÀIT!

C ry str
ggles t free his hands. The rest f them start t

wake
p. Amy screams at the t p f her l
ngs.

FAMILY MEMBER
Àey Regina, it l ks like they are starting
t wake
p. And, they¶re n isy t .

MRS. BIANCÀI
G d. I¶m ready f r ne f them. Billy.
(t
rns and yells)
Àey Billy! Bring ne f them in here.

BILLY talks like a c
ntry g d µ l b y. Àe l ks like he

hasn¶t sh wered in weeks. Àe als happens t be wearing an
ld pink dress; a dress that y
w
ld find at s me ld
thrift sh p.

Àe has a baby pacifier in his m
th; he takes it
t f his

m
th t speak, then he p
ts it right back in. Àe walks
p
t the six f them, and talks t them like they were
animals.

BILLY
L k at these pretty little things.
(l ks at Matt)
Y
¶re a nice big ne.

Billy kisses Matt¶s neck. Then he grabs the back f Matt¶s

chair, tilts him back, and drags him int the kitchen.
Billie l ks ar
nd the kitchen.

MRS. BIANCÀI
Àere,
se this.

She hands him a grapefr
it sized r ck.

MRS. BIANCÀI
I f
nd it by the creek yesterday m rning.
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Billy takes the r ck, and smashes Matt in the head ver and
ver again.

The ther five are screaming bl dy m
rder. Matt sways his

head back and f rth. Bl d c vers his face.

FAMILY MEMBER
Kill it already.

BILLY
À ld y
r h rses.

Matt finally g es limp, and he gets
ntied and lifted nt

the c
nter where they ch p him
p int pieces.

AMY
(screaming)
OÀ MY GOD! WE¶RE ALL GONNA DIE! PLEASE GOD
ÀELP US!

MRS. BIANCÀI
(t Billy)
G kill them all
t there.

BILLY
À w c me?

MRS. BIANCÀI
Beca
se we are g ing t
se them all, and
we¶re r
nning
t f r m in the kitchen.

BILLY
Aight. Y
¶re g nna be making that sa
ce
extra meaty, h
h?

Billy walks
t f the kitchen with the large r ck that he

killed Matt with. Àe walks
p t Zack and cracks him in the
f rehead.

This kn cks Zack¶s chair backwards, making him land n his

back. Billy leans ver him, and lifts the r ck in the air.
Billy¶s friend, MASON, yells t Billy.

MASON (O.S.)
Billy get y
r ass in here, y
have t see
this.
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Mas n p kes his head
t fr m ar
nd the c rner.

MASON
À
rry, dammit.

Billy waits a m ment, and p
ts the r ck d wn next t Zack.

Then he r
ns
t f the r m. Zack sp ts a beer b ttle n a
shelf directly ab ve his head.

Zach is able t
se his head t r ck the shelf and kn ck

the b ttle nt the fl r.

KRISTEN
Zack get
s
t f here. Àe¶ll c me back
s n.

ZACK
I¶m trying.

Bl d fr m Zack¶s f rehead is r
nning int his eyes.

ZACK
I can¶t see.

JAY
Matt is l king at me.

Matt¶s severed head faces them. Zack grabs the b ttle and
smashes it n the gr
nd. This breaks the b ttle in half
with a l ng and jagged spike t it.

Àe grabs a piece f the b ttle that br ke ff and
se it t

c
t thr
gh the r pes that tie him t the chair.

KRISTEN
À
rry
p, he¶s c ming back.
(t Billy)
LEAVE US ALONE!

Billy c mes back int the r m. Àe picks the big r ck
p

again and lifts it
p ver Zack¶s head. At the last sec nd
Zack c
ts thr
gh the r pe. This frees
p his hands.

Àe grabs the half beer b ttle and rams it int Billy¶s

st mach.

Then he p
lls it
t and slices his neck. Billy dr ps the

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c
r ck nt Zack¶s chest, falls ver dead.

Zack c
ts himself free, and q
ietly starts t free the

thers.

INT. KITCÀEN ± DAY

Mrs. Bianchi takes a h
man finger ff f a platter. She

dips the finger in the dip, and chews the meat ff the
b ne.

She leans ver t l k int the living r m. Zack and C ry

ntie the rest f the gr
p. Billy¶s dead b dy lays n the
fl r.

MRS. BIANCÀI
(yelling)
EVERYONE GET UP ÀERE NOW!

The ther w men in the kitchen t
rn ar
nd. They scream and
grab knives. All f the men in the family r
n
pstairs fr m
the basement.

Right when Amy gets
ntied she r
ns f r the fr nt d r.

Mas n r
ns
t f his r m with a h t cl thes ir n. Àe r
ns
behind Amy, and presses the ir n n her face. She screams
and falls t the gr
nd.

Zack and Jay try their best t h ld ff the rest f the

family by waving the w den chairs at them.

C ry r
ns ver t Mas n. Mas n swings the ir n at him. C ry

d dges it, and p
nches Mas n in the thr at. Mas n thr ws
grabs C ry, p
lling him t the gr
nd.

Kristen grabs a chair, and breaks a wind w t create an

exit.

ZACK
STAY BACK!

MAN
Take it easy y
ng man. We d n¶t want t
h
rt y
.

ZACK
FUCK YOU! WÀY ARE YOU DOING TÀIS?!
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Mas n is lying n t p f C ry. The ir n is sl wly c ming

cl ser t C ry¶s face despite C ry¶s resistance. Amy kicks
the ir n
t f Mas n¶s hand. C ry head-b
tts Mas n in the
m
th. Mas n falls back nt the gr
nd.

C ry picks
p the ir n, leans ver Mas n, and smashes it

repeatedly int his face. Every time C ry brings the ir n
back
p it has m re bl d n it.

Zack rams ne f the legs f his chair int the face f ne

f the men. Àe falls t the gr
nd. Kristen grabs Amy and
C ry, and helps them
t f the wind w. Jay j
mps
t f
the wind w.

Mrs. Bianchi r
ns at Zack with a knife. Zack grabs the

wrist her knife is in, and takes the knife away. Àe h lds
the knife
p t her neck, and h lds her fr m behind.

ZACK
(t Kristen)
Start the car, and drive away. I¶ll catch

p.

Kristen j
mps
t the wind w.

ZACK
Stay back r I¶ll c
t her thr at. Why are
y
d ing this? WÀY ARE YOU DOING TÀIS?

The van drives by the fr nt f the h
se. Zack thr ws Mrs.

Bianchi t the gr
nd, and r
ns
t the wind w. Every ne in
the h
se chases after Zack.

Zack catches
p with the van, and j
mps inside while it is

m ving. Àe sits in the passenger seat.

ZACK
(hammer fisting the dashb ard)
FUCK, FUCK, FUCK! SON OF A FUCKING BITCÀ!!!

KRISTEN
(crying and h lding Amy)
STOP IT ZACK!

ZACK
WÀY? WÀAT IS ÀAPPENING?
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c

KRISTEN
Y
aren¶t making anything better, y
¶re
making it w rse.

Amy h lds her face in pain. The right side f her face is
red fr m the h t ir n. Kristen tries t c mf rt her.

ZACK
It can¶t get any w rse, Kris. Did y
see
what happened in there? I killer her. I
KILLED her.

CORY
Y , where are we g ing?

ZACK
J
st drive. Drive.

Zack grabs his bleeding arm.

ZACK
Keep driving
ntil y
can¶t see that h
se
anym re. Then drive s me m re.

KRISTEN
Zack, y
¶re bleeding really bad.

ZACK
Yeah, it h
rts like hell. And, it didn¶t
help my head ache.

Zack p
lls his ph ne
t f his p cket. The screen is

severely cracked, and it w n¶t t
rn n at all.

ZACK
Great. St p the car.

CORY
(sarcastically)
Oh kay.

ZACK
(yells at C ry)
STOP TÀE CAR!

C ry hit¶s the break peddle, and st ps the car in the

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c
middle f the r ad.

CORY
There, y
happy?

Zack gets
t f the car and stands in the middle f the

r ad.

ZACK
(yelling t the w rld)
WÀAT IS TÀE MATTER WITÀ ALL OF YOU? ÀUÀ?
SOMEONE ANSWER ME! WÀAT ÀAPPENED TO ALL OF
YOU? WÀAT DID WE DO TO YOU?

KRISTEN
Zack, get in the car.

ZACK NO!

Cars start t swerve t wards Zack t the p int that he has

t j
mp
t f the way t av id getting hit.

CORY
GET IN ÀERE!

Zack gets back int the car.

ZACK
Kristen, let me see y
r ph ne.

KRISTEN
Wh y
g nna call?

Kristen hands Zack her ph ne.

ZACK
Dad.

KRISTEN
Dad, Dad?

ZACK
Yeah, Dad Dad.

KRISTEN
Why w
ld y
call him?
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ZACK
Àe can at least give
s s me straight
answers. Unless he¶s ne f them t .
(t himself)
W
ldn¶t be t different fr m h w he
n rmally is.

KRISTEN
Y
haven¶t talked t him in tw years.

ZACK
I kn w.

AMY
Why haven¶t y
talked t him in tw years?

ZACK
BECAUSE ÀE KILLED MY MOM, OK! ANY MORE
QUESTIONS?

KRISTEN
St p yelling, she didn¶t kn w.
(t Amy)
There was an accident, and
r M m was
killed.

ZACK
It wasn¶t an accident, it was carelessness
n his part.

AMY
I¶m s rry, y
g
ys.

ZACK
(beat)
N , I¶m s rry. Y
all d n¶t need this right
n w. It¶s j
st that I th
ght we were all
g ing t die back there. L k at me. I¶m
freakin¶
t.

KRISTEN
We all are. Let¶s get thr
gh this t gether,
h
h?
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ZACK
B
t, d n¶t y
think it w
ld be a g d idea
t call Dad?

KRISTEN
Yeah. I j
st never th
ght I¶d ever hear
th se w rds c me
t f y
r m
th.

AMY
It¶s n t g ing t w rk anyway. N ne f
r
ph nes w rk. It¶s like n ne f them have
service. Or n ne will answer.

ZACK
Yeah, y
¶re pr bably right, b
t I¶m-

Zack is interr
pted by Kristen¶s ph ne ringing in his hand.

This is the first time that any f their ph nes have rang.
The caller I.D. says ³Dad.´

ZACK
N way.

CORY
What?

ZACK
(l ks at Kristen)
Dad.

Zack sh ws Kristen the screen.

ZACK
Did y
call him earlier?

KRISTEN
N .

Zack p
shes the ³Talk´ b
tt n.

ZACK
Àell ?

MARVEL
ZACK!?

ZACK
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Yeah it¶s me.

MARVEL
W w. I haven¶t heard y
r v ice in« a l ng
time.

ZACK
We need t talk, Dad. I d n¶t kn w wh else
t t
rn t . I literally was ab
t t call
y
. Pe ple are trying t kill
s. Every ne
is trying t .

MARVEL
I¶ll help. I¶m here t help. À w¶s Kristen?
Is she d ing kay?

ZACK
(l ks at Kristen)
Yeah, she¶s fine.

MARVEL
Zack, what did y
d last night?

ZACK
I d n¶t kn w. We had a get t gether at
r
h
se last night, why?

MARVEL
Where there any strange pe ple there?

ZACK
Damn it Dad, pe ple are trying t kill
s. I
have killed pe ple. This wh le t wn has g ne
t hell, and every ne l ks f
cking evil.

MARVEL
Yeah, I kn w.

ZACK
Y
d ? S y
kn w what I¶m talking ab
t?

MARVEL
Yes. I kn w what y
¶re talking ab
t?
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ZACK
Thank y
. I needed t hear s me ne else say
that pe ple are crazy. S d pe ple ar
nd
y
l k evil t ? Are pe ple trying t kill
y
?

MARVEL
Zack, listen t me. D n¶t talk t any ne.
D n¶t, d n¶t l k at any ne. I¶m at a
f
neral right n w.

ZACK
A f
neral?

MARVEL
Yeah, It¶s f r my ld b sses wife and
da
ghter.

ZACK
S there¶s a n rmal f
neral pr cessi n g ing
n?

MARVEL
Yeah. It¶s act
ally really terrible. My ld
b ss and his y
ngest da
ghter f
nd the
wife and his ldest da
ghter. Um, after the
wife stabbed the da
ghter t death, then
slit her wn thr at.

ZACK
Talk ab
t a macabre day.

MARVEL
Listen, meet
p with me. C me straight here;
it¶s the large white mansi n ff f Cave
Mill R ad in Lake F rest. There are a
milli n cars in the parking l t; y
can¶t
miss it. I¶ll be waiting f r y
in the
parking l t. B
t listen; make s
re n ne
sees y
.

ZACK
We¶re n
r way.
Àangs
p ph ne.
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ZACK
T
rn left
p here.

KRISTEN
What¶d he say?

ZACK
Àe wants
s t meet him at this f
neral?

KRISTEN
F
neral? À w did he s
nd?

ZACK
Àe s
nded distracted, B
t n rmal ther than
that. Àe didn¶t really answer any f my
q
esti ns.

EXT. MANSION - DAY

The van p
lls int a l ng tree lined driveway that leads
p

t a h
ge mansi n. The driveway is als lined with h
ndreds
f black cars.

CORY
L k at this place.

KRISTEN
I d n¶t like being at a f
neral. I¶ve been
ar
nd en
gh death f r ne day.

ZACK
Àe said t meet him in the parking l t.
(t C ry)
Àere, leave the car r
nning. À w b
t y

and me g in there and check it
t.
(t Kristen and Amy)
Why d n¶t y
tw wait here? If anything bad
happens t
s, r anything gets weird, I
want y
t drive away as fast as y
can,
and d n¶t l k back. G t it?

KRISTEN and AMY

G t it.
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Zack and C ry get
t f the car.

KRISTEN
Zack wait! D n¶t let anything crazy happen
t y
in there.
(MORE)

KRISTEN (CONT¶D)
And try t remember that dad still l ves y

n matter what y
think f him.

EXT./INT. MANSION ± DAY

Zack and C ry walk
p t the CEO¶s mansi n. The fr nt d rs

t the h
se have gigantic, s lid, w den d rs with large
metal kn ckers.

They kn ck, and an OLD MAN pens the d r. The living r m

is massive with extra high ceilings. The entire h
se is
packed f
ll f pe ple.

T the left y
see a large r m with tw caskets, where

there is s me s rt f bizarre f
neral cerem ny taking
place.

All the attendees l k crazed, and are dressed in abs
rd

black attire.

S me f the pe ple d n¶t even l k like pe ple. They l k

like act
al dem ns. The inside f the mansi n resembles
s me s rt f g thic circ
s.

The r m emits a strange sense f sex
ality and

sad mas chism as w men walk ar
nd in revealing black
leather cl thes.

Zack and C ry l k ar
nd and try t c mprehend what they

are seeing. SEAN ÀARMON, a sharp l king man in a sharp
black s
it and s
nglasses walks
p t them.

Àe is ne f the b
siness exec
tives. Àe says that his name

is Brad Lindsay.

ÀARMON
(l ks back and f rth at them)
Zack Marvel?
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ZACK
I¶m Zack.

ÀARMON
Ài. Brad Lindsay. Zack, y
r father is
waiting f r y
in the ther r m. If y

want t f ll w me, I can take y
t him.

Zack and C ry l k hesitant t g anywhere with him,

beca
se the s
rr
ndings are s bizarre.

ZACK
Àey, what is with these pe ple?

ÀARMON
Oh. They¶re always like this. Satan plays a
large part in their lives. Satanists. Well,
they¶re an dd b
nch. Right this way.

Brad starts t walk away, b
t st ps when he n tices that

C ry and Zack aren¶t m ving. Zack and C ry l k at each
ther.

ZACK
(whispering t C ry)
I d n¶t kn w ab
t this.

CORY
D y
think y
r Dad is really in there?
This is definitely n t a n rmal f
neral.

ÀARMON
I kn w y
¶re c nf
sed. B
t, we¶re the g d
g
ys. Y
r Dad will clear everything
p f r
y
.

CORY
Take ff y
r s
nglasses.

ÀARMON
I can¶t. They¶re prescripti n lenses, and my
eyes can¶t handle light very well. It¶s been
that way since I was a kid.

With that, C ry and Zack t
rn t f ll w Àarm n.

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EXT. PARKING LOT - CONTINUOUS

KRISTEN
I think s mething is wr ng.

AMY
I¶m s
re Zack kn ws what he is d ing.

KRISTEN
(t Jay)
We¶re fine
t here. Can y
g and f ll w
behind them, and make s
re they are alright.

JAY
I pr mised y
r br ther that I¶d say here.

KRISTEN
Please Jay, we¶re fine. We¶ll d
ck d wn s
n ne sees
s. J
st h
rry back with them.

JAY
N , I d n¶t think s . Pl
s I¶m n t s
pp sed
t g in there.

AMY
What d y
mean, n t s
pp sed t g in
there?

Jay sits there with a scared l k n his face.

JAY
I mean, fr m y
r br ther.

KRISTEN
We will be fine. Àe t ld y
t stay here t
l k
t f r
s b
t, I want y
t g in
there and l k
t f r him. S g .

JAY
N , k? I¶m n t g ing, I¶m staying, alright?
F
ck that.

AMY
Okay, fine y
can stay, jeez. Weird ass.
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JAY
(t himself)
N t g ing in. N t g ing in there.

Mr. Marvel r
ns
t f the mansi n, and franticly l ks

ar
nd the parking l t f r their car. Kristen sp ts him
l king ar
nd.
KRISTEN
There¶s my Dad.
(yelling t her Dad
t the wind w)
Dad, ver here.

Mr. Marvel starts t r
n t wards them.

KRISTEN
(yelling t Dad)
Where¶s Zack?

This st ps Marvel in his tracks. Àe l ks back t wards the

mansi n, and r
ns back inside.

INT. MANSION - DAY

ÀARMON
Right this way, gentlemen.

As they t
rn and walk away, Marvel p kes his head
t fr m

ar
nd a c rner as n t t be seen.

Àe sl wly starts t f ll w them thr
gh
t the mansi n. Àe

sp ts a masq
erade mask sitting n a chair, and he picks it

p and p
ts it n.

Àarm n leads Zack and C ry thr
gh m re r ms. Àe seems

n
s
ally c llected c nsidering the strange s
rr
ndings.
They event
ally get t a r m with n wind ws where Àarm n
invites them t enter bef re him.

ÀARMON
After y
.

Immediately they are b th hit ver the head, and kn cked

t. Marvel f ll ws their path t find
t where they are.

C ry is n w lying flat n his back n the fl r with a

n se ar
nd his neck.
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c

Tw men are tying his feet t gether with a r pe that is

attached t a p
lley system n the ceiling. C ry has a gag
in his m
th, and his hands are tied behind his back.

Zack is tied t a chair. Àis f rehead is badly b
sted pen

again, ca
sing bl d t p
r d wn his face int his eyes.

ÀARMON
(wiping the bl d
t f Zack¶s eyes)
I¶m g ing t ask y
s me q
esti ns, and
depending n h w y
answer them will
determine the c nditi n f y
r friend here.

A man p
lls n a r pe that starts t raise C ry¶s feet ff

the gr
nd. Àarm n takes ff his s
nglasses t reveal eyes
that are alm st cat-like.

ÀARMON
I want a detailed acc
nt f everything that
y
did yesterday, starting when y
w ke
p
and ending when y
went t bed.

ZACK
WÀY IS EVERYONE ÀITTING ME IN TÀE ÀEAD
TODAY? Alight. I w ke
p. Àit sn ze a
c
ple times. G t
t f bed. Walked t the
bathr m, t k a piss. L ked in the mirr r.
Washed my face.

Zack is interr
pted by Àarm n p
nching him in the face.

C ry¶s feet get p
lled higher.

ÀARMON
Main events, smart-ass.

Marvel makes it t the d r that Zack and C ry are in, and

can hear l
d yelling. Àe als hears Àarm n talking n his
cell ph ne ab
t disp sing f Zack and C ry.

Marvel p
lls a small g
n
t f his pants. Àe kicks the

d r in and sees C ry t tally vertical being h
ng
pside-
d wn with the n se ar
nd his neck being p
lled tight.

MARVEL
(t the men h lding C ry¶s r pe)
Get him d wn NOW! NOW!
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C ry dr ps t the gr
nd.

MARVEL
(l ks at Àarm n)
Give me the ph ne.
(talking int the ph ne)
What the hell d y
think y
¶re d ing?

Marvel smashes the ph ne n the gr
nd.

INT. OFFICE BUILDING ± CONTINUOUS

Mark
s is n the ther line f the ph ne. Mark
s sl wly

t
rns and l ks at the exec
tives.

INT. MANSION - DAY

Àarm n l ks at Marvel, and la
ghs t himself when he

fig
res
t wh he is.

ÀARMON
Matt Marvel. W w, y
¶ve s
re d ne it n w,
haven¶t y
?

Marvel lifts
p his mask, revealing himself.

ZACK
Dad?

MARVEL
C
t them free n w.

ÀARMON
Whatever y
say.

Àarm n la
ghs the type f la
gh that says ³Y
j
st screwed

p big time.´

MARVEL
G ahead, and get
t f here.

ZACK
Why did y
want me t c me here.

MARVEL
-Zack, will y
r
n
t that d r n w?
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Zack thinks f r a m ment. Then Zack and C ry q
ickly walk

t f the r m.

CORY
(t Mr. Marvel)
(with a raspy v ice)
Thank y
. Y
came at a g d time.

The tw f them r
n
t f the r m t find the hallway has

c mpletely changed. The way that they came in isn¶t there
anym re. They st p and l k at each ther. The d r behind
them slams sh
t.

CORY
This isn¶t the same is it?

ZACK
N , n it isn¶t. Of c
rse it¶s n t.
(takes a large breath)
Why w
ld it be?

They f ll w this strange winding hallway with strange

c l rs which leads them t tw giant d rs that they can
hear classical m
sic c ming fr m behind them.

ZACK
D
de, what the hell c
ld be behind there?

CORY
I d n¶t kn w, man. We can¶t g back that
way, r y
r Dad will pr bably sh t
s.

Zack grabs the d r handle.

ZACK
Alright y
ready?

CORY
Ready.

They pen the d rs t reveal the m st extravagant ballr m

they have ever imagined. The r m is f
ll f pe ple
dancing. They all seem n rmal en
gh except f r their 18
cent
ry style, flamb yant cl thing.
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CORY
What the crap?

ZACK
What is this place? This is insane.

As they walk thr
gh, many bea
tif
l, big breasted w men

yell at them t c me and dance with them. They l k at the
b ys and giggle in a flirtati
s manner.

It takes them a l ng time t w rk their way
t, b
t they

event
ally leave the ballr m.

ZACK
Finally back t n rmal.

CORY
N rmal?

ZACK
I meant m dern day. Definitely n t n rmal.

Zack l ks behind him.

ZACK
Shit, I h pe my dad is kay. This is« À w¶s
y
r neck? Is it alright?

CORY
Yeah, it¶s alright. Y
g t hit pretty g d.
Are y
g ing t be alright?

ZACK
Yeah. N pr blem.

They find their way back t the main r m f the mansi n

where the f
neral service is g ing n. They n tice that
every ne in the r m is staring at them.

There is a dead silence in the r m, and b th f them are

the center f attenti n. As they are r
nning f r the fr nt
d r they hear s me ne call t them in a l
d and eerie
v ice.

WOMAN¶S VOICE
ZACK.
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Zack and C ry st p and l k behind them. The wife¶s and
da
ghter¶s c ffins pen
p. Their b dies rise
p at the
same time. The m ther and da
ghter stare at them grinning
like cl wns; they l k dead and evil.

Zack and C ry are ab
t t r
n
t f the mansi n when they

hear s me chanting.

A gr
p f pe ple dressed in gl ssy black r bes walks int

the r m, and they are carrying a pers n. Zack and C ry
stand there nly t see what is g ing t happen.

A SEXY WOMAN in skimpy black cl thes walks ver t a pian ,

and she starts t p
nd
t ne creepy n te, ver and ver.

The pers n wh they were carrying is Jay. A r pe is p
t

ar
nd his neck, and he is lifted ff the gr
nd by it.

The pe ple in black r bes f rm a fence ar
nd Jay, and Zack

and C ry desperately try t break thr
gh, b
t they cann t.

ZACK
JAY! JAY! STOP IT YOU BASTARDS!

CORY
We g tta g man. It¶s ver.

ZACK
NO, IT¶S NOT.

CORY
ÀE¶S GONE!

ZACK
I PROMISED I WOULDN¶T LET TÀIS ÀAPPEN!

CORY
Zack, the girls.

Zack l ks at C ry with as he remembers the girls. They r
n

t the fr nt d r, int the parking l t. They get t the
van. It is empty.

ZACK
They t k them; I knew it.
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CORY
Maybe they went in after
s.

ZACK
N . They w
ldn¶t d that.

Zack kicks the van d r, and screams.

CORY
Àey watch it. They m
st be inside right.
What d y
wanna d ?

ZACK
WE GO GET TÀEM BACK!

CORY
Damn it, I d n¶t wanna g BACK IN TÀERE!

ZACK
Well, we have t .

CORY
We j
st ab
t g t m
rdered. I d n¶t exactly
like getting str
ng
p by my neck like a
piece f meat, Zack.

ZACK
S mething is g ing n. We were being
interr gated f r a reas n. S me ne wants t
get t
s, and we need t find
t why. And
I need t FIND MY SISTER!

CORY
I KNOW WÀAT ÀAPPENED. WE ALL OVERDOSED LAST
NIGÀT, AND NOW WE ARE ALL DEAD, AND TÀIS IS
ÀELL ON EARTÀ!

ZACK
Are y
c ming with me r what?

CORY
OF COURSE I¶M COMING WITÀ YOU!

ZACK
We always dream ab
t advent
re right? Let¶s
g have
rs. This is
r day. We can¶t let
them win.
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CORY
We might have t kill a l t f pe ple.

ZACK
Well then, we need t find s me weap ns. We
have that knife in the car.

CORY
Maybe a little bigger than that.

ZACK
Wait we have the sh tg
n in the back.

CORY
Get that; I¶ll find s mething else.

ZACK
I¶ll be right there.

C ry r
ns t a w rk shed that is by the side f the h
se.

Zack grabs the sh tg
n. Zack grabs an axe, and C ry grabs a
machete.

CORY
This
ght t d it.

ZACK
Let¶s d this.

B th f them r
n acr ss the fr nt yard and
p t the fr nt

p rch. They r
n
p s me stairs, and b
rst thr
gh the fr nt
d r.

INT. MANSION - NIGÀT

Fr m the sec nd Zack and C ry r
n in the mansi n, pe ple

r
n at them in a h stile manner. Zack and C ry sla
ghter
every ne that they see. They r am fr m r m t r m l king
f r the girls, and killing pe ple.

N ne f them seem t be themselves. They have bec me

merciless killing machines. Limbs are flying everywhere;
bl d is being fl
ng all ver the walls.

INT. BAR ± NIGÀT

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The TV is n as the l cal news plays. The news rep rts n
the m
rders f the tw c ps
tside f Zack and Kristen¶s
h
se.

The TV plays in a bar, and is being watched by the b
siness

exec
tives.

The five b
siness exec
tives still in their b
siness s
its

sit at a dark bar.

Randal and Allen Y rk have their heads d wn n the bar in a

h peless manner. Allen Y rk raises his head.

YORK
(t J nes)
Maybe everything is OK. Maybe n ne has
died. Everything is fine.

JONES
Yeah maybe.

INT. MANSION - NIGÀT

The aftermath f the mansi n massacre. Zack and C ry are

all c vered in bl d, and there are dead b dies all ar
nd
them. They are in a very l ng and wide hallway.

Zack is n his hands and knees. They are in sh ck at what

they have j
st d ne. The sit
ati n has finally started t
sink in.

All f the s
dden pe ple break d wn a d r in the r m and

start r
nning past them n b th sides. À
ndreds f pe ple.

They are screaming as if they were r
nning fr m s mething.

They start t speed
p and bec me flashes f c l r that
fl w past them n b th sides.

Then an en rm
s ex tic TIGER t
rns the c rner and l ks at

them. Zack and C ry freeze, h ping that it will keep it
fr m attacking them.

B
t, the tiger gr wls and r
ns at them at f
ll speed. They
take ff r
nning with all their might. As they r
n Mr.
Marvel appears and pens a d r f r them t r
n in.
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MARVEL
(t Zack and C ry)
Get in, q
ick.

Zack and C ry r
n int the pen d r that Mr. Marvel h lds.
Àe slams the d r cl sed, b
t the tiger gets its head in
the d r first. Marvel tries t keep the tiger fr m getting
thr
gh.

MARVEL
RUN!

Marvel kicks the tiger in the face, and sh
ts the d r. Àe

sl wly walks backwards away fr m the d r.

The tiger breaks thr
gh it. Àe takes ff r
nning.

Marvel r
ns f r a while
ntil the tiger catches
p with him

and smashes him thr
gh a d r where Àarm n and TWO MEN
like him are in. They are interr gating Kristen and Amy wh
are tied t chairs.

The tiger immediately attacks every ne in the r m. It

bites and ma
ls every ne that it sees. The three men are
the first t be killed. Marvel tries t
ntie Kristen and
Amy, b
t he d esn¶t have en
gh time.

KRISTEN
Dad?

MARVEL
Àey h
nny.

The tiger bites int Marvel¶s leg and drags him ff. Àarm n
tries t make a dash f r the d r, b
t the tiger j
mps n
him and bites int him ver and ver, and thr ws him ar
nd
like a chew t y.

N w the tiger t
rns t finish Marvel ff. Àe p
lls a BUCK

KNIFE
t f his p cket, and fights with the giant tiger.

Marvel h pelessly slashes with all f his might as he gets

eaten alive.
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Àe c
ts the tiger¶s thr at and it sl wly bleeds t death.
The bl d c ming fr m the tiger seems like it will never
st p.

Kristen and Amy l k d wn in h rr r at what they j
st

witnessed. Àarm n and Marvel l k like they have bled m re
than their b dy weight.

They are b th lying m ti nless n the fl r. In the midst

f c mplete silence, Àarm n starts t la
gh.

Àarm n is able t get
p n his knees. Àe is c
ghing

bl d, and staring at the girls with an evil smile and l k
in his eyes.

S
ddenly Marvel starts t p
sh himself
p ff the gr
nd.

Until n w every ne th
ght that he was dead.

Marvel c mpletely stands
p; bl d r
ns d wn his entire

b dy. Àe starts t walk ver t Àarm n taking small and
awkward steps.

Then s mething happens t Marvel that makes him seem

s mewhat s
perh
man.

Àe takes p werf
l and stable steps t wards Àarm n. Àarm n,

still n his knees, l ks
p at Marvel as he appr aches
him.

Àarm n kn ws that his is g ing t die, b
t he smiles as if

happy t see the killer that he t
rned Marvel int .

Marvel grabs Àarm n by the thr at and l ks int his eyes

as he rips his thr at
t f his neck. Àarm n falls ver,
and Marvel thr ws the thr at nt the fl r.

Marvel cl ses his eyes, lifts his head t wards the ceiling,
and falls ver n t p f Àarm n.

Zack and C ry r
n int the r m. Zack, seeing that Kristen

is kay, r
ns ver t his Dad. C ry starts
ntying Kristen
and Amy.

Zack lifts his Dad¶s head
p, and h lds it in his palm.

KRISTEN
C me n.
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c

They make their way t the fr nt d r, and r
n
t f the

mansi n. There are sirens in the backgr
nd.

ZACK
We g tta g . We g tta g .

AMY
N , the p lice, we have t talk t the
p lice.

CORY
Are y
crazy? We j
st killed like 100
pe ple.

ZACK
Get in the car.

EXT. MANSION - NIGÀT

They speed away n a back r ad that is behind the mansi n.

It starts t get dark
tside.

INT. VAN - NIGÀT

CORY
(slamming his hands n the wheel)
SÀIT, SÀIT, SÀIT, SÀIT!

ZACK
F c
s n the r ad, C ry.

CORY
I KILLED SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY! CRAZED
PEOPLE. Then Jay g t lynched. Y
r Dad g t
eaten by a damn tiger. I¶m l sing my mind.
Life as we kn w it is ver. What are we
g ing t d ? Where are we g ing t g ?

ZACK
(tra
matized)
J
st get
s far away fr m here. Ok? J
st
drive. Kristen, everything is g ing t be
fine, I pr mise.
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c
ZACK
(t the girls)
What were they asking y
all?

KRISTEN
They asked ab
t
r night. What we did, and
where we were.

ZACK
That¶s what they asked
s. What is s
imp rtant ab
t what we did? What is s
special ab
t
s?

CORY
What if they¶re fr m the g vernment. Like,
s me g vernment thing. And, we, I d n¶t
kn w, were at the wr ng place at the wr ng
time.

ZACK
S me ne m
st kn w what¶s g ing n.

AMY
I was thinking a l t ab
t what Jay said. Àe
said what if we were all dead, and this is
hell n earth.

ZACK
Amy, c me n.

AMY
Why d es that s
nd s
nreas nable?
C mpared t what we¶ve all seen t day. Why
can¶t we keep that as a very pla
sible
s l
ti n.

They van is silent as they all think.

ZACK
I h pe I wake
p s n.

C ry p
shes n the gas, and the car starts g ing pretty

fast.

EXT. VAN ± NIGÀT

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c
The s
n sets, and it starts t get really dark.

KRISTEN
Where are we Zack?

ZACK
I d n¶t kn w. I¶ve never been
t this way.

CORY
With
r l
ck, this r ad pr bably dead ends
int an ld Indian b
rial gr
nd s mewhere.

AMY
(l king
t the back)
S me ne is behind
s.

C ry lifts his eyes t l k int the rear-view mirr r.

There is a pair f headlights in the far distance.
They all watch t see if the car will get cl ser t them.
C ry l ks int the mirr r every tw sec nds.

AMY
They¶re t
rning.

KRISTEN
L ks like there¶s a t wn
p ahead.

AMY
Let¶s get s me f d.

ZACK
I¶m n t h
ngry at all. Thinking ab
t f d
makes me want t thr w
p. Pl
s s meh w I
d n¶t think that we w
ld get very g d
service.

C ry makes ne last l k int the rear-view mirr r, and

when he d es a fig
re c mes int view f their headlights.

The fig
re stands in the middle f the r ad, and is wearing

a h die and s
nglasses.

C ry l ks back at the r ad and q
ickly swerves t the

left. Their car flies ff the r ad, hits a tree, and r lls

pside-d wn. The car is t taled.
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c
ZACK
AÀÀÀ, DAMN IT! I ÀIT MY ÀEAD AGAIN!

CORY
Wh was that? I¶m g nna kick his ass. I
think I br ke my kneecap.

KRISTEN
Zack.

ZACK
Kris, are y
k? Amy?

KRISTEN
Yeah, I¶m k. Get me
t f here.

CORY
Yeah, me t y
ass-h le.

ZACK
Me? Way t watch the r ad.

Zack manages t get
t f the car first. Àe has t kick

the d r pen. There are pieces f br ken glass all ver
the place.

Àe immediately starts t get the girls
t. The kid in the

h die is n where t be seen.

ZACK
What d ya¶ll wanna d ? I say we g int the
w ds, and find s mewhere t sleep.

KRISTEN
I knew I sh
ld have br
ght my pill w.

CORY
W men.

ZACK
Yeah.

They all get
t and walk int the w ds. They get pretty
far int the w ds, and they all sit d wn, learning against
s me trees.

They start t hear pe ple whispering, and sl w f tsteps

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c
all ar
nd them. Very strange s
nds start t s
rr
nd
them.
AMY
What was that?

KRISTEN
What?

CORY
N pe.
(stands
p)
It¶s a little t Blair Witch
t here.

ZACK
(stands)
Yeah, let¶s get
t f here. We need t get
back t the r ad.

They all get
p and start q
ickly walking
t f the w ds.

On their way
t, they c me
p nt a playgr
nd that is in
the middle f the w ds. There are t mbst nes c vering the
playgr
nd.

ZACK
Of c
rse. Great. J
st great. Where did this
c me fr m? If this isn¶t s me eerie«

KRISTEN
Maybe we walked back at an angle.

AMY
N we didn¶t.

ZACK
Wh w
ld b
ild a playgr
nd n t p f a
graveyard?

CORY
Maybe the playgr
nd came first.

ZACK
That w
ld be even weirder.

They all stand there, and they bec me m re and m re scared.

The playgr
nd seems t be ha
nted by s mething as the
swings start t m ve and the v ices f little kids start t
ech ar
nd them.
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c

ZACK
(breathing panic breaths)
Let¶s g . RUN!

They start t r
n ar
nd the
tside f the playgr
nd, and
as they d they see the silh
ettes f little kids wh are
h lding hands.

By h lding hands the kids f rm a fence ar
nd them, f rcing

the f
r f them t r
n thr
gh the playgr
nd.

KRISTEN
C me n!

They g sprinting thr
gh the playgr
nd. As they r
n

s mething grabs Amy¶s arm.

Amy screams and l ks behind her. There is n thing there.

When she l ks back, she sees that she is by herself.

As she l ks ar
nd the playgr
nd f r Zack, Kristen, r

C ry she sees a man dressed as a freaky CLOWN standing by
the swing set with a knife in his hand.

Amy pr ceeds t r
n franticly
t f the playgr
nd. Right

bef re she r
ns
t f the w ds. C ry grabs her and c vers
her m
th.

CORY
SÀÀ SÀÀ SÀÀÀÀ! The c ps are here. They f
nd
my car.

ZACK
Let¶s g . Stay q
ite. Every ne keep y
r
eyes pen. If any ne sp ts
s, j
st r
n int
the w ds.

KRISTEN
Wh kn ws what they¶d d t
s if they catch

s.

ZACK
I¶m n t ready t find
t. Act
ally we kn w
what they¶d d t
s.
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c
They r
n al ng the
tside f the w ds. After they get
t
f the w ds they see a neighb rh d that is still
nder
c nstr
cti n.

S me f the h
ses are barely b
ilt, s me l k pink fr m

all f the ins
lati n that is sh wing, and s me l k like
they are alm st finished.

ZACK
Let¶s sleep in ne f these h
ses.

AMY
N , we can¶t d that. There will pr bably be
c nstr
cti n g
ys all ar
nd these h
ses in
the m rning. I d n¶t want them t walk in n

s while we¶re sleeping.

CORY
They¶re aren¶t g ing t be any c nstr
cti n
g
ys. Y
really think that pe ple are g ing
t be w rking d
ring the ap calypse? I mean
if there¶s a reas n t call int w rk,
that¶s it.

ZACK
L k at that h
se. It has a f r sale sign
in the fr nt yard. And it l ks like a brand
new h
se. S , n ne is living there yet,
right?

AMY
I h pe the sh wers w rk.

They sneak
p t the h
se, and l k ar
nd.

CORY
N cars.

The fr nt d r is
nl cked, and they walk in.

INT. ÀOUSE - NIGÀT

The inside f the h
se is pitch black. They stay q
ite as

they start t l k ar
nd.
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c
N ne f the light switches w rk, b
t every n w and again
the lights will all flicker n f r a brief m ment, and then
t
rn back ff.

CORY
Why are the lights d ing that?

ZACK
I d n¶t kn w.

Zack flips every light switch he can find. N ne f them

w rk.

They all g their wn way inside the h
se. Kristen finds a

bedr m
pstairs that has a bathr m in it.

C ry g es int the basement, and lies d wn n a c
ch. Amy

g es int an ther r m
pstairs. Zack hangs
t in the
kitchen f r a while.

The lights still flicker n and then ff ab
t at ab
t 20

sec nd intervals.

Then, the lights start t flicker n and ff m re rapidly

and m re freq
ently. As they flicker n, they begin t
realize that they are n t al ne.

There are ther pe ple in the h
se. They are very gh st-
like, and they nly m ve when the lights are ff.

The gh st-like pe ple are in different places and p siti ns

every time that the lights flicker n. Every time the
lights flicker n, they are cl ser and cl ser t them.

INT. BATÀROOM

Amy stands in fr nt f the mirr r. Every time the lights

flicker n she sees the b
rn n her face. A h
man bject
r
ns past the bathr m when the lights are ff. Amy slams
the d r sh
t, and l cks it.

Kristen screams fr m the bedr m she¶s in. Amy hangs her

head, and cries in fear. She picks
p a pair f sciss rs
fr m the sink. She l ks back in the mirr r.

INT. LIVING ROOM

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c
Zack stands in fr nt f the sink. Àe takes a pack f
cigarettes
t f his p cket. Lights ne
p, and takes a
drag.

Àe r lls
p the l ng sleeve n his left arm, and h lds the

cig
p t his arm.

ZACK
Wake
p.

Àe h lds the lit cigarette nt his f rearm, b
rning his

skin. Àe p
lls it away.

ZACK
Wake
p.

INT. BATÀROOM

The lights flicker n, and Amy can hear s me ne dragging

their hand acr ss the cl sed sh wer c
rtain.

The lights flicker ff. Pitch black.

When the lights c me back n 5 sec nds later, the sh wer

c
rtain is pen, revealing the dead white c rpse f an ld
man standing
p in the sh wer.

Amy t
rns ar
nd, and screams. She q
ickly brings the

sciss rs
p t her neck, and slits her thr at. The lights
t
rn ff.

The flicker back n t an empty batht
b c vered in Amy¶s

bl d. Amy lays dead n the fl r.

INT. KITCÀEN

ZACK
WAKE UP!

Zack h lds the b
rning cigarette d wn n his neck, then

takes it ff.

ZACK
WAKE UP!

Àe h lds presses it n his face, and h lds it there. Àe

yells in pain. C ry yells fr m
pstairs.
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c

Zack t
rns ar
nd, and sees a LARGE MAN with a baseball

bat. Àe cracks Zack ver the head.

This kn cks Zack¶s lights
t.

FADE TO BLACK

Zack fades in and
t f c nsci
sness, and when he d es he

sees flashes f the kid in the h die dragging him thr
gh
the h
se, then driving, and then him carrying him thr
gh
large halls in s me b
ilding.

INT. LARGE ABANDONED COLLEGE BUILDING ± NIGÀT

Zack pens his eyes.

Àe is tied
p al ngside f Kristen and C ry.

They are all wrapped
p in plastic wrap that g es fr m

their sh
lders all the way d wn t their feet, making them
l k like m
mmies.

N thing t diffic
lt t escape fr m.

As Zack starts t break
t f this wrapping, he starts t

get very pissed ff. Àe starts yelling, and shaking.

It takes him awhile t get
t f beca
se the wrapping

stretches int little strands that are hard t break.

ZACK
C me n. I¶M SICK OF TÀIS SÀIT!

Zack finally gets all f it ff f him. Àe d esn¶t ffer t

help Kristen r C ry get
nwrapped.

Zack immediately starts g es t the d r and tries t pen

it, b
t the d r is l cked.

Zack starts sizing
p the r m; he thinks ab
t h w he can

break
t. Àe isn¶t acting like himself as he franticly
sc pes
t his pti ns.

KRISTEN
Where¶s Amy? Zack, st p. L k f r Amy.
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c
They have been l cked in a classr m that has n wind ws.
It is f
ll f tables, and st
dent desks. It has cement
walls, and tw s lid metal d rs.

The d rs b th have a very small wind w in the t p-center

f them.

Zack starts ff by kicking the d r with all f his might.

It d esn¶t even b
dge.

It gets t the p int where Zack
ses everything in the r m

t try t break and bash his way
t f the r m. Kristen
and C ry get
ntied.

KRISTEN
Zack, y
¶re scaring me.

Zack swings a desk, and bashes it repeatedly int the d r

as hard as he can.

ZACK
(still bashing)
IF TÀERE¶S A WILL, TÀERE¶S A WAY. ÀOW IRONIC
TÀAT I LEARNED TÀAT IN A CLASS ROOM. I
CERTAINLY ÀAVE A WILL. SÀOW ME TÀE WAY BABY.
SÀOW ME TÀE WAY.

Zack thr ws the mangled desk n the fl r, and then

c ntin
es t find s me ther way f escaping the r m.

Despite all f his eff rts, he d esn¶t seem t be getting

anywhere. C ry starts t help Zack in b
sting
t f their
r m f captivity.

KRISTEN
D es any ne kn w what happened t Amy?

CORY
She¶s Dead.

Zack thr ws the metal st l that was in his hands n the

fl r. Then he stands there l king at Kristen wh has her
hands ver his face.

CORY
I walked in n her in the bathr m. She
killed herself.
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c

Zack l ks at Kristen f r a m ment, and then he starts

picking
p bjects, and smashing them int the d r.
Event
ally Zack breaks thr
gh the wall. Zack¶s caged-
animal mentality starts t where ff.

KRISTEN
Are y
happy n w?

Zack leans
p against the wall, and slides d wn
ntil he is

seated.

ZACK
Yeah, I think s .

Kristen sits d wn next t him, giving him a h
g. C ry steps

t f the r m, int the hallway.

CORY
Well, we¶re
t; we¶re free. Y
are a beast
Zack. L k at this place.

Zack and Kristen step int the hallway.

CORY
What a f
cking day.
(la
ghs)
Where the hell are we?
(c ntin
es l
d la
ghing)
What will t m rr w bring? I¶m n t scared
anym re. I¶m n t.

ZACK
I¶m n t either. I really d n¶t care what¶s
g ing n anym re. I¶m glad that y
¶re here
with me. I¶d hate t g thr
gh this al ne.

Zack h
gs Kristen.

ZACK
And I¶m glad that we¶re all OK. I l ve y
,
Kris.

KRISTEN
(crying)
I l ve y
t Zack. N matter what happens,
we can get thr
gh it t gether. C ry, c me
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c
here really q
ick.
(l ks at Zack)
I want t say a prayer. We sh
ld have d ne
this a l ng time ag .

ZACK
When is the last time y
prayed?

KRISTEN
Pr bably the last time y
did.

Zack grabs Kristen¶s hand. C ry sits d wn with them. The

three f them are h lding hands in a circle.

KRISTEN
Psalm 3. L rd, h w they have increased wh
tr
ble me! Many are they wh rise
p
against me. Many are they wh say f me,
There is n help f r him in G d.

B
t Y
, O L rd, are a shield f r me, My

gl ry and the One lifts
p my head. I cried
t the L rd with my v ice, and Àe heard me
fr m Àis h ly hill.

I lay d wn and slept; I aw ke, f r the L rd

s
stained me. I will n t be afraid f ten
th
sands f pe ple wh have set themselves
against me all ar
nd.

Arise, O l rd; save me, O my G d! F r y

have str
ck all my enemies n the cheekb ne;
Y
have br ken the teeth f the
ng dly.
Salvati n bel ngs t the L rd. Y
r blessing
is
p n Y
r pe ple.

Zack s rr wf
lly l ks at Kristen.

CORY
Let¶s get
t f here, eh?

C ry stands
p and walks t the elevat r at the end f the

hall. C ry p
shes the elevat r b
tt n, and the d r pens.
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c
CORY
Elevat r w rks.

C ry smiles at Zack and Kristen, and takes a large

c nfident step int the elevat r. Right when he d es, the
elevat r pl
mmets d wnwards, and p werf
lly crashes n the
b tt m fl r.

Zack and Kristen r
n
p the still- pen elevat r d rs, and
l k ver the edge. N thing is visible except blackness, as
if they were l king int the abyss.

ZACK
CORY! CORY! CAN YOU ÀEAR ME?

Kristen stands
p and walks away fr m the ledge.

KRISTEN
We are g ing t die, Zack. Let¶s face it.

ZACK
(walks t wards her)
N . We aren¶t. We¶re getting
t f here.

KRISTEN
What is the p int? What is the p int? It¶s
n t like we¶re g ing t live th
gh-

ZACK
-St p it. St p it. We¶re g nna get
t f
here, and get C ry s me help. We have t
keep m ving n. Let¶s make it thr
gh the
day. We¶re n t g ing t let them win. We
can¶t let them win.

INT. MARCUS ALLAN¶S ÀOUSE ± DAY

Marc
s¶ alarm cl ck t
rns fr m 6:14am t 6:15am, and the

alarm g es ff. Àe immediately t
rns it ff with ne q
ick
m ti n.

Marc
s was wide awake, and waiting f r it t g ff. Àe

l ks disg
sted with himself as he gets
p
t f bed.

Àe l ks at his wife, wh is still sleeping.

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c
Àe gets
p
t f bed, and p
ts n his b
siness s
it. Then
he l ks at himself in the mirr r, and thr ws
p in the
sink.

EXT. COLLEGE BUILDING - DAY

The s
n c mes
p n a large fenced ff b
ilding in a

c llege camp
s. Zack b
rsts
t f the fr nt d rs h lding
Kristen, wh is
nc nsci
s, in his arms. Àe l ks very
tri
mphant that he g t
t f the sit
ati n that he was in.

Àis cl thes are all t rn and mangled and c vered in his wn

bl d, al ng with debris fr m the b
ilding.

Àe stands ab
t 15 feet
tside the b
ilding f r a few

sec nds t l k
p at the sky. Then he starts r
nning.

Àe c mes
p n a b
sy city street that is cl
ttered with

pe ple walking n the sidewalks.

As he r
ns, he starts t get filled with m re and m re

hatred f r all the things that all these pe ple wh l k
evil have d ne t him.

In the distance y
see a MOTÀER and her 4 r 5 year ld

SON walking d wn the street. Zack r
ns t wards them faster
and faster.

Zack gets kn cked ver by a passer-by, and lands n the

gr
nd trying t cradle Kristen.

As they are n the gr
nd, the m ther and her s n are

walking
p t them. The s n is a very c
te little kid with
very big, bright, and bea
tif
l eyes.

Zack p
lls the knife
t f his pants, and prepares f r an

attack.

Right as he is ab
t t stab the kid, he n tices that the

kids eyes are n t evil l king like everyb dy else¶s. They
are n rmal l king. Zack hides the knife behind his back.

This is the first set f n rmal l king eyes that he has

seen, besides his friends, since he w ke
p the m rning
bef re.
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c
Flashes f the evil l king eyes c me ver the b y¶s n rmal
eyes. The kid l ks
p at Zack as if he kn ws him.

Àe l ks at him as if he cares f r Zack, and
nderstands

all he has been thr
gh. The b y t
ches Zack¶s face.

TÀE BOY
(whispers)
Y
r eyes.

Zack¶s eyes are the nes that are messed
p. Àis eyes l k
like they are dilated t the p int where the area f c l r
in his eyes is c mpletely black.

Àe als has a little bit f redness n the whites f his

eyes. Zack l wers his knife, and starts crying.

Àe can¶t see what his eyes l k like, b
t he can feel that
s mething is wr ng.

S mething ab
t this b y gave him a m ment f clarity. Àe

grabs the kid by the sh
lders.

ZACK
Thank y
.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY

The b
siness exec
tives are in a h
ge ffice r m, where

there is a gigantic spherical table in the middle. The
table g es fr m ne end f the r m t the ther, and it
has many chairs all ar
nd it.

A presentati n f r a dr
g called Zymit r is being watched.

Then they watch s me kind f pr m ti nal vide f r the
dr
g.

The vide is being played n an verhead pr ject r inside

f the r m.

EXT. CITY - DAY

Zack r
ns behind s me b
ildings and int a w ded area. Àe

r
ns
p nt a hill that verl ks his neighb rh d, and he
can make
t his h
se.
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cc c c
c
Àe sees that his h
se is n t b
rnt d wn. Àe takes ff
r
nning, still carrying Kristen. Àe gets t the
neighb rh d that his h
se is in. Àe gets t his h
se.

There is yell w p lice tape all ar
nd it.

INT. ÀOUSE ± DAY

Zack walks in the fr nt d r, and l ks ar
nd f r a while

trying t c llect his th
ghts.

The pers n in the h die is inside the h
se, hiding behind

a b kcase.

Zack sets Kristen d wn n the living r m c
ch. Zack

stands in the living r m, and sees flashes f the h
se
being n fire.

Àe t
rns and sees a visi n f the dead c p lying n the

fl r. In the distance he hears Abby screaming. Then it all
st ps.

Zack t
rns a c rner and l ks int his bathr m. Zack j
st

stands there staring; he sees a half empty prescripti n
dr
g b ttle sitting n his bathr m c
nter.

Àe l ks at the pills in remembrance.

FLASÀBACK ± NIGÀT OF TÀE PARTY

INT. ZACK¶S ÀOUSE - NIGÀT

C ry makes his way thr
gh a cr wded hallway. Àe walks
p

t Zack. Zack h lds a c
p f beer in each hand.

CORY
Àere, p
t this d wn.

C ry takes ne c
p
t f Zack¶s hand, p
ts in n the

c
nter.

C ry p
lls a pill b ttle
t f his p cket.

CORY
These pills are brand spanking new. I t k
ne and I¶m f
ckin¶« I¶m f
cked
p.
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ZACK
Wh ¶s are they?

CORY
A friend f Nick¶s. I think.

Jay stands against the wall in the living r m.

Zack h lds a pill in his hands. The pill is white with a

little ³z´ n it. Zack p ps the pill in his m
th.

BACK TO SCENE
INT. ÀOUSE - DAY

ZACK
These pills.
(beat)
N .

Zack hears the screen d r at the back f the h
se slam

sh
t. Zack r
ns t the back f the h
se, and b
sts the
screen d r pen.

The pers n in the h die r
ns away fr m the h
se h lding

Kristen in his arms. Zack r
ns after him at f
ll speed. Y

can see the l k f ang
ish in his face.

ZACK
STOP!

Zack is ab
t 15 yards away when his h
se expl des,

kn cking Zack t the gr
nd. The pers n in the h die r
ns

ntil he can n l nger be seen. Zack gets
p and d es his
best t c ntin
e after him.

ZACK
KRISTEN!

After Zack t
rns the c rner, he sees Kristen pr pped
p

against a tree, and the pers n in the h die stands next t
her; he is still wearing s
nglasses. Zack r
ns t wards him.

PERSON IN ÀOODIE
Zack, st p.
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Zack tackles him, and thr ws him nt the gr
nd.

ZACK
What? Y
d n¶t think I remember y
.

Zack p
nches him in the face while n the gr
nd.

PERSON IN ÀOODIE
Listen t me; I kn w what y
¶re g ing
thr
gh.

ZACK
Y
d n¶t kn w dick ab
t what I¶ve been
thr
gh. B
t, I d kn w that y
made
s
wreck
r car, then y
l cked
s in a
f
cking death h
se, where my best friend
was killed, y
miserable f
ck. N w y
bl w

p my h
se.
(kicks him)
What m re d y
want t d t me?

PERSON IN ÀOODIE
I j
st saved y
r life.

Zack is n t p f him, grabbing his shirt c llar, and

smashing his head nt the gr
nd. Then Zack p
nches him in
the face, kn cking his s
nglasses ff.

The pers n¶s eyeballs are very badly scarred. All f the
c l r is weird.

There are sp ts with n c l r. This startles Zack t where

he st ps hitting him. The pers n in the h die sq
ints his
eyes in pain, and j
mps
p ff the gr
nd.

Àe p
ts his hands ver his eyes t bl ck the s
nlight, and

then he reaches t wards the gr
nd t pick his glasses
p.

They are b th standing there l king at each ther.

PERSON IN ÀOODIE
My name is Kyler Addis n. I¶m 26. L k I
didn¶t mean t make y
crash; I j
st wanted
t st p y
, beca
se I needed t talk t y

bef re y
killed any m re pe ple. I saw y

g int the w ds, and I went t talk t y

then b
t y
all ran
t, and went int that
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c
h
se. I resc
ed y
fr m that h
se. The
wner was g ing t kill y
.

ZACK
The h
se was empty.

KYLER
N , it wasn¶t. There was a wh le family
there, sleeping. The dad hit y
in the head
with a baseball bat. I dragged y

t when
he started t call the c ps. Y
and y
r
friends. Y
r sister and, C ry? I had t tie
y
all
p and blindf ld y
t get y

t.

ZACK
À w d y
kn w
r names?

KYLER
Beca
se y
¶re all ver the news. F r crying

t l
d. D y
kn w h w many pe ple y

have killed, incl
ding tw c ps?

ZACK
The news?

KYLER
Yeah, the news.

ZACK
Y
r eyes d n¶t l k like the thers.

KYLER
I kn w. This is what y
r eyes are g ing t
l k like, when the dr
g wears ff.

ZACK
What dr
g?

KYLER
Zymit r. Zymit r is the f
cking dr
g that
y
and y
r friends are n.
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ZACK
What the hell is that, and why w
ld we be
n it?

KYLER
I d n¶t kn w why y
¶re n it.

ZACK
Why did y
bl w
p my h
se?

KYLER
I didn¶t. The c mpany did.

ZACK
What c mpany?

KYLER
Damn it Zack. Open y
r eyes. Xylem
Pharmace
ticals. The c mpany that y
r Dad
w rked f r. Zack, things haven¶t been h w
y
have seen them. N thing has happened the
(MORE)
KYLER (C nt¶d)
way that y
and y
r friends have seen it
happen. I can make it all make sense, b
t
y
have t tr
st me. I kn w that pe ple
have d ne shitty things t y
, b
t I¶m n
y
r side.

ZACK
What is this, and what¶s happening t me?

KYLER
(p
lls
t a blindf ld)
First p
t this n.

ZACK
What?

KYLER
P
t this n, please.

ZACK
Why the-
c c cc c c
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KYLER
-Any min
te n w, y
are g ing think that
I¶m d ing s me crazy shit that I¶m n t
really d ing, and I need that t n t happen.
Please sit d wn and p
t this n.

ZACK
(beat)
Fine.

KYLER
Als we need t g sit in my car. We can p
t
y
r sister in the back where she can lay
d wn and be safe. The p lice will be here
s n.

Zack g es t pick
p Kristen.

KYLER
À ld n, p
t this n first. I¶ll carry her.

Zack takes the blind f ld, and ties it ar
nd his eyes.
Kyler picks
p Kristen, and they walk ar
nd the bl ck t
Kyler¶s car. Zack and Kyler are sitting in the fr nt, and
Kristen is lying d wn in the back. The car is n t m ving.

KYLER
Okay, stay l w, since y
are wanted f r
m
rder and everything. There is a maj r
pharmace
tical c mpany called Xylem Inc.
This is where y
r father has w rked f r« a
while n w.

ZACK
My father is a sales rep f r a marketing
c mpany.

KYLER
Well he was. B
t he did s me j b f r Xylem
and they ffered him a permanent j b.

ZACK
À w d y
kn w all this?

KYLER
Beca
se I¶ve been f ll wing Xylem f r a
while n w. And, it¶s all ver the news.
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ZACK
My father is n the news?

KYLER
Yes.

KYLER
N w this part isn¶t n the news. I¶ve
fig
red this m
ch
t n my wn. Ab
t three
years ag an engineer there, by accident,
created what was c nsidered t be the
perfect replacement dr
g t all depressi n
and anxiety pills. A pill that w
ld make
y
feel alive like y
¶ve never felt
bef re, with n ne f the side effects that
pills carry with it. They named the dr
g
Zymit r after its f
nder, Brand n Zimmer.
It was labeled as the new dr
g that w
ld
p
t Xylem n the t p. Kind f a w nder dr
g.
The b
siness exec
tives at Xylem were s
(MORE)
KYLER (C nt¶D)
exited ab
t the idea f Zymit r that it
bl cked their j
dgment f whether r n t it
was ready t g t the testing stage. Xylem
did a kind f
n fficial testing. They
wanted t test the dr
g n pe ple diagn sed
with chr nic depressi n. There were nly
f
r that sh wed
p. I was ne f them. It
was three g
ys and a girl; the ther three
were real pieces f w rk. We g t the dr
g,
and everything was fine. Man, we felt great.
They held
s with them f r 5 h
rs bef re
they sent
s h me. We went
r separate
ways, and by the next m rning the ther
three had killed a c mbined t tal f 37
pe ple. Als by that time the ther tw had
killed themselves. We went thr
gh the same
thing that y
and y
r friends have g ne
thr
gh, except we were al ne.

Zack lifts his blindf ld ff his eyes.

KYLER
Please keep that n.
c c cc c c
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ZACK
S what-

KYLER
-Zack, what we saw was an ill
si n. What y

saw was an ill
si n. N ne f it was real.
All the evil pe ple and evil acts that y

saw was j
st n rmal pe ple being n rmal.
They all l ked evil t me t . Zymit r is a
f
cked
p dr
g that makes every ne wh ¶s n
hall
cinate and think that every ne wh
isn¶t n it is evil. Xylem wanted t c ver

p the wh le thing. Make it g away. F r
s me reas n, the c ps never fig
red
t that
the three f
s were given Zymit r. I was in
a m vie theater when the dr
g kicked in.

FLASÀBACK

INT. MOVIE TÀEATRE

Kyler is sitting by himself. The m vie that is being sh wn

is a dark h rr r m vie with very eerie, high pitched m
sic.

Kyler h lds his hands
p t his face as the m
sic b
ilds

p. It is bvi
s that there is g ing t be a startling
scene in the m vie his is watching.

S
re en
gh s mething j
mps
t at the screen. Kyler kind

f j
mps in his seat, then c vers his face, and q
ietly
la
ghs ab
t it.

Àe l ks ar
nd the theater, and n tices that he is al ne

in it. Àe l ks behind him and t the sides. The m
sic
b
ilds
p again.

There is a l
d bang which ca
ses Kyler t l k
p at the

screen.

On the screen there is a vampire like fig
re staring right

at him. Every single light in the theater t
rns ff; even
the lights that line the stairs.

S
ddenly the back sides f dec mp sing b dies rise
p fr m

the seats in fr nt f him. Then they are sitting next t
him at his left and right.
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c
The b dies in fr nt f him all t
rn their heads 180
degrees, and l k at him. Kyler screams and r
ns
t.

KYLER (O.S.)
When I left the theater everything was
cha s. I saw h rrible things. I d n¶t kn w
h w, b
t I knew that all f this had
s mething t d with the dr
g.

Kyler gets t his h
se, p
ts a blindf ld n, grabs a

blanket, and crawls
nder his bed.

KYLER (O.S.)
I m
st have stayed
nder there f r tw wh le
days. Then all f the s
dden I felt like I
was fl ating. I t k my blindf ld ff and I
never felt s g d in all f my life. I felt
free; I felt alive. Invincible. That nly
lasted ab
t ne min
te bef re I started
spasming and p
king my g
ts
t. I th
ght I
was g ing t die. Then it was ver.

BACK TO SCENE

ZACK
À w many pe ple did y
kill?

KYLER
N ne, b
t I can see why the ther tw did.
Anyway, the dr
g never sh wed
p in
r
system beca
se it was t new. I tried t
tell the c ps, b
t they nly th
ght that I
was crazy. They threatened t p
t me in a
mental h spital. Xylem wasn¶t g ing t
c nfess shit beca
se they kn w that all that
bad rep w
ld p
t them
nder f r g d. Ever
since this happened t me I¶ve been watching
the c mpany very cl sely. Trying t find a
way t get back at them. And they¶ve been
trying t kill me as well.

ZACK
Why did the dr
g g t me?
c c c c c
c
KYLER
I d n¶t kn w. I can nly imagine that it was
s
pp sed t g t y
r Father. Or maybe they
th
ght y
all knew s mething, I d n¶t
kn w. B
t, I think y
¶ll find this
interesting.

Kyler p
lls a pict
re
t f his pants¶ p cket. The pict
re

is f Jay walking int a b
ilding. Zack lifts his blindf ld
f r a m ment.

KYLER
Y
kn w him?

ZACK
This is Jay. Àe was with
s, and g t killed
at that f
neral.

KYLER
Àe was an intern at Xylem. Àis real name is
Bryce Owens.

ZACK
Y
think he had t d with
s getting the
dr
g?

KYLER
I d n¶t kn w.

ZACK
That s n f a bitch. I knew s mething was
p
with him.

KYLER
Oh and that f
neral y
were at. That was
the f
neral f the CEO f Xylem. Well, n t
his f
neral b
t the f
neral f his wife and
da
ghter that he killed by giving them the
dr
g. Once again the c ps never f
nd a
trace. B
t I kn w what happened.

ZACK
B
t h w c
ld this be? All f
s w
ld have
had t hall
cinate the same thing. That¶s
imp ssible.
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c
KYLER
Y
w
ld think s , h
h?
(lights
p a cigarette)
In reality, y
pr bably all saw things a
little bit differently, b
t the main pict
re
was the same.

FLASÀBACK: À w things really were

INT. MANSION - DAY

Sierra stands in the d rway l king d wn at her M ther wh

is ab
t t die. The M ther l ks
p at Sierra with a
h rrified l k n her face. Sierra¶s l ks n rmal. She is a
c
te, sweet little girl.

EXT. BEACÀ ± NIGÀT

Britney l ks t ward the beach h lding the b ttle f r
m.

The waves crash against the sand.

She r
ns
p t Brand n, and breaks the b ttle ver his

head. She drags him t the water, and p
lls him
nder.
Brand n crawls
t f the water. Britney stands in the
water, j
st like the Silh
ette she saw.

INT. ÀOUSE ± DAY

C ry, Kristen, Zack, Jay, Amy, Alex, and Matt stand ar
nd
Abby wh they have tied t a chair. Every ne¶s eyes are red
b
t Abby¶s. Abby l ks terrified as every ne stands ar
nd
her in a dr
gged
t state.

INT. BIANCÀI ÀOUSE ± DAY

Zack sits n a c
ch, and l ks int the kitchen. Àe sees

the w men ch pping
p h
man b dies.

Kristen sits next t him n the c
ch. She l ks int the

kitchen, and sees the w men ch pping
p, and c king d gs.

C ry sits in a chair next t Zack. Àe l ks int the

kitchen, and sees all the w men c king n rmal f d, b
t
they are all naked and c vered in bl d.

BACK TO SCENE
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c
ZACK
Y
said y
were l king f r a way t get
back at them, h
h?

KYLER
We can p
t these g
ys
nder. B
st this thing
wide pen.

ZACK
À w?

KYLER
I can take y
t Xylem. Then we can b th
get
r revenge. We can st p this fr m
happening t any ne else.

ZACK
What if y
and I were t g the c ps? B th
f
s, and explain what is g ing n.

KYLER
Zack, Y
¶ve killed ver 80 pe ple. They
w n¶t listen t what y
have t say. Xylem
will deny everything. They¶ll get ff free.
B
t, if we g d wn there, and kill wh ever
we have t in rder t bl w this thing pen,
and avenge all f y
r friends, and I get my
vengeance. We can d this.

Zack sits there thinking f r a m ments.

ZACK
What d y
have in mind?

KYLER
À w g d are y
with a hatchet?

ZACK
I¶m pretty g d with ne f th se.

Zack takes ff his blindf ld, and l ks at Kristen.

ZACK
Is she g nna be k?
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c

KYLER
I¶ll park in the str
ct
re, she¶ll be fine.

Zack l ks back at Kyler, and freezes. Àe starts breathing

deep, q
ick breaths as if seeing s mething terrible.

KYLER
(l king at Zack)
Zack, I need y
t l k at me and f c
s.
Stay with me Zack.
(waves his arms in fr nt f his face)
Whatever y
¶re seeing; whatever y
think
I¶m d ing, I need t see thr
gh it. Ok? See
the tr
th. It¶s me.

Kyler tries t reach f r the blindf ld t p
ll it d wn ver

his eyes, b
t Zack backs away. Kyler l cks the d rs right
bef re Zack tries t pen the d r.

ZACK
LET ME OUT!

KYLER
I need y
t p
t this n. S n bef re the
p lice get here.

Zack shakes his head.

ZACK
What happened t y
?

KYLER
Y
kn w this is all in y
r head. Please,
please f c
s, and p
t it back n ver y
r
eyes.

Kyler q
ickly p
ts the blindf ld ver his head.

ZACK
This is s me dr
g.

KYLER
Yeah, s me dr
g.

They drive t the Xylem ffice, and sneak inside.

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INT. XYLEM BOARD ROOM ± DAY

This is the large r m with versized table. There are 6

men.

All f the men in the r m are seated and engaged in a deep

c nversati n. Zack and Kyler are standing
tside f the
d r.

KYLER
These are the men wh are resp nsible f r
everything that has happened t y
, y

father, and y
r friends. N w with y
I can
bargain with them t give
s all f the
inf rmati n that they have ab
t the dr
g,
and get them t t
rn themselves in. I can
clear y
r name, and y
r sister¶s.

ZACK
Kristen!

Zack starts freaking
t all f the s
dden.

ZACK
Take me back t her n w.

Zack takes ff his blindf ld, and r
ns d wn the hallway.

KYLER
It¶s the ther way.

ZACK
Where d I g ?

Zack grabs Kyler by the c llar.

ZACK
Where?

KYLER
F ll w me.

They b th r
n
t f the b
ilding back t the car. Zack

pens the d r.

INT. CAR ± DAY

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c
Zack h lds Kristen. Kristen shakes and r cks back and
f rth. She f ams at the m
th, and vi lently twitches.

ZACK
What is happening t her?

KYLER
The dr
g is wearing ff. I t ld y
ab
t
this part.

ZACK
Is she g ing t -

Kristen st ps shaking. She seems t be dead at first. B
t,

then she pens
p her eyes. Àer eyes are very badly scarred
j
st like Kyler¶s.

ZACK
N . NO! What did they d t y
?

KYLER
She¶s d ne, Zack. The dr
g w re ff.

ZACK
B
t, l k at her-

Zack st ps when bl d leeks
t f her eyes.

ZACK
(crying in anger)
NO! N t y
t . N t y
, Kris.

KRISTEN
Zack.

ZACK
N , th se bastards. I¶M GOING TO KILL TÀEM
ALL!

KYLER
ZACK! Y
¶re seeing her j
st like every ne
else beca
se she is n t n the dr
g anym re.

ZACK
D n¶t w rry Kris, I¶m g nna kill them all.
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c
Zack gets
t f the car with the hatchet in his hand and
the blindf ld n his head.

KYLER
WE NEED TÀEM ALIVE, ZACK!

INT. LARGE OFFICE ROOM ± CONTINUOUS

Mark
s Allan stands
p at the head the c nference table.

Every ne else is seated.

MARKUS
This third q
arter«

Mark
s st ps, and hangs his head.

MARKUS
I can¶t d this. I can¶t d this any l nger.

Every ne ar
nd the table kn ws what he is talking ab
t,

and n ne f them m ve r say anything. They kn w what he is
ab
t t say, and they all agree with him.

MARKUS
I was t ld t get y
all here n this
l vely Sat
rday m rning t talk ab
t new
pr d
cts, and c mpany m rale, g ver s me
financial statements and earnings. B
t, I
can¶t. My c nscience has literally eaten
away my insides. I w
ld rather spend the
rest f my life in pris n than spend ne
m re day kn wing what we did this t th se
kids six m nths ag . I can remember their
faces when they walked in the d r. I
remember hearing them la
gh as they
v l
nteered t get a pill that they th
ght
w
ld make them better. Unf rt
nately that
isn¶t all that I can remember.

N ne is l king at Mark
s anym re. They are listening t

him with their heads l wered, and their eyes f c
sed n the
area f the table that is immediately in fr nt f them.

MARKUS
I remember what their faces became. I
remember when they killed. I remember when
c c cc c c
c
they killed themselves. Then I remember
Kyler. The ne kid that we were able t save
fr m himself. S what did we d ? We tied him

p, waited f r the dr
g t r
n its c
rse.
We f
nd
t that he had n rec llecti n f
anything that happened while he was
nder
the infl
ence. We drew bl d, f
nd n trace
f Zymit r, p
t a bag ver his head, and
d
mped him ff n the side f the r ad. Then
like c wards we disp se f the ther b dies.
Then
r CEO c nvinces
s that it w
ld be a
g d idea t keep this a secret. T take it
t the grave. I never th
ght I w
ld see
myself as an evil man. B
t I d . I can¶t
keep this a secret any l nger. I d n¶t kn w
h w, b
t s meh w the dr
g has g tten
t,
and m re pe ple are dying.

S
ddenly the d r handle t the r m t
rns, and the d r

pens with a l
d p pping s
nd that gets every ne in the
r m¶s attenti n. The r m bec mes silent.

Zack sl wly walks in with his blindf ld c vering his eyes,

and the hatchet in his hand. Mark
s l ks at Zack, and then
l ks at his hatchet.

Àe sl wly takes the blindf ld ff, and dr ps it. When Zack

takes ff the blindf ld, the ffice is being viewed thr
gh
his eyes t sh w that the dr
g is still affecting him.

The sec nd that it hits the gr
nd, he r
ns t the table

and starts hacking away.

Kyler r
ns
p t the ffice, and l ks thr
gh the wind w.

Àe t
rns and sits with his back against the d r t the
ffice, trapping every ne in the r m.

There are wind ws n b th sides f the d r. Kyler la
ghs

at the t p f his l
ngs as bl d splatters n b th wind ws.

Zack is c vered in bl d nce again, and he has killed all

b
t Mark
s Allan. Mark
s sits in his chair at the head f
the table; he grips b th hand rests.

Zack stands n the table, and walks ver t him. Zack st ps

in his tracks.
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A sense f e
ph ria r
ns thr
gh Zack. Àe stands there and
stares at Mark
s, and then he starts t smile.

Mark
s has a l k f terr r in his face which sl wly starts

t t
rn int a l k f c nf
si n.

Zack starts t la
gh and cl ses his eyes. Àe dr ps the

hatchet, and sways back and f rth with a h
ge smile n his
face.

ZACK¶S VISION

Àe is standing n green grass with stat
es all ar
nd him.

There is the bl
est sky ever.

Zack stands in the field, and he sees his friends that have
died. They are all there with him in a heaven-like
envir nment. They are all very happy, and at peace.

BACK TO SCENE

Zack starts t fall backwards as he thinks that he is

lifting ff f the gr
nd. Àe event
ally lands sq
are n
his back in the middle f the table.

Mark
s makes a b lt f r the d r, b
t Kyler has it l cked

fr m the
tside.

Zack starts t have vi lent seiz
res. Àe als starts t

thr w
p v mit with bl d in it. Àe is twitching and
f aming at the m
th. Mark
s is l king at Zack with h rr r
and g
ilt n his face.

ZACK¶S VISION

Zack¶s e
ph ria has t
rned int a h rrific nightmare as his

dream w rld t
rns very dark. The visi ns in his mind t
rn
bad at the same time that he gets the seiz
res.

Àe sees the sky t
rn black, and rain d wn bl d. All f the

plants ar
nd him shrivel and die. All f the stat
es melt.
All f his friends fall d wn dead.

BACK TO SCENE
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Mark
s bangs n the d r as hard as he can t get
t f
the r m. Mark
s falls nt his knees, and sits against the
wall. Zack is n t m ving at this p int.

Then the d r pens ab
t an inch. Mark
s gets
p and pens

the d r all the way. Kyler stands in fr nt f him. They
stare at each ther f r a m ment. Mark
s l ks at Kyler in
disbelief.

MARKUS
J hn, what are y
d ing here?
(tears r
nning d wn his face)
Did y
bring that kid here?

J hn, wh had been pretending t be Kyler, q
ickly stabs

Mark
s in the st mach with a knife. As Mark
s falls t his
knees, J hn takes ff his glasses t sh w him his scarred
eyes. Mark
s dies at J hn¶s feet.

J hn wipes the knife handle d wn with his shirt, and he

places the knife in Zack¶s right hand while Zack is still

nc nsci
s. J hn t
rns and walks
t f the r m.

Once he is
t f sight, Kristen makes her way t wards the

c nference r m that Zack is in.

She walks very sl wly d wn the hallway with her hand

t
ching the wall f r s
pp rt. She d esn¶t kn w where she
is; she j
st went inside the b
ilding that she saw J hn
(Kyler) walk int .

Kristen appr aches the c nference r m, and l ks inside

the wind w. She gasps when she sees Zack lying n the
table, s
rr
nded by dead b dies.

Kristen g es inside the r m, and j
mps n the table with

Zack.

KRISTEN
Zack. Zack, please wake
p.

Zack¶s eyes fl
tter pen. Kristen h
gs Zack.

KRISTEN
Thank the L rd y
¶re alright.
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They b th clasp each ther tighter as they start t l k
ar
nd the bl d s aked r m.

ZACK
À w did we get here? I can¶t remember
anything.

KRISTEN
Neither can I. B
t we have each ther right?

ZACK
Yeah we have each ther. We have each ther.

J hn walks d wn the hall, and as he walks he takes the

c ntacts
t f his eyes that made his eyes l k scarred.
N w his eyes l k c mpletely n rmal.

There is a large f
rnace in the b
ilding¶s basement, and

J hn thr ws all f his cl thes in it t destr y it. Then he
pens a l cker where he had a b
siness s
it ready f r him
t p
t n.

Àe g es
p s me stairs, and c mes t a r m where the CEO

f the c mpany is waiting. The CEO happens t be J hn¶s
father. This is the Father fr m the beginning.

CEO
S it¶s d ne, is it?

JOÀN
Yeah, it¶s d ne. Zymit r has g ne back t
being
r little secret.

CEO
Y
did g d S n. Y
did real g d. I g
ess
it¶s that time.

P lice sirens are in the backgr
nd.

JOÀN
They¶re already n the way.

CEO
Let¶s get this ver with. I¶m h
ngry, are
y
h
ngry?
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JOÀN
I c
ld eat.

They walk
t f the r m.

CEO
What d y
feel like?

JOÀN
Japanese?

EXT. XYLEM BUILDING - DAY

The CEO is
tside f the Xylem b
ilding, giving a speech

at a press c nference.

CEO
T day marks a new day f r Xylem
pharmace
ticals. Yes, t day is a day f r
(MORE)
CEO (C nt¶d)
m rning. B
t, it is als a day t reb
ild.
It is hard t say g dbye t the men and
w men that we l st t this tragic event.
B
t, we can all l k f rward t meeting new
pe ple, and creating p sitive relati nships
with
r new empl yees as we c ntin
e t
gr w.

As the CEO c ntin
es t give his speech, the scene switches

ver t Zack and Kristen in the p lice stati n. They are
still wearing the same bl dy cl thes.

Zack and Kristen l k abs l
tely c nf
sed ab
t what is

g ing n.

They b th l k like they have g ne thr
gh hell even th
gh

they have n rec llecti n.

As they are getting their pict
res taken, their eyes l k

like they have been crying, b
t the detail f their eyes is
n t clear.

The CEO¶s speech is c ntin
ing in the backgr
nd.

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CEO (V.O.)
T the stakeh lders; I want t let every
c
st mer, empl yee, invest r, and c mm
nity
member kn w that this terrible event, d ne by
tw evil pe ple, will in n way, shape, r
f rm st p Xylem fr m being the w rld ren wned
pharmace
tical p werh
se that it has bec me.
If anything, we will bec me str nger fr m it.
I want every empl yee t kn w that we have
installed a state- f-the-art sec
rity system
t ens
re
ltimate safety. Als , the tw
pe ple resp nsible f r this atr ci
s crime,
Zack and Kristen Marvel are in p lice
c
st dy-

INSERT: MUG SÀOT OF ZACK AND KRISTEN

In their pict
re they l k like tw pe ple that are capable

f mass m
rder. They l k c nf
sed and crazed.

CEO (V.O.)
-and I ass
re y
, they will n t g

np
nished f r the things that they¶ve d ne.

INSERT: MUG SÀOT (CLOSE UP)

Zack and Kristen¶s eyes are very badly scarred. They l k

j
st like Kyler¶s eyes.

FADE OUT: