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"Untitled Zombie Movie"

by
Andrew Blankenship

1st DRAFT
November 20, 2010

1830 S Hutchins Apt 220
Lodi, CA 95240
(209) 747-‐0678
Untitled Zombie Movie (Revised 20-‐Nov-‐10) 1.
OUT. TRAIN TRACKS – DAY WIDE SHOT

Jason walks towards the camera on the train tracks. His eyes look dead.
He is dragging a bloody ax and his shirt is covered in blood.

CUT TO BLACK, CREDITS
BEGIN TITLES

OUT. WAREHOUSES – DAY CLOSE UP
Jason wakes up in the dock area of his home town . He is lying on the
ground with his head facing a dead zombie. Shocked, he leaps up, unsure
of what to do. The zombie’s eyes are glazed over. There is no movement.
Jason waits a moment to move, frozen in fear. Finally, he scrambles away
and starts to grasp his surroundings.

Jason notices his arm, which has been bitten, but now looks like it has
been burned over. He touches it and winces at the pain, but it is not
bleeding and it does not seem infected.

Jason walks around and finds only desolation. He is stunned by the fact
that no one is working or even questioning his walking around apparent
private property. As he is wandering around, he sees a car with someone
in the drivers seat.

JASON
(to the DRIVER)
Hey! Hey, you!

Jason approaches the car and open the door. He finds the driver dead
from a self-‐inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Jason wretches as he
sees the rotting corpse.
JASON
Oh, man. What the -‐

Jason runs from the car and lurches over to throw up.
JASON
What happened here?

As Jason composes himself, in the distance he hears a voice calling out.
SCAGGS (O.S.)
Get back, you bastards! Get back!
CUT TO:

Scaggs, a grizzled survivor, is holding a baseball bat and facing off against
three zombies moving slowly but closing in on him from three angles. He
is terrified but willing to hold his own. His escape route is cut off.

CUT TO:
OUT. WAREHOUSES – DAY WIDE
Jason sees Scaggs from across the site and begins to run to help him out.
JASON
Hey! Hey! Leave him alone!
CUT TO:
OUT. WAREHOUSES – DAY WIDE
The zombies turn their heads to see Jason running towards them. As
soon as they become distracted, Scaggs hits one in the head with the bat
and turns to smash the next one to his right, square in the face. He pulls
out his revolver and puts a bullet in both of their brains, points his gun at
the remaining zombie and shoots him down.
CUT TO:
Jason, running to Scaggs, is shocked at the gunfire.
JASON
What…? What are you doing?
CUT TO:
Scaggs looks at him, grim.
JASON
Why did you kill those people?

Scaggs laughs.
SCAGGS
They’re not people. And they’re not
alive.

Scaggs hunches down and points to the face frozen in rigor mortis.
SCAGGS
See what I mean?
JASON
What is going on here?

SCAGGS
What, today? I’m not sure. I guess these
boys haven’t heard that everyone is
going up the coast towards The Fort.
JASON
No. Not that. I mean, why were they
coming after you? Where is everyone?
SCAGGS
Everyone?
JASON
The dock workers, the office folks,
everybody. What is going on? Who are
they? (points to the zombies) They look
like, like…
SCAGGS
Zombies?
JASON
Well…yeah
SCAGGS
Where have you been the last week or
so?
JASON
What do you mean?
SCAGGS
Everyone, every person on this side of
the country has either been infected,
eaten, or running towards The Fort.
JASON
The Fort?
SCAGGS
The last place we have left. The hotspot
for all the action. All the people are
holed up and the Creeps followed them.
CUT TO:
Zombie 1 looks up and moans.
SCAGGS
Damn it.
CUT TO:
Scaggs shoots the zombie again.
SCAGGS
I guess not all the Creeps.
JASON
You mean to tell me there was a zombie
outbreak…

Scaggs is cleaning out his gun, reloading.
SCAGGS
MmmmHmmm
JASON
And everyone is gone.
SCAGGS
Or dead. For about two weeks now.
JASON
Two weeks?!?
SCAGGS
Yeah. Where have you been, boy?
JASON
I woke up over there. The last thing I
remember was delivering a package to
an office here and that’s it. I woke up to
one of those things was next to me,
dead.
SCAGGS
Dead?
JASON
Yeah. No blood or gunshot or nothing.
Just pale and dead. Like a corpse.
SCAGGS (POINTING TO JASON’S ARM)

What happened to you?
JASON
I don’t know. It was a bite mark or
something, but it feels burned.

Scaggs lifts up his gun to Jason.
SCAGGS
When did you get bit?
JASON
I don’t know!
SCAGGS
Who did it? Was it that dead Creep?
JASON
I don’t know!
SCAGGS
Does your head ache?
JASON
No! I’m fine. It wasn’t even bleeding. It
just looked burnt.

Scaggs calms down.
SCAGGS
Burnt?
JASON
Yes! Put the gun down!
SCAGGS
Let me feel your head.

Scaggs touches Jason’s forehead with his free hand. Scaggs lowers his
gun.
SCAGGS
No fever. Some confusion. No migrane?
JASON
No.
SCAGGS
I don’t know how, but you don’t seem
like you are turning. Not yet. When do
you get here?
JASON
I was delivering my package on the 7th. I
work for Jensen Pharm. I’m an assistant.

SCAGGS
Well… you used to. Today is the 22nd.
JASON
What?

Jason stays quiet for a while, trying to process the new information.
JASON
Why are you here? Why didn’t you go to
The Fort?
SCAGGS
I’m not about to wait around at a death
trap. I came here for supplies, maybe get
lucky and sneak into town to find ammo.
That’s why I let them get so close. You
only need one shot, and you have to
make it count.
JASON
Why did you ask if my head ached?
SCAGGS
Symptoms vary, but most people have a
fever and a violent headache right after
they become infected. Then they die out
between 12 to 24 hours of contact. After
that they turn, in 48. Then it’s like the
movies. Shot to the head or outrun them.
JASON
How do you know?
SCAGGS
I’ve seen it.

Scaggs packs up his stuff, starts to walk away.
JASON
Where are you going?
SCAGGS
Home.
JASON
Where should I go?
SCAGGS
What difference does it make?

Jason watches the man walk away. He runs to catch up.
JASON
Wait, wait. Have you seen anyone else?
In town?

Jason and Scaggs are both walking. Scaggs is clearly annoyed.
SCAGGS
I told you. They are either dead or a
Creep. All living people are gone.
JASON
My fiance, Jenny. She has been alone for
two weeks, I need to find her. Her house
is on the other side.
SCAGGS
What makes you think she’s still there?
JASON
I don’t know. I need to find out though.

Scaggs throws Jason the bat.
SCAGGS
Here. Don’t make a lot of noise. Stay
moving. Try to keep to the outskirts, in
open area. I have a radio back home. If
you can find one, you can get a hold of
me.
JASON
Thanks. By the way, I’m Jason. (holds out
his hand) What is your name?
SCAGGS
I’m the survivor. If you stay in that town
too long, you’ll be one of them.

Jason watches as Scaggs walks away and disappears.
CUT TO:
OUT. RURAL AREA – DAY WIDE SHOT
Jason begins the long walk to Jenny’s country home. It stays mostly quiet
but he passes up another corpse in the fields. On the way, he begins to
envision memories with Jenny.
CUT TO:
OUT. PARK AREA – DAY WIDE SHOT
Jenny and Jason are laughing. Holding hands. Close together, in love.

CUT TO:
OUT. RURAL AREA – DAY CLOSE UP
Jason walks down the street and finds desolation. Up ahead, towards the
house, a couple zombies are in his path to Jenny’s home. He quietly ducks
past them and reaches her house.
CUT TO:
IN. JENNY HOUSE – DAY WIDE
Jason enters the house. It is dark with things strewn around. Jason looks
down and finds a ring.
CUT TO:
IN. JENNY HOUSE (PAST) – NIGHT WIDE
Jason remembers the night when he gave her the ring. They are both
together on the couch.
JASON
I want you to know that I love you. More
than anyone else. More than anything.
You mean the world to me.
JENNY
Pshhh… you are so sappy!
JASON (LAUGHS)
I know, I know. I guess I will have to just
show you.

Jason gives her the ring.
JASON
Would you spend the rest of your life
with me?

Jenny cries in joy.
JENNY
Yes! Oh yes!

They embrace, fully in love.

CUT TO:
IN. LIVING ROOM (PRESENT) – CLOSE UP
Jason picks up the ring. Filled with fear, he begins to search for Jenny.
JASON
Jenny? Jenny?
CUT TO:
IN. HALLWAY – DAY WIDE
Holding the bat, Jason looks for Jenny opening doors to rooms. He opens
the door to the bedroom.
CUT TO:
IN. BEDROOM – DAY WIDE
Jason finds Jenny lying on the bed. She is a zombie, but lifeless.
JASON
Jenny! Jenny, no!

Jason begins to cry, sitting despondent by the bed. He pounds the ground
in frustration.
JASON
What the hell? Why, God? Why did this
happen? Why was I not here? What
happened to me?

Jason looks to Jenny.
JASON
I’m sorry babe. I should have been here.
I’m so sorry.

Jason sobs uncontrollably next to Jenny’s body. She begins to move.
JENNY
Uhhh.
JASON
No. No.

CUT TO:
IN. FRONT YARD – DAY WIDE
Jason runs out the front door, holding the bat. He looks up to the sky,
afraid of what to do next. In the background, Jenny begins to stumble
through the doorway. Jenny begins to scream, calling zombies to their
location.

CUT TO:
IN. FRONT YARD – CLOSE UP
Jason turns and looks at her, then around him at the zombies he
previously dodged. He looks down. As the zombies begin to converge on
him, he looks dead at the camera, where Jenny would be located and
swings the bat towards her.

END TITLES

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OUT. TRAIN TRACKS – DAY WIDE SHOT

OUT. WAREHOUSES – DAY CLOSE UP

SCAGGS (POINTING TO JASON’S ARM)

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