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REVERENCE
a Film by C. A. Passinault
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Passinault and Rachel Eaglin
Directed by C. A. Passinault
A film by C. A. Passinault
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C. A. PASSINAULT
REVERENCE
BETA 7 EDITION
FADE IN:
EXT: GRAVEYARD- AFTERNOON
Tree limbs, back dropped by a blue sky filled with cotton swabs of clouds.
LS of graveyard.
CLOSE SHOT of TOMBSTONE. MOVING SHOT around base.
CUT TO: Leaf covered GRAVEYARD floor. Two pairs of feet move INTO FRAME.
ZOOM OUT: A young
couple, holding hands, laughing, MOVING deeper into the old
Cemetery. MARY WILLIAMS pulls her boyfriend, JEREMY ANDERSON, closer
to her.
He looks around, his gaze exploring the treetops. A timid expression
grazes his face.
JEREMY is carrying a RADIO. Prince's song "Let's go crazy"
blares from the radio,
echoing around them.
KEY: "Summer, 1984"
MARY
I told you I was going to surprise you!
Jeremy pauses. He looks her in the eye.
CLOSE UP of JEREMY.
JEREMY
Surprise?
CLOSE UP of MARY.
Mary reaches to the radio. Cut to hand and radio, an 80's style boom box. A finger presses a button, killing the music.
(BEAT)
MARY
Turn it off, Jeremy. Have a little
respect, will you?
JEREMY
Respect? We're in an old cemetery.
There's no one here! Don't you like music?
CLOSE UP of MARY'S MOUTH. Her lips are expertly filled with red lipstick. She smiles, revealing perfect rows of white teeth.
MARY
I love music. You know that. Just
not here.
Jeremy PULLS her to him. They KISS.
JEREMY pulls away. She is transfixed on him.
MARY
We need to grow, and expand our
relationship.
JEREMY
(Grins)
Oh... wow. This is a surprise! I'm
always in the mood to- um- expand.
Mary SMILES and LAUGHS. She takes his hand and leads him deeper into the graveyard. She stops. She points around at all of the tombstones.
MARY
Look around us. Tell me what you see.
JEREMY
Trees.
MARY
And?
JEREMY
(impatiently)
A lot of old graves.
MARY
Now how do you feel about life?
JEREMY
(Shrugs)
I don’t know. I don't think about it.
She takes him by the HAND and leads him to an old HEADSTONE.
MARY
Look. (BEAT) What does this say?
Jeremy KNEELS down to examine the stone face.
JEREMY
Uh…Joan Jett.
MARY
Come on, Jeremy. Really!
Jeremy SIGHS.
JEREMY
Roger Smith. March 4,1892 to
February 14, 1949.
(BEAT)
MARY
Do you think anyone cared who he
was? Did he ever make a difference
with his life?
Jeremy SHRUGS.
JEREMY
I don't know.
MARY
Did he wake up that morning and
realize he had only one day left?
JEREMY
I don't know. He died 35 years ago.
(BEAT)
Mary pulls him to a pair of headstones. They look brand new.
MARY
Look at this! A husband and wife.
He died during his second heart attack,
overwhelmed by his high stress job.
(dreamily) She died the year after,
of a broken heart...
JEREMY
You know how they died?
MARY
I… feel things.
Jeremy looks around. He SMILES.
JEREMY
You haven't felt anything. Yet.
Mary SMILES back.
MARY
Do you love me as much as she loved him?
JEREMY
More.
She turns away, playfully.
JEREMY (con’t)
I'm ready to prove it.
MARY
(innocently)
Am I right for you?
JEREMY
(impatiently)
You're the best thing that's ever
happened to me.
Jeremy pauses. Bushes RUSTLE nearby. A tall, slender GIRL emerges from the bushes. She has long, dark hair, and is wearing a trench COAT. Her makeup is smeared down her face, as if she had been crying. Her name is PAULA.
Jeremy TURNS toward the girl. He is startled.
PAULA
You said I was the best thing that
ever happened to you.
JEREMY
What are you doing here?
MARY
Who is this?
Paula GLARES at Mary.
PAULA
(mockingly)
You must be Mary.
MARY
Jeremy, who is this…person.
JEREMY
(looking at Paula)
Some obsessed cheerleader.
PAULA
You seemed pretty obsessed with me
last month, screaming my name for
hours. (to Mary) Want more details?
Mary looks Paula up and down.
MARY
(to Jeremy)
Is that true?
JEREMY
No.
PAULA
Did you know I'm late? (beat) DID YOU?
JEREMY
It was a mistake.
MARY
It's true?
PAULA
(to Jeremy)
I loved you!
JEREMY
Paula, I told you Me and Mary
are together now.
MARY INCHES AWAY FROM HIM. JEREMY DOESN’T NOTICE.
JEREMY
(to Paula)
If you are pregnant, I doubt it's mine!
MARY IS STUNNED.
MARY
(to Jeremy)
I can't believe I almost…
PAULA
Of COURSE it's YOURS! How am I going
to face my parents? How am I going to
face my friends?
JEREMY
(to Mary)
It's not mine. (to Paula) It can't be.
PAULA
(sobbing)
You're just like my father! It'll
all fun until you find out your gun
was loaded.
JEREMY
You've slept with half of the team!
PAULA
You’re a selfish, immature asshole!
MARY
Jeremy…
JEREMY
We were never together, Paula.
Go find another victim.
PAULA
My dad was never there for me, but
he did do one thing...
JEREMY
(cocky)
What?
Paula REACHES behind her and quickly pulls a PISTOL from the small of her back. She SWINGS it out and LEVELS it at Jeremy, aiming at his crotch.
PAULA
He taught me how to shoot!
She FIRES the gun.
The report of the pistol crackles through the graveyard.
Jeremy SCREAMS.
LS of graveyard.
Mary SCREAMS in the distance. She panics, and RUNS as fast as possible.
LS-Paula RUNS after Mary. Jeremy lies in a fetal position, SCREAMING. Paula SHOOTS the gun again at her, missing. CU-Tree EXPLODES and BARK flies in front of Mary. She SCREAMS again.
Mary RUNS faster. She doesn't look back. Paula begins to close the distance. Jeremy's GROANS echo through the graveyard as they grow more distant.
Another gunshot EXPLODES.
Liquid SPRAYS from the middle of Mary's back. She CAREENS down toward the ground, her feet out of step with her body. Trees and foliage blur by her. She STUMBLES back into an unbalanced RUN, only to start to FALL again. She catches herself on a tombstone, and the impact knocks the breath out of her. She PULLS herself onto it, laying on it as the shock of being shot finally overwhelms her. She slowly stops crying and becomes limp.
CUT TO:
EXT: WOODS - LATE AFTERNOON
Paula STOPS and looks around.
PAULA
(whispers)
Jeremy?
The sounds of crickets remain uninterrupted.
PAULA
(louder)
Jeremy?
She stops and looks around more fervently. She starts to cry.
PAULA
Where are you?
Paula looks around more. She suddenly stops again.
She GASPS.
Jeremy is on the ground, motionless and quiet with his knees tucked to chest. Paula RUSHES to his side and begins to SHAKE him violently.
PAULA
Wake up baby… wake up!
PAULA CRIES VIOLENTLY.
Jeremy remains motionless. Paula slowly GETS UP, and stumbles off to the side of the clearing. She turns to face Jeremy.
PAULA
(whispers)
I can't go on without you.
She tilts her head admiring the sleek barrel of the gun.
PAULA
(broken)
I can't do this alone.
A look of determination possesses her tearstained face. She puts the barrel of the GUN to her temple and FIRES.
CU of tree as blood splatters across it.
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
INT: OFFICE - DAY
Camera pans around office interior. It is well decorated, with Greek insignia, fraternity plaques, and sorority pictures adorning it. The insignia reads Alpha Beta Delta. Key: "Fall, 1995"
CU of chess board. Focus on a wooden knight, its long shadow cutting across the other pieces. A rugged hand moves into the frame. Fingers grasp the top of the piece. A finger taps slowly on the crest.
CHRIS PARKER and AMY HENDRIX are sizing each other up.
CHRIS (VO)
Are you sure you want to do that?
CU of Amy's eyes. They narrow.
AMY (VO)
Yes (BEAT) Just a second.
CU of chessboard. Her hands linger on various pieces as Amy finally chooses her KNIGHT.
Two shot from side. Chris relaxes and SITS BACK.
(BEAT)
Chris SMILES. He leans forward and MOVES a piece.
Shot of Amy from Chris's perspective.
CHRIS (VO)
Checkmate.
She is too easily perturbed.
Shot of Chris from Amy's perspective.
AMY
Pawns reek.
CHRIS
Why's that?
AMY
They can't do anything! I mean, look
at them. They just get in the way.
CHRIS
Pawns are either nothing, or everything.
It depends upon how you use them.
AMY
As in use them for a political agenda?
CHRIS
(smiles)
Ames, is the election still bothering you?
AMY
(forced smile)
What gave you that idea?
(Beat)
CHRIS
Amy, president isn't all roses; it’s mostly thorns.
AMY
You were one for two years, Chris.
CHRIS
I had no choice; I was one of the founders.
We had a duty to lay a solid foundation.
AMY
You didn't have to worry about politics.
CHRIS
You handled your campaign well.
AMY
I earned that office.
CHRIS LEANS FORWARD.
CHRIS
Amy, you have the best job around. You
can be creative, and still call the shots.
Trust me, it's better than president.
AMY SHRUGS.
AMY
I'm a pledge master. I get to torture the newbies.
They LAUGH.
CHRIS
The secret is delegation, Ms Hendrix.
You get people who are better than you,
communicate aggressively, and let them
do their jobs.
AMY
I know that, "Mr. Parker".
She SMILES.
CHRIS
Who's helping you tonight?
EXT: DENSE WOODS - DAY
Amanda is hiking through the woods. A walking stick is in her hand and a backpack burdens her slender figure. She looks down, and her lips curl mischievously as her gaze drifts to an old tombstone.
AMY (VO)
Amanda Emerson. She was hand picked
by Tammy, unfortunately. Otherwise,
she seems competent.
CHRIS (VO)
And who are the pledges?
CU of tombstone.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT: MEETING HALL - DAY
PAN around a large room. A row of CHAIRS faces a far wall. The wall is lined with twin TABLES, and a PODIUM centers them. An EMBLEM resembling a spade adorns the wall behind the podium. An attractive girl, TAMMY SPENCER stands behind the podium, flanked by several officers. She addresses a small group of girls in the room.
TAMMY
So tonight will be the night you pledges
will become women. Those who are brave and
strong will pass the final initiation. Three
of you will become sisters. (she pauses)
In closing, I wish to have pledge master
Amy Hendrix say a few words.
TAMMY LOOKS at Amy, SEATED attentively waiting for her cue.
TAMMY
Amy?
Amy GETS UP and approaches Tammy. They embrace.
TAMMY (con’t)
Good luck, my sister.
AMY
Thank you, President Spencer. We will do
what is required.
TAMMY
The spirit of the sisters of the Alpha
Omega Delta goes with you!
Tammy takes her seat beside the podium. Amy steps up to the microphone. She reads from a piece of paper.
AMY
Tonight, we will be the first to spend
the night in an ancient graveyard, a
domain full of mystery and reverence.
Although not all of you will become sisters,
this experience will serve each of us for
the rest of our lives.
Amy pauses, and LOOKS over the girls.
AMY (con’t)
And now sisters, our new pledges. Vanessa Marvel…
A CONSERVATIVE GIRL dressed in slacks and a silk shirt STANDS and SMILES.
AMY (con’t)
Her latest painting, titled “Crucifix,” was
on display recently at the University of Tampa.
VANESSA
My painting depicted the suffering that
Jesus endured for us as he died on the cross
for our sins. My next painting is of a dove
descending from heaven upon the baptism of Jesus
by his cousin, John the Baptist.
Amy LOOKS over at Tammy, who STARES back at her. Amy returns her attention to Vanessa.
AMY
Thank you, Vanessa. Next is Summer Stevens.
A BEAUTIFUL BLONDE STANDS wearing tight jeans.
SUMMER
I am a model. I’ve done runway here in
Tampa and New York. Just last month, I
was chosen for the cover of a major magazine.
AMY
And your major?
SUMMER
Undecided; at the moment.
TWO SHOT of two GIRLS seated nearby; SAMANTHA and SERENA. Serena SMILES as Samantha WHISPERS to her.
SAMANTHA
She’ll be undecided for the rest of her
life. And check out church girl.
SERENA
She has a right to her religion. What do
YOU believe in?
SAMANTHA ROLLS HER EYES.
CUT TO Amy, as she looks at her list.
AMY
Next, we have Samantha Robinson.
CUT TO SAMANTHA.
SAMANTHA IS OBLIVIOUS.
SAMANTHA
I believe in me, isn’t that enough?
AMY (OS)
Samantha?
CUT TO SERENA.
SERENA
You’re on, Sam.
Samantha jumps up, annoyed and flustered.
SAMANTHA
I dance. I’m trained in ballet, tap,
jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, character, and
contemporary dance. When I become a major
choreographer I want to do musical theater
and movies.
AMY
Next is Serena Perez.
Serena STANDS. She GLANCES at Samantha.
SERENA
I’m an actress from New York, recently
relocated; just finished a film in Orlando.
My major, of course, is theater. Oh, and
for those of you who will eventually find
out, I’m religious, too. I’m a Wiccan.
Samantha GLARES at Serena.
SUMMER
What’s Wiccan?
SAMANTHA
You mean irreligious.
(THE ROOM GASPS)
VANESSA
Sacrilegious!
SUMMER
(horrified)
You’re a Satanist? You sacrifice babies?
SERENA
(annoyed)
No, we sacrifice virgins. (BEAT) Of course
we don’t sacrifice anything, and we don’t
worship Satan.
SUMMER
But you are a witch?
SERENA
I worship nature and the goddesses.
SUMMER
Really?
SAMANTHA
(sarcastically)
Do you read palms, too?
AMY
(regaining control)
Tonight we will spend the night in a graveyard.
(beat) The entire night.
SAMANTHA
(low to Serena)
You’ll fit right in.
AMY
Our initiation aid is Amanda Emerson.
AMANDA is whispering something to Tammy. She pauses to WAVE.
VANESSA
A graveyard? Don’t you people have any
respect for the dead?
Tammy STANDS.
TAMMY
I chose the graveyard- it’s perfect. Now you
will abide by the terms of the initiation, or
you will not get into the sorority.
AMY
We’re not going to be robbing graves or
desecrating them. We are only spending
the night. And we will not have any alcohol.
SUMMER
No alcohol? (BEAT) That’s clearly torture!
SAMANTHA
Where will we sleep?
AMY
No one is allowed to sleep. We’ll stay
awake all night, tell a few stories, and
maybe roast a few marshmallows.
CUT TO:
EXT: MEETING HALL - DAY
AMANDA AND AMY WALK TO THEIR CARS.
AMANDA
I don’t believe that we’re doing this. I don’t
like the woods, and I definitely don’t like cemeteries.
AMY
We’ll make it fun.
Tammy comes up behind them.
TAMMY
(to Amy)
It’s not supposed to be fun. May I have a
moment with you?
Tammy LOOKS at Amanda who LOOKS at her like a faithful puppy.
TAMMY
(to Amanda)
Alone?
AMANDA
Oh.
AMY
I’ll be right behind you, Amanda.
Amanda WALKS off.
Amy TURNS to Tammy.
AMY
(defensively)
Yes?
TAMMY
Listen. (BEAT) There are no hard feelings
over the election, right? I need your support
now, and I'd appreciate it if you'd put your
personal feelings aside and fall in line.
AMY
Personal feelings? Mine?
TAMMY
Don't patronize me.
AMY
I'm not.
(beat)
AMY (con’t)
Why are only three girls getting in?
TAMMY
A little competition brings out the best in everyone.
AMY
I just don’t think competition fosters sisterhood.
TAMMY
Well, you don’t have to think, you have to follow.
AMY
You are the picture of democracy.
TAMMY
Lose the attitude. It hardly veils your jealousy.
AMY
You didn't beat me by much.
TAMMY
Would you like a recount?
AMY
Maybe.
TAMMY SMILES ARROGANTLY.
(BEAT)
TAMMY
Do you still spend a lot of time with Chris?
AMY
We're very close.
TAMMY
Looks like he wasn't impressed by your…performance.
Amy steps up to Tammy, and gets into her face.
AMY
He and I are friends. (beat) I don't sleep
around to get ahead.
TAMMY
I hope that wasn't implication in your voice…
AMY
He is one of the founders, and owns both the fraternity and the sorority!
TAMMY
Exactly. What kind of person starts his own
fraternal organizations?
Amy looks bitter.
TAMMY
I'm only in this because it's here, it's
strong, and it'll help my career when I get
out of college. I'm just along for the ride to
see how far it'll get me. Got it?
AMY
You'll never be the president he was. You
don't even believe in what you do.
TAMMY
I believe in democracy so I trust you will
fall in line. Now go out to the graveyard
and test some girls.
AMY
Couldn't you come up with something more original?
TAMMY
It's not my job to be creative. It's yours.
If any of those girls leave before dawn, I want
their names. Good night.
CUT TO:
INT: RECREATION ROOM - DAY
Two fraternity brothers, Tobey West and Paul Thomas, are in heated competition, playing a VIDEO GAME. The great seal of the alpha beta delta, resembling an arrowhead, adorns a far wall.
Moans come from the game; an almost sexual crescendo of "yes-yes-yes!"
PAUL
(In synch with a deep voice from the game)
One up!
TOBEY CHUCKLES.
TOBEY
Tempest 2000 is the shit! Wait! Don't jump the
warp. Bail at the last ring. You need to build extra ships for the later
levels.
The door opens.
The guys don't even look up from the game.
TOBEY
What's up, Jackson?
PAUL
(Wolfman Jack voice)
What it is, Mr. Jive?
JACKSON
Shut up, Paul!
PAUL
Fuck you then!
TOBEY
Can't you two get along for at least
five minutes?
JACKSON
You know, Tobey, I get along with all
my brothers. Except for Doctor Blue Balls,
ova’ here.
PAUL
Don’t project your shortcomings on me, thanks.
JACKSON
Nobody’s ‘coming’ over here except you on
that game.
TOBEY
It’s the only thing he can turn on.
JACKSON
(gets serious)
Guys, I have news.
TOBEY
What's up?
JACKSON
You're going to want to hear this, Paul.
Pause the game.
Paul pauses the game.
PAUL
I hate this game- especially when you
ruin my timing.
JACKSON
I heard things.
He looks around;
pauses.
JACKSON (con't)
I heard some real interesting shit.
He pauses dramatically.
PAUL
Yo, man, enough already! Spill it!
JACKSON
I have their exact location.
TOBEY
Where?
JACKSON
There is this Graveyard, see? We need to
go there tonight.
PAUL
Fuck these games…let's equip the pussy posse!
JACKSON
Jesus, man…someone is hard up!
TOBEY
Tell me about it.
PAUL
I'm talking about Amanda, guys!
TOBEY
Dude, she's into girls!
PAUL
You're making that up…
JACKSON
No, man, he's not. Tobey couldn't get anywhere with her.
PAUL
That doesn’t mean anything.
TOBEY
Hey, don’t let this get out beyond Olympus.
We went on three dates before she told me.
JACKSON
Leave it to Tobey to lose the war.
PAUL
Did she check your package and return it to its sender?
JACKSON AND PAUL LAUGH.
TOBEY
Shit! I'm stamped first class.
JACKSON
No man, that chick’s bi.
JACKSON’S PHONE RINGS AND HE PULLS IT OUT AS HE WALKS OUT OF THE ROOM.
INT: HALLWAY- DAY
JACKSON IS ON THE PHONE.
JACKSON
Hey babe…
(BEAT)
JACKSON (con’t)
Yeah, it was special for me, too…listen…
(HE LISTENS) you read my mind, baby.
(HE LISTENS)
JACKSON (con’t)
Definitely tonight, right? Listen, baby,
I need another favor.
FADE TO-
CAMERA POV- TRANSITIONS
MOVING THROUGH A FIELD OF FLOWERS AND
INTO DENSE WOODS. SUNLIGHT TRACES THROUGH THE TREES.
TOMBSTONES PAN INTO VIEW. THE GRAVEYARD IS TIMELESS, AND LOOKS EXACTLY
AS IT DID A DECADE BEFORE.
EXT. GRAVEYARD- DAY
Amy and Amanda walk into the graveyard. A bird chirps overhead, and Amy smiles.
AMY
Feel that?
AMANDA LOOKS AROUND.
AMANDA
Nausea?
AMY
Hey, our queen bee came up with this idea.
Don't blame me.
AMANDA
There'd better not be any bugs out here.
I hate bugs. Especially spiders.
AMANDA SHUDDERS.
AMY
Of course there are bugs, this is the
outdoors. They’re harmless, though. And spiders?
Only one worries me. (beat) Black Widows.
AMANDA
Sounds like a biker bar.
AMY SMILES.
AMY
It's a large, black spider with a red
hourglass on its abdomen. It can put you
in the hospital.
AMANDA
I don't do the outdoors too well.
AMY
(Half to herself)
Well it’s peaceful out here, that’s one good thing. I really
don't think that this is going to be that bad.
THE GIRLS WALK INTO A CLEARING.
(BEAT)
AMANDA
So what's up with you and Tammy?
AMY TURNS TO AMANDA DEFENSIVELY BUT CONTAINS HER EMOTION AND CALMLY STATES:
AMY
We have our differences.
AMANDA
You don't use the term Queen Bee with any affection.
AMY
She'd make a better black widow.
AMANDA TURNS AWAY.
AMANDA
Tammy is kind of beautiful.
AMY
Where did that come from?
AMANDA
(smiles)
…on the outside, anyway. (BEAT) She’s very…
AMY
Shallow?
AMANDA
(dreamily)
Not to me.
Sfx- CRASHING TREE BRANCHES PIERCE THE SILENCE.
AMY AND AMANDA STOP COLD.
AMANDA
What the hell was that?
AMY
An animal?
CUT TO:
EXT: HEAVY WOODS - DAY
A FEW DETERIORATING
TOMB STONES JUT OUT OF THE MOSS. ONE OF THEM
IS STAINED BROWN. A LANKY MAN DRESSED IN BLACK ENTERS THE
CLEARING. HIS CLOTHES ARE GOTHIC; HIS FACE IS PAINTED WHITE, AND HE
HAS ON MAKEUP TO HIGHLIGHT HIS FEATURES. HE IS CARRYING A STEREO.
THIS MAN CALLS HIMSELF "THE WURM".
EXT: DEEP WITHIN GRAVEYARD- DAY
WURM
(His voice is soft, deep, and raspy)
Tonight I will commune with the spirits. Tonight I
will explore the answers of the truth.
WURM PUTS DOWN
THE RADIO. HE SITS ON THE LEAF COVERED GROUND,
AND STRETCHES HIS BONY FINGERS TOWARD THE SKY, WHICH IS FRAMED
WITH JAGGED TREE BRANCHES. BLACK FINGERNAILS GLEAM IN THE PATCHES
OF SUNLIGHT. HE CLOSES HIS EYES AND BEGINS TO PRAY.
WURM (con’t)
I pray to thee, souls of the dead. I seek
thee, so I might find thee. Upon the arrival
of night, my communion will begin! I will seek
an offering worthy of you all…
CUT TO:
EXT: GRAVEYARD CLEARING - DAY
AMY AND AMANDA
ARE RAKING A CLEARING OF LEAVES, UNAWARE AS FROM
POV- WITHIN THE BUSHES, VIEW PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY FOLIAGE, WE
LOOK INTO THE CLEARING.
AMANDA LOOKS AROUND
AS IF TRACKING SOMETHING UNSEEN. SHE
REACHES OUT AND CLAPS HER HANDS.
AMANDA LOOKS AT HER HAND.
AMANDA
Look at the size of these mosquitoes!
AMY
I'd worry more about ticks if I were you. They give you lyme disease.
AMANDA
Shut up about the bugs, will you?
AMY
Well, this is Florida.
EXT: ROADSIDE- DAY
Summer, Serena and Samantha are unpacking the cars.
SUMMER
This is going to be cool!
SAMANTHA
How so?
SAMANTHA PUTS A
FIRST AID KIT IN A PACK. SHE DOESN'T LOOK UP AT
SUMMER.
SUMMER
I've never been camping before!
SERENA
You've never communed with nature before, Summer?
SUMMER REALIZES WHO IS TALKING. SHE SHRUGS.
SUMMER
No. I'm sure you have.
SERENA
I don't know what your deal is with me!
SUMMER MIMES SERENA FOR A MOMENT BY DRAMATICALLY POUTING.
SERENA (CON’T)
I am trying to have a conversation with
you. Any of you. Can’t you see past our
differences?
SAMANTHA
(to Serena)
Maybe witches make her uncomfortable.
SERENA
The goddesses reside within nature. Besides,
judge and you will be judged. Right Vanessa?
VANESSA
(flustered)
Well… some of us don't believe in false idols.
SERENA
(turns to Vanessa)
Listen, church girl, I don't believe in
your misinterpretation of the bible, but
at least I try to respect it.
VANESSA
Misinterpretation? How…
SERENA
You're a close-minded, born again…
AMY AND AMANDA
APPROACH THE GIRLS FROM THE EDGE OF THE
GRAVEYARD.
AMY
Girls, come on!
SAMANTHA
Who cares about religion?
SERENA AND VANESSA BOTH GLARE AT SAMANTHA.
SUMMER
Let's try to have fun tonight.
AMANDA
At least one of you is in a good mood.
AMY
That's the right attitude, Summer!
AMANDA NOTICES SUMMER.
AMANDA
You're Summer?
SUMMER
Yes. I'm Summer.
AMANDA SMILES.
EXT: CAMPGROUND CLEARING- DAY
AMY
The campfire will go here. I need two
of you to dig out a shallow pit, and
gather some rocks. Make sure that the
"rocks" don't have writing on them.
VANESSA
(Disgusted)
Why didn't you just bring a grill?
AMY
You do want to see tonight, don't you?
SUMMER
It'll be fun, Vanessa.
VANESSA
You're going to dig? What if you hit a casket?
AMANDA
There aren't any graves in this area.
VANESSA
Then why are we surrounded by head stones?
AMY
We're thirty feet from the nearest grave. Relax!
VANESSA (Distressed)
Digging in a graveyard. Isn't that...... against the law?!?!?!?
SUMMER
(ANNOYED)
What kind of firewood? (BEAT) Dead?
SERENA
Everything is dead here. Things decompose,
and the plants get their food from what's in
the ground. Everything around you is an
extension of the dead buried here.
SAMANTHA
Watch out, she preaches as much as this one.
SAMANTHA MOTIONS
TOWARD VANESSA. SAM THEN GETS THE SHOVEL AND WALKS AWAY.
SERENA
(IGNORES HER)
Can I help with the food?
SUMMER
Mmm! What are we cooking tonight?
AMANDA
We've got hot dogs, marshmallows, chocolate smores…
SUMMER
Forget hotdogs. Did you bring cucumbers?
VANESSA
(Puzzled)
To cook on a campfire?
SUMMER
No, I like mine raw.
THE GIRLS LAUGH, ALL EXCEPT VANESSA.
VANESSA
Why do you have to be so perverted?
SUMMER
What? I'm a healthy girl.
SERENA
Do we have water? I need at least a
gallon a day to cleanse my organs.
VANESSA ROLLS HER EYES.
AMANDA
We have lots of water.
SUMMER
You can have the water. Where's the beer?
CUT TO:
EXT: DENSE BRUSH - DAY
SFX: CRASHING BRANCHES AND MEN LAUGHING.
TOBEY (OS)
Yo, man, quit horsing around!
PAUL (OS)
We are in B.F.E.
A BRANCH COMES
CRASHING TO THE GROUND. TOBEY, PAUL, AND JACKSON
EMERGE INTO A CLEARING. JACKSON IS SMILING BIG, AND IS CARRYING
HIMSELF LIKE HE IS THE MAN OF THE FOREST.
JACKSON TAKES A DEEP BREATH.
JACKSON
Ah, nature! I just love it!
TOBEY
Are you sure the girls won't see our cars?
PAUL
No way. So, if we get separated, let’s meet back there.
JACKSON
I have someone out here fixing it so they’ll
all be inspired later tonight. We’ll scare them
first and then come to their rescue.
PAUL
Hey! (beat) That's pretty good.
TOBEY
'Fixing it' how?
JACKSON
With a little bit of juice.
PAUL
Juice?
TOBEY
You're having the girls drugged?
JACKSON
It's just a taste of the wild fungus.
TOBEY
That's weak, bro.
PAUL
What kind of drugs are they getting?
JACKSON
It's nothing I wouldn't take myself.
TOBEY
Man, you don't have limits…
JACKSON
Trust me, ok? She knows what she's doing.
PAUL
I can't believe you! I'm not hitting on
girls who are drugged…
JACKSON
Yo, Paul, you were just telling me how
cool this was! You both over react. It's
like spiking the punch at a party.
PAUL
Jackson’s a desperate loser who drops things
into girls’ drinks when they’re not looking.
JACKSON
It's just a joke, for Christ sake! Perfectly
safe. Don't you trust me?
PAUL AND TOBEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER.
(BEAT)
TOBEY
As long as we keep an eye on you…yes, I'll trust you.
JACKSON
That's right, trust the doctor.
TOBEY
I’ll drive.
JACKSON
No, I’m driving.
CUT TO:
EXT: THE SORORITY CAMP SITE - EVENING
SAMANTHA BREAKS
THE ROOT CRUSTED GROUND WITH A SHOVEL. SHE
EXHALES AS SHE JABS DOWNWARD.
THE SUN SETS, AND
DUSK SETTLES IN THE AREA. A FEW CRICKETS START TO
CHIRP. TRANSITION FROM SAMANTHA'S SHOVEL TO THE FLAMES OF A
CAMPFIRE.
THE GIRLS ARE SEATED
AROUND THE FIRE. STARS WINK THROUGH THE TREE
BRANCHES OUTSTRETCHED OVER THEM. AN OWL SCREECHES IN THE
DISTANCE. SUMMER JUMPS, AND LOOKS AROUND WIDE EYED.
AMY
A few months ago, I discovered a secret
about this graveyard.
SERENA WALKS UP
WITH DRINKS AND A PACKAGE OF MARSHMALLOWS,
GRAHAM CRACKERS, AND CHOCOLATE BARS.
SERENA HANDS SUMMER
THE FIRST DRINK. SUMMER INHALES IMAGINARY
VAPOR FROM THE CUP. SHE SETS DOWN THE CONSUMABLES FOR EVERYONE
ELSE TO SELF-SERVE AND LISTENS.
AMY (CON’T)
I went to the university library to read
up on old newspaper articles about this place…
More than ten years
ago, there were two high
school students who came to this graveyard to
have…to consummate their love…
THE GROUP LAUGHS.
CUT TO LONG SHOT OF GROUP, POV FROM BRANCHES
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THEIR CAMP AREA. CUT TO CLOSE UP OF EYE FRAMED
IN MASCARA. LIGHT FLICKERS ON THE IRIS.
SUMMER (OS IN DISTANCE)
You mean- to get laid.
AMANDA (OS IN DISTANCE)
And Jason came along and ran a machete straight
through them while they were doing the deed!
AMY (OS IN DISTANCE)
Not exactly.
VANESSA (OS IN
DISTANCE)
Wasn't it the movie Friday the 13th Part two? It
was a spear gun, not a machete.
THE EYE CREASES
AS IT PROBES THE SCENE. AN EXHALE OF HISSING CAN BE
HEARD AS THE EYE BREAKS AWAY, LEAVING A SMALL GAP IN DARK BRANCHES.
STEPS CAN BE HEARD IN LEAVES.
CUT TO C.U. OF GROUP.
SERENA
Wow. Church girl knows her R rated movies!
SAMANTHA
Are "Faces of Death" more your style, Serena?
SERENA
I know a spell that can turn you into a mime.
SAMANTHA
Maybe you could make yourself disappear.
VANESSA
Hey, I used to watch all of those movies.
Before I was saved.
SUMMER
Yeah. Don't be a bitch, witch!
AMY
Enough, please!
SAMANTHA
I'd kick Serena's ass but then she'd put a hex on me.
SUMMER LAUGHS.
SERENA
That's not what I do. Does anyone even know
what Wicca is?
AMY (loudly)
Am I boring everyone?
SAMANTHA TAKES A DRINK. SHE SNEERS AT SERENA.
SAMANTHA (muted)
Bitch!
SERENA
Ignorance seems to be the theme tonight.
AMANDA
Amy, I'm still listening.
AMY
We really don't know why they came out
here, but the cops said it was to have sex.
(BEAT) Mary was a straight "A" student, and
Jeremy was her first boyfriend. They walked
into the middle of the graveyard, and…
THE GIRLS GIGGLE.
AMANDA
He demanded his way with her.
SUMMER
Oh, baby.
EXT: CEMETERY - NIGHT (OF THE MURDER)
FLASHBACK OF FLASH CUTS OF FIRST SCENE
AMY (VO)
Well, I'm sure they kissed. They whispered
promises to one another. They began to...bond.
(BEAT) Until Paula, Jeremy's ex, interrupted
their romantic interlude...
AMANDA (OS)
Did she join them?
EXT: THE SORORITY CAMP SITE - NIGHT
AMY LOOKS AT AMANDA WITH MOCKING CONTEMPT FOR INTERRUPTING.
AMY
No, she didn't.
AMANDA SMILES.
SERENA
Wow. Experiencing love, and creating life on
a platform of death. That's poetry.
SAMANTHA (to Serena)
You're a freak! You've probably done that before.
SERENA (sardonically)
Yeah. Except in my encounter, she does join in.
SUMMER'S SURPRISED
EXPRESSION QUICKLY MELTS INTO A MISCHIEVOUS
SMILE.
VANESSA'S MOUTH DROPS.
AMY
Paula was heartbroken. She was carrying Jeremy's
baby, but Jeremy denied he was responsible.
AMANDA (regretfully)
Paula was devastated.
AMY
In her eyes, her life was over.
AMANDA (whispers)
She was abandoned.
SAMANTHA
Is this really true?
AMY
Yes, and it happened in this graveyard! And
there's proof.
AMANDA
I didn't know condom wrappers could last
for over ten years!
SUMMER
Or used condoms, for that matter.
VANESSA
Gross!
SAMANTHA CRACKS A SMILE.
SAMANTHA
Serena wouldn't use condoms, because it's
not compatible with nature- right, Serena?
SERENA (smiles)
I made an exception with your boyfriend.
VANESSA
Can we not talk about sex?
SAMANTHA
You mean you fantasized about him while you
practiced with your candles?
AMY
Guys, you're destroying my story.
SUMMER (jokingly)
You guys are making me hot.
AMY
Paula confronted them. She had a gun with
her; she was desperate. She dragged Mary's
body onto a tombstone, and then turned the
gun on herself.
(BEAT)
SUMMER
That's psychotic!
AMY
There's a tombstone in this graveyard stained
with Mary's blood. I've seen it. It's over there.
AMY POINTS TO THE WEST, TOWARD THE LAKE SIDE OF THE GRAVEYARD.
AMANDA
No it's not. It's that way, deeper in the graveyard.
AMANDA POINTS SOUTH.
AMY
What?
AMANDA
Well, that's what I've heard.
AMY
Have you been here before?
AMANDA
I hate the woods. You know that.
AMY
Well, I've seen it, and that's not all.
SERENA (unconvinced)
There's more?
AMY
People who live near here say it's haunted by
the ghosts of Mary, Paula, and Jeremy. Some
hear them cry at night.
SUMMER
Yeah, sex cries!
AMANDA
Oh, the songs of pleasure.
VANESSA
You guys are perverts.
SERENA
Girl, you're no virgin. Virgins don't
need to be born again.
The girls LAUGH.
Vanessa’s EYES narrow.
EXT: GRAVEYARD- NIGHT
TOBEY, PAUL, AND JACKSON JIVE ARE HUDDLED IN A GROUP OF BUSHES.
(OS) GIRLS LAUGHING IN DISTANCE
PAUL
I hear Amanda!
JACKSON
You're unbelievable.
TOBEY
It's love!
JACKSON
No, it’s deprivation.
TOBEY/ CAMERA POV-
TREES IN DISTANCE SILHOUETTED BY FAINT LIGHT.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF TOBEY.
TOBEY
Now we know where they are.
PAUL
She'd better not be too messed tonight, Jackson!
JACKSON
The girls are going down.
THE SOUNDS OF BRANCHES
BREAKING IS IN THE DISTANCE. POV ON TOBEY
AS HE SEES SOMETHING FAR AWAY.
TOBEY
Gentleman, what do we have here?
JACKSON
Oh shit! A sorority girl!
POV ON SLENDER FIGURE MOVING THROUGH WOODS.
PAUL (OS)
Which one?
TOBEY
Long hair.
PAUL
What color?
JACKSON
Let's move in closer. This party is on.
TOBEY
How? With all these leaves, she'll hear us coming.
JACKSON
Stick to the sides of the trail where the sand is hard. If you make
noise, break up your rhythm. She'll think you're an animal.
PAUL
It sounds like Tonto has stalked girls in the woods before.
JACKSON
Shut up, man! I'm Rambo Jive in these woods. Piss me off, and I might
kill ya!
PAUL (flatly)
I'm petrified.
JACKSON
That's right: watch your back!
TOBEY
Um- she's moving deeper into the woods.
PAUL
What kind of girl goes on a night hike alone?
JACKSON
Easy targets.
THEY GET UP AND MOVE THROUGH SOME BRUSH.
EXT. CAMPSITE- TENT AREA- NIGHT
AMANDA AND SAMANTHA SET UP SAMANTHA'S TENT.
THE TENT FALLS. SAMANTHA STRUGGLES TO KEEP IT UP AS AMANDA ADJUSTS THE STAKES.
SAMANTHA
Damn it!
THE TENT FALLS AGAIN.
SAMANTHA
Christ! I thought you knew about setting these up?
AMANDA
I know enough.
SAMANTHA
Can we keep it up?
AMANDA
Well, I can get it up, but can you keep it from falling?
SAMANTHA SMILES.
SAMANTHA
Every time.
AMANDA SMILES.
AMANDA
How long have you been dancing?
SAMANTHA
My mother says I was dancing before I could walk.
AMANDA
Really?
SAMANTHA
She would play her records for me and we would dance together for hours
and hours.
(BEAT)
AMANDA
You were close?
SAMANTHA
Very.
AMANDA
Does she live in town?
SAMANTHA TURNS AWAY.
SAMANTHA
She was murdered.
AMANDA
I’m sorry.
SAMANTHA
She was attacked as she made the night deposit for our church.
SAMANTHA LAUGHS BITTERLY.
SAMANTHA (con’t)
The almighty dollar still rules this world.
AMANDA
I didn’t mean to bring up bad memories.
SAMANTHA
But that’s how she lives on- through me.
(BEAT)
AMANDA
You are so deep.
SAMANTHA
I’m just real.
AMANDA
And you have a killer body.
SAMANTHA (getting
uncomfortable)
Thanks.
AMANDA
I give a great massage.
SAMANTHA (uncomfortable)
That’s good to know.
AMANDA WALKS CLOSER TO SAMANTHA. THEY ARE FACE TO FACE. THEY ARE QUIET.
(AWKWARD BEAT)
SAMANTHA
What are you doing?
AMANDA
You have beautiful eyes.
SAMANTHA
You sound like a guy when you say that!
AMANDA
I could be a guy if you want me to be.
SAMANTHA
What?!?!?!?
AMANDA
Is it true what they say about dancers?
SAMANTHA
Is what true?
SAMANTHA pulls away from AMANDA.
AMANDA
Is it true that dancers are so sexual?
AMANDA tries to close the distance with SAMANTHA.
SAMANTHA
I wouldn't know. I'm a professional.
AMANDA moves face to face with SAMANTHA again. AMANDA places her hands on her thighs.
SAMANTHA looks
down in shock. She looks AMANDA in the eye.
AMANDA
We could find out together.
SAMANTHA
I don't know what your issue is, but if you don't get your hands off
of me, I'm going to kick your ass!
AMANDA TURNS AND WALKS AWAY.
AMANDA
Fine.
SAMANTHA
Freak.
CUT TO:
EXT: CAMPFIRE AREA - NIGHT
AMANDA WALKS INTO VIEW. SHE SEEMS DISTANT AND BROODY.
SUMMER (TO AMANDA)
I was wondering where you were.
AMANDA
What's up?
SUMMER
Is Samantha ok?
AMANDA
She's having trouble pitching her tent.
SERENA (OS- distant)
Fuck off!
AMANDA
This is going to be a pleasant night.
VANESSA (OS- distant)
I'm not judging you. I'm not condemning you. I am concerned about your
soul.
SERENA (O.S. in
distance)
I didn't come here to be converted! Get out of my way.
SUMMER
Drama.
CUT TO:
EXT: CAMPSITE- NIGHT
VANESSA AND SERENA
ARGUE BY THE FIRE. AMY WALKS INTO THE
CROSSFIRE.
AMY
You two should stay away from each other for a while. This is ridiculous.
SERENA (looks Vanessa
in the eye)
No problem. I'm going for a walk.
AMY
I don't want you leaving camp alone.
SERENA (GLARES)
Are you going to stop me?
AMY
Yes.
SERENA
Either I go for a walk, or I lose my temper.
AMY
Is that a threat?
SERENA
No, I just insist! (BEAT) In theater groups, other actors looked beyond
my religious preferences and accepted me. I thought this sorority would
be open-minded since it was based on the arts. I've been harassed since
I got here. Fuck you all!
AMY
Serena...
SERENA
And fuck you, Amy. You already had your chance to be a leader. I'm going
to report you to the university for discrimination. The goddesses may
forgive you of this, but I won't.
AMY
You're not going out there.
SERENA STEPS UP TO HER.
SERENA
Stop me.
AMY MOVES ASIDE. SERENA WALKS OUT OF THE AREA INTO THE DARKNESS.
SUMMER
Actors. They're so melodramatic.
AMY WALKS OVER TO THEM.
AMY
I've never had such a hostile group!
SUMMER
But very entertaining.
AMY
Tammy should be putting up with this crap!
AMANDA
You're the pledge master.
AMY
And?
AMANDA
You're a good pledge master. Tammy is a good president.
AMY (to Summer)
Will you check on the food, please?
SUMMER
Sure.
SUMMER LEAVES.
AMY
Can I get a little more support from you?
AMANDA
What?
AMY
You're supposed to be my assistant. All you've been doing is instigating
inappropriate behavior and drooling all over yourself.
AMANDA
And you're jealous?
AMY (exasperated)
Where's Samantha?
AMANDA
Trying to set up her tent.
AMY
Weren't you helping her?
FADE TO:
EXT: GRAVEYARD/ DENSE WOODS- NIGHT
TOBEY, JACKSON, AND PAUL APPROACH A CLEARING.
PAUL
What is she doing?
JACKSON
Looking for an appropriate place to pleasure herself.
JACKSON SNICKERS.
HE STOPS, AND HIS EYES GET BIG IN SHOCK. FREAKY
MUSIC CAN BE HEARD IN THE DISTANCE.
TOBEY
What the hell is this?
PAUL (Shrugs)
Redneck porn?
CUT TO:
EXT: CLEARING - NIGHT
CANDLES ARE BURNING
IN THE MIDDLE, AND THE CANDLELIGHT DANCES ON
THE FACES OF THE TOMBSTONES THAT HAVE BEEN ARRANGED AROUND THE
PARAMETER. WURM IS DANCING VIGOROUSLY, AND HIS HANDS ARE
STRETCHED TOWARD THE FULL MOON DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.
WURM
Oh spirits, my masters! Where art thou tonight, spirits of the dead?
There are trespassers in your domain. Our meeting is interrupted. How
shall I please you, oh spirits of the dead?
WURM BEGINS TO DANCE FURIOUSLY.
CUT TO:
EXT: CLEARING - NIGHT
TOBEY IS VIDEOTAPING THE SCENE.
TOBEY
What the fuck?
JACKSON
Yo, man, this is some satanic shit!
PAUL
It's not even a girl!
JACKSON
No shit!
TOBEY
If the girls see this freak while they are messed up..... (puts down
the camera and faces Jackson) Jackson, I don't know about this.
CUT TO:
EXT: GRAVEYARD/PATH- NIGHT
AMANDA AND SUMMER GATHER FIREWOOD AS THEY STROLL DOWN THE PATH.
SUMMER
Didn't you used to model?
AMANDA
When I was younger. (BEAT) I got tired of being a whore for marketing.
SUMMER
Those are harsh words.
(BEAT)
AMANDA
It's beautiful out tonight, isn't it?
SUMMER
Is it Samantha? Did she say something?
AMANDA
Samantha can go to hell.
SUMMER
She's just very opinionated, that's all.
AMANDA
And close-minded.
SUMMER
I think people should respect one another's differences.
AMANDA SMILES.
SUMMER (con’t)
Do you think we’ll be safe out here?
AMANDA
Are you scared of the dark?
SUMMER
No, I'm just not used to being out in the woods.
AMANDA REACHES OUT AND PULLS SUMMER TO HER.
AMANDA
Don't worry, I know Jujitsu.
SUMMER
I can handle myself.
AMANDA
I bet.
(BEAT)
SUMMER LOOKS INTO AMANDA'S EYES.
AMANDA
But what if someone grabs you…
AMANDA QUICKLY
PINS SUMMER'S WRIST BEHIND HER BACK AND GRABS
SUMMER'S NECK IN A HOLD. SUMMER GASPS IN SURPRISE.
AMANDA
Like this?
AMANDA STANDS PRESSED AGAINST SUMMER'S HELPLESS BODY.
SUMMER SMILES.
SUMMER
Maybe this…
SUMMER SLOWLY BRINGS
HER FREE ELBOW BACK INTO AMANDA'S STOMACH,
CAREFUL NOT TO REALLY HURT HER.
SUMMER (con’t)
And this.
SUMMER TURNS AND
GENTLY BREAKS THE HOLD, FRONT PUNCHES TWO
INCHES FROM AMANDA'S FACE.
AMANDA SMILES.
AMANDA
Jiujutsu is designed for more realistic combat.
SUMMER
What could be more realistic than being grabbed?
AMANDA PULLS HER
TO THE GROUND, ON PATCH OF THICK GRASS, AND
STRADDLES HER.
AMANDA
What if you were in this position?
SUMMER
When I'm in this position, I'm usually not thinking of fighting.
AMANDA
With your boyfriend?
SUMMER
Ex-boyfriend.
AMANDA
Boyfriends are overrated.
SUMMER
So shallow sometimes.
THEIR FACES ARE ONLY INCHES APART, AND CLOSING.
AMANDA
Women have a deeper bond, a sensitivity men don't understand.
SUMMER
My ex only felt with his hands.
AMANDA
I know what you mean.
THEIR NOSES TOUCH.
SUMMER
Never get between a fanatic and his sport.
AMANDA
I know exactly how you feel.
(BEAT)
THEY BOTH CLOSE THEIR EYES.
AMANDA
Just a bunch of little boys trying to pass as men.
SUMMER SMILES AS AMANDA LEANS IN TO KISS HER.
FADE OUT.
EXT: CAMPSITE - NIGHT
AMY AND VANESSA ARE SITTING NEXT TO THE CAMP FIRE.
AMY
It's not your fault, ok? Serena has a temper.
VANESSA
Doesn't she realize her soul is lost and going to hell?
AMY
Vanessa...
VANESSA
What?
AMY
This is what I’m talking about. Don’t be offended but religion
is a very personal issue. Each individual has her own revelations. How
can you expect to relate to other people if you view everyone through
only your life experiences?
VANESSA
It's just that...I don't have anything else to talk about.
AMY
Surely you've studied art and the great artists of history.
VANESSA
Michelangelo painted the Sistine chapel…
AMY
And he also carved 'David.'
VANESSA
Who?
AMY
Sometimes, people are uncomfortable with what they don't understand.
VANESSA
But I want everyone to understand…
AMY
Maybe you don't understand their point of view.
VANESSA
I…
AMY
Vanessa, not everything is so black and white. Try to stop lecturing
and observe. You might surprise yourself.
VANESSA SHIVERS,
AND SHAKES HER HEAD AS IF SHAKING SOMETHING OFF.
SHE PUTS HER HEAD IN HER HANDS.
AMY
Please don't get upset…
VANESSA
I feel dizzy.
AMY
I don't want to offend anyone.
VANESSA
Everything's spinning.
AMANDA AND SUMMER WALK UP.
AMANDA (nods to
Vanessa)
What's with her?
AMY
She started getting dizzy. And Serena is wandering the woods somewhere.
AMANDA SITS DOWN NEXT TO THEM. SUMMER CROUCHES DOWN.
SUMMER
Still?
AMY (to Summer)
Can this night get any worse?
SUMMER
I'm having a blast.
AMY
Looks like it.
SUMMER’S LIPSTICK IS SMEARED. SUMMER LOOKS BLISSFULLY INNOCENT.
THERE IS A LOUD NOISE NEARBY. AMY STANDS.
TOBEY WALKS INTO THE CAMP SITE.
AMY
Tobey?
TOBEY
Hi.
AMANDA FROWNS. TOBEY SEES HER.
TOBEY (con't)
You're probably wondering why I'm here.
AMY
Who else is with you?
TOBEY
Paul and Jackson.
AMANDA
How predictable.
SUMMER
Waiting to see us topless? Nice camera!
AMY
How did you know where to find us?
AMANDA
What the fuck is going on, Tobey?
TOBEY
Did you eat or drink anything?
SUMMER
Is Tobey a part of our initiation?
AMY
Definitely not.
TOBEY
How are you feeling?
AMY
Why?
TOBEY
Uh… never mind.
SUMMER
This initiation just keeps getting better and better!
AMANDA
I’m sure you’re here for a very innocent reason, right?
Out taking a walk, all of a sudden, oh, a bunch of girls.
TOBEY WALKS UP TO AMANDA.
TOBEY (under his
breath)
Mandy, I'm trying to help!
AMANDA
We don’t need any ‘help.’ Especially when I know what
you consider to be help.
AMANDA STEPS BACK.
VANESSA SHIVERS AND PUTS HER HEAD DOWN AGAIN.
TOBEY
Drop the attitude, Amanda. I'm your friend.
AMANDA
We were once, but not anymore.
SUMMER
Why don't you leave, Tommy?
TOBEY
It's Tobey.
SAMANTHA STROLLS IN.
SAMANTHA (brightens)
Who's the guy?
SUMMER
Tommy.
TOBEY (tight smile)
It's Tobey!
SAMANTHA
What are you doing here, Tobey?
TOBEY (serious)
To protect you.
AMANDA (sarcastically)
How noble.
SUMMER
From what?
TOBEY
Listen, we came here tonight to play a prank on you and found this weird
guy hanging out nearby. He was watching you.
AMY
What guy?
TOBEY
A Satanist or something. He’s doing some ritual out there right
now. Paul and Jackson are watching him.
AMANDA
Nice story.
SAMANTHA (looks
at Amanda)
We could really use a cute guy around here.
AMANDA
Trust me, we don’t.
TOBEY
First, we should put out this fire.
AMY (to Tobey)
I can’t allow you to come in here and take over.
TOBEY
I’m here to help you.
TOBEY STARTS GATHERING
GREEN TREE BRANCHES AND THROWS THEM
INTO THE FIRE. THE FIRE STARTS TO SMOKE.
AMY RECEDES INTO THE BACKGROUND.
THE GROUP GATHERS MORE BRANCHES, AND PILE THEM ONTO THE FIRE.
AMANDA
Are we smoke signaling for help? Let me show you something.
AMANDA GRABS THE
SHOVEL, AND STARTS THROWING LOOSE DIRT ON THE
FIRE.
AMANDA
This is the right way to do it.
SAMANTHA MOVES IN BESIDE TOBEY.
SAMANTHA
I'm Samantha.
SHE TAKES HIS HAND. AMANDA ROLLS HER EYES AND LOOKS AWAY.
SCREAMS ECHO IN THE DISTANCE.
SUMMER
What the hell?
AMANDA (sarcastically)
Here to help?
AMY (panicked)
Tobey, what was that?
SUMMER
Sounded far away.
SAMANTHA
Sounded real.
VANESSA (weakly)
What do we do if this isn't a joke?
AMY (worried)
I don't know.
CUT TO:
EXT-GRAVEYARD PATH- NIGHT
JACKSON AND PAUL ARE DOUBLED OVER LAUGHING.
PAUL
Holy shit, man!
JACKSON
(Trying to catch his breath) Cat, I never saw a guy move like that before!
That freak could run.
PAUL
Yeah...like a girl!
JACKSON
He looked like one, too.
PAUL
Hey! Don't get a hard on, ok?
JACKSON
Think the girls heard us?
PAUL
Absolutely.
JACKSON SPRAYS MOUTH SPRAY- TWO QUICK BLASTS.
JACKSON
Time to comfort the ladies.
PAUL (rolls his
eyes)
Let's go find Tobey.
THEY START WALKING DOWN A TRAIL. JACKSON IS GRINNING.
JACKSON
Tobey's probably taggin' on that Amanda chick right now!
PAUL (begins to
walk faster, outpacing Jackson)
Shut up.
JACKSON
Hey, homes, I hear them doing the nasty from here!
PAUL
Shut up!
PAUL IS OUTPACING
JACKSON. JACKSON IS NOW SEVERAL STRIDES BEHIND
HIM. JACKSON STARTS TO LAUGH.
PAUL
Will you hurry up, asshole?
JACKSON
Slow down homes. He'll be a while. They'll still be doing it when we
get there!
PAUL
Shut the…
JACKSON SCREAMS LIKE A GIRL. THE SOUND IS DEAFENING.
CUT TO:
EXT: CAMPSITE - NIGHT
THE GIRLS AND TOBEY FREEZE.
TOBEY
I swear I don't know what that was.
AMY
Tobey, I am responsible for this group of girls. You can stay here and
play with your ‘brothers’ all night. We’re leaving.
Now.
AMANDA
And, we're filing a complaint with the fraternity.
TOBEY
Great. I come here to protect you all, and everyone gets pissed off.
SAMANTHA (to Tobey)
I'm not afraid of a few screams. They are, but I'm not.
AMANDA GLARES AT SAMANTHA.
SUMMER
It's just those guys goofing off out there.
AMANDA (to Tobey)
We are not going to be subjected to this!
TOBEY
To what?
AMANDA
Immature practical jokes.
TOBEY
This isn't part of our prank! Well, unless Jackson didn't tell me something-
which, he probably didn't.
AMY (to Tobey)
What haven't you told us?
TOBEY
Amy, trust me.
AMANDA
Those words never sound genuine out of a man's mouth.
(THE BUSHES RUSTLE.
LABORED BREATHING CAN BE HEARD AS SOMETHING
APPROACHES.)
AMY
Especially tonight.
PAUL DARTS INTO
THE CAMP. HE DOUBLES OVER, OUT OF BREATH. THE GIRLS
SCREAM AND JUMP.
TOBEY
Where's Jackson?
PAUL (still catching
his breath)
I don't know! He disappeared!
AMANDA
Relax, people, it's just one of the cavemen!
AMY
So Jackson just evaporated?
AMANDA
We're not that lucky.
TOBEY
He must be up to something!
PAUL (To Tobey)
Did they drink anything? (To the girls) Did you drink anything?
AMY
Yes, although nothing alcoholic.
PAUL (finally catches
his breath and stands upright)
Jackson had one of the girls spike the drinks with some drug.
AMY
What!
SAMANTHA
No wonder…
AMANDA
We all drank that shit.
SUMMER
Was it roofies?
AMANDA
If it were, I'm sure that we'd be passed out getting screwed by fraternity
boys right now.
TOBEY
Amanda, we wouldn't do that!
AMANDA LAUGHS BITTERLY.
AMANDA
You're a guy. It's in your nature.
SAMANTHA
…I feel like I'm tripping.
VANESSA
I don't want to die.
AMY
He's talking about drugs, not poison! We should be ok, as long as we're
not tripping out right now. Are we?
SAMANTHA (laughs)
I am.
VANESSA
Jesus told me that some of us are going to die!
SAMANTHA
We all die! Just go out with a bang! Right, Tobey?
VANESSA
Jesus said we die tonight!
TOBEY GOES OVER
TO HER. HE CUPS VANESSA'S CHIN IN HIS HAND, AND
LOOKS IN HER EYES. VANESSA LOOKS TERRIFIED. SHE IS SHAKING.
TOBEY
Paul, did Jackson tell you what kind of drugs they were before he "disappeared"?
PAUL
He said it was some sort of hallucinogen.
TOBEY
Probably LSD.
AMANDA
No, it's not that. LSD would have hit us a while ago, and it doesn't
feel like LSD.
SAMANTHA
Hello! I'm telling you guys…
VANESSA
Jesus loves you, Tobey!
TOBEY (re: Vanessa)
She seems a bit whacked.
AMY
How did he get in our drinks?
PAUL
He had one of the girls do it.
AMY
Who made the punch?
SAMANTHA
The cauldron bubbles.
VANESSA'S EYES ARE WIDE AND GLASSY.
VANESSA (In a weak
voice- starts rocking)
Jesus loves me this I know, for the bible…
SAMANTHA
Will you calm down?
AMY
How much did you have, Vanessa?
VANESSA GIGGLES SLOWLY.
TOBEY
She's ripped!
PAUL
Fuck Jackson and his shit!
AMY
Serena! She's the only one who could have.
AMANDA WALKS UP TO THE GUYS.
AMANDA (to the
guys)
If we drank this shit, you guys are drinking this shit.
PAUL
Hey, Tobey and I didn't find out about it until we got out here!
TOBEY
Trust us.
AMANDA MARCHES OVER TO TOBEY. SHE GETS IN HIS FACE.
AMANDA
So, we just found out, asshole.
SUMMER POURS TWO CUPS AND GIVES ONE TO EACH MALE.
AMANDA
Drink!
THE MEN LOOK AT EACH OTHER.PAUL SHRUGS AND CHUGS HIS SHROOM PUNCH.
SUMMER
Now, this is a party!
AMANDA
Tobey, you need to drink!
TOBEY LOOKS HER IN THE EYE AND RAISES HIS GLASS DEFIANTLY. HE DUMPS IT ON THE GROUND.
TOBEY
Get a life, Amanda. I'm leaving.
TOBEY WALKS AWAY FROM THE CAMP SITE. HE SHUTS OFF HIS CAMERA AS HE GOES.
AMANDA
Just where in the hell do you think you are going?!?!? Come back here!
TOBEY
I'm going home. I'll see you later, when you aren't such a bitch!
AMANDA
What?!?!?!?! You're a dick, Tobey!!!!!!!!!
TOBEY LEAVES.
AMY
Let him go. Where the hell is Serena?
CUT TO:
EXT: DEEP WOODS- NIGHT
ECU- OF SERENA,
LYING IN THE WOODS, HER EYES ROLLING BACK AS IF IN
ORGASM.
STROBE EFFECT- FLASHBACK SEQUENCE
CUT TO:
LS- SERENA IS WALKING DOWN A TRAIL. SHE LOOKS AROUND AS IF LOST. SHE
LOOKS BACK, THEN BEGINS JOGGING, ALMOST RUNNING.
CUT TO: PRESENT
TIME-
ECU- SERENA EYES ARE ERRATIC, HER BODY SHAKES.
CUT TO:
LS- SERENA IS AT FULL SPEED, RUNNING WILDLY, HER FOOT TRIPS ON A
ROPE...
CUT TO: PRESENT
TIME-
CU- SERENA IS SHAKING LESS AND WE SEE SHE IS ALONE, LYING ON THE
GROUND, THE LOOK ON HER FACE IS CLOSER TO TERROR. THE CAMERA PULLS BACK
TO SHOW THAT SHE IS HOLDING HER THROAT. HER HANDS ARE COVERED IN BLOOD.
CUT TO:
CU- SERENA'S FOOT CATCHES ON THE ROPE
THE TRAP TRIGGERS... A TREE BRANCH LASHES OUT AT HER, ACROSS HER THROAT.
SFX-SWISH
CUT TO: PRESENT
TIME-
SERENA'S BODY SHAKES ONCE MORE AND THEN LAYS LIMP. A POOL OF
BLOOD HAS GATHERED AROUND HER AND AS WE GET CLOSER, SHE
CONVULSES ONCE AGAIN, ALMOST SITTING UP BRIEFLY, THEN…
WE SEE WURM WALKING
IN THE THICKNESS OF THE WOODS…
FADE TO BLACK.
SFX- WURM SCREAMS.
EXT: CAMP SITE- NIGHT
AMY WOBBLES. SHE SHAKES HER HEAD.
AMY
I'm feeling dizzy. Are you ok?
SAMANTHA (very
relaxed)
I am fu…cked up. I'm starting to feel like this is a party!
AMY LAUGHS.
AMY
How's Vanessa?
SAMANTHA
Hard to tell.
AMY
Can I trust you, Samantha?
SAMANTHA
Of course.
A SHRIEKING SCREAM PIERCES THE AIR. IT IS DISTANT.
AMY
Paul!
PAUL
That wasn't Jackson. I'm sure of it!
AMANDA
This is fucking bullshit! Tobey........
VANESSA
They are coming!
SAMANTHA (interested)
Who?
VANESSA
The demons! They're coming for our souls.
SAMANTHA (rolls
her eyes)
Some of us can't handle drugs.
SUMMER
She's bombed out of her mind. Leave her alone.
VANESSA
Like the story in the bible…
SAMANTHA
Vanessa, you're freaking us out!
VANESSA
This is the domain of the demons. They will come for us.
SAMANTHA
Shut up!
SUMMER (to Samantha)
You're not helping.
VANESSA
They will possess us all.
SAMANTHA
Vanessa, snap out of it.
AMY
Calm down, Vanessa. Be strong.
VANESSA IS SITTING
DOWN AGAIN. SHE IS SHIVERING AND PRAYING. AMY
GOES TO HER, AND TAKES HER ARM. VANESSA JUMPS AWAY. SHE SEEMS
SCARED OUT OF HER MIND.
VANESSA
The demons are among us.
AMY
Let’s get out of here.
EXT: DENSE WOODS - NIGHT
THE GIRLS MOVE THROUGH THE DENSE BRUSH, PUSHING BRANCHES ASIDE. THE GROUP SLOWS. SUMMER WALKS A FEW STEPS AHEAD OF THEM, AND TRIPS. SHE FALLS TO THE GROUND, FACE TO FACE WITH SERENA'S FROZEN FACE.
SUMMER SCREAMS, AND SCRAMBLES TO STAND UP.
AMY
Serena?
SAMANTHA
Holy shit!
SERENA IS LYING
FACE UP ON THE TRAIL. THERE ISN'T A SIGN OF LIFE.
SUMMER HOLDS UP HER HANDS. THEY ARE COVERED IN BLOOD. SHE STARTS
TO CRY.
PAUL
Is she…dead?
SUMMER (sobbing)
It's all over me! It's all over me!
AMY HOLDS HER MOUTH,
GAGGING. SHE RUNS TO THE SIDE OF THE TRAIL,
AND THROWS UP.
PAUL
I'm gonna be sick!
VANESSA (praying)
Jesus help us! As I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no
evil…
SAMANTHA SHOVES
VANESSA INTO A BUNCH OF FERNS. SHE SCREAMS AT
VANESSA.
SAMANTHA
Shut the hell up!
AMANDA
Her throat was…slashed!
AMANDA LOOKS AROUND. SHE SEES THE BLOODY BRANCH.
AMANDA (softly)
Oh, no!
PAUL
Who the hell would do this?
SUMMER GETS UP.
SHE HAS BLOOD ALL OVER HER CLOTHES. SHE IS STILL
CRYING.
SUMMER (keeps repeating
until)
Ohmygod! Ohmygod!
AMANDA (building)
Summer… Summer…SUMMER!
SUMMER STOPS CHANTING NEUROTICALLY.
AMY RETURNS. SHE
WIPES HER MOUTH. TEARS ARE STREAMING DOWN HER
FACE.
AMY
What is happening?
AMY STARTS TO SOB.
SAMANTHA
We need to pull ourselves together.
AMANDA
You seem pretty calm about all this.
AMY (takes a deep
breath)
Let’s think. (beat) Um…shit, I can’t think.
PAUL
That voodoo guy! He probably got Jackson, too!
AMANDA
Who? We were all together. Except Samantha.
SAMANTHA
What are you saying, Amanda? Your boyfriends were out there, too.
(beat) (to Paul) This is one hell of a prank.
PAUL (bewildered)
What?
AMANDA
You two weren't exactly friends.
SAMANTHA
She wasn't friends with anyone. Anyone could have done this…
SUMMER (freaking
out)
We need to go! I want to go!
AMY
Everybody shut the FUCK UP!
AMANDA LOOKS AT AMY WITH AN UNEXPECTED AWE. EVERYONE LOOKS.
AMY (a little calmer)
I’m trying to think.
VANESSA REMAINS NEAR THE BUSHES.
VANESSA
We're not going to make it.
SAMANTHA (too loudly)
Shut up!
AMANDA
Are you going to kill her now, Sam? Where's the knife?
SAMANTHA SCREAMS,
AND CHARGES AT AMANDA. AMANDA SIDESTEPS HER,
AND TRIPS HER. SAMANTHA FALLS ON SERENA'S BODY.
AMY
That's ENOUGH!
SAMANTHA
You…bitch!
AMANDA
Where's the knife? Huh? Where's the Goddamn knife?
PAUL HOLDS AMANDA BACK.
AMY
This is not getting us anywhere! We need to maintain order! AM I UNDERSTOOD?
VANESSA GETS UP.
SHE STARES AT AMANDA. HER FACE IS PALE, AND HER
MOUTH IS WIDE OPEN.
VANESSA
The demon is in you!
AMANDA
What?
SAMANTHA GETS UP.
SHE TRIES TO WIPE THE BLOOD OFF OF HER. SHE ONLY
MANAGES TO SMEAR IT INTO HER CLOTHES MORE.
SAMANTHA
Great! Amanda, you're paying for some new clothes!
AMANDA
Yeah, you're REAL remorseful!
SUMMER (crying)
Both of you stop! You're making me sick.
AMY
Serena was killed! Don't you all get it? Someone’s out there…
VANESSA
Amanda…
AMANDA
Shut up!
A LOUD CRASHING SOUND IS CLOSE BY.
EVERYONE FREEZES.
THE SOUND COMES
CLOSER. FEET CAN BE HEARD RUNNING. MORE
BRANCHES CRASH AND CRACKLE.
AMY (Whispers loudly)
Everyone get down and stay quiet!
THE GROUP DROPS
TO THE GROUND. THE NOISES ARE ALMOST ON THEM.
A FIGURE IN BLACK TUMBLES ONTO THE TRAIL. THE PERSON IS COVERED IN
BLOOD. IT IS WURM.
THE GIRLS SCREAM.
PANIC ENSUES, AND ALL OF THE GIRLS SCRAMBLE TO
THEIR FEET AND RUN INTO THE THICK WOODS OF THE GRAVEYARD. SUMMER
AND SAMANTHA RUN OFF TOGETHER, VANESSA SCRAMBLES OFF TO A SIDE
TRAIL, AND AMANDA RUNS OFF ALONE. PAUL AND AMY RUN PAST SERENA'S
BODY DOWN THE TRAIL. WURM GOES AFTER THEM, STAGGERING WILDLY.
AMY TRIPS AND FALLS, AND PAUL REACHES DOWN TO PICK HER UP. WURM
CATCHES UP TO THEM. HE HISSES LIKE A MADMAN, BREATHING HARD.
PAUL STEPS BETWEEN AMY AND WURM.
PAUL
Stay behind me!
PAUL LOOKS AROUND
FOR SOMETHING TO USE AS A WEAPON. HE IS FROZEN
IN PLACE; HIS EYES DO THE SEARCHING.
WURM FALLS TO THE GROUND, HIS EYES GROW WIDE.
WURM
They are all around us, and they want vengeance!
WURM GETS UP. AMY AND PAUL STEP BACK.
WURM
You think I killed her? (beat) I did not.
AMY
Then who did?
WURM
The spirits of the dead. I have unleashed them, and they are angry!
PAUL
Dude, you're the one wearing blood.
WURM
We are in danger.
AMY
What are you doing out here?
WURM
Trying to pacify them!
AMY
Then what the hell happened to you?
PAUL
What the hell kind of satanic shit were you doing out there?
WURM
Come with me.
WURM LOOKS AROUND AS IF HE SEES SOMETHING THAT ISN'T THERE.
WURM
Quickly!
AMY
We are not going anywhere until you explain what is going on!
PAUL
You're tore up!
WURM
I fell on a head stone.
WURM PRESSES HIS HAND ON HIS FOREHEAD. THE BLOOD IS FRESH.
WURM
I'm bleeding to death!
CUT TO:
EXT: WOODS/NIGHT - NIGHT
AMY'S VOICE, CALLING
THE GIRLS, CAN BE HEARD IN THE DISTANCE. IT IS
FAINT. VANESSA STAGGERS QUICKLY THROUGH THE WOODS, SOBBING AND
BREATHING HARD.
AMY (OS)
Girls! (BEAT) Come back!
VANESSA
This is not fair. Lord, what have I done to deserve this?
(BEAT)
AMY'S VOICE IS MORE DISTANT.
AMY
Girls!
VANESSA
Oh, no! Forgive me Lord. It is I who violated the peace of the souls
resting here. It is I who is impure. Lord forgive them. They do not
know what they do.
VANESSA COLLAPSES TO HER KNEES.
VANESSA STARTS TO CRY.
VANESSA
Forgive me, Lord, for I have sinned…
AMY SOUNDS VERY DISTANT AS SHE SHOUTS DESPERATELY.
VANESSA
I have not followed your example of light. I am surrounded by darkness…
(BEAT)
VANESSA HEARS WHISPERS
ALL AROUND HER. SHE LOOKS TO THE SKY.
TEARS ARE STREAMING DOWN HER FACE.
VANESSA
Lord, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth
as it is in heaven…
CUT TO:
EXT: GRAVEYARD- NIGHT
THE GIRLS ARE RUNNING AND STOP IN A CLEARING. SUMMER IS OUT OF BREATH, BUT SAMANTHA DOESN'T SEEM AS AFFECTED.
SAMANTHA
I think we lost him.
SUMMER (breathing
hard)
But are you sure?
SAMANTHA
Yeah, I'm sure.
SUMMER
Who was that freak?
SAMANTHA
I didn't wait for introductions.
SUMMER
He was covered in her blood! Do you think he…?
A SHOUT BARELY REGISTERS IN THE DISTANCE. IT SOUNDS FEMALE.
SUMMER (con’t)
Is that Amy?
SAMANTHA
Let's find our cars.
THEY START TO WALK AGAIN.
(BEAT)
SUMMER
You think Amanda did it?
SAMANTHA
She's hiding something.
SUMMER
She's harmless.
SAMANTHA
Is she your new best friend or something?
SUMMER (calmly)
What?
SAMANTHA'S EYES NARROW.
SAMANTHA
I think Amanda might have had something to do with this. She's obviously
deviant.
SUMMER
She couldn't have killed Serena! She was with me. The only person that
was alone was…
SAMANTHA (calmly)
Me?
(AWKWARD BEAT)
SAMANTHA
You think I killed her?
(BEAT)
SUMMER IS TREMBLING.
SHE STEPS BACK.
SUMMER
I don't know…
(FADE OUT)
SOUNDS OF CRYING. HYSTERICAL SOBS. BREAKING BRANCHES.
VOICE (O.S)
Please! Please stop!
FADE IN:
EXT: GRAVEYARD WOODS- NIGHT
VANESSA IS WALKING
BACKWARDS, FACING AN UNKNOWN PURSUER. HER
HAND IS OUTSTRETCHED, HER FINGERS HALF CLOSED AS IF CLAWING THE
AIR. SHE IS CRYING OUT OF CONTROL.
VANESSA
Demon, I command you to leave!
(SOUNDS OF WARPED
LAUGHTER, GENDER UNKNOWN. THE CRICKETS ARE
LOUD, OVERBEARING; THEIR SOUNDS ARE WARPED, TOO.)
VANESSA STOPS CRYING.
VANESSA
I cast you out, demon! In Jesus name, I cast you out!
(BEAT)
HER NEW CONFIDENCE FADES AND TERROR CREEPS BACK INTO HER EYES. SHE SCREAMS.
CUT TO:
EXT: GRAVEYARD- NIGHT
AMANDA WALKS THROUGH
THE WOODS. HER SHIRT IS TORN. HER FACE IS
SCRATCHED. BLOOD IS SMEARED ON HER CLOTHES. SHE IS EERILY CALM,
AND GLIDES THROUGH THE WOODS AS IF ON ROLLERBLADES UPON A PAVED
PATH. AMANDA'S PERSPECTIVE: WARPED IMAGES OF FOLIAGE; DISTORTED
NIGHT SOUNDS. AMANDA GIGGLES MISCHIEVOUSLY.
DESPITE HER TRANQUIL
DEMEANOR, SHE APPEARS AS IF SHE HAS GONE
THROUGH HELL. AMANDA STOPS. TWIGS SNAP NEARBY. HER EYES LOCK IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE DISTURBANCE. THE SOUND IS FROM A DENSE THICKET.
(BEAT)
AMANDA APPROACHES THE THICKET. HER POSTURE IS DOMINANT AND AGGRESSIVE.
AMANDA
Who's there?
A MAN EMERGES. IT'S JACKSON JIVE.
JACKSON
Shit, girl! You scared the hell out of me!
AMANDA
What are you doing out here?
JACKSON BREAKS
INTO HIS MENACING LAUGHTER. THE CRICKETS AROUND
THEM PAUSE TO LISTEN.
JACKSON
I've been sneaking around and having fun! I scared the shit out of Paulette.
AMANDA
You- you need to leave.
JACKSON
Man, you girls are tripping!
AMANDA
Literally, right? (BEAT) Serena's dead.
JACKSON (genuinely
worried)
Come again?
AMANDA
She was killed. That freak ambushed us on the way out, and we all got
separated.
JACKSON
...Serena. (Beat) You wouldn't lie about something like this, would
you?
AMANDA
We're all in danger.
HE RELAXES.
JACKSON
Don’t worry, baby. I’ll take care of you.
AMANDA LOOKS AWAY. HER LIP TREMBLES.
JACKSON
Hey, I know you.
AMANDA (eyes narrow)
No you don't.
CUT TO:
EXT: GRAVEYARD PATH- NIGHT
PAUL AND WURM ARE
SEATED IN THE PATH. HE SHAKES HIS HEAD. AMY IS
STANDING, SHOUTING OUT INTO THE SURROUNDING WOODS.
AMY
Girls! Come back!
PAUL
They can't hear you.
AMY WALKS BACK TO THEM, HOARSE FROM YELLING.
AMY
What am I supposed to do? What the hell is going on here? Please tell
me this is just a bad trip. (beat) Is it?
PAUL
There are wild animals out here. Maybe a boar got Serena.
AMY
Since when do boars fly? It was her throat!
WURM
Well, if someone's out there killing people, maybe we should stay quiet.
AMY'S EYES NARROW, AND PAUL STIFLES A LAUGH.
AMY
What was all that spirit shit you were rambling about? Why were you
so scared?
WURM REMOVES A
PIECE OF SHIRT OFF OF HIS FOREHEAD. IT IS SOAKED IN
BLOOD.
WURM
The bleeding stopped.
AMY
And why are you dressed like that? What's really going on?
WURM
I'm a student. Art and religion, specifically. I'm exploring a practice
called Qualimasa.
(BEAT) The practice of channeling past lives from the dead through the
living.
PAUL
Bullshit.
WURM
It's all my fault. I awakened the dormant spirits of the dead.
AMY
What?
WURM
Three spirits are guarding this graveyard.
AMY
Three?
WURM
They are unable to rest in peace. Killed before having a chance to live.
PAUL
Killed?
AMY
Oh my God! Mary, Jeremy, and Paula?
WURM
They don't speak with words; I just feel their rage.
PAUL
This is fucked up, man. (beat) You didn’t chug off our punch,
did you?
AMY
This is too…no…I need proof.
WURM
I have no proof. You just have to accept and believe it.
PAUL
Someone physically killed Serena. She was not killed by any… ghost!
AMY
Wurm, where were you when Serena died?
WURM
How would I know when she died! I've been on the other side of the graveyard.
PAUL
Whoever killed her didn't need a motive. They were psychotic.
WURM
Are you blaming me?
PAUL
We'll leave that up to the police.
WURM (yells)
I don't like cops!
AMY
Calm down!
WURM GETS UP.
WURM
They'll think I did it no matter what I say. They'll stereotype me!
I'll be guilty until proven innocent.
AMY
That's not how it works in this country.
WURM
I'm not going to be crucified for this! I am responsible for unleashing
the sprits, and I will deal with that on my own!
WURM RUNS INTO THE WOODS.
AMY
Are you going to stop him?
PAUL
Hell no! He could have a knife on him!
AMY
Great. You're really brave, you know that?
PAUL
Hey, I'll protect you, but I'm not risking my life just to chase him
down. (BEAT) I don't think he did it.
AMY
Neither do I.
EXT: GRAVEYARD PATH- NIGHT.
PAN OF WOODS. JACKSON IS PANNED INTO FRAME.
JACKSON IS LIMPING
THROUGH ALONG THE PATH. HE IS SWEATING AND
BREATHING PROFUSELY. HE KEEPS HIS LEFT LEG STILL, AND DRAGS IT. IT
APPEARS TO BE BROKEN OR SPRAINED.
JACKSON
Shit, shit, shit.
JACKSON HUFFS AND
GRUNTS. HIS EYES ROLL BACK AS HE MIS-STEPS ON HIS
BAD LEG, AND HE COLLAPSES.
JACKSON
FUCK!!!
THE WORDS ECHO
HIGH ABOVE HIM; BIRDS FLY OUT OF A TREE.
JACKSON LOOKS UP AND GROWS QUIET.
POV- RUSHES UP TO JACKSON.
FADE TO BLACK.
SFX: LOUD CRUNCH.
EXT: GRAVEYARD- NIGHT
AMY IS SITTING DOWN. SHE IS SHAKING.
PAUL
Are you ok?
AMY
I think I drank too much juice.
PAUL
That punch has definitely hit me.
AMY
I can’t believe Serena is…and who knows if we’ll…
PAUL
Don't worry, we're going to make it out of here!
AMY
People are dying- I can feel it!
PAUL
Relax. Every thing will be fine.
AMY GETS UP. SHE
TRIES TO SMILE THROUGH FLOWING TEARS. SHE TAKES
HIS HAND.
AMY
Come with me!
SHE PULLS HIM IN
A DIRECTION DEEPER IN THE GRAVEYARD, TO THE SOUTH.
PAUL MOTIONS TO THE WEST (Camera POV from south).
PAUL
Where are we going? The road is that way!
AMY
I need to show you something!
PAUL
That’s the way Wurm ran…
EXT: GRAVEYARD- NIGHT
THE GIRLS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THICK FOLIAGE.
SUMMER
How much farther?
SAMANTHA
This goes on forever!
SUMMER
Do you even know where we are?
SAMANTHA
We're almost there- I'm sure of it!
SUMMER
There's a path up ahead!
AS THEY REACH THE PATH, SAMANTHA JUMPS WHEN SHE SEES…
SAMANTHA
Holy shit! What the hell happened to you?
AMANDA IS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PATH. SHE LOOKS THE SAME AS BEFORE,
BUT HAS NEW SCRATCHES ON HER ARMS. SHE GLARES AT SAMANTHA.
AMANDA
I've been looking for you. Are you all right, Summer?
SUMMER
I'm fine. You look like you've been through hell!
AMANDA
Were you going to kill her, too?
SAMANTHA
I'm tired of this.
AMANDA
You killed Serena! (To Summer) Run, she can snap any minute!
SUMMER BACKS AWAY.
SAMANTHA (surprised,
turns to Summer)
Don't you believe me?
SUMMER
I don't know. I can't think…
AMANDA PICKS UP
A LARGE STICK, AND QUICKLY CHARGES SAMANTHA.
SAMANTHA DOESN'T HEAR HER COMING. SUMMER TURNS AND SCREAMS.
SUMMER
No!
AMANDA IS FURIOUS
AND RELENTLESS. SAMANTHA DOESN'T HAVE A CHANCE.
AMANDA HITS SAMANTHA OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SAMANTHA TRIES TO
RESIST, BUT AMANDA IS ON PSYCHO ADRENALIN.
AMANDA
You can't have her! You can't have me!
AMANDA STOPS. SHE
STEPS BACK. SAMANTHA IS IN A FETAL POSITION,
COVERED WITH GASHES AND BLOOD. SHE'S COUGHING, AND DOESN'T GET
UP.
SUMMER RUNS OVER TO HER.
SUMMER
Have you lost it? (BEAT) What have you done?
AMANDA DROPS THE
STICK. SHE STANDS STILL AND EMOTIONLESS.
SHE STARES AT SAMANTHA AS THE LIFE BLEEDS OUT OF HER.
EXT: PARKING LOT - NIGHT
TOBEY STANDS NERVOUSLY AT THE CARS, WAITING FOR THE GUYS TO CATCH UP. HE GOES THOUGH HIS POCKETS, LOOKING FOR THE KEYS. THERE ARE TWO CARS. TOBEY LOOKS FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. HE THROWS HIS HEAD BACK IN ANGUISH.
TOBEY (to himself)
Meet at the car… right. (beat) Why didn’t I drive?
EXT: GRAVEYARD- NIGHT
DAWN ALMOST PEAKS
FROM THE HORIZON. AMY AND PAUL ARE WALKING
AIMLESSLY, EXHAUSTED.
SFX- A BIRD CHIRPS.
PAUL
Are we lost?
AMY
People are dying… I can feel it.
PAUL
Stop saying that. We're still alive.
AMY
No, we're not.
AMY STUMBLES. PAUL CATCHES HER.
AMY
I'm so tired. I need sleep.
PAUL
You're not sleeping.
AMY (slurs)
I need to show you something…
PAUL (strangely
submissive)
Ok.
AMY
Trust me.
(A SHRIEK PIERCES
THE AIR OVER THEM. A MASSIVE SHADOW FLOATS
ACROSS THE SKY.)
AMY JUMPS.
PAUL
Relax. It's just an owl.
THE OWL HOOTS IN THE DISTANCE.
PAUL (con't)
Amy, do you know where we are?
AMY
Not really.
PAUL
Ok. Now we're going this way.
PAUL STARTS LEADING AMY IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. SHE DOESN'T RESIST.
AMY STOPS. SHE SEEMS TO WAKE UP. SHE BREAKS FROM PAUL'S GRASP.
AMY
We're here! What did I tell you?
PAUL
Tombstones?
AMY EXAMINES THE
FACE OF THE STONES IN THE MOONLIGHT. SHE TRACES
THE ETCHING IN THE ROCK.
AMY
Did Roger Smith live a lonely solitary life and die, ironically, on
February 14, 1949?
PAUL
I don't know. It was over 35 years ago.
AMY
Did he waste his life waiting too long to make a mark in this world?
AMY SOUNDS SAD. SHE IS SOLEMN.
PAUL (weakly)
He probably had a full life.
AMY
We are all going to end up here…
PAUL SEES SOMETHING
THROUGH THE TREES. HE WALKS AROUND TO GET A
BETTER VANTAGE POINT.
AMY EXAMINES ANOTHER TOMBSTONE. IT IS STAINED BROWN.
AMY
Look at this stone.
PAUL LOOKS AROUND.
PAUL
This is where we found Wurm!
AMY REALIZES WHAT SHE IS LOOKING AT. SHE GASPS.
AMY
Oh my God!
PAUL
What?
AMY
I know where we are! This stone is stained with blood!
PAUL GOES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CLEARING. HE PALES WITH HORROR.
PAUL
Oh my God!
AMY RUNS OVER TO HIM.
AMY
What's wrong?
HER POV FOLLOWS
THE LINE OF SIGHT WHERE PAUL IS POINTING. SHE
CHOKES.
VANESSA IS HANGING
UPSIDE DOWN FROM A TREE WITH A ROPE TIED
AROUND HER ANKLES; DEAD. HER ARMS ARE LASHED TO A BRANCH THAT IS
TIED BEHIND HER BACK, MAKING A MAKESHIFT, INVERTED CRUCIFIX.
AMY CRIES VIOLENTLY INTO PAUL'S CHEST.
PAUL
That fucking Wurm. He sacrificed a virgin!
AMY DROPS TO HER KNEES. SHE IS CRYING.
AMY
Fuck Tammy! This is unacceptable. Unacceptable, do you hear me?
PAUL BENDS DOWN TO EMBRACE HER.
PAUL
We'll worry about her when we get back.
PAUL HELPS HER
TO HER FEET, AND THEY LEAVE. THEY DON'T GET FAR,
HOWEVER, BEFORE THEY RUN INTO AMANDA, WHO IS STANDING IN THEIR
PATH ALONG THE TRAIL. AMANDA LOOKS EVEN WORSE THAN BEFORE, WITH
FRESH BLOOD ON HER CLOTHING, AND SCRATCHES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY
WERE DONE BY FINGERNAILS DOWN THE LENGTH OF HER ARM.
AMANDA
I thought I would find you two together!
AMY
Amanda?
PAUL
What happened to you?
AMANDA
You said I was the best thing that ever happened to you!
PAUL (confused)
I don’t think you heard me right.
AMANDA
You told me you loved me!
AMANDA LUNGES AT AMY. AMY DODGES HER AND PUSHES HER BACK.
AMY (to Paul)
Is this true?
PAUL (to Amy)
She’s slept with half of the team!
AMANDA
My life is over, without him.
AMY
Him?
PAUL TRIES TO GRAB
AMANDA. SHE KNOCKS HIM OUT WITH ONE BLOW,
POWERED BY AN ANIMAL-LIKE STRENGTH.
AMY STEPS AWAY FROM AMANDA.
AMY
Why?
AMANDA DROPS THE
STICK, AND FALLS IN A HEAP TO THE GROUND. SHE IS
SOBBING.
AMY STARTS TO CRY,
TOO. SHE GOES UP TO HER, KNEELS DOWN, AND PUTS
HER HAND ON HER BACK.
AMY
Who hurt you?
AMANDA
Jeremy.
AMY
Jeremy?
AMANDA (softly)
Jackson.
PAUL PICKS HIMSELF UP. HE LOOKS AT HER IN DISBELIEF.
PAUL
What are you talking about?
AMANDA
He destroyed me. Just like my father.
PAUL
I never meant to…
AMY
Jeremy made a mistake. We all make mistakes.
AMANDA SHAKES AND ROCKS BACK AND FORTH, PULLING AND PUSHING AMY AS SHE DOES.
AMY
He didn’t mean to hurt you, Paula!
AMANDA
I was scared.
AMY
I know.
WURM STEPS IN FRONT
OF THEM, STARTLING PAUL AND THE GIRLS. HE HAS A GLAZED LOOK.
WURM
The spirits are at peace, now.
PAUL
We're getting out of here, come on.
WURM
I- I must take responsibility for releasing them. The deaths are my
fault.
WURM PULLS OUT
A GUN FROM BENEATH HIS TATTERED ROBE. HE PUTS THE
BARREL BENEATH HIS CHIN.
WURM
Alacura- Bekula!
AMY
DON'T!
WURM SMILES.
SOUND OF A GUNSHOT AND SCREAMS. SCREEN FLASHES RED.
CUT TO:
EXT: GRAVEYARD - DAY
THREE PAIRS OF
FEET RUN THROUGH THE FERNS, DODGING AROUND
TOMBSTONES. A BIRD CHIRPS OVERHEAD. THE FEET STOP SUDDENLY, AND
THE CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL AMY, AMANDA, AND PAUL. THEY ARE
FROZEN, JAWS DROPPED, AND THE CAMERA CUTS TO-
SAMANTHA IS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE CLEARING IN A FETAL POSITION. SHE IS
MANGLED AND COVERED IN BLOODY GOUGES. CAMERA PULLS BACK,
REVEALING A PRONE FIGURE DRAPED OVER A TOMBSTONE. CUT TO-
SUMMER, FACE PURE WHITE, A FROZEN, LIFELESS EXPRESSION OF SHOCK
ON HER FACE. HER WRISTS ARE SLIT OPEN, AND THE TOMBSTONE IS SOAKED
IN BLOOD.
CAMERA PANS AWAY
FROM THE BODIES, ACROSS THE PRONE FIGURES OF
THE TRIO, OVER TO A THE LAKE IN THE DISTANCE. MUSIC INTERLUDE WITH
CUT SCENES AND FADES OF THE GRAVEYARD, THE SMOLDERING FIRE, A
BLOOD STAINED PURSE. MUSIC INSPIRED BY NINA GORDON'S "TONIGHT AND
THE REST OF MY LIFE".
INTERLUDE FADES TO DESK, AND A NOTEPAD.
INT: BARREN ROOM- DAY
HAND WITH PEN.
THE HAND WRITES UPON A NOTEPAD THAT ALREADY HAS
WORDS SUCH AS "MURDER" AND "SUICIDES" ON IT. THE
ROOM IS DARK AND
BARREN.IT ONLY HAS A DESK AND CHAIRS.
CUT TO: FACE OF
DETECTIVE. HIS EYES GRAZE OVER THE NOTEPAD. HE
SCRATCHES HIS HEAD. HIS NAME IS LT. ANDERSON MCNEIL.
PAN OUT TO SEE AMY SEATED IN A CHAIR.
MCNEIL TAKES A SEAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESK IN FRONT OF HER.
MCNEIL
Amy Hendrix. Pledge master for the Alpha Omega Delta, how would you
describe- Tammy Spencer, sorority president?
AMY
She ordered us out there.
MCNEIL
We know that, but how would you describe her as a person? Would you
call her a friend?
AMY
We're acquaintances.
MCNEIL
You wouldn't say that you're friends?
AMY (irritated)
No.
MCNEIL
You claimed the girls were drugged.
AMY (snaps)
I don't claim anything. The fact is someone slipped drugs into our…
MCNEIL
We're waiting on forensics to determine whether that is fact or opinion.
AMY
I'm sure you are, but I know.
MCNEIL
If you refuse to cooperate, I will charge you with withholding evidence.
AMY
I've been through hell.
MCNEIL
At least you lived to tell about it.
AMY CHOKES ON A
SOB.
AMY
How would you feel if any of your men were senselessly killed?
MCNEIL (affected)
Who is Wurm? A boyfriend?
AMY
No! I had never met him before.
MCNEIL
Did he make you uncomfortable?
AMY
Well considering the circumstances, he freaked the shit out of me.
MCNEIL EXCITEDLY TAKES NOTES.
AMY (con't)
We panicked…we got separated.
MCNEIL
When did he admit to killing Serena?
AMY
He didn't…He insisted he didn't directly kill anyone.
MCNEIL
How can you not directly kill someone?
AMY
He said the spirits were responsible. Then… he shot himself.
INT: PRECINCT - DAY
AMY PUSHES PAST
THEM, AND INTO THE HALLWAY. CHRIS IS THERE IN A SUIT
AND COAT.
AMY
Chris!
AMY RUNS OVER TO HIM. THEY EMBRACE.
AMANDA LOOKS UP AT THEM. HER EYES WIDEN.
CHRIS
Are you ok, Ames?
AMY
No.
CUT TO:
INT: INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
AMANDA SITS IN THE INTERROGATION CHAIR. SHE STARES BLANKLY.
MCNEIL
You don't remember everything?
AMANDA
Bits and pieces. I remember that Wurm guy.
MCNEIL
Did he do anything threatening?
AMANDA
Aside from communing with the dead?
MCNEIL
I need concrete facts, young lady, not sass.
(beat)
AMANDA (hiding
her contempt)
He said he was going to kill me like he did Serena.
MCNEIL
He admitted to killing her?
AMANDA
He was insane with guilt…I guess he snapped…
SHE LOOKS UP, PRACTICED TEARS IN HER EYES.
MCNEIL
Do you think Wurm killed the others?
AMANDA (coldly)
Absolutely.
FADE OUT.
INT: FRATERNAL OFFICE - DAY
CHRIS SITS BEHIND A LARGE DESK WITH TAMMY SEATED ON THE OTHER SIDE.
TAMMY
The sorority will do everything it can for Amy and Amanda. I promise
you that.
CHRIS
That isn't why I called you here.
TAMMY
Oh?
CHRIS
Who ordered the girls out there for the initiation?
TAMMY
I did.
CHRIS
Why?
TAMMY
We had an initiation committee borrow a page from the fraternity black
book. A graveyard scenario was perfect.
CHRIS
What did you and Amanda meet about three days before the initiation?
TAMMY
We were discussing the future of the sorority.
CHRIS
How long have you known Amanda?
TAMMY
About a year, we met at a fraternity party at Olympus.
CHRIS
Someone told me the circumstances were a bit traumatic.
TAMMY
Amanda was upset that night. I calmed her down.
CHRIS
Why was she upset?
TAMMY
I'm sorry, but I can't tell you that. I respect Amanda's privacy, and
it really isn't your business.
CHRIS
When Amanda left campus after meeting with you she had a backpack, and
was
dressed for the woods.
TAMMY
I sent her out to the Graveyard to scout the area.
CHRIS
I thought Amanda wasn't comfortable in the woods.
TAMMY
What are you talking about? Amanda grew up near a national forest! She's
a great
camper.
CHRIS
What was in her backpack?
TAMMY LOOKS AWAY.
CHRIS STANDS UP. HE IS ANGRY.
CHRIS
You are under oath!
TAMMY JUMPS UP AND GETS IN HIS FACE.
TAMMY
I sent her to fix Amy's initiation!
(BEAT)
TAMMY
Amanda used to help her father hunt. She knew how to set up traps and
things like that. She was supposed to scare everyone into leaving early.
CHRIS
Do you know how the first girl died?
TAMMY SHRUGS INDIFFERENTLY.
CHRIS
A tree branch sliced her throat.
TAMMY
She was running in the woods…
CHRIS
No one can run that fast.
TAMMY
Are you implying Amanda had something to do with that?
CHRIS GLANCES DOWN. HE RUBS THE SIDE OF HIS FOREHEAD WITH A TREMBLING HAND AS HE CONTAINS HIS ANGER.
TAMMY IS NERVOUS.
CHRIS
If this gets out…
TAMMY
Don't worry. They can't pin this on me.
CHRIS
I'm not worried about that. Actually, you’re the last person I’m
worried about right now.
TAMMY
I just told Amanda to go out and set something up!
CHRIS
I spent five years of my life building these organizations. I'm not
going to have your mistake destroy what we've built!
TAMMY
What?
CHRIS
I'm impeaching you.
TAMMY
You can't do that!
CHRIS
I just did.
TAMMY
I'll fight it!
CHRIS
No you won't. If you fight this, the reason will be out. You'll be held
publicly responsible for those deaths.
TAMMY
I suppose your Amy is going to be president now. That is the law.
CHRIS
My Amy?
TAMMY
Yeah. You two aren't very discrete.
CHRIS
Amy is in no condition to be the sorority president. Don’t you
get it, Tammy? Six girls died! (beat) Don’t you feel any remorse?
TAMMY
I'm sorry my heart doesn't bleed as easily as yours.
TAMMY EXITS THE OFFICE. THE DOOR SLAMS.
CHRIS
Stones don’t bleed.
INT: SORORITY MEETING ROOM- NIGHT
AMANDA SITS IN
A CHAIR, STARING BLANKLY AT THE PODIUM. SHE IS STILL,
AND QUIET. THERE IS TOTAL SILENCE IN THE ROOM, AS SHE IS ALONE.
THE DOOR OPENS, AND TOBY ENTERS.
TOBEY
Haven't you stared at walls long enough?
AMANDA
I wasn't looking for company.
TOBEY
You don't have to be defensive with me, Mandy. I know you.
AMANDA
You think you do.
TOBEY
Something happened to you since last semester.
AMANDA
Look, I don't need your hollow sympathy…
TOBEY
Amanda, you've been through hell.
AMANDA
Maybe that's what I deserve.
TOBEY
Mandy… I care about you.
THE DOOR OPENS
AGAIN. AMANDA AND TOBEY LOOK BEHIND THEM AS TAMMY
ENTERS.
TAMMY
Ignore me. I'm just picking up my things.
AMANDA
Why?
TAMMY
I'm no longer the sorority president.
TOBEY
What?
TAMMY WALKS DOWN
THE AISLE TO THE PODIUM. AMANDA AND TOBEY TRACK
HER WITH THEIR EYES. SHE GOES BEHIND THE PODIUM. SHE SHUFFLES
AROUND.
AMANDA
Are you being blamed for last night?
TAMMY(O.S.)
I'd rather not go into it.
AMANDA
Is that why?
TAMMY EMERGES FROM BEHIND THE PODIUM. SHE GLARES AT AMANDA.
TAMMY
You know that's why, you stupid bitch! It's all your fault.
AMANDA
What the hell are you saying?
TAMMY
You took it too far.
AMANDA
I did what you asked.
TAMMY
You're crazy, I never asked you for a Goddamn thing!
INT: OFFICE - NIGHT
CHRIS PARKER IS
STANDING IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW. TWO ARMS
ENCIRCLE HIM. PALE SKIN ON SOFT HANDS CONTRAST AGAINST HIS SUIT.
AMY
I know you understand.
CHRIS
I do.
AMY
But is that all you're going to say?
CHRIS TURNS AROUND
IN HER EMBRACE. SHE PULLS HIM TO HER WITH HIS
TIE TO KISS HIM. HE TURNS HIS FACE.
AMY
Chris…
SHE REMOVES THE TIE AND STARTS TO UNBUTTON HIS SHIRT.
CHRIS PINS HER HAND WITH HIS.
CHRIS
Amy, what are you doing?
AMY
What we both want.
CHRIS
Ames, I'm committed. Sonya and I are getting married.
AMY
Don't you love me?
CHRIS
You know I do.
AMY KISSES HIM.
CHRIS PULLS AWAY.
AMY
Just not that way.
CHRIS
What's gotten into you?
AMY PULLS AWAY. SHE TURNS HER BACK TO HIM.
AMY
I almost died last night. I could have died.
CHRIS
You're safe now!
AMY
I realized how short life is.
CHRIS
Ames, you made it out.
AMY
But they didn’t and I have to live with that.
CHRIS
So does Tammy.
AMY
Ha! Tammy will finally have something on me. How will I ever live this
down? That bitch has ruined me!
CHRIS
I impeached her.
AMY (much calmer)
Oh? (beat) Who's going to be president?
CHRIS
Vice president Cecilia Duncan.
AMY (agitated and
surprised)
What? The runner up in the past election gets the option before the
vice president.
CHRIS
I over ruled the law.
AMY
Tell me you're joking. (beat) You don't think I can do this?
CHRIS
One day, you might be ready.
AMY (sharply)
Might?
CHRIS
Ames, I love you, but I have to keep business decisions separate.
AMY
It's Amy, Mr. Parker.
CHRIS
You handled the events in the graveyard, you showed leadership, but
you're no longer mentally able to handle the job.
AMY
You think I'm crazy?
CHRIS
No. You're traumatized. It's too soon.
AMY
This isn't fair! Why are you locking me out?
CHRIS
Amy, you're a walking billboard for post-traumatic stress disorder.
AMY
Whatever happened to us? Friendship first!
CHRIS
I'd be a fool if I ran a business like that.
AMY STARTS TO CRY.
AMY
That's business, I guess. You don't give a damn about me!
CHRIS
Ames…
AMY
It's AMY!
AMY RUNS TO THE DOOR.
CHRIS
I'm sorry.
AMY PAUSES WITH
HER BACK TO HIM BEFORE LOUDLY SLAMMING THE DOOR
BEHIND HER.
FADE OUT.
EXT: PARKING GARAGE ROOF- DAY
AMANDA AND PAUL ARE SEATED IN AN OLD CAR. THE WINDOWS ARE DOWN,
LETTING IN A COOL BREEZE. THEY LOOK TIRED, BUT ARE WELL DRESSED.
AMANDA IS RUNNING HER SLENDER FINGERS OVER THE BLADE OF A LETTER
OPENER. RED LIPS GLEAM AS SHE SMILES ODDLY AT THE INSTRUMENT, AND
THEN OVER AT PAUL.
INT: CAR - DAY
PAUL
Who's Jeremy?
AMANDA
Who?
PAUL
You and Amy were talking at the graveyard.
AMANDA
I don't know. I really don't remember much.
PAUL
That's a normal defense mechanism.
AMANDA
I can't let things go.
PAUL
You are the only one who can overcome your grief.
AMANDA
You're deluding yourself. I'm just a bad person.
PAUL
You are under a lot of stress right now.
AMANDA
I'm damaged.
PAUL
Amanda, everyone is essentially good, they just make bad decisions.
AMANDA
Decisions? (beat) Last year, at Olympus…your "brothers"
had a keg party. It was during “hell week,” remember? Everyone
was wild.
PAUL PAUSES TO REMEMBER.
AMANDA (con’t)
I was funneling beers; guys all around me were cheering me on. Soon,
I started blacking out and coming to. I could barely stay conscious.
PAUL
Oh my God.
AMANDA
When I opened my eyes I was in a dark room full of frat boys staring
at me with their hands down their pants. I couldn't move…
PAUL
What?
AMANDA
I could feel the music through the walls. No one could hear me. One
of them locked the door. Then I realized they were watching as...
AMANDA SNIFFS.
AMANDA
As they each...
PAUL
Who did this to you?
AMANDA (whispers)
But at least one of them died in the graveyard.
PAUL TRIES TO HUG HER. SHE PUSHES HIM AWAY.
AMANDA
Don't touch me.
PAUL
Who was it? (beat) Jackson?
AMANDA
And ten of his closest friends.
PAUL
I can't believe you were…
AMANDA
You mean you can't believe it was me?
PAUL LOOKS SHOCKED.
AMANDA
Weren't you there? Innocent Paul?
PAUL LOOKS AWAY.
INT: BEDROOM - NIGHT
A DIMLY LIT ROOM
RICOCHETS A STROBE LIGHT OFF THE WALLS AS A GROUP
OF FRAT BOYS CHEER AND SALIVATE AS IF THEY'RE WATCHING A FOOTBALL
GAME.
PAUL STANDS IN
THE CORNER BY THE DOOR, HIS HEAD LOW IN SHAME, BUT
WE SEE HIS CURIOUS EYES WANDER TO THE SOURCE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT.
HE TURNS AWAY AND SLIPS OUT OF THE ROOM, UNNOTICED.
INT: CAR - DAY
AMANDA
You get a bunch of guys together with a trusting girl and a keg and
anything can happen. I was so naive. (beat) They weren't cheering for
me. They were cheering for the chance to…
SHE CRIES UNCONTROLLABLY.
EXT: PARKING GARAGE - DAY
AMANDA WALKS OVER
TO THE WALL AT THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE TOP OF
THE PARKING GARAGE. IT TOWERS THREE STORIES OVER THE ROAD BELOW.
SHE LOOKS OUT ABSENTMINDEDLY OVER THE CITY.
AMANDA
You can see all of Tampa from here. The Airport, the buildings, the
bay…it's beautiful.
PAUL
Yeah. Beautiful.
AMANDA JUMPS UP
ONTO THE WALL. THE TOP IS NARROW. SHE PIVOTS
AROUND LIKE A BALLERINA.
PAUL (con't)
Jesus, Amanda! Get down!
AMANDA
You ever look at death? You know, in the face?
PAUL
No. Get down, please.
AMANDA
He's kind of cute. (She laughs, her eyes full of tears) I can actually
see him smiling up at me.
PAUL
Please don't do this!
AMANDA
Do you think I can fall off before you can reach me? If you play it
safe, and stand there, I might come down on my own. Maybe I'll jump.
It's my choice.
PAUL
Ok.
AMANDA
No, I'm not naive! I'm not naive anymore!
PAUL
I never said you were! Please, get down now.
PAUL reaches for AMANDA. AMANDA rears back, a look of desperation in her eyes.
AMANDA
Stop! Let me make my decision. I can finally have peace. If I don't,
I will only destroy life again.
PAUL
Again?
AMANDA
It's over…
AMANDA LOSES HER BALANCE. PAUL SCREAMS. SHE REGAINS HER BALANCE, LAUGHS SPONTANEOUSLY THEN BECOMES SERIOUS.
AMANDA
I keep replaying that night in my mind…
PAUL TRIES TO MOVE TO HER. SHE HOLDS HER HAND OUT, AND FREEZES.
AMANDA
Stop right there! I mean it! This is my choice! Come any closer, and
I'll jump. Let me make my choice.
PAUL SHUFFLES BACK.
PAUL
Please don't jump!
AMANDA
It started as an accident. Tammy and I became friends the night of the
rape. She helped me. I owed it to her to help her.
PAUL
What are you talking about?
AMANDA
She came to me, and asked me to help her. I went to the graveyard, and
planted a bunch of shit to get Amy and the pledges.
PAUL
Tammy?
AMANDA
I never wanted to kill anyone. Serena’s death was an accident.
A trap was sprung too tight…I never thought…and Vanessa
knew it. I had to kill her. And Jackson… that was pure vengeance…
PAUL
Oh my God!
AMANDA
It doesn't matter anymore. It's over.
PAUL
Please. Don't!
AMANDA SMILES AND
LETS HERSELF FALL. PAUL LEAPS TO HER, MAKING HER
PIVOT UNCONTROLLABLY. AMANDA FALLS IN HIS ARMS. THEY CRUMBLE INTO
A HEAP NEXT TO THE WALL. SHE IS STILL IN PAUL'S ARMS.
AMANDA
Can't you take a hint?
PAUL
Don't you see? Tammy used you.
AMANDA PULLS AWAY.
AMANDA
Don't fuck with me right now.
PAUL
She introduced a few girls to us that night. I remember she told us,
"This one likes to drink."
AMANDA
Bull shit. You want me to believe she knew?
PAUL
She was the one who walked you to the room. It was your initiation.
AMANDA
I don't remember…
PAUL
She used you, Amanda. She set you up.
AMANDA'S EYES NARROW.
INT: SORORITY HOUSE - DAY
TAMMY SITS AT HER
DESK FOR THE LAST TIME; HER HEAD IS BURIED IN HER
HANDS. SHE COMPOSES HERSELF AND STANDS TO TAKE A GLASS ANGEL
FROM THE BOOKSHELF. SHE HOLDS THE FIGURINE AS SHE GAZES AT ALL
THE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS THE SORORITY HAS ACCUMULATED, HER BACK
TO THE DOOR.
FEMALE (VO)
I knew I'd still find you here.
TAMMY TURNS IN
SURPRISE, HER FACE GOES WHITE AND SHE DROPS THE
ANGEL. AS IT SHATTERS ON THE FLOOR, BLOOD SPLATTERS ACROSS THE
FRAGMENTS.
FADE TO ENDING CREDITS AND SCORE.
DURING CREDITS:
INT: PAUL'S CAR - DAY
CU ON PAUL SITTING
IN HIS CAR ALONE, LISTENING TO THE RADIO. THE
PASSENGER DOOR OPENS AND AMY GETS IN.
AMY
Chris did teach me one good thing. Pawns can be useful.
PAUL SMILES, KISSES AMY PASSIONATELY, AND AS THEY DRIVE AWAY…
PAUL
See, I told you Mary. You're the best thing that ever happened to me.
AMY
Are you ready to expand our relationship, Jeremy?
PAUL
I’m always ready to expand.
HE SMILES AND DRIVES FASTER.
FADE OUT.
THE END
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