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THE BASEMENT
From the mind of Andrew Roby
&
With special guest writer George Willson
INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT
GERTIE ROGERS, 45, sleeps soundly in a queen-sized bed in a
lavish hotel room. She is wearing a bright red gown. She
breathes evenly in deep sleep. Next to her bed is a picture
of her husband, Can Rogers and a picture of her daughter,
Belle Rogers.
On the ceiling of the room is a beautiful chandelier that
when lit, must be gorgeous.
At the foot of the bed, from out of no where, a shadow
stands, watching Gertie sleep. His features are imperceptible
in the darkness.
Over his head, the chandelier somehow moves across the
ceiling, the tiles morphing to allow this impossible act,
like a shark fin moving through the water.
The chandelier centers over Gertie's sleeping form. The glass
on the chandelier sharpens of its own accord to form a
fixture of glass knives. One of the knives falls.
It punctures Gertie's arms. She gasps, awakened by the hit.
She reaches over and touches the embedded glass, blood
pouring out of the wound. She tries to pull it out. She moans
in pain. She looks to the shadow.
GERTIE
Who are you? What's going on?
The shadow tilts his head up to the chandelier of death.
Gertie looks up as well. As if on cue, the glass knives break
free of the chandelier, each puncturing Gertie's body easily,
like a hot knife into butter.
Blood sprays from each new wound. A few in her leg, stomach,
and arm. She screams.
Gertie falls back, unable to move as her body is racked with
the knives.
When the onslaught ends, she lies dead on the mattress. Blood
stains the sheets and mattress flowing out from underneath
her.
Gertie's face is blank, staring with open eyes off to one
side. She blinks. The shadow figures walks over to her bed.
The figure puts his finger on the bed and gets some blood on
it's finger. The figure then puts it's finger in it's mouth.
INT. BELLE'S APARTMENT - DAY
A picture of a smiling Gertie with a young woman sits on a
table.
The young woman, BELLE ROGERS, 22, walks to the door with a
small overnight bag slung over her shoulder. She has
beautiful, long brown hair and sparkling blue eyes. She is
wearing blue jeans and a tight, revealing black shirt. She
turns back into the small apartment.
BELLE
I'm ready to go!
DANIEL (O.S.)
Hang on!
DANIEL DeFISTO, 22, runs out of the back of the apartment. He
has short brown hair and a sharp smile. He and Belle embrace
for a moment.
BELLE
I'll call you when I get there.
Belle kisses him.
DANIEL
Take your time. The funeral's not
till next week, baby.
BELLE
I still want a moment alone with
her before the service.
DANIEL
Of course. I understand. Just don't
be in a rush baby. I don't want
anything to happen to you. I'm
going to show up there soon.
BELLE
Daniel, you know your boss won't
let you off for a non-family
member.
DANIEL
Your mom was like family, though. I
liked her, Belle. She was good to
me, like she was good to you. She
was a wonderful woman.
Belle smiles.
BELLE
I know.
Belle kisses him again and holds him tightly.
BELLE
I gotta go now baby.
DANIEL
Sure, sure.
Belle walks over to the door.
BELLE
Oh, i'm doing to see Brain next
door before i go. I'll call you
when i'm on the road.
DANIEL
Okay baby. I love you.
BELLE
I love you too.
Belle smiles and Daniel smiles back.
Belle exits. Daniel stands at the door for a moment,
watching. He looks to the ground and closes the door.
EXT. ROGERS HOUSE
Belle knocks on the door. She looks through her purse also.
BELLE
I know they're here somewhere.
The door then opens. BRAIN (17) stands at the door. He has
black hair and is wearing jeans and a Slipknot shirt. He has
sparkling blue eyes and short brown hair.
BRIAN
You left your key here the other
day, Belle.
Brian holds up a key. Belle takes it out of his hand.
BELLE
I'm gonna be going now Brian. Gimmi
a call if anything happens.
BRIAN
Yeah. I'll make sure to do that.
He fakes a smile to her. She shakes her head.
Brain grabs the door. Belle puts her hand on the door.
BELLE
Be careful, Brian. I don't want
anything to happen to you.
BRIAN
Don't act like you worry.
He then closes the door. Belle stands at the doorstep for a
moment. She then walks to her car.
EXT. ROAD - DAY
Belle's car zips down the highway. Clouds loom overhead.
EXT. RESTAURANT - DAY
Belle exits an eatery with a bag in her hand and a sandwich
in the other. She takes a bite as she gets in her car. She
drives off.
EXT. ROAD - DAY
It looks like night. Rain pelts down on Belle as she appears
to be the only vehicle on the road. Her headlights barely cut
through the deluge.
INT/EXT. CAR - DAY
Belle squints her eyes attempting to see through the rain.
She turns her windshield wipers to high. They zip back and
forth in front of her.
BELLE
Come on.
Belle's tires run off the pavement, dropping about an inch to
the unpaved shoulder.
Belle swerves bringing the tires back on the road. She stops
the car and leans on the steering wheel, breathing heavily.
BELLE
Oh, my God!
She glances up. Barely visible through the rain are the
lights of a distant building. Belle squints to see it. Never
taking her eyes from it, she shifts into drive and drives
toward the lights.
EXT. HOTEL - DAY
Belle pulls up in front of a large, white hotel. She gets out
of her car. She takes out a backpack from the backseat. The
rain smacks her hard as she runs to the Hotel doors.
She pulls on the doors but they are locked. She bangs on
them.
BELLE
Hello!?
After a minute a MAN opens the door. He is beautiful. Short
blonde hair, green eyes, and a beautiful body. Belle rushes
in. The man looks around outside closes the door.
INT. HOTEL LOBBY
Belle stands looking at the beautiful interior of the hotel.
It is unlike anything you would ever see. The steps spin all
around the room and seem to be made out of gold.
MAN
May I help you?
Belle turns around. Her wet brown hair gets in front of her
face. She moves it back. Some of the water gets on the mans
face. He wipes it off with a tissue he gets out of his back
pocket.
BELLE
I need a place to stay until the
rain settles down.
MAN
I'm sorry ma'am as the Hotel is
full and it seems as if the rain
will not end until the end of the
week.
He walks away. Belle walks up to the man.
BELLE
Sir... I have no where else to go.
Please. I need somewhere to stay. I
will pay you whatever you need. I
will sleep in the lobby. I do not
care.
The man stares her in the eyes. He nods his head.
MAN
Let me re-check the rooms. Maybe
someone left early.
The man walks over to a desk which stands in the middle of
the room. Belle follows him.
The man gets behind the desk and pulls a book from under it.
He flips through the pages looking at everything. He closes
the book.
MAN
I'm sorry but all the rooms are
full.
The man opens the book again. He stops for a moment. He then
flips to the back page.
BELLE
Alright. Thank you anyway, sir.
Belle turns around and starts to walk away.
MAN
Wait!
Belle stops and turns around.
MAN
We have one room available.
Belle walks back over to the desk.
MAN
But it seems for some reason this
room has not been used in almost 20
years. The last date seems to be...
January 1989.
The man looks up at Belle. Belle nods her head.
BELLE
I'll take it.
MAN
Very well. Your name please?
BELLE
Belle Rogers.
The man opens a drawer and takes out a key.
MAN
How will you be paying?
Belle takes out a stack of cash. The man looks at it for a
moment and the nods.
MAN
Three hundred will last you till
Friday. We can discuss if you'll be
staying longer then.
BELLE
God, I hope not.
Belle hands him the appropriate amount of cash. He places it
in a drawer.
MAN
Please follow me.
The man walks away. Belle stays where she is.
BELLE
Hey.
The man turns around and looks at her.
BELLE
What is your name anyway?
The man smiles and gestures to Belle.
MAN
This way, Belle.
INT. STAIRWELL
The man and Belle are walking down a spiral stairwell.
MAN
Now inside the room is a telephone.
If you pick up the phone it will
directly connect to me. Calls are
one dollar a minute and a bill will
be given to you at the time you
leave.
The man smiles.
MAN
But you won't have to worry about
that.
He looks over at Belle with his smile.
BELLE
So...
Belle almost trips down the steps but the handle she is
holding helps her back up.
BELLE
Why exactly has no one been here
for
(Pause)
Almost 20 years?
MAN
I don't know. I've only been
working here for one. Sorry.
They reach the bottom of the stairs.
MAN
Ah. We're here.
The man uses the key he has in his hand and opens the door
which is in front of him.
The door creaks open. Belle looks over his shoulder at the
room.
Belle covers her mouth.
BELLE
Oh my gosh.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
The room is beautifully decorated with candles and lamps all
over. The floor is a shiny and wooden and the walls shine.
BELLE
It's beautiful.
The man looks around the room and then turns around towards
Belle.
MAN
Here is your key.
The man drops the key in Belle's hand.
MAN
And have a wonderful stay here.
Remember if you need anything just
pick up the phone.
The man smiles and walks away. Belle walks in the room and
closes the door and locks it. She puts her backpack by her
bed.
She takes her clothes off. They hit the floor with a loud
slump and the water on them fill up part of the floor.
She walks in the bathroom.
INT. BELLE'S BATHROOM
The bathroom is shiny and many flowers are around. Belle
walks around the bathroom and smells the flowers. She steps
in the shower.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM - LATER
The shower is heard running. It then stops. Belle then walks
out in a towel. She has a cell phone to her ear. Belle sits
on her bed.
BELLE
That's right. Some little hotel off
the main highway.
DANIEL (V.O.)
Are you ok?
BELLE
Yeah, I just freaked myself out. I
should be able to get going
tomorrow as long as this rain lets
up. I just hate not getting there
tonight. What if I miss her
funeral?
DANIEL (V.O.)
You have a week, Belle. I think she
would rather you live than kill
yourself getting to her wake.
Belle frowns. She looks like she's fighting back tears. She
sniffles.
DANIEL (V.O.)
I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to
come out that way.
BELLE
No, no, you're fine. I'm just
shaken up and frustrated, that's
all. I'll be ok honey.
DANIEL (V.O.)
Well, will you get some sleep,
then? I'll talk to you tomorrow.
BELLE
Ok. I love you.
DANIEL (V.O.)
Love you too.
She hangs up the phone and puts the cell phone into her
backpack. She turns off the lamp and curls up under the
covers.
INT. HOTEL - BALLROOM
Belle emerges through the ballroom doors in a blue dress. She
is accompanied by another young woman, KIM, 21, who is
dressed in a red dress.
BELLE
Isn't this wonderful, Kim?
Everyone's here.
KIM
Look over there.
A large man greets several young ladies also dressed to the
nines.
KIM
It's the Colonel. My, he is
handsome, isn't he?
BELLE
He's rich, you mean. You're always
going for the money.
KIM
A girl can't be too careful, Belle.
Kim's expression suddenly changes. She looks down. Belle
watches her, curious. Kim turns to her. She speaks softly.
KIM
You don't belong here either, do
you?
BELLE
What?
KIM
Come with me.
They exit the room. The large man looks up at their
departure. His expression darkens.
INT. HOTEL LOBBY
Kim leads Belle to a corner outside the ballroom doors.
KIM
Belle, my name is Kim Johnson. Your
last name is Rogers, right?
Belle nods.
BELLE
Of course. You've known that
forever. We've known each other
since-
KIM
No, we haven't! Listen, you have to
get out of-
The ballroom doors burst open. Kim and Belle turn to them,
fearful. The large man fills the doorway. A knife is seen in
his hand.
Kim screams as blood oozes from all the openings on her face.
Belle backs away and screams as well. She turns around and
see the Colonel standing directly behind her! A phone rings.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM - LATER
Belle sleeps. The phone rings again. Belle opens her eyes and
sits up quickly with a gasp. She turns on the lamp next to
her bed and looks around.
The phone rings again. She picks up the receiver.
BELLE
Hello?
No answer.
BELLE
Hello?
Still no answer.
BELLE
Whatever.
Belle slams the phone down. She holds her head for a moment.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
BELLE
You can't be serious.
Belle gets up. She is wearing a bra and panties. She puts on
a robe. She walks over to the door and opens it. The man
stands on the other side. He holds a bottle of wine and a
flower.
He smiles at her.
MAN
May I come in?
Belle nods her head. The man walks in the room. Belle closes
the door.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
Belle sits on her bed as the man sits in a chair across her.
MAN
I thought you would like some
company. It can get pretty lonely
down here.
BELLE
Yeah it is. Ummm...
Belle looks down.
MAN
Would you like me to leave?
Belle shrugs.
MAN
Okay.
BELLE
Has the rain settled down?
MAN
Not yet. Seems like you'll be
staying here for a few more days.
Belle shakes her head.
MAN
Where were you headed anyway?
Belle looks the man in his eyes.
BELLE
To my mother's funeral.
MAN
Wow.
(Pause)
I'm sorry.
Belle nods her head.
BELLE
Yeah.
Belle takes a deep breath.
BELLE
I don't want to sound like a jerk
but I wanna try and get some sleep.
I think it is best if you would
leave.
MAN
Yeah, yeah. No problem. It's okay.
I just wanted to see how you were
doing.
Belle gets up and the man follows her. She walks by the
clock. It reads 2:00am. Belle opens the door and the man
walks out. He walks towards the steps.
BELLE
Hey!
The man turns around.
BELLE
Could I at least know you name?
The man smiles.
MAN
Carl. Carl Boyle.
Carl turns around and walks up the steps.
Belle watches him go up the steps and when he is out of sight
she closes her door.
EXT. HOTEL - MORNING
The rain pelts the front of the hotel. The sun rises. The
rain continues. A car speeds by.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
Belle opens her eyes. She sits up and yawns. Looks at the
clock; it is 10:00.
She gets out of bed and gets dressed in a shirt and jeans.
She walks over to her backpack which is laid by the bed. She
unzips it and takes out her purse.
She pulls out her cell phone and looks at it. It reads: "New
Text Message." She presses a button. The message reads: "Off
to work. Hope you have a great day. Dan. PS - I love you."
Belle smiles. She walks to the door and leaves the room.
INT. STAIRWELL
Belle stares up the steps. They are painted black and it's
dark enough where you can't see a thing when you are walking
up them.
BELLE
These are the times I wish they had
an elevator.
Belle slowly walks up the stairs.
INT. BREAKFAST ROOM
Belle stands at the doorway of a room with tables and tables
of breakfast food. Bagels, eggs, toast, pancakes and much
more.
There are about 20 other people in the room sitting down and
eating.
Belle glances to the outside windows. The rain is visible
beyond just pouring down. Belle sighs.
BELLE
Great.
Belle walks over to the table and gets a plate. She puts
pancakes and toast on her plate. She walks over to an empty
table and sits down.
Belle starts to eat staring across the sea of people. One of
them catches her eye. A woman eats alone. She stares back at
Belle. The woman resembles Kim from Belle's dream. Their eyes
are locked. Belle is frozen.
Kim's voice carries like a whisper, but it fills Belle's ears
like she was right next to her.
KIM
Leave now.
Carl taps Belle's table, snapping her from her trance.
CARL
Hey Belle.
Carl sits down across from Belle.
BELLE
Hey Carl. What's up?
CARL
Nothing. Just coming in and
checking on everyone. Making sure
there is nothing wrong.
Belle nods her head. She looks across to Kim, but she is
gone. She shakes her head and looks up at Carl.
BELLE
... At least you actually do your
job.
Belle smiles and Carl laughs.
CARL
Yeah, yeah. I always do my job as a
matter of fact.
BELLE
Psh.
Belle laughs which is followed by Carl's laugh again.
CARL
So what are you going to do today?
Belle shrugs.
BELLE
I'm stuck here. What is there to do
exactly?
CARL
I could show you around the hotel,
if you'd like. Like a little tour.
Belle looks at him sidelong for a moment.
BELLE
You're not showing me to any dark,
special rooms, are you?
CARL
If you're asking if I'll take
advantage of you, I'm not saying it
isn't tempting.
Belle smiles.
BELLE
I guess I might as well make the
most of my time.
CARL
Great. I'll let you eat, and we'll
be on our way.
BELLE
Okay.
Belle watches Carl stand and walk away. Belle reaches into
her purse and turns off her cell phone.
INT. HOTEL HALLWAY - DAY
Carl leads Belle down a hall like a tour guide. Some of the
other guests pass them, but pay Carl no attention.
CARL
This hotel was built almost a
hundred and eighty years ago as a
home for a Colonel Von Stratton,
who had made his living cheating
other people out of theirs. When
all of his dealings came out, the
government auctioned his house off.
The highest bidder was a Clark
Phillips of New York. Since him,
the hotel has passed through the
hands of several people before my
family took over as the
proprietors.
BELLE
Wow, so do you own it?
CARL
Well, sort of, but not really. It's
a bunch of complicated business
stuff that I don't even understand.
BELLE
Wow. A year here and you're already
doing well I see.
Carl smiles and nods.
Carl stops next to a row of pictures on the wall.
BELLE
Let me guess.
Belle looks at the pictures.
BELLE
Previous owners?
CARL
Good guess.
He points at each painting as he names it.
CARL
This is Colonel Von Stratton.
Belle stares at his picture. A brief flash shows the Colonel
as he was standing behind Belle.
CARL
You alright?
BELLE
Oh, yeah, yeah i'm fine.
Carl nods his head.
BELLE
He definitely looks like a
suspicious character, to say the
least.
CARL
He was just that. There are stories
about what he did in the archives
of this place that would curl your
hair.
BELLE
Like what?
CARL
I kind of like your hair straight
if you don't mind.
BELLE
Oh, stop. So these are all the
people who have owned it before?
CARL
Most of 'em.
Belle stops next to one of the pictures. The picture is like
all others but it's just a background. No person is in it at
all...
BELLE
What happened to this one?
CARL
Don't know. It's been like that as
long as I've been here. Come on. I
want you to meet someone.
The picture nameplate is scratched out.
INT. HOTEL - 4TH FLOOR - DAY
Carl knocks on the door to room 431. He looks at Belle and
smiles. She looks to the door. Carl runs his eyes all over
her.
The door opens, revealing AGNES JOHNSON, a little old woman
who couldn't be a day over 83.
CARL
Good morning, Agnes.
She stares at Carl, silently. Carl gives a quick grin to
Belle. He gets closer to Agnes. She continues looking at him.
CARL
Good morning, Ag-
AGNES
I heard you the first time Carl.
What do you want?
CARL
Just wanted to introduce you to our
latest guest. Agnes Johnson, this
is Belle Rogers. She's staying in
the basement room.
AGNES
Rogers you say?
Agnes stares at her.
AGNES
Well it's been a while since
someone has been down there. Come
on in.
Agnes steps back continuing to stare at Belle. Carl takes
Belle's hand. He leads her into the room. Agnes closes the
door behind them.
INT. HOTEL - ROOM 431 - DAY
Carl leads Belle into the living room of the suite. She sits.
Agnes walks up to her.
AGNES
Tell me, child. How do you like the
basement?
BELLE
It's quiet. My first night was...
I'm actually not staying long. I
need to go as soon as the rain
lifts.
AGNES
And if it doesn't?
BELLE
It's bound to lift at some point.
AGNES
Of course. How stupid of me. May I
get you some coffee?
BELLE
No, thank you.
AGNES
Then excuse me as I get some for
myself.
Agnes exits. Carl sits in a chair opposite Belle. Belle leans
forward.
BELLE
All right. I give up. Why are we
here?
CARL
Talking to Agnes, of course.
BELLE
Why?
CARL
It's a daily ritual for me. I
always talk to Agnes in the
morning. Sometimes, I bring
someone. It helps her to break up
the monotony.
BELLE
Monotony?
CARL
You see, Agnes has been living in
this room for the last thirty
years.
Belle's eyes grow wide.
BELLE
Thirty years?! Why?
Agnes walks back in the room.
AGNES
Earl told me to stay in this room
until he came back, and since I am
a good wife, that is exactly what I
am going to do.
CARL
Her husband was actually murdered.
AGNES
Now, Master Carl, I have asked you
before not to talk like that, and I
mean it. Don't make me get out my
yardstick and rap your knuckles,
young man. I'm not afraid to do it!
CARL
I'm sorry, Mrs. Johnson. Forgive me
again.
AGNES
I must say, I am getting worried
about him. He's been gone a good
long time. Have you called the
police?
CARL
Absolutely.
AGNES
Good. I hope he comes back soon. I
think I'm getting tired of this
room.
Belle giggles.
INT. HOTEL - HALLWAY - DAY
Carl and Belle walk down the hall to an elevator.
BELLE
Carl, is her husband really dead?
CARL
Unfortunately, yes. He was murdered
about thirty years ago, like I told
you.
They enter the elevator.
INT. ELEVATOR
Carl presses the 7th floor button. The doors close.
BELLE
So has she been paying for that
room every night?
CARL
No. After awhile, the owners
stopped charging her. What we tell
her is that she has a tab with us
and she can settle it when she
leaves. She seems okay with that.
BELLE
What happened to him?
The elevator opens onto the 7th floor. Carl steps out.
CARL
Come here. This is really neat.
Belle shrugs and follows him. They approach a wooden door.
Carl produces a set of keys. He unlocks the door and opens
it. Behind is a flight of steps.
BELLE
Great. Stairs.
INT. HOTEL - ATTIC - DAY
Light streams through a vent window, illuminating the
cluttered and dusty attic. Everywhere are trinkets of today
and yesteryears.
Belle walks through the mess looking at various items.
BELLE
I can't believe people just leave
stuff like this behind.
CARL
We keep it downstairs for awhile,
but eventually, we just stow it up
here. I've actually had someone
come in that stayed here fifteen
years ago and ask if we might still
have a music box she got on her
honeymoon. I told her I'd look, and
it was up here.
BELLE
Wow.
Belle looks at a bunch of paintings. She stops on one of a
man that is posed similarly to those of the owners on the
wall downstairs. She lifts it out of its place and looks at
it.
BELLE
Hey, Carl? Is this-
The remaining paintings fall back against each other shifting
the shelf behind them. A creature blasts out of hiding. Belle
drops the painting. The bird whips past her and flies out the
vent.
Carl stands the painting up against the others and touches
her shoulder.
CARL
You okay?
She nods. She breathes heavily for a moment before recovering
herself.
CARL
Look at this.
She turns around to find a rack that holds an old turntable
record player along with some records. Belle looks at it.
BELLE
Does it work?
CARL
There's an outlet over there.
Belle turns to find Carl pointing just beyond her. She
disappears into the clutter.
MOMENTS LATER
Belle has a record on the turntable spinning. She gently
places the needle at the far edge of the platter. The tell
tale crackle of the needle taking hold of the sound grooves
echoes through the attic.
The jazz stylings of Glenn Miller drift on the sound waves of
the room. Belle smiles as she backs away.
BELLE
CD's are great, but a record has an
atmosphere all its own.
CARL
I agree. Do you want to dance?
BELLE
Oh, I don't know...
CARL
I insist.
He takes her hand and pulls her body close to him. They dance
awkwardly.
BELLE
So when you said you sometimes
bring someone to Agnes' room, what
kind of someones did you mean?
CARL
Just people I meet here. No one
like you, though.
BELLE
Oh.
Belle rests her head on his chest.
SERIES OF SHOTS
A) They slow dance.
B) They look into each others' eyes, swaying to the music.
C) Carl tries to kiss Belle but she refuses.
END OF SERIES
Belle smiles as she looks back into Carl's eyes.
BELLE
This is so romantic.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
Belle and Carl come through the door, holding each other and
kissing. Carl lays Belle on the bed.
BELLE
I can't do this Carl. I have a
boyfriend.
CARL
I know.
Carl takes off his clothes. He is only in his boxers.
BELLE
Carl, please stop!
Carl smiles down at Belle. He gets on top of Belle.
BELLE
STOP!
Belle screams. Carl puts his hand down Belle's pants. Belle
hits Carl's back. She scratches it with her nails. His back
starts to bleed.
BELLE
Get the fuck off of me!
He then rips off Belle's shirt and takes her pants off. He
slaps her in the face. He then starts to have sex with her.
BELLE
STOP IT!
CUT TO:
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
BELLE
(Whispering to herself)
Oh my god.
Belle lays on her bed. She takes a few deep breaths. She lays
on her side. Her eyes get big as she sees blood on the sheet.
She slowly gets out of the bed and moves towards the
bathroom.
INT. BELLE'S BATHROOM
She examines her body. There are no marks anywhere. She
leaves the bathroom.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
She sits on the bed and picks up the phone. It rings a few
times.
BELLE
Someone answer.
There is no answer. She slams the phone down.
BELLE
Shit.
She puts her hands on her head and looks to the floor.
Belle leans her head into her hands. She glances down at her
purse. Her cell phone peeks up through the top. She sighs.
BELLE
Oh, Daniel. What am I doing?
She reaches down and picks her phone up. She turns it on.
After a little musical ditty, the phone powers on. It beeps
immediately. The screen shows: "Voicemail received."
Belle sighs. She presses a button and holds the phone to her,
her other hand against her head.
DANIEL (V.O.)
Hey, babe, it's me. Uh, I just got
off work, and I was hoping to get
to talk to you, but maybe you lost
your signal or something. Well, I
hope to see you soon. I love you.
Belle brings the phone down and presses another button. The
phone beeps. Belle cries. She pounds her fist on the bed.
BELLE
Fuck!
Belle leans down and puts her face in her hands. Belle stands
up and walks over to the bathroom, chastising herself.
INT. BELLE'S BATHROOM
Belle puts her by the sink and splashes water in her face.
BELLE
You go out of town to you mom's
funeral.
(splash)
That's right: funeral!
(splash)
Mr. Right wants to marry you! And
then fucking...
She lifts her head and is shocked to look in the mirror and
see Carl standing right behind her.
Belle turns around. He stares at her.
BELLE
Wait till my boyfriend gets here.
Carl doesn't respond. Belle gets closer to him. She taps him
in the chest.
BELLE
He's gonna fuckin' kill you.
Carl smiles and walks out of the bathroom.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
Carl walks over to Belle's bed.
BELLE
Carl, what are you doing?
Carl grabs her bed and moves it away and on the other side of
the room. He gets on his knees and looks down at the floor
mat. He smiles at it and slides it out of the way.
There is a door. Belle walks next to Carl and looks down at
it. Carl reaches down in his pocket and gets a key out. He
unlocks the door and opens it.
Carl descends through the opening. Belle walks to the opening
and stares down a dark staircase.
BELLE
Perfect. More stairs.
Belle shrugs and follows Carl.
INT. HALLWAY
Carl walks down a dark hall with no apparent end in sight.
Belle follows him down the hall.
BELLE
Carl? Can you hear me?
Carl gives no response to her. He walks to a door completely
obscured at the end of the hall by the darkness. He unlocks
and opens the door.
INT. TORTURE ROOM
A light flickers on and off. The light suddenly turns on. The
lights are on the ceiling and they reveal Kim lying in the
middle of the floor. She is wearing a beautiful red dress.
The room is completely empty besides a chair in the corner of
the room. The chair has spikes coming from the seat and back.
Kim's hands are covered in blood and from several cuts on
them.
Carl closes the door behind him. He walks over to Kim and
lifts her off the floor. Her head lolls around for a moment,
as if she is completely out of energy. Carl kisses her.
Kim's eyes grow wide. When he breaks the kiss, Kim reels back
and slaps him.
KIM
You bastard! What are you doing to
me?
He slaps her in the face. She falls down. Kim spits out
blood. She then punches him in the leg. He brutally kicks her
in the face. Blood shoots out of her mouth and a few teeth
fly out of her mouth and next to Belle.
BELLE
Carl! What are you doing?
Carl pays her no attention.
BELLE
Hello?
Carl acts as if she doesn't exist.
Carl grabs Kim's hair and drags her across the room. He
throws her by the hair and she hits the chair.
He pulls the hair from his fingers. He throws the hair on the
ground. The bloody skin is seen on the end of the hair.
He grabs her hair again and pulls her to her feet and throws
her on the chair. The nails are heard breaking her skin and
going in her body. Blood pours from each hole in her body
that the nails make.
Kim shrieks and tightly grabs Carl's hand. She cries.
CARL
Are you sad, Kim?
Carl grabs her chest and pushes her deeper in the nails. As
she sinks, the nails on the back of the chair scrape away at
her back, but don't puncture yet.
KIM
Ahhhh!
CARL
There is no need to cry. You'll be
dead when I am done with you.
Carl walks over to the door and bends down by it. He pushes
the wall and a small part of it opens. He pulls out a
toolbox. He picks it up and walks over to Kim.
He violently places it on her legs and the nails dig deeper
in her body.
He opens the toolbox and looks inside. He takes out a hammer.
CARL
I see you lost some teeth back
there. I won't mind taking the rest
out for you. Ya know? A good deed
deserves another.
Carl takes the toolbox off of her legs and puts it on the
floor.
CARL
I wouldn't want you to knock the
toolbox on the floor. You're gonna
be in a lot of pain.
Carl lifts the hammer above his head and strikes her mouth.
Blood starts to pour from it and a few teeth come out.
CARL
They out yet?
Carl grabs her mouth and opens it.
CARL
Nope not yet.
He softly puts the hammer on her jaw. He smiles at her. He
moves the hammer back and slams it on her jaw. Her jaw is
heard breaking while Carl strikes it again and again. Her jaw
is heard breaking.
Her mouth drops open. The skin around her mouth is all ripped
and the inside of her mouth is seen. It is bleeding nonstop
and all of her teeth are gone. Belle stares at this sight
with absolute horror on her face.
Kim cries. Her body is clearly going into shock. He turns the
hammer around and points the sharp side by her neck.
CARL
Might as well get this over with,
eh?
Carl swings and stabs her in her throat and pulls out. Blood
sprays everywhere. She leans over, dead.
Carl drops the hammer on the floor. He looks in Kim's eyes
and kisses her on the cheek. He wipes the blood from his lips
and onto his shirt.
He turns around and looks directly at Belle! He smiles.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
Belle wakes up with a sickening gasp. She sits on the bed,
her face still in her hands. She looks around the room, her
breath calming.
She looks at the time on her cell phone. 6:30. She stands and
walks to the bathroom.
INT. BELLE'S BATHROOM
She puts her head by the sink and splashes water in her face.
She stops and looks up in the mirror. She slowly lifts her
head up. No one is seen. She looks relieved.
KNOCK, KNOCK. Belle jumps. She recovers herself and leaves
the bathroom.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
Belle walks over to the door and opens it. A MAN IN A SUIT is
on the other side.
MAN IN SUIT
Hello Ms. Rogers. I am here to
inform you that at 8 tonight there
will be a play held in the theatre.
The play will be Macbeth and
everyone staying at the Hotel is
able to view the show free of
charge.
(Takes a breath)
Would you like to come?
BELLE
At eight?
MAN IN SUIT
Yes ma'am.
Belle smiles.
BELLE
Of course I will come.
The man holds up and piece of paper and checks off Belle's
name.
MAN IN SUIT
Thank you and I hope you enjoy the
play.
BELLE
No, thank you sir.
The man nods his head and walks up the stairs. Belle watches
him until he is gone. She closes the door and shakes her
head.
She walks over to the closet and opens it. The red dress
hangs in it.
BELLE
What the...
Belle takes the dress out and lays it on her bed. She smiles
as she looks at it.
INT. HOTEL - OFFICE
A hand reaches down and picks up a phone receiver. Carl holds
the phone to his ear and dials a number. The line rings.
DANIEL (V.O.)
Hello?
CARL
Hi, is this Belle's boyfriend,
Daniel DeFisto?
DANIEL (V.O.)
Who the hell is this?
CARL
My name is Carl Boyle up here at
the Seaside Hotel? Let me tell you,
you are one lucky guy to have
Belle.
DANIEL (V.O.)
Who did you say you were?
CARL
She's about the best lay I've had
in years. She was struggling so
much.
DANIEL (V.O.)
Is this some kind of sick joke?
Brian, is this you?
CARL
No, I'm not Belle's brother,
Daniel, I'm the guy who been up
here fucking you girl.
DANIEL (V.O.)
Whoever this is, I'm gonna kill
you! I know you're lying because
she's not like that.
CARL
Oh i'm not lying. I never raped a
girl before. It's actually quite
exciting.
DANIEL (V.O.)
You're a fucking dead man.
CLICK! Carl hangs up and smiles.
CARL
No, you are.
INT. HOTEL - THEATRE - NIGHT
The theatre is packed with people and the play is going on at
the moment she walks in. She wears the red dress. She looks
around the audience. She is holding a crowbar behind her
back.
BELLE
(whispers to herself)
Where are you Carl?
She looks around some more and does not see Carl.
BELLE
Dammit.
Belle walks out of the theatre.
INT. HOTEL - LOBBY
Belle stands in the middle of the lobby. No one else is
around. The elevator bell chimes and she looks over at it.
The doors close.
She walks over to the elevator as she watches what floor it
goes on. It stops at the 4th floor. Belle presses the button.
After a minute the doors open and a MAN walks out from it. He
is wearing a suit.
MAN
How do you do?
The man nods his head.
BELLE
Fine, thank you.
The man walks away and Belle gets on the elevator.
INT. ELEVATOR
Belle presses the button for the fourth floor. She waits and
the doors open. She walks out.
INT. HOTEL - FOURTH FLOOR
Belle walks down the aisle and looks at the room numbers. She
comes across room 431 and knocks on the door.
BELLE
Agnes?
She knocks again but no answer.
BELLE
Agnes you there?
She turns around to suddenly see a man standing behind her.
His name is EARL JOHNSON (31) and has short brown hair. He is
wearing a red shirt and black pants.
EARL
May I help you miss?
BELLE
No, no. Not at all. I was just
seeing if my friend was home... But
apparently she is not.
EARL
In that room.
Earl points to the room.
BELLE
Yes, why?
EARL
Because no one is in that room.
BELLE
What do you mean?
Earl takes out a set of keys and opens the door.
EARL
See.
The room is empty.
BELLE
Hmm. Well maybe I have the wrong
room. I am sorry Sir.
EARL
No problem at all...
BELLE
Belle.
Earl smiles.
EARL
No problem at all Belle. I'm Earl.
Are you going to the play?
BELLE
Yes, yes. I am just looking for my
frien... This man that works her.
Me and him were suppose to... Go to
the play together.
EARL
What's his name I'll give him a
call.
Earl grabs his walkie talkie which was clipped to his side.
BELLE
Oh no you don't need to do that.
He's probably waiting outside the
play for me.
EARL
No I insist Ma'am. What's his name?
It will only take a sec.
BELLE
Carl Boyle.
Earl presses the button on his walkie talkie.
EARL
Carl Boy-
The man looks at Belle strangely. He takes his finger off of
the button.
EARL
Carl Boyle you say?
BELLE
Yes why?
EARL
Have you met him?
BELLE
Um... Yeah i have. Uh... There
wouldn't happen to be a police
station close to here would there?
EARL
Now why would you wanna go
somewhere like that?
BELLE
Carl um... Took me against my
will...
Earl smirks.
EARL
Belle...
BELLE
Yes?
EARL
Carl Boyle... Is dead.
BELLE
What? What do you mean he is dead?
EARL
Well actually he disappeared. But
that was over 100 years ago. He is
dead Belle.
Belle stands there, shocked.
EARL
I'm... Sorry.
BELLE
He can't be dead! He fuckin'...
EARL
What does he look like?
BELLE
He... He has black hair. Wears
jeans and a button up shirt.
He stares at her.
EARL
Let me take you back to your room.
Where is your room?
Earl and Belle walk towards the elevator.
BELLE
The basement.
Earl stops. He looks at her.
EARL
The basement?
BELLE
Yeah... What now?
EARL
Nothing, nothing.
They start to walk again.
EARL
It's just that I've never seen
anyone stay down there. Since...
BELLE
Since what?
Earl stops and looks at Belle.
EARL
Since what was found down there.
BELLE
What was found?
EARL
Well back about...
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
Belle stands at her door. Earl stands with her.
EARL
Get some rest Belle. I think you
need it.
BELLE
Yeah, yeah. Thanks.
EARL
Don't worry about the room. It's
all over with.
BELLE
Yeah i know. Goodbye.
EARL
Bye.
Belle closes the door and turns around. She screams. The room
is dark and is let by only a lamp. Bodies hang from the
ceiling. The bodies are all cut open. Belle focuses on one of
the bodies.
It is her mother!
BELLE
Oh my god.
INT. BELLE'S BATHROOM
She opens the cabinet under the sink and looks inside. A look
of surprise crosses her face. Under the sink, there is a
hammer identical to the hammer used in her dream. The hammer
is clean.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
She carries the hammer to the lock. She bangs the lock
numerous times. The lock breaks off. She throws the hammer to
the floor and opens the trap door.
It is very dark and the steps leading down are wooden. She
runs over to her bag and takes a flashlight out of it.
She walks down the steps.
INT. HALLWAY
Belle finds herself in the hallway from her dream. She shines
the flashlight down the hall. At the end of the hall is the
door. Belle gulps.
She looks up the stairs and then back down the hall. With a
deep breath she walks towards the door.
At the door, she reaches for the knob and twists. It gives
easily and the door swings open to a dark room beyond. Belle
takes a pensive step inside.
INT. TORTURE ROOM
Belle swings the flashlight along the wall next to the door.
There is a light switch on the wall. She reaches over and
flips it. Nothing happens.
Slowly, Belle swings the light around the room. Belle stops
the swing and gasps, her hand going over her mouth. There, in
the center of the room, is the chair of nails.
Belle walks across the floor towards it. Blood stains mark
its surface. A crunch comes from under foot. Belle pauses in
her steps.
She kneels down and feels under her foot. She comes up with
something in her hand. She holds it in front of the light. It
is a tooth!
She stands but fails to notice someone stands in silhouette
in the door behind her. Belle hyperventilates and drops the
tooth.
She backs toward the door. She turns and runs right into
Carl, the light shining in his face causing a menacing
shadow. He smiles.
CARL
See anything you like?
BELLE
What is this you bastard?
CARL
A dirty little secret.
Belle backs into the room, keeping the light trained on Carl.
He swings the hammer in his hand.
BELLE
So what? Do you rape girls and kill
them? Is that you're fucking game?
CARL
I'm kind of glad you came in here
on your own. I was going to bring
you down here eventually.
Carl swings the hammer. Belle sidesteps him, swinging the
flashlight around and clocking him in the back. He swings the
hammer again. She ducks and hits him on the head with the
flashlight.
She makes a bloody gash in his head and it drips blood.
He goes down, dropping the hammer. Belle raises the
flashlight over her head to clobber him, but he knocks it out
of her hand. It rolls into a corner, illuminating nothing.
Carl comes to his feet. Only the minimal light from Belle's
room and the flashlight give any light to this dark room.
Carl looks around.
CARL
Belle? Come on, now. Let's not make
this any harder than it already is.
Carl turns around.
BAM!
Belle smacks him on the side of his eye with the hammer. His
eye turns red and starts to bleed. He falls over. Belle
bashes his face in with the hammer until his face is
literally turned inside out. Blood gushes all over his face.
He falls down. Blood pours from his face.
BELLE
Fuck you!
Belle spits on him. She walks over to the door and opens it.
She runs outside.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
Belle enters via the trap door. She walks across her floor to
the exit, but pauses. She turns back to the trap door.
INT. TORTURE ROOM
Carl's face reconstructs of its own accord.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
She walks back to the trap door and closes it.
INT. TORTURE ROOM
Carl's face finishes its self-reconstruction. He rises to his
feet. He takes his shirt and wipes most of the blood from his
face. He looks down the hall.
INT. BELLE'S ROOM
Belle pushes her bed over the door, resting a leg on the door
itself. She backs away for a few steps, watching. A thumping
sounds from the other side of the door.
Belle snags her cell phone out of her purse. She turns and
runs through the door to her room.
INT. HOTEL LOBBY
Belle charges out of the basement and rushes across the
lobby. She slows as she runs, looking around.
The hotel is run-down. She runs to the door. It is boarded
shut. She crosses to the windows. They are boarded and
broken. But on the bright side, it's not raining.
BELLE
What the hell?
A thumping sounds from the basement stairs. Someone is
coming. Belle frantically dials a number.
DANIEL (V.O.)
Hi, you've reached the home of
Daniel...
BELLE (V.O.)
...and Belle...
DANIEL (V.O.)
...We can't come to the phone right
now...
BELLE (V.O.)
...but leave a message...
DANIEL & BELLE (V.O.)
...and we'll call you back.
BEEP!
BELLE
Daniel, are you there, please pick
up. Please, Daniel pick up, I'm at
that freaky hotel and someone is
trying to kill me.
She hangs up and runs into the first floor hallway where the
pictures hang.
She stops for a moment and stares with a dumb-founded
expression at one of the portraits.
Colonel Von Stratton is gone!
Someone's hands rest gently on her shoulders.
CARL (O.S.)
You've been a very bad guest.
Belle gasps and turns towards him, breaking his grip. They
look at each other in stand-off formation. Belle slips her
phone into her pocket.
BELLE
What happened to the guy in the
painting?
CARL
The colonel? Oh, he's around.
BELLE
What do you want from me?
CARL
Do you think it was coincidence
that you just happen to come by
this hotel in that rainstorm?
BELLE
Of course.
CARL
You said you were heading to your
mother's funeral, right?
BELLE
What about it?
CARL
How'd she die?
BELLE
What does that have to do with
anything?
CARL
Think about it.
Belle stares at Carl, apparently not trusting he won't attack
her. She looks off.
BELLE
She was on vacation...
BELLE'S MOTHER (V.O.)
It's the quaintest little hotel
right off the roadway here.
Belle's eyes grow wide.
BELLE'S MOTHER (V.O.)
Like a taste of the Civil War era.
Ah, if only your father were here
to see it...
BELLE
Oh my God.
CARL
It was a lawyer named Cam Rogers
that exposed the Colonel. That name
ring any bells, Belle?
Belle stares at him, as if unable to speak.
CARL
Been losing a lot of family lately?
Some of them on the way to funerals
or on vacation?
Belle shakes her head in disbelief.
CARL
Your father died on a business
trip, I believe, wasn't it?
Belle's eyes reflect anger and sadness. She fights back
tears, but isn't winning.
BELLE
(choked)
Why?
CARL
Colonel Von Stratton owned this
hotel, and he was not willing to
let it go without a fight.
INT. HOTEL - FLASHBACK
COLONEL VON STRATTON, larger than life, stands near the front
counter in the pristine hotel. He has a very sinister look on
his face.
CARL (V.O.)
Deal was, if he was going to lose
the hotel, he was going to take a
few people with him. So he had us
lock all the doors to stop anyone
from leaving.
BELLE (V.O.)
Everyone?
CARL (V.O.)
That's right, Belle.
At the front door to the hotel, a worker locks it. The worker
turns around to reveal he is Carl, looking no different.
CARL (V.O.)
I was there. His entire staff
killed every guest here.
SERIES OF SHOTS -- THE SLAUGHTER
A) The door to a room is busted open. A man runs in with a
knife and stabs the man in the bed. He screams as he stabs
him over and over.
B) In the lobby, several guests try to escape through the
locked doors. A series of men stand in a line with shotguns.
They all shoot them to their death.
C) A guest climbs out onto the roof. Carl follows him. Carl
and the guest scrap for a moment before Carl brings out a
knife, slashing the guests throat. Blood gushes from his
throat. He falls from the roof, blood suspending in mid-air
following his descent until he lands with a sickening crunch
on the ground.
D) In the closet of a room, a woman cowers in the corner
holding a cross, mumbling a prayer. The closet door opens.
She screams as an axe pierces through her head.
E) On the front stoop of the hotel, blood seeps out from
under the front doors and runs like a waterfall down the
steps.
CARL (V.O.)
It was glorious.
END SERIES
EXT. HOTEL - DAY - FLASHBACK
Several horses gallop up to the hotel pandemonium. On the
lead horse is CAM ROGERS, wearing a Sheriff's badge and
looking very confident. He takes a drag on a Cigar and points
his posse to the hotel.
EXT. HILL - SUNSET - FLASHBACK
Several bodies are hung by their feet on trees. A group of
kids are bashing their heads in with bats. Brains and blood
are seen on the ground under them.
CARL (V.O.)
Cam Rogers had us all hanged. We
swore he would not rest until the
entire Rogers clan was destroyed.
INT. HOTEL - PRESENT
Carl looks toward the entrance, pride shining in his eyes.
CARL
And here you are, one of the last
of your fam-
Carl turns to find Belle's fist flying at his face. He gets
decked -- hard! He flies back a few feet, crashing to the
ground.
Belle leaps on him and pummels him for a moment. She
scrambles to her feet and runs off. Carl groans.
CARL
Nerve endings suck.
INT. HOTEL - VARIOUS FLOORS
Belle runs up the stairs and emerges on the 2nd floor. She
looks around briefly.
BELLE
Hello?
She heads back into the stairwell. Runs up to floor 3. Exits
the stairwell and looks around for anyone.
Giving up again, she takes the stairs to floor 4. Exits the
stairwell.
BELLE
Is anyone here?
A low whir sounds. Belle snaps up. The elevator is moving.
She looks around frantically. Room 431 stands right next to
her. She quickly opens the door and enters closing the door
just as the elevator pings.
INT. HOTEL - ROOM 431
Belle turns around. The room is in pristine condition. It is
perfect. Footsteps are heard in the hallway. Belle quickly
looks at the door and then the closet at the other end of the
room.
Belle runs over to the closet and gets inside it. She closes
the door.
INT. CLOSET
Belle pulls her phone back out. She dials another number.
BRIAN (V.O.)
Hello?
BELLE
(whispers)
Brian, this is Belle. You've got to
call the police and get them out to
the Seaside Hotel.
BRIAN (V.O.)
Why? What's going on?
BELLE
(whispers, through tears)
Brian, just do it. There's a guy
here who is trying to kill me.
There's a lot of freaky stuff going
on here.
BRIAN (V.O.)
You're not playing with me, are
you?
BELLE
(whispers)
No! Brian, please just-
The door opens. Belle looks up.
BELLE
(whispers)
Do it!
Through the cracks in the closet Belle watches Carl walk in
the room. Carl closes the door.
CARL
Why does your instinct tell you to
come in this room?
INT. HOTEL - ROOM 431 - FLASHBACK
Cam Rogers stands in the room with his wife.
MRS. ROGERS
This is wonderful.
CAM
Yes, Mr. Phillips has done wonders
with the place.
MRS. ROGERS
It was awful nice of Mrs. Johnson
to take the kids for the weekend,
so we could share this just between
us.
CAM
Yes.
He leans down to her. They kiss. He starts to put his hand
his hand up her skirt.
The door bursts open. Carl stands in the doorway. Cam and his
wife stand.
CAM
This is impossible. You're dead.
CARL
And you are too.
Carl raises a shotgun and points it at Cam. Carl shoots him
in the chest twice and then in the head. His brains hit the
wall behind him and his body is scattered around the floor.
Cam's wife screams.
She runs for the door, but Carl grabs her by the hair and
yanks her back. She falls to the floor. She rises to her
hands and knees. Carl kneels behind her and wraps a taunt
piece of wire around her neck.
He pulls it and slices her head completely off. Blood sprays
everywhere. Her head rolls over to the closet door leaving a
bloody trail. Belle screams.
INT. HOTEL - ROOM 431 - PRESENT
Carl looks over at the closet. He smiles and walks over to
it. He opens it. Belle is sitting on the floor. He grabs her
and she kicks and screams.
He picks her up and throws her on the floor. He holds the gun
to her head. But she kicks the gun out of his hands.
CARL
Bitch!
Carl slaps her and turns around for the gun. Belle quickly
gets up and runs out of the room.
INT. HOTEL - 4TH FLOOR
Belle looks down the hallway and sees a large window at the
end. She looks back in the room and sees Carl about to turn
around.
Belle looks back at the window and starts running towards it.
She puts her arm to her face as she gets closer to it.
Carl walks out of the room and takes a few shots at Belle but
they all miss. Belle jumps and the glass breaks as she falls
out the window.
EXT. GRAVEYARD
THUMP!
Belle slams on the ground. She barely opens her eyes and sees
Carl looking out of the window down at her. He mouths a curse
word and then walks away.
Belle slowly tries to get up but she can't. She tries again
and succeeds. She slowly walks with a limp and looks around.
Everything is wet and damp.
Grave stones are everywhere. She walks over to one.
EARL JOHNSON
Born.1920 Died.1975
Proud employee and loving husband
INT. ROOM 431 - NIGHT - FLASHBACK
Earl is seen kissing young Agnes.
AGNES
Don't be too long.
EARL
I won't be. Just wait here for me.
Earl smiles.
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EXT. GRAVEYARD - FLASHBACK
Earl is seen walking through the graveyard. He stops and
looks in the woods. Men are seen being hung and shot. He sees
the cave and runs over to it. Suddenly an axe pierces through
his back. He falls to his knees.
Carl walks to Earl and pulls the axe from his back. Earl
turns around and falls on the ground. He looks up at Carl.
EARL
What are you do-
Carl swings the axe in the air and it hits between Earl's
eyes. Blood pours from his face. Carl then pulls it out and
hits him again. Half of his head slides off.
EXT. GRAVEYARD - PRESENT
Belle walks away from it. She sees the dirt stairs leading
underground. She looks around and walks over to them. The sky
lights up from lightning and the bodies are seen laying on
top of the dirt in front of their gravestones.
They go away when Belle looks around. Belle walks down the
steps.
INT. TUNNEL - NIGHT
Belle walks off of the steps and at the end of a large
tunnel. The tunnel is one way and goes down till Belle can't
see the end. There are lanterns on the walls. Belle takes one
and walks down the tunnel.
The lanterns seem to end half way and Belle only has the one
in her hand. The light circle around her is all that is seen.
She slowly walks down the tunnel.
INT. ROOM
Belle walks into a room. The room's walls are slimy and the
floors are wet. In the middle of the room lays a coffin.
Belle holds the light up to her face and looks around the
room. She holds her nose and has a gross look on her face.
She notices the coffin and jumps at the sight of it. She
slowly walks over to it. She brushes her hand against it as
she walks to the end of it. A gold plate is on the coffin.
Belle shines her light on the plate.
A name is on the plate. Belle wipes the gold so it is
visible. It reads Belle Rogers. Belle's eyes get big and she
backs away.
Someone groans. Belle jumps. One wall isn't a wall at all.
It's a curtain. Belle walks over to the curtain and pulls it
back just a little bit.
She looks behind it. Her eyes grow wide. She zips the curtain
out of the way. Daniel lies strapped to a table. His shirt is
off and he has dried up blood on his face.
CARL (O.S.)
Your boyfriend, Daniel. He was much
easier than you. He didn't run.
It's almost as if he wants to die.
Carl enters behind Belle. He walks around her to Daniel.
CARL
I told him about us, you know. He
wasn't too happy. Go ahead, Daniel.
Ask her.
Daniel looks at her. Belle shifts her weight uncomfortably.
DANIEL
Fuckin' tell me, Belle.
BELLE
Well...
DANIEL
Oh, my God! Why? Why would you do
this? Why the fuck would you do
this?
BELLE
I didn't. I had no control.
DANIEL
You probably liked it too...
Daniel winks to Belle. She notices it.
BELLE
Well fuck you Daniel! It was all
him.
Carl smiles while watching them fight.
CARL
Hahahahaha.
Daniel then grabs a knife from the table.
Carl quickly picks up a saw from a table. Daniel holds the
knife to Carl's throat. He walks into it.
CARL
Do it! I dare you.
BELLE
Please! Don't kill him. Let him go.
Why are you doing this?
CARL
He's a part of the family, right?
Everybody loves Daniel. Say good
bye to Daniel everyone.
BELLE
No!
Carl pushes him to the floor and stands over him. Belle runs
over to him.
BELLE
Please no. I love him. I love him
more than anything. Don't hurt him.
DANIEL
Just go Belle. It'll be fine.
Belle staggers backward.
DANIEL
If this is about her family, I
don't want to be a part of her
family.
CARL
Yeah, life's a bitch.
Carl places the saw on his chest. He rips his shirt off and
he moves it up and down, only scratching his chest.
DANIEL
Let me go! I'll give you whatever
you want dude!
CARL
Oh I already got what I want.
Carl smiles down at Daniel.
CARL
And that is you, Daniel.
Carl gives Belle a wink and then slams the saw on Daniel's
side and saws from his shoulder to his waist. Dan screams as
his insides splatter on the floor. Belle screams.
Carl walks to the other side and repeats the same thing. Dan
takes a last gasp as he spits out blood. He dies.
Belle vomits. She staggers around a moment before fainting.
BLACK SCREEN.
INT. HOTEL - BASEMENT
Belle wakes up, chained to the wall. Her nose is bloody. A
dim light hangs from the ceiling. There are other bodies on
the walls around her. The only difference is that they are
dead.
Carl walks in the room.
BELLE
What the fuck?! Get me out of here!
Carl smiles. Colonel Von Stratton kicks the door open. A man
comes slamming on the floor, face down. Belle watches him.
Von Stratton walks in the room.
COLONEL VON STRATTON
Hello Belle.
He closes the door. Belle continues to stare at the man on
the floor.
BELLE
Brian?
BELLE'S MOTHER (V.O.)
Watch over your brother Belle. You
are all he has left in this world.
BRIAN looks up. He has blood all over his face and red hair.
His clothes are torn.
CARL
Thought we would shake things up a
bit. Someone must have called the
cops because we found him knocking
on the door of this here Hotel.
BELLE
Brian. Why did you come here?
He looks back up at Belle.
BRIAN
You called me. I just wanted to
help.
CARL
Wow, two in one night. Belle,
you're really useful at getting
people killed. Did you want us to
take out anyone else?
Von Stratton holds a gun to his head.
COLONEL VON STRATTON
Things have changed now haven't
they?
CARL
We're dead Belle. We're all dead.
Von Stratton pulls the trigger. Brian takes one last look at
Belle before the bullet enters his brain. Blood splatters on
the floor and his head slams on the ground.
BELLE
You fucking bastard! I'll fucking
kill you! I'll kill you! Let me go!
COLONEL VON STRATTON
You want to be free?
She nods her head.
COLONEL VON STRATTON
Fine then.
Carl walks over to Belle and takes the chains off of her. She
punches Carl in the face. He laughs after every punch. Belle
runs out of the door.
INT. HALLWAY
The hallway is pitch black. Belle looks both ways.
BELLE
Shit.
Belle runs down the right side. She runs for at least a
minute until she looses her breath and stops. She continues
to run some more. She stops at an open door.
Carl and Von Stratton stand inside watching her. They are
laughing.
She runs more but ends up in the same place. They stare at
her.
CARL
Are you ready to make a deal?
BELLE
(Shouts)
What?
Carl walks closer to her. Belle puts her hand up.
BELLE
You stay there! What's the fucking
deal?
Von Stratton walks next to Carl.
COLONEL VON STRATTON
Your entire family is dead. Your
mom is dead. I made sure of that.
Belle has a stunned look on her face.
COLONEL VON STRATTON
You're the last one left. All we
want is you.
BELLE
That's not a deal. There's nothing
in it for me. Why do you need to
kill me so bad?
CARL
So we can be free. And not be stuck
in this fucking place forever.
COLONEL VON STRATTON
The Devil has a place for us Belle
Rogers. And all we want is to be in
that place.
BELLE
(Crying)
This was your choice to do this.
How can you not leave if it was
your choice?
COLONEL VON STRATTON
It was your choice to come here...
And now you're never leaving.
Carl runs up to Belle and pulls her in the room.
INT. ROOM
He holds his hand over her mouth. He brings Belle to the
ground. Belle makes noises and kicks, trying to get free.
Von Stratton walks over to Belle.
CARL
What do you want to do sir?
Von Stratton walks out of the room and stands staring at both
of them.
COLONEL VON STRATTON
She's the last one. Make it worth
your while.
Von Stratton closes the door. The room is pitch black. Noises
and chains are heard. Carl flips the light switch on.
Under and dangling light on the ceiling is Belle. She is
strapped to a chair. She has a sock stuffed in her mouth.
Carl walks over to the wall. On the wall there are saws,
hammers, jackhammers, nails, plant cutters and a chainsaw.
Carl grabs a few nails and the hammer.
He lays them on the table next to Belle. He walks back over
to the wall and grabs the jackhammer and the plant cutters.
CARL
This is so you can't run.
Carl lifts her ankle up.
CARL
Oh, yeah.
Carl duct tapes the sock in her mouth.
He lifts her ankle back up and takes the plant cutters. He
puts her ankle between the cutters and works on her ankle.
Belle screams with the sock in her mouth.
Blood sprays out and onto Carl's shirt. The foot falls on the
floor.
He walks around the table and does the same thing with the
same effect on her other ankle. It also falls on the floor.
Blood pours from both her cuts. She continues to scream.
Suddenly, the people she has seen in the hotel appear all
around her. Belle hyperventilates, watching.
KIM
I warned you. Why couldn't you
leave?
AGNES
He was never a nice boy. He only
brought you up to torment me.
EARL
If I could have walked you out, I
would have.
GERTIE
Sweetie, I'm so sorry. But we'll be
together again.
BELLE'S FATHER
You'll be trapped here forever.
BRIAN
And they'll be free.
DANIEL
You're the last of our lines.
CAM
The Rogers and the Johnsons. You
were the missing link.
MRS. ROGERS
And now the line is dead.
KIM
You will be one of us...forever.
KIM & AGNES
One of us.
The chant continues, each ghost adding to the carcophony of
sound. Carl prepares his next torture, oblivious to the
sound. As the ghosts chant, the way they died shows on their
bodies. Blood flows freely from their wounds.
GHOSTS
One of us. One of us. One of us.
One of us!
Kim's teeth disappear and nail wounds appear.
Agnes' flesh disintegrates as if she just rotted away.
Earl's face shows the impact of the axe.
Gertie gains a hundred cuts all over her.
Belle's father flattens like he was crushed, but his head
continues chanting.
Brian's head changes to show the bullet wound.
Daniel's sides open up, letting his insides spill out.
Cam's chest shows two bullet wounds and his head splits open
from the head wound, but he continues chanting.
Mrs. Rogers' head falls off and into her arms.
The chanting continues. Belle screams.
CARL
You're one of us now Belle. And
there is no turning back.
BLACK SCREEN
THE BASEMENT
From the mind of Andrew Roby.
CREDITS ROLL
After the credits roll words appear.
One Week Later...
A GIRL (18) with long brown hair is laying on a hospital bed.
She looks very exhausted. The DOCTOR (44) walks in. He smiles
at her.
DOCTOR
You child is fine. I just need you
to write this. All we need is for
you to write his full name on this
paper.
The doctor hands her a paper and pen.
DOCTOR
If you don't mind me asking, where
is the father?
GIRL
He's... Gone.
DOCTOR
Oh...
The doctor looks down.
DOCTOR
I am sorry to hear that.
She hands the doctor the paper. He looks down at it.
GIRL
It was his fathers last name.
The doctor nods his head. He looks at the paper again.
ALEXANDER JOSEPH ROGERS
BLACK SCREEN.
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