“THE MAD BUTCHER OF KINGSBURY RUN”

By Daniel Hasani
FADE IN:

INT. WOODS— NIGHT

A bright light protrudes out from the woods. A SILHOUETTED MAN

swings his hatchet vigorously at what appears to be a corpse.
He swiftly swings again, and again, and again. The man
suddenly stops and moves his hand down the torso and tears out
an unknown organ. THE MAN starts digging then places the organ
and hatchet in the ground

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OUR TITLE ON SCREEN
‘THE MAD BUTCHER OF KINGSBURY RUN’

EXT. CORRIDOR- DAY

Dark brown eyes take up the screen with a stern expression in

them.
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The man's shoes,black and neatly tied up dress shoes, his
footsteps progressively getting louder as his pace picks up
slightly.
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The back of the man, his hair neatly combed and straight, with
his shoulders perfectly straight up.
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EXT. CONFERENCE ROOM- CONTINUED
The room is quite spacious, big round table, with 4 chairs
equally spaced out. At the back of the room sits a chart with
the local POLICE CAPTAIN,roughly 5”8, neat short black hair
dressed in a shirt white shirt and black tie,standing in
anticipation.
The door swings open, and ELLIOT NESS walks in. Ness, stern
look on his face, of a bigger build,mid 20s, and long, light
brown hair neatly slicked back. Roughly 6 feet tall, wearing a
dark navy blue suit, white shirt and burgundy side. By his
side he is clutching a newspaper titled “THE MAD BUTCHER
STRIKES AGAIN!”
CAPTAIN
ELLIOT ‘THE UNTOUCHABLE’ NESS, I see you’ve familiarised
yourself with the news.

The captain and Ness both exchange a firm handshake.

NESS
(in a stern tone)(raising the newspaper slightly)
I figured this is what you called me in for
CAPTAIN
Well , this is not a particularly common case now is it.
Please take a seat.

Ness sits down next to PETER MERYLO, a young black man in his
late teens/early 20s, with a slight nervous look to him. He
wears a brown jumper and a matching suede blazer, he has a
short black afro and roughly and slightly taller than Ness.

PETER
(stand ups with eagerness)
Mr Ness it is such an honour to be working with you.
NESS
(with a slight smile on his face)
Why thank you detective, but what do you mean work together ?
CAPTAIN
I forgot to mention detective Merylo will be working with you
on the case… well for you.
 NESS
(with a slightly aggressive look)
Right an apprentice of sorts

JOHNSON
(in an aggressive tone)
Are we done?!

JOHNSON, a stern looking man with big round glasses,early 30s,

pale white skin, and short black hair. He wears a grey tweed
suit and a black tie.
CAPTAIN
Right of course, NESS, this is detective Johnson, he’ll be
briefing you with the details.

JOHNSON
Right, we’ve had 9 murders so far,4 heads never recovered,
only 2 victims identified, Edward Andrassy and Florence
Genevieve. All murders have been-

NESS
(cutting in)
The news have only reported 8 so far?

JOHNSON
As of 20 minutes ago, it's nine , now please let me finish.

They both exchange an uneasy look

JOHNSON
They’ve all been butchered like animals, some even being
emasculated,the only things these people have in common is
being either vagrants or sex workers.
Johnson slides over a file to Ness containing several crime
scene photos. All black and white photos of decapitated heads
and mangled corpses, Ness goes through each of them till one
catches his eye. He brings one photo in particular. A singular
head, eyes closed, slightly decayed browning skin and short,
brown, fuzzy hair.
NESS
He’s confident.
CAPTAIN
What do you mean?
NESS
It’s done in one stroke, his first victims took a couple, but
he is improving,and gaining confidence.
DETECTIVE MERYLO
How is he able to seamlessly decapitate people?
NESS
He either drugs them before death, or has extensive knowledge
on human anatomy. Either way it’s safe to say this mystery man
could be a medical professional.
CAPTAIN
Interesting…
NESS
Mind if we have a look at the crime scene?
CAPTAIN
I'll have Jill at reception give you the address.
NESS
Thanks very much

Ness gets up and walks to the door rather swiftly. He pauses

for a second and turns and stares at Detective Merylo

NESS
You coming?
 DETECTIVE MERYLO
(stumbling around trying to collect the crime scene photos)
Uhh… just one moment sir
Detective Merylo swiftly jogs out the room, with Ness
following him out the room, shutting the door on his way out.
FADE TO:
Car door being shut. DON RAZNER walks with a brief case at
hand. Dons in his mid 20s, roughly 5’11, curly brown hair and
glasses. He wears a long black fur jacket, smart grey trousers
and black dress shoes.
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Don walks into a clinic waiting room. Very open room, with 2
brand new looking leather chairs accompanied by a small oak
coffee table, accompanied by a clear vase holding a singular
orchid with a newspaper titled ‘THE MAD BUTCHER STRIKES
AGAIN!’. The waiting room painted blindingly white, with
certificates lightly scattered along the walls, and a glass
panel separating the receptionist from the rest of the room.
Don walks over to the table and picks up the newspaper

RECEPTIONIST
It’s awful isn't it
Blonde hair tied back, dressed in a navy blue jumper with a
pen behind her ear.
DON
(composing himself)
Yeah it is, cant believe hes already on victim number 8

RECEPTIONIST
You think they’ll catch him ?

DON
(shaking his head)
Absolutely not. He’s probably already killed again.
 RECEPTIONIST
(in a timid)
You think
DON
(in a confident tone)
Most definitely, you see , he will never be caught, the way
the police are running around like headless chickens, they
won’t be able to get him.
RECEPTIONIST
My cousin Jill told me they've gotten THE Elliot Ness on the
case.
DON
(with a slight grin on his face)
Well this should be interesting.