Druid

By
Zachary Kingham-Seagle

© 2018
1 INT. ROOM - NIGHT 1
Little hands move across old pages of a book. Little symbols
suggest a ritual of some kind.

CHILD
(muttering)
Five different pieces, together
make whole again. One living and
four owned.

2 EXT. BALTIMORE ZOO - EVENING 2

A MISSING POSTER blows in the wind near Druid Hill Park.
MATT walks through the Baltimore Zoo inside the park. He
watches the last families leave and skitters around the
outside walls. He picks up a couple used tickets.

3 EXT. DRUID HILL PARK - EVENING CONTINUOUS 3

Matt walks through different parts of Druid Hill Park and
watches as police investigate a section of the park.

4 INT. HOUSE - NIGHT 4

Matt creeps through his house. The TV plays quietly in the
living room - another murder or disappearance. A floorboard
SQUEAKS, causing Matt to cover his mouth and stop dead in
his tracks. Matt can hear someone SNORING thru a cracked
door in the room ahead. Matt peaks thru the doorway and
inside his MOTHER, Claire, sleeps. Matt sneaks over towards
her bed and carefully opens the cabinet next to her. Inside
is a half empty BOTTLE OF WINE. Matt picks it up and crawls
out of his mother’s room.

5 INT./EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT CONTINUOUS 5

Matt opens a door and steps outside. Sirens SOUND in the
distance. Matt pours out the wine. Something outside rustles
in the bushes, so Matt stands and waits.

6 INT. HOUSE - NIGHT CONTINUOUS 6

Matt enters his bedroom. He looks at a spider on his
windowsill. Matt opens a BOX and plops the ticket stubs
inside. Next to the box are two BOOKS, one old almost
ancient book and the other a children’s book with a tiger on
the cover. Matt’s room is a collection of TOYS, VIDEO GAMES,
SPORTS MEMORABILIA and several FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHS. The wall
next to him seems indented, like someone always used to sit
there. His book hides his face.

(CONTINUED)
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MATTHEW V.O.
The little tiger slunked through-
(beat)
The little tiger slinked?

VOICE V.O.
Mhm.
7 EXT. WOODS - NIGHT 7
Stars twinkle as something slinks through the woods.

8 INT. HOUSE - MORNING 8

Matt wakes up to closing doors and the sound of his mother’s
voice in the other room.

MOM
Leaving for work.
Matt walks through his house located near Druid Hill Park.
The house is beginning to fall apart and the backyard is
full of debris.

MONTAGE:
- Matt watches the spider creep along his windowsill.
- Inside Matt watches television and looks through a BOX. He
pulls out several SMALL ANIMAL FIGURINES and a JAR.
- He watches a spider creep along his windowsill before
carefully enclosing it inside of the jar.
- Matt sits outside on the patio looking out towards the
bushes.
- Matt reads from an ancient book.
END MONTAGE

Two boys SAM and TY rest on their BIKES outside Matt’s

house.
SAM
Matt!

Matt hears his friends and slams the book closed. And packs
a BACKPACK He grabs his BACKPACK, flies out the door and
hops on his BIKE. They ride down the street.

(CONTINUED)
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TY V.O.
I don’t think it’ll work Matt.
9 EXT. BALTIMORE - DAY 9
The boys ride past people sitting on stoops and walking in
and out of corner stores.
SAM
Where are we headed?

MATT
You’ll see.
A GUNSHOT rings out and the boys look back towards the
sound, but it barely seems to register for the boys.

TY
Maybe he’s going to kill us Sam.
Chop us up into tiger meat.
SAM
He’ll kill you first, more meat.

10 EXT./INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - DAY 10

The boys stop in front of an old creepy building.
TY
I don’t know dude.
MATT
This is where my dad grew up.
SAM
It’s kind of a shit hole Matt.
Matt starts to go inside, Sam and Ty walk close to one
another as they follow Matt. They step over debris and used
needles as Matt looks through the building. Ty and Sam look
uncomfortable.

SAM
We’re going back outside Matt.
Matt seems to be looking for something.
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11 EXT. ABANDONED BUILDING - DAY CONTINUOUS 11

Ty and Sam wait outside of the building.
12 INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - DAY CONTINUOUS 12

Matt picks up a faded photograph.

13 EXT. ABANDONED BUILDING - DAY CONTINUOUS 13
TY
Matt?
Ty and Sam wait outside for Matt to come out. After a few
anxious moments he walks back out.
MATT
Let’s go.
14 EXT. BALTIMORE - DAY 14
The boys ride their bikes and end up in Hanlon Park. They
sit on a grassy field shaded by trees as they look over
Matt’s old book. Matt pulls out the glass jar with the
spider in it and plops it into a small dugout hole. The
boys spread dirt over top of it.
TY
Now what?

MATTHEW
Wait and see.
Matt keeps reading his book and the other two quickly get
bored. Ty creeps up on Sam like he’s a spider and attacks
him. The two go tumbling down the hill as Matt continues to
read his book.
15 EXT. BALTIMORE - DAY 15

The trio ride their bikes down city streets in Reservoir

Hill near Druid Hill Park.
TY
Which animal would you pick?

SAM
Hippo.
TY
A hippo?

(CONTINUED)
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SAM
Better than a spider.
The boys ride past a sign that reads: DRUID HILL PARK and
see signs for the zoo. They can hear the SOUNDS of the zoo
coming from the other side.

16 EXT. ZOO - DAY CONTINUOUS 16

The kids peak over the zoo walls.

SAM
I told you no one was here.
17 EXT. DRUID HILL PARK - EVENING CONTINUOUS 17
Ty, Sam, and Matt see several POLICE OFFICERS searching the
area just past the zoo.
TY
That must be on account of the
tiger.

SAM
I didn’t hear about that.
TY
It ate a guy.

SAM
Why do you always lie Ty?
TY
I’m not lying.
(beat)
Go ask them.
SAM
(groaning)
What are they going to tell us?
(beat)
You lying?
An officer YELLS towards the boys. The three of them peel
out and back towards their homes in the city.

18 EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT 18

Crickets CHIRP somewhere on the outskirts of Baltimore. The
humidity is palpable and reflects in the glow of the yard
light revealing trash strewn on a grassy lawn.
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19 INT. HOUSE - NIGHT 19

A ceiling fan spins. Matt looks out his room and through the
doorway. His mother, Claire, snuggles next to TOM. WINE
GLASSES sit in front of them. Matt’s box lays next to him.
Matt can hear his mother laughing with Tom in the other room
as they watch the news. Matt moves several items in his box.
CLAIRE
(yelling)
Want to come in here Matt?

Claire peels Tom’s arm off from around her shoulder. As she
stands its clear she’s a bit tipsy.
20 INT. HOUSE - NIGHT CONTINUOUS 20

Claire comes into Matt’s room. Matt quickly pushes his box
and old book under his bed. Claire sits next to Matt on his
bed.
MATTHEW
Did a tiger escape from the zoo?

CLAIRE
Who told you that?
Matt can smell the wine on her breath.

MATTHEW
Ty.
CLAIRE
That boy lies.

Claire sees Matt’s box and his old book. He pushes them
further under his bed. She moves towards it.
CLAIRE
Want to come in with us?

Matt reads his book. Claire leaves, dejected.

VOICE V.O.
The little tiger stopped at a large
river, not knowing if it should
cross.
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21 EXT. DRUID HILL - DAY 21

The sun blares causing the boys to squint. Matt rides his
bike towards Druid Hill Park with Ty and Sam.
SAM
What’re you gonna do for us if
you’re lying?
TY
Just because we don’t find anything
doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
The boys slide into the spot and begin to search the area.
TY
What if we find a body?
(beat)
Do you think we can sell it?
SAM
You’re stupid.

TY
Your mom doesn’t think so.
Sam pushes Ty. They’re quiet for a minute. Ty crouches
perched up on a hill behind Sam. Ty pounces. Matt wanders
further into the woods as his friend play. They realize he’s
not there anymore so they go looking for him. Off in the
distance they see Matt talking, but can’t see if anyone else
is there.
SAM
Matt?

Matt looks surprised and quickly shoves something into his

backpack. It looks like a shirt.
22 EXT. DRUID HILL PARK - EVENING CONTINUOUS 22

The boys ride off. Matt looks back

23 INT. HOUSE - NIGHT 23
Claire sits in the other room asleep. Matt reads his book in
piece.
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24 INT. HOUSE - NIGHT CONTINUOUS 24

Matt creeps by his sleeping mother. He pulls a blanket over
her.
25 EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT CONTINUOUS 25

Matt walks outside with his backpack on and into the night.
26 EXT. WOODS - NIGHT 26

MONTAGE:
- An empty zoo.
- The woods.

- Something slinking in the darkness.

VOICE V.O.
The little tiger slinked through
the jungle and all the animals
hooted and hollered, but then it
heard a roar.
27 EXT. BALTIMORE STREET - DAY 27
A missing poster blows in the wind. Matt is missing.

28 INT. HOUSE - NIGHT 28

Claire rummages through Matt’s room. She pulls out his box
and opens it, the figurine, the shirt, and the photo are
missing.

VOICE V.O.
And another.
29 EXT. DRUID HILL PARK - DUSK 29
Sam and Ty ride by the park, they yell into the woods and go
in. Sam looks down and sees disturbed earth. He moves some
of the dirt away and sees Matt’s backpack. He finds the
shirt inside and runs. The old book isn’t faraway. He and Ty
ride their bikes away.

VOICE V.O.
And another.
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30 EXT. DRUID HILL PARK -N 30

A skyline shot of the woods.
31 EXT. BALTIMORE - NIGHT 31

Matt reads a book with someone on his bed. Matt smiles.

VOICE
Until it found its way home.

32 EXT. WOODS - NIGHT 32

A roar echoes above Druid Hill Park.
FADE OUT