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JASON VERSUS PUMPKINHEAD By Darren (DarkForce) Higham FIRST DRAFT FADE IN: EXT - UNNAMED WOODS - NIGHT A deep dark forest. There are no sounds to be heard, no animals going about their daily lives. Off in the distance, between the trees we can make out a LARGE METAL OBJECT. Closer we discover that it was a pair of huge IRON GATES. They have been neglected for many years and are RUSTED and BATTERED. NARRATOR (V.O.) There is a legend in these parts. through the gates we are now in a GRAVE YARD. The headstones are overgrown with moss and weeds. There are even a few which have all but crumbled to dust. NARRATOR (CONT'D) (V.O.) It is said that if a man has been wronged then he can call forth a terrible Demon to seek his retribution. We are still in the graveyard. Now we are staring at a tower of Dirt. It is at least eight feet high and 6 feet round. There seems to be a HEADSTONE at the top. It was a headstone but there is no writing on it. It looks like there never was. Though that is not the strange thing about it. The strangest thing is the amount of PUMPKINS that are growing on and around this one grave. NARRATOR (CONT'D) (V.O.) But if he did. He would be damned for all eternity. Closer to one of the Pumpkins we watch as a maggot wriggles its way out of a small hole and PLOPS onto the grave. CUT TO: INT - HAGMAN'S BARN - NIGHT Four TEENS are sat on the hay in the barn. They all have cans of beer either in their hands or placed next to them. The teens are Maria and David Deptford (both 19 as they are twins), Joanne Richardson (18) and John Tate (19). MARIA DEPTFORD Any one seen Lisa yet? JOHN TATE I thought she was with you. Maria takes a quick swig of her beer MARIA DEPTFORD Me? I haven't seen her all day. I mean I phoned her an hour ago and told her to meet us in here but. DAVID DEPTFORD Don't worry sis. She'll be here soon. A sly grin spreads across David's face DAVID DEPTFORD (CONT'D) Wanna play a joke? Maria turns away from her brother and TUTS. David pretends not to notice. DAVID DEPTFORD (CONT'D) Hey don't worry. Nobody gets hurt. I promise David crosses his heart. DAVID DEPTFORD (CONT'D) Cross my heart and hope to die. MARIA DEPTFORD If anything happens I'll hold you to that. There is a brief period of silence. JOANNE RICHARDSON Well don't keep us in suspense. What ya want us to do? David beckons for them all to move closer. Then he looks around to check the coast is clear. DAVID DEPTFORD Right. This is it. What we do is... JOANNE RICHARDSON ...Yeah? DAVID DEPTFORD We go hide in the corn field and then when Leese comes looking for us. We jump out and scream. The others just moan at the absurdity of the idea. Maria throws her can of beer at David. David rubs his arm where it bounces off. DAVID DEPTFORD (CONT'D) Come on man. It'll be funny. Leese would see the funny side of it. There is another moment of silence while the teens decide on what to do. Finally it is Joanne who breaks the silence. JOANNE RICHARDSON Okay. I say go for it. MARIA DEPTFORD (To Joanne) That's not like you Jo. Your normally the one who tries to talk David out of these things. Joanne grins JOANNE RICHARDSON Hey what can I say. It must be the drink talking. David suddenly bolts to his feet. DAVID DEPTFORD Hey we better get moving. Leese might be here at any minute. EXT - CORN FIELD - CONTINUOUS We are looking at the BACK DOOR of the barn as the four teens run out of it and towards the Corn Feild. We turn and watch them as they hide in the in the Corn. It is only when we turn back to the Barn and move towards it that we realise that we are seeing through SOMEONE'S EYES EXT - HAGMAN HOUSE - CONTINUOUS Lisa Hagman (18) shuts the door of her family home. She turns to face the barn then begins to half run / half walk towards it. She reaches the door and looks around. Then she enters Inside the Barn. Lisa finds nobody waiting. She looks angry. LISA HAGMAN Guys? Hey where are you. If this is another of your dumb ass jokes David I swear I'll knife you. Silence LISA HAGMAN (CONT'D) Come on guys. This isn't funny. She begins to walk towards the back door. Lisa stops when a masked figure walks through the door towards her. She takes a few steps back then stops. LISA HAGMAN (CONT'D) Come on David. You can do better than that can't you. She begins to walk towards the masked figure who we know to be Jason Voorhees. Jason does not move or speak. Lisa reaches for the mask LISA HAGMAN (CONT'D) Away. Let's take that stupid thing off. Lisa does not notice the knife but she feels it as it slashes across her arm. Lisa looks down. She is more in shock then in pain. She looks up towards the face of Jason. Slowly Lisa begins to back away. Jason moves to. LISA HAGMAN (CONT'D) (Scared) Stay away. What do you want? Jason says nothing. He just keeps moving forward, forcing Lisa back. LISA HAGMAN (CONT'D) Please don't. Lisa trips over a pitchfork sending her tumbling to the ground. Jason suddenly attacks with his knife slamming it home into a WOODEN BEAM. He bends over and picks up the pitchfork as Lisa stumbles to her feet. Lisa is now backed up against a wall. Tears stream down her face. LISA HAGMAN (CONT'D) (crying) Please don't. No. Please. I don't want to die. Her pleas fall on deaf ears. Jason lunges forward with the pitchfork straight into her gut. Lisa stares at Jason before she slumps forward, DEAD. She dos not fall as she is pinned to the wall. The other side of the all we can see the PRONGS of the pitchforks as they protrude though the wood. Blood drips through the holes and runs down the wall. The four friends run into the barn. They look shaken, obviously they heard Lisa scream while they were hiding. Joanne walks forward and just happens to turn to the corner Lisa is stuck. She screams Title appears: VENGEANCE: JASON VS PUMPKINHEAD START CREDITS ROLL Lisa stops when a masked figure walks through the door towards her. She takes a few steps back then stops. behind the credits we can see various press clipping of the murders committed over the years by Jason Voorhees. As well as the familiar Ki-Ki-Ma-Ma theme. INT - THE WATERLOO INN - NIGHT Ed Hagman (45) sits at the bar taking no notice of the hustle and bustle around him. He stares at his glass as he ponders wether or not to take another drink. Finally he lifts the small SHOT GLASS to his lips and swallows the liquid. The bartender make a grab for the glass but Ed stops him BARTENDER Come on Ed. I think you've had enough! ED HAGMAN (Slightly drunk) Look mate. I'll tell you when I've had enough. (beat) Now pour me another. The bartender only shakes his head as he tops up Eds glass. Ed smiles then downs the drink in one gulp BARTENDER So you gonna be paying today? ED HAGMAN Put it on my tab BARTENDER If I put anymore on your tab pretty soon I'll be able to retire on what you owe me alone. ED HAGMAN Hey you know I'm good for it. BARTENDER Yeah. you and every other drunk in this town. Suddenly a DRUNK stumbles over to Ed. An out-of-towner he is not known by anybody and is probably only passing through. ED HAGMAN (to Drunk) Hey watch it. I almost spilled my drink DRUNK 1 Lend is a dollar ED HAGMAN Excuse me? DRUNK 1 For a drink. I'll pay ya back Ed stares at his once again empty shot glass. ED HAGMAN Get lost DRUNK 1 Fuck you mate The drunk stumbles away. Ed turns and watches as the drunk sits next to another drunk, obviously his mate. They stare back at Ed and make rude gestures. Ed smiles and waves. As he turns back to the bar he notices someone enter the front door. Sheriff Albright (50) looks around at the various patrons. His eyes finally fix on Ed and he walks over. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (To Ed) Ed! ED HAGMAN Yeah? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Ed. I have some bad news. A few minutes have passed. Ed and the bartender looked physically shocked. Ed has gone white and the glass is shaking in his hand. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) I'm sorry. I just wish that you had came with me to my car. This was no place to tell you. ED HAGMAN How? When? I mean... I have to go. Despite what he said earlier Ed goes to place money on the bar. The bartender stops him. BARTENDER On the house As Ed walks past the two drunks they make a couple of mor rude gestures with their fingers. DRUNK 2 Tight-assed cunt Sheriff Albright makes for the two drunks but Ed stops him and shakes his head. He has more important things on his mind. INT - MORGUE - NIGHT Ed stands over the covered body of his daughter. His hand reaches out to remove the cover but he pulls it away, he doesn't want to see as much as he does. John, Maria, David and Joanne are stood nearby ED HAGMAN (To group, but not looking at them) Where were you? DAVID DEPTFORD In the field ED HAGMAN Why? JOANNE RICHARDSON It was a joke. It was just a harmless joke ED HAGMAN (Angry) A joke? MARIA DEPTFORD We were hiding from Leese. We were just going to jump out and shout 'boo'. We didn't know... ED HAGMAN (unnaturally calm) ...fuck off JOHN TATE Excuse me? ED HAGMAN You heard me! The girls are in tears now. John doesn't know wether to be sad for Ed or to hit him. JOHN TATE Get the fuck outta here NOW! The four teens look at each other. They are unsure what to do. It is David who decides when he grabs Maria's arm and drags her away The others follow leaving Ed alone with his daughter. ED HAGMAN (To Lisa) Don't worry. I'll fix it. EXT - DIRT ROAD - NIGHT Somehow Ed has spirited away Lisa's body. he is now driving with it in his truck. He is a man on a mission and knows exactly where he is going. He turns his to the passenger seat and sees... ...Lisa sitting there. She is staring at him with her pale, dead eyes. Ed looks down and gasps as the blood continues to seep through the holes in her abdomen. LISA HAGMAN Where we going daddy? Lights blaring into his face and a loud horn force Ed to swerve his truck out of the way of an oncoming lorry. He stops the truck and turns to face his daughter His daughter is not there. He turns to look in the back. He can clearly see the body bag with his Lisa inside it. He rubs his eyes, starts the truck again and drives off EXT - FRANK'S HOUSE - MIDNIGHT Ed bangs on the door. Each knock loud enough to wake the dead. We can hear shuffling and someone coughing from inside. Ed continues knocking. FRANK (O.S.) (coughing) Yeah? Who is it? ED HAGMAN Frank! FRANK (O.S) Ed? Ed Hagman? is that you? ED HAGMAN Yeah. Open up. The door slowly opens to reveal Frank (40) he is in terrible need of a shave but his build means that he is not the kind of person you make comments like that to. Frank tries desperately to keep his eyes open. FRANK What ya want Ed? You know what time it is? ED HAGMAN She's dead FRANK (Wide awake) Who? ED HAGMAN Lisa FRANK Shit. Ed I'm sorry ED HAGMAN I don't need sorry. FRANK Well what d'ya want? ED HAGMAN Where is she? FRANK Who? ED HAGMAN You know? FRANK You don't mean... Ed nods his head. FRANK (CONT'D) Look. You don't want to go messing with her. ED HAGMAN I need to. Jesus Frank somebody killed my baby. FRANK Ed look just don't be going there. Just keep well away from that (beat) Witch. I sure as hell don't want anything to do with her. None of us folk do. Look Ed just go home, give your girl a nice respectable funeral and get on with your life. ED HAGMAN Just tell me. Frank ponders this for a brief moment. He looks over to Ed's truck. FRANK Fine. But if I do just promise me one thing. ED HAGMAN What? Name it. FRANK Don't come back. ED HAGMAN What? FRANK If I tell you where to find her, don't come back here. Ever. Got it? ED HAGMAN Whatever. Where is she? Frank points away from the house to the direction Ed came from. FRANK Go back to the road. Follow it north for a couple of miles until you see a small road cutting through the woods. Take it. You can't miss her place. ED HAGMAN Thanks Frank. I owe you. FRANK Look Ed, you don't have to go. Trust me it's not worth it. We've all heard the tales of her and that thing. ED HAGMAN I have to. FRANK Okay Ed. But what I said goes. Don't you ever come back or I swear on Lulu's grave I'll have to shoot you. ED HAGMAN Do what you want. Frank slams the door in Ed's face. Ed turns and walks back to his truck. He takes another quick look at his daughter, then he opens the door and climbs in. INT - FRANK'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS Frank watches through the curtains as Ed drives away in the direction of HER house. When Ed disappears around a corner he closes the curtain. INT - MORGUE - NIGHT Sheriff Albright looks at the empty table as he takes a bite of his sandwich. A doctor is stood next to him, a look of disbelief on his face. DOCTOR I don't get it. Who could have taken her A thought dawns on Albright. He finishes the last of his sandwich. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (To himself) Christ Ed. What do you think you're doing? The doctor looks at the sheriff then back to the empty table upon which Lisa had been resting. EXT - DIRT ROAD / WOODS - NIGHT Ed is now at the crossroads. His car is parked at the turning that he was told to make. He looks down the dark ominous path. He looks around. There is nobody to be seen. No people, no vehicles and no animals. He looks back towards his daughters body. He takes a deep breath, starts the car and begins through the woods. EXT - WOODS - CONTINUOUS Ed is driving through the woods. His headlights reveal nothing but rows and rows of trees, bushes and other indiginous plant-life. He doesn't notice the figure until it is too late. He slams on the brakes but he is still moving forward. But there is no impact. No bodies fly across the windscreen. The figure just vanishes. A figure with his daughter's face Again Ed turns to his daughter. Again she is still there, wrapped in her body bag. Ed rubs his face. Is he going mad. He looks ahead down the road ED HAGMAN Fuck! Ed shakes takes a few deep breaths to calm his nerves, wipes away the tears forming in his eyes then continues down the road. He takes one last look back. Just to be sure. Nothing. The road behind is empty. EXT - STREET - CONTINUOUS The two drunks we met previously are stumbling down the street laughing like little girls. They are carrying cans of lager TOGETHER (pointing to each other) Your pissed DRUNK 1 I'm not peesed you know. He burps. Then almost trips over his own feet. He grabs onto his mate for support. DRUNK 1 (CONT'D) (Laughing) Well maybe a little DRUNK 2 (Serious) Well I am At this they both burst out laughing. DRUNK 1 Me to DRUNK 2 And me EXT - ALLEY - CONTINUOUS The two drunks are not looking where they are going. They bump into someone in the DARK They look up. Jason Voorhees looks back at them. Drunk 1 rubs his eyes and stares harder. DRUNK 1 (To Drunk 2) Fuck me it must be Halloween Drunk 2 lifts up his CAN to Jason DRUNK 2 (Mock British accent) I say old chap. Would you like to partake in a little drink. Jason does not answer. He grabs Drunk 2 by the arm and swings him into the WALL. Drunk 1 looks from his mate to Jason. This has had a sobering effect on him. DRUNK 1 What the hell was that... ...He never finishes his sentence. Jason grabs him by the head with both hands and lifts him of the floor. Drunk 1 beats his fists uselessly at Jasons arms as Jason slowly applies the pressure. Blood begins to trickle fom the nose of the drunk and the corner of his eyes. Then without any effort and a nasty crunch, Jason twists and breaks his neck. Drunk 2 sees a chance and makes a dash for it. Jason catches him by his collar and pulls him back. The force of the pull causes the drunk to shoot of the ground and land on the concrete with a thud. Jason grabs the man and hoist him into the air. Above them both we can see the parttially pulled down ladder of a FIRE ESCAPE. Jason lifts the man straight above his head, their eyes locked on each others. The base of the ladder erupts through the drunk. Jason lets go and watches intently as the drunk slides off and falls to the floor. EXT - WITCH'S COTTAGE - MIDNIGHT Ed Pulls up to the front of the House. Everything is overgrown with weeds and moss. The house itself is built across a small stream and supported on woden posts. Ed climbs out of the Truck. He goes around to the back and pulls his daughter. Then, carrying her careully he makes his way to the front door. INT - WITCH'S COTTAGE - CONTINUOUS Slowly the door creaks open. Ed Hagman enters carrying his precious load. He looks around a room and sees no sign of life. What he does see sickens him. Cobwebs, insects and animal bones litter everywhere. The weeds and moss that have taken over outside seem to be growing happily inside as well. The fireplace catches his eye, or more more accurately the large backed chair in front of it. A voice speaks from behind the chair. WITCH (O.S.) (Old and Southern) Come in Ed Hagman! ED HAGMAN How did you...? An ancient looking woman peers around the chair showing her aged and wrinkled face. WITCH I know many things Ed Hagman Ed enters the small run-down house. His eyes fixed on the old woman as he slowly walks towards her. The witch points a wrinkled finger towards a table on the far side of the room. WITCH (CONT'D) Place the child there Ed Hagman Ed does as he is instructed unzipping the bag once it is down so the world can see his daughters face. Ed turns and is surprised to see the Witch standing behind him. WITCH (CONT'D) What do you want Ed Hagman? ED HAGMAN They killed her... WITCH ...Say it! ED HAGMAN I want you... WITCH ...Say it! ED HAGMAN I... WITCH ...SAY IT! ED HAGMAN (Angry) Revenge The witch laughs an inhuman laugh. WITCH And what do you want me to do for you? ED HAGMAN I heard that you have powers. That you have access to something that might help me. WITCH I don't think you know what you ask Ed Hagman ED HAGMAN I don't care. Something has to be done. WITCH Then I'll tell you what you need to do. Get back into your car and follow the trail behind my house. Follow it until you reach its end. To the west through the trees you'll see some gates. Go there. ED HAGMAN What's there? WITCH An old graveyard. ED HAGMAN What am I supposed... WITCH ...Find the grave. Dig it up. Bring what you find to me. ED HAGMAN How will I know If it's the right one? WITCH You'll know Ed Hagman! You'll know! Ed goes to pick up his daughter but he is stopped by the Witch as she puts a hand on his shoulder. WITCH (CONT'D) Leave the girl. Ed takes one last look at the Witch and his daughter before he exits into the night. The witch smiles as she hears the Truck engine start and fade away into the distance. EXT - TATE HOUSE - FRONT ROOM - NIGHT The friends are all sat in the front room of John Tates home. The mood is very sombre and nobody is saying much. The television buzzes quietly in the corner. JOANNE RICHARDSON So where are they? JOHN TATE (Sighing) Out drinking. Somebodys birthday or something. JOANNE RICHARDSON Oh. Silence fills the air again. DAVID DEPTFORD (Suddenly) You guys hear? JOHN TATE (Half interested) What? DAVID DEPTFORD Lisa's body is gone. This has got everybodys full attention. They all sit up and look towards David. MARIA DEPTFORD Shit. You sure? DAVID DEPTFORD (Nodding) Yeah. I heard somebody talking about it down the store. Seems old Ed did a runner with her body. JOANNE RICHARDSON Can he? They look towards Joanne JOANNE RICHARDSON (CONT'D) I mean is he allowed to do that? DAVID DEPTFORD Don't know. Maybe. Besides it may not even be true. Shit it was only a story I heard a couple of guys tell. Probably just shittin'. I bet Leese is back in the morgue. No way would her dad do anything. The others don't look like they agree. Neither for that matter does David. JOANNE RICHARDSON But what if he has? Silence fills the air again. EXT - TATE HOUSE - NIGHT Maria, David and Joanne all pile into Davids car. John leans into the driver side window. He tries his best to put on a 'happy-face' but he's fooling nobody. DAVID DEPTFORD See you tomorrow John. JOANNE RICHARDSON See ya. MARIA DEPTFORD Bye John JOHN TATE Bye guys. Drive safe. Look out for... He cuts himself off. MARIA DEPTFORD For what? JOHN TATE Never mind. Just me being stupid. Good night. Maria smiles weakly MARIA DEPTFORD 'Night John watches as the car drives down the street. He turns to walk towards his home. Halfway down the drive he STOPS. He turns as though he has heard something. He scans the street. Nothing there. As he reaches the door he takes one last look before he heads inside. EXT - FOREST PATH - NIGHT Ed Hagman's truck trundles through the forest. Ed fights to keep the tears back. He closes his eyes for a second. He opens them. Something is in hsi path. A DEER. He slams the brakes hard. At first the Deer is startled. Ed blares his horn at the dumb creature. The creature bounds off into the forest. He follows it with his eyes. He sees something. There they are. Through the trees he can see some large GATES. They are the same gates from the beginning of the movie. ED HAGMAN About time Slowly he weaves between the trees driving towards the gates. He pulls up to the gates and steps out of the vehicle grabbing a shovel from the passenger seat. He begins to walk towards them but, for a brief second, STOPS. He turns as though to walk back to the car. An image of Lisa Hagman lying on the coroner's table. Snarling Ed makes his way into the GRAVEYARD EXT - GRAVEYARD - CONTINUOUS Ed scans the immediate area. Nothing 'feels' right to him. Then he notices it. A large mound of earth. A tower of soil and dirt. He walks towards it. He throws the shovel uptop, grabs a vine and hoists himself up. An grave rests at the top of the mound. The headstone bears no information and the PUMPKINS grow wildly all over it. Ed grabs the shovel and starts digging. INT - WITCH'S COTTAGE - NIGHT The front door swings open. Ed Hagman stands in full view. He is holding something that resembles a small child wrapped in a makeshift blanket to hide its hideous features. The witch points to the floor next to the fire. WITCH Put it there. ED HAGMAN What you gonna do? WITCH (Finger to lips) Sssh! I'm going to grant you that which you seek. She grabs a KNIFE that was hidden on her person. Then she slits open Lisa's wrist letting the blood drip into a cup on the floor. Ed Hagman moves to stop her but the Witch pushes him back. WITCH (CONT'D) This is what you want Ed Hagman. She picks up the cup. WITCH (CONT'D) Now give me your hand. Ed looks unsure but he does has instructed. The witch makes an incision in his palm. She smiles as she squeezes the blood into the cup. When she has what she wants she lets go. Ed holds his hand in pain. The witch seems uninterested. She is now searching for something on the shelves. Ed watches as she pours god-knows what else into the cup. The witch begins to unwrap the BUNDLE. Something hideous is revealed. A monstrosity that hasno right to exist. It resembles a cross between a demon and a human baby. The Witch opens its mouth and pours in the concoction. She steps back as the bundle begins to pulsate. Every pulse causing intense pain in Ed's head. Ed and the witch can only watch as this small creature grows larger and large. Unmistakable features begin to appear. Two large protrusions grow out of the shoulder blades, a tail stretching from its backside. The creature rises to its feet as Ed Hagman falls to the floor. The creature is PUMPKINHEAD WITCH (CONT'D) It has begun INT. JOHN'S CAR - NIGHT The four teens are driving along a deserted road in the middle of the woods. John is at the wheel, Joanne sat in the passenger seat with the two Deptfords in the back. David is holding a can of beer. He offers one to Maria but she shakes her head No. MARIA DEPTFORD (To John) You sure this is right. JOHN TATE What? You say something? MARIA DEPTFORD I was just wandering if it was alright to go to a party so soon after. She lets the sentence trail off. JOHN TATE I just figured that we needed to get out for a bit. They all sit in silence. INT. WITCH'S COTTAGE - NIGHT Ed Hagman lies on the floor in agony. He can barely make out the shape of Pumpkinhead through his pain-induced daze and blurred vision. Before he finally succumbs to the pressure and passes out he is sure he sees the Demon smile wickedly straight at him before departing the cottage. EXT. RAVE - NIGHT As numerous teenagers dance all about them to a mixture of loud music the four friends are stood around one of the many drinks table. none of them look like they are enjoying themselves. JOANNE RICHARDSON I don't feel so good. MARIA DEPTFORD You wanna sit down or something? JOANNE RICHARDSON No I think I'll take a little walk. (beat) Try to clear my head. MARIA DEPTFORD I'll come with you! Joanne shakes her head. JOANNE RICHARDSON No. I just need to be alone. MARIA DEPTFORD Okay. Just don't go far okay. Joanne nods in agreement before moving away from the group. EXT. WOODS - CONTINUOUS WEIRD P.O.V We are now seeing through the eyes of someone else. We watch as Joanne leaves teh rave and wanders into the woods. We follow her. Joanne stops and turns to face us but it is as if she sees nothing. She turns and walks deeper into the woods CAMERA P.O.V Joanne is staring intently back towards the party. It is as if she senses someone watching her. She rubs her eyes and walks deeper into the woods. As she moves deeper the area becomes darker and more ominous. We hear less and less animal noises, or even the noise of the rave until she is stood in total silence. JOANNE RICHARDSON. Great I'm lost She begins to walk back the way she came from btu it looks different JOANNE RICHARDSON (CONT'D) This is fucking great, HELLO IS THERE ANYBODY OUT HERE! No answer. She hears a twig snap behind her. She spins round but there is nothing there. EXT. RAVE - CONTINUOUS Maria approaches John who is dancing in the middle of the crowd. She grabs him by the shoulder and spins him around. JOHN TATE What? MARIA DEPTFORD I'm worried about Jo. She's been gone too long. I think we should go look for her. JOHN TATE Yeah sure. Grab David. Maria walks back into the crowd, presumably to find her brother. Suddenly it as if the whole world has gone quiet. Although people are still dancing there are no sounds to be heard. John looks all around him. His gaze finally stopping at the part of the woods that Joanne walked into. His face looks both serious and worried as though he knows something is not quite right . XT - WOODS - NIGHT Joanne can see something in the distance partially hidden by the trees. Whatever it is seems to stand upright like a man but it also has what appears to be a long, slimy tail whipping about behind it. We recognise it as the Demon of Vengeance "Pumpkinhead" Joanne turns and runs. She doesn't care where she is running to. She just runs. Soon she is hoplessly lost. She stops and begins to look around. She notices some large Iron gates behind the trees. Joanne races towards the IRON GATES. She glances around. Whatever it was has gone, but she doesn't stop moving. JOANNE RICHARDSON (Shouting) Somebody please. Pumpkinhead has not gone. He has let her get ahead of him. He is enjoying the game. A sly GRIN spreads across his demonic face. He moves. Joanne reaches the gates and stumbles into the graveyard. She looks around. She is frightened. this is the last place she would like to be. Joanne looks towards the gate. Pumpkinhead is there. He is blocking the only visible exit. Joanne turn and runs. She doesn't know where she is going. She just runs. She comes to the mountain of earth which is Pumpkinhead's resting place. She runs around the other side to hide. Joanne listens but hears nothing. She takes a deep breath. Joanne sticks her head around the corner to check that the coast is clear. She is face to face with Pumpkinhead. He is bent over so that they are eye to eye. Pumpkinhead reaches out and grabs her by the neck. Joanne is kicking and screaming as she is dragged away. She desperately claws at Pumkinhead's hands, trying to free herself. The demon does not feel a thing. She is still screaming as Pumkinhead hoists her high over his head. A single headstone. For some reason it looks evil. Possibly the amount of weeds, moss and other cr** that is growing on it. JOANNE RICHARDSON (CONT'D) (Choking) No. Don't Pumkinhead slams her down with all his might. Her head hits the headstone and splits open spraying blood everywhere. Pumpkinhead lifts her up and slams her... ...again and again and again Outside the graveyard we watch as Pumpkinhead drags Joanne away, feet first. The wounds in her battered head leave a trail of blood. EXT. WOODS - CONTINUOUS David, Maria and John are stood in the middle of the woods. Their heads darting back and forth looking for any sign of Joanne. They are unaware of her grisly fate JOHN TATE (shouting) JOANNE, HEY JOANNE MARIA DEPTFORD Come on Jo, where the fuck are you? DAVID DEPTFORD (To Maria) I don't think she's here. MARIA DEPTFORD No shit dumbass. She begins to walk away MARIA DEPTFORD (CONT'D) Come on we need to keep looking. DAVID DEPTFORD Come on man I'm sure she's fine. Look she said she needed to be alone. MARIA DEPTFORD Fuck that shit. You do remember what happened to Leese don't you? DAVID DEPTFORD Yeah...I mean! Jesus (to John) Come on mate back me up here. JOHN TATE Hey family feud. Keep me out of it. Maria sighs, the signal that she has had enough. She turns away from David. MARIA DEPTFORD JOANNE WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU? WOODS - LATER We are looking straight towards the iron gates that are the entrance to Pumpkinhead's cemetary. Slowly the three friends walk into the frame. Maria visibly shudders as she looks into the ominous graveyard DAVID DEPTFORD JOANNE ARE YOU HERE? MARIA DEPTFORD Why the fuck would she be here? DAVID DEPTFORD I don't bloody know. She might be. JOHN TATE Well come on lets look inside. John begins to move towards the gate. The others follow close behind him. GRAVEYARD - CONTINUOUS The three friends enter the graveyard through the RUSTY IRON GATES. Their heads are moving back and forth as they search for any sign of Joanne. They move further into the graveyard. MARIA DEPTFORD JOANNE. COME ON JO, THIS ISN'T FUCKING FUNNY ANYMORE Maria is becoming tired. She doesn't notice a vine lying across the floor until she is tripping over it. She grabs hold of a tombstone for support. Her hand touching something wet and slimy. She pulls her hand away in disgust. Slowly she raises her hand to her face to inspect it. She almost screams when she sees what is covering her hand, Blood. Fresh and slimy. There are also bits of hair and some greyish matter stuck to her hand as well. Finally it all becomes to much for her MARIA DEPTFORD AAHHHHHHH!!! Hearing the scream David and John run up behind her. John grabs her by the shoulder causing her to spin round in surprise almost knocking them both to the ground. DAVID DEPTFORD What the fuck? Why the hell did you just scream? Maria points a shaken bloodsoaked hand towards the headstone. John and David turn their heads to look at it. When they see the bloody mess they are almost sick. It is all they can do to stop themselves from vomiting. Daviid raises his arm to his mouth. He turns as though to walk away from the gruesome sight but then in a flash turns and kicks it with the bottom of his foot. JOHN TATE What the hell was that for? David just shakes his head as he once again turns from teh blood soaked headstone. DAVID DEPTFORD Let's just find Joanne and get the hell outta here. MARIA DEPTFORD I think we should go back to town. DAVID DEPTFORD What? And leave Joanne out here? Are you nuts MARIA DEPTFORD I meant we can go to the Sheriff's. Get a search party or something. JOHN TATE You know I think that's a good idea. Come on David. TREETOP - SAME The battered corpse of Joanne Richardson is entangled in the branches of a gnarled old tree, her head held upright by the branch that has been speared through her neck. John, Maria and David walk underneath, never looking up. INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE - Sheriff Albright is relaxing with his feet up on his desk, he is using a particualurly large knife to slowly peel an apple. Suddenly the doors burst open as David, John and Maria run in. Albright narrowly avoids falling off his chair in shock but he doesn't avoid slicing his thumb open. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT What the hell? Jesus H. Christ you scared the shit out of me JOHN TATE (breathless and panting) It's...our...friend. He stops to catch his breath. The Sheriff is sucking his thumb, slightly wincing at the pain SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Yeah go on? JOHN TATE She's missing! A look of recognition spreads across Albrights face. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Hey, wait a sec. You were friends with that Lisa Hagman weren't you. MARIA DEPTFORD Yeah but what the hell has that go to do with... SHERIFF ALBRIGHT ...Nothing. This isn't some kind of joke is it. MARIA DEPTFORD (shocked) Joke? David walks towards the entrance. DAVID DEPTFORD Do we look like we're joking? He slams open the door and points his hand out into the darkness. DAVID DEPTFORD (CONT'D) She's out there somewhere. One of our friends was fucking gutted and now another one is missing, and you're asking if this is a joke. He slams the door shut almost, the crash rattling the items on the shelves. DAVID DEPTFORD (CONT'D) Now do your fucking job and find her. Sheriff Albright is calm. David's outburst does not seem to have affected him. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Considering the circumstances I'll let your tantrum pass. Now look I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll get one of my deputies to go with you to the last place you saw her. JOHN TATE We already looked. We need a proper search party. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Yeah, all in good time. But first my deputy will go with you to make a full report of the area, possible places she may have wandered into, you know. The teens just nod. They are tired and in no mood to argue INT. COP CAR - NIGHT The three teens are in a car which is being driven by Deputy King (24). The car is filled with silence. John is in the front, David and Maria sat in the back. It is King who breaks the silence DEPUTY KING John? It's John right? JOHN TATE Yeah, What? DEPUTY KING Nothing, it's just I heard that that Lisa girl wasn't the first death of someone close to you. DAVID DEPTFORD (shocked) What's he talking about? JOHN TATE (To King) We weren't close. We couldn't have been, she died before I was even born. DEPUTY KING Oh shit, sorry, my mistake. Maria and David look at each other shocked. Obvioulsy this is news to them MARIA DEPTFORD What happened? JOHN TATE Nothing. MARIA DEPTFORD No, please go on. JOHN TATE It happened over twenty years ago at a place called Camp Crystal Lake. DAVID DEPTFORD Sounds like a nice place. I loved camp when I was a kid. JOHN TATE Trust me you wouldn't like this place. Now my cousin had managed to get a job at the camp with a couple of her mates. Locals told them that the place was cursed but they never listened. MARIA DEPTFORD So what happened? JOHN TATE People died. Kind of similar to the way Lisa... It turns out that it was some crazy old bitch. Apparently her son had drowned years before because the counsellors weren't paying attention or something. The crazy cow flipped and began killing anybody that entered the camp. DAVID DEPTFORD That's fucked up. JOHN TATE My cousin finally stopped her. MARIA DEPTFORD How? JOHN TATE She cut off the bitches head with her own machete. DAVID DEPTFORD If she killed her then how. JOHN TATE It was a short while later. My cousin was alone in her house. Someone broke in DAVID DEPTFORD Yeah and? JOHN TATE Someone stabbed her in the head with an ice pick. MARIA DEPTFORD Shit? Christ I'm sorry. JOHN TATE Hey no probs. It's like I said, this happened before I was born. I just know what my mom told me. The car falls once again into silence. No one dares speak. We hear the car slowly screech to a halt. DEPUTY KING We're here. I think! They look out of the windows. MARIA DEPTFORD Yeah this is the place. INT. WITCH'S COTTAGE - NIGHT The hag is smiling as she watches Ed roll in the floor like he is in great pain. We suddenly start to see flashes of Pumpkinhead's brutal attack on Joanne. Whenever Joanne is hit Ed jerks and cries out as though he is feeling every bit of the pain she was feeling. ED HAGMAN (through the pain) What the hell? WITCH You knew there would be consequences. ED HAGMAN But what the hell is this. I didn't expect. WITCH Nobody ever does. Ed Hagman cries out one last time WITCH (CONT'D) You called upon powerful forces for your revenge and there is always a price to pay for such deeds. The witch sits back down in her musty old chair, leaving Ed to feel the pain Pumpkinhead is inflicting on Joanne. EXT - WOODS - NIGHT Deputy King and the three teens stand alone in the clearing that had held the rave only a few hours ago, the floor was littered with the aftermath of the party, cans, streamers and various other junk strewn everywhere. Deputy King looks at the mess and tuts DEPUTY KING You kids realise that some poor shmoe has to clean this crap up right. DAVID DEPTFORD To hell with that man. Who cares about a bunch of crap. JOHN TATE We're here to find Joanne Deputy King stares at them but doesn't say a word. He begins to look around, he looks unsure of something. DEPUTY KING Well okay then hotshots, which way do we go now. John looks around, he is thinking. Suddenly he points to an area of woodland. JOHN TATE In there. The last time we saw her she was going into the woods over there. DEPUTY KING You let her go alone? MARIA DEPTFORD She said she wanted to be. DEPUTY KING Whatever. DAVID DEPTFORD What do you mean, whatever? DEPUTY KING Nothing. Now you coming or not? Nobody says anything. They just follow King into the woods. If it is physically possible the woods seem darker, taller and denser then they were a few hours ago, these are woods with a secret, a dark secret that it doesn't want to share. EXT. WOODS - DAY A large group of people, obvioulsy from the town are stood where the party was held. Their is a lot of chattering and commotion, the air is unsettled. Sheriff Albright stands alone at the the front of the crowd, his deputies are lost inside the crowd, though we can spot s few of them weaving through the the mass. He raises his arms for silence. The crowd falls into a dead silence. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Right, that's better. Now as we all know Joanne Richardson has gone missing. A woman is crying. Though we haven't been introduced we just know that she is Joanne's mother. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) Now this is how we are going to do this! As you can see we have three handlers with highy trained sniffer dogs. We get glimpses of the handlers waving to the crowd as they keep their dogs under control. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) This is due to Deputy Kings report on the area. There are three main areas that she could have ended up. Deeper into the woods. One third of you will go with Michael and Samson to check that out. One of the handlers (Michael) and his dog (Samson) walk to the front. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) There is also the old Pumpkin patch graveyard. There is a spreading murmur across the crowd. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) I've heard the stories too. That's all they are, stories. One third of you will go with Greg and Pollox. Again a handler and his dog make their way to the front of the crowd. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) The rest will go with Jimmy and Rex to search the old mines. Sheriff Albright waits until the chatter dies down. The three teens are stood together, they looked tired but determined. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) Right any questions? No reply SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) We all know what to do. Lets go. The crowd begin to sort themselves into the three groups. When they are ready they begin to make their way to their designated areas. EXT. WOODS - NIGHT We watch as a crowd pushes its way through the woods. The once eerie silence shattered by the constant sounds of 'JOANNE' and 'WHERE ARE YOU' that echo through the trees. We see the foreboding IRON GATES. Like the woods they seem to have grown. They are darker, more menacing. Greg has to stop has Pollox seems unwilling to go further. The handler pulls on the dogs leash but the animal sits and refuses to budge. GREG Come on buy Pollox stays still GREG Come on. There aint nothing to be afraid of. With a final tug Greg manages to get Pollox to his feet. Nervously the Dog follows its master forward to the graveyard. WEIRD P.O.V Something is watching all of this. We know because we are seeing through its eyes. We watch as Greg finally gets Pollox onto his feet and then as the crowd walk slowly and nervously into the Pumpkin patch Graveyard. EXT. MINE - DAY A large group have descended upon an old abandoned mine. A badly damaged sign hangs precariously above the entrance. The group stands at the entrance peering into the blackness. A woman switches on a torch and points it at the entrance. The thin beam of light rips through the darkness CROWD HELLO. IS ANYBODY IN THERE SHERIFF ALBRIGHT JOANNE RICHARDSON ARE YOU DOWN THERE Albrights radio crackles. Albright almost jumps out of his skin. He grabs his radio off his belt and presses the button. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (into radio) Yeah? What is it? The voice of Greg comes through the speaker. The crowd all hush so they can listen. GREG (filtered) We found something. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Yeah, what? GREG (filtered) Blood. EXT. GRAVEYARD - DAY Greg is stood over the blood splattered headstone. The crowd look on in shock and disbelief. GREG (CONT'D) A shit load of blood SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (filtered) Yeah I remember the kids telling me about it. Look I'll send forensics team over as quick as I can. Just get back to the search. GREG Right. He puts the radio back in to his pocket. With a sigh Greg moves away from the grave. Pollox leading the way. A woman and a man are stood together. The woman is shaking. The man's arm is around her in an attempt to comfort her. She turns her head from the bloody mess. She begins to walk towards the entrance. Greg notices. GREG (to the woman) Where you going? WOMAN I can't take this I've got to. The woman is still walking. GREG Please. We need all the help we can get. The woman stops. She turns. Her expression shows us that she is considering something. She wipes the sweat from her forehead. Suddenly something drips onto her back. She feels it but of course can't see what it is. We can. It's blood. The woman is stood directly below Joanne. WOMAN Damn birds Another drop hits her. This time right on top of her head. She puts her fingers in it. When she looks at her fingers her mouth opens to scream but only a choking sound comes out. She looks up just as a particularly large drop of blood splats onto her face. WOMAN'S P.O.V Looking up through the branches we see the battered remains of Joanne Richardson NORMAL. P.O.V The woman opens her mouth again. This time a nerve-shattering scream erupts from it. The others race towards her, Greg in the lead. GREG What's the matter? Did you find something? She doesn't seem to hear him. The woman is still looking up. Greg follows her gaze, as do a few of the others. GREG Oh Shit. INT. MORGUE - DAY The coroner is pulling the zip closed on the body bag of Joanne Richardson. Sheriff Albright and Deputy King are stood next to him SHERIFF ALBRIGHT This is just what I don't fucking need. DEPUTY KING What? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Two fucking teens killed in as many nights. I mean what the hell is going on. DEPUTY KING We've all heard the stories. You know, that thing. CORONER What thing? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Nothing just local superstitious crap. DEPUTY KING It explains all the unsolved killings that occur around here every so often. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Look there are no such thing as fucking Demons got it. This is the work of some nut-job plain and simple. Now If I hear you talk about this to anybody I'll fling you so fucking hard into a cell you feet won't touch the floor. DEPUTY KING Yeah, okay. The coroner stands silent in all of this, too shocked by Albright's outburst to say anything. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (to Coroner) Any ideas on time. The coroner waits before answering as though he is coming out of a daze. CORONER Late last night. About ten. maybe ten thirty. Can't be sure till I do more tests. One thing I do know is how she died. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT How? CORONER Can't you tell by the body? Albright doesn't look like he is in the mood for games. The Coroner quickly gets the hint. CORONER (cont) Massive head injuries. They all take a moment to let it all sink in. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Right. Now remember no talk of supernatural predators on the prowl. There are a lot of people in this town. Some families originate from here and still believe the old stories Deputy King nods his head. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) We don't want to start a panic. EXT. TOWN - DAY A high view overlooking the town. The streets are empty. There are no sounds to be heard. The silence is suddenly penetrated by the sound of a dog barking. This is quickly followed by another, then another. Suddenly it is as though all the dogs in the town are barking as one. Then as quickly as they started the barking stops and the town once again falls into a deathly silence. EXT. WOODS - NIGHT A group of four teenagers stand at the entrance to the graveyard. These are not the three friends but a group of dope smoking heavy drinking louts. One of them, the leader, begins to snicker. He hands a joint to a skinheaded mate who puts it into his mouth. A bseball cap wearing kid and a long haired one don't look pleased about this LEADER So this is the place. One of the other kids, the skinhead (19) looks up to the top of the trees. SKINHEAD Yeah this is it. The leader walks towards the gate. LEADER I'm going in. As the leader walks towards the gates the others seem reluctant to follow. The leader turns round and sighs LEADER (CONT'D) Fucking chicken man. The baseball cap wearing teen moves forward slightly, the skinhead and the long haired lout follow close behind. SKINHEAD Watch who you call chicken fucker. LEADER Shut the fuck and come on. They make their way into the graveyard. Despite being in a clearing the graveyard seems darker than the tree heavy woods. It is as though the evil resonating from the area is not allowing any light to enter. The skinhead takes a long hit from the joint. His eyes seem to glaze over for a second and then he seems all right again. The baseball cap kid makes for the skinhead. BASEBALL CAP Hey man don't smoke the lot. That's all that we got. SKINHEAD Heh He takes another drag. Baseball Cap reaches for it. Skinhead tries to move out of the way but they collide knocking the joint to the floor. SKINHEAD Fucking great. Good job shithead! He kneels down and starts to search for it amongst the leaves and debris. SKINHEAD (CONT'D) This is fucking great. I can't fucking find it. He stands up SKINHEAD (CONT'D) Happy now. BASEBALL CAP Hey man if you just gave it to me when I fucking said. The leader looks like he has heard something. His head is tilted as though he is listening. LEADER Dudes, you hear that? BASEBALL CAP Hear what? LEADER Fucked if I know. Sounds like something breathing. LONG HAIR Probably some animals The others look at him in disbelief SKINHEAD The man spoke BASEBALL CAP Say something else Long Hair remains silent. Skinhead begins to move away from the group. Leader notices LEADER Where you going? SKINHEAD For a leak. You wanna hold it for me? LEADER Fuck you. Skinhead just smiles before walking away into the woods. Alone. EXT. WOODS - SAME Skinhead pulls up his zip. He looks around but it all looks the same. He's lost. SKINHEAD Oh shit. He looks towards an area that may be familiar. He makes for it. SKINHEAD Hey guys. The unmistakable sound of a branch being broken. He stops and begins to look for where the sound is coming from. SKINHEAD Hey dumb fucks is that you No answer. Another cracking twig. Skinhead is becoming nervous. He tries to hide it behind a forced smile but he is failing miserably. He moves forward. Another crack SKINHEAD Shit man who the fucking hell is it. Again no answer. Skinhead moves forward, At first he moves slowly but another CRACK is heard and this causes Skinhead to start running. As he runs through the woods some of the low branches and bushes brush across his hands and face slicing them open. He winces at the pain but keeps moving. SKINHEAD (shouting) HEY WHERE ARE YOU GUYS He sees the familiar gates. He lets out a sigh of relief. He runs towards them He stops at the entrance. A look of sheer terror on his face. Finally we get to see what he is seeing. A Hockey Masked Machete wielding maniac is hacking his friends to bloody pieces. Blood and body parts are strewn everywhere in an horrific scene. SKINHEAD (whispering) Fuck Jason hears and turns to face Skinhead in a signature Jason pose, the machete held menacingly at his side. Skinhead turns and runs. Jason walks after him Skinhead is running through the woods. The branches get in his way as though they are trying to prevent him from escaping. SKINHEAD SOMEBODY HELP ME Jason is still simply walking EXT. MINE - NIGHT Skinhead runs right to the entrance of the old mine. He stops and looks around. A twig snaps in the woods. Skinhead turns and runs deep into the mine. INT. MINE - CONTINUOUS Skinhead stumbles in the darkness. He stops so he can listen. We can't hear any sounds except Skinhead's BREATHING. As he slowly moves forward he loses his footing and falls forward. He tumbles through a portion of the floor into a lower level of the mine. An upturned mine cart lies next to him. Breathless, he drags himself to his feet. He looks towards his feet and sees he is standing on an old mine rail track He follows the old tracks deeper into the mines. Skinhead notices a light ahead of him. He runs forward. He almost makes it when JASON blocks his path. Skinhead stops and starts to move slowly backwards in absolute fear. He tumbles and falls to the ground. He looks up and sees Jason towering above him brandishing a rust old pick axe Skinhead raises his arms to protect himself SKINHEAD Please... The sentence is cut abruptly as Jason slams the pickaxe home. Even though we don't actually see it we know that Jason has drove it through the Skinheads skull. Jason pulls the pickaxe free and watches intently as the blood drips off the point. He then raises his machete with his other hand. He looks back and forth from one bloody instrument of death to the other. His head tilting from side to side as though he is considering something. Finally he drops the pick axe in favour of his trusty old knife and walks away. EXT. GRAVEYARD - DAY Deputy King and an unnamed officer are stood in the midst of the gore strewn Graveyard. They shudder as they take in the horrific site all around them. King grabs his radio with a shaking hand and lifts it to his mouth, DEPUTY KING (into radio) Sir we got another one INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE - DAY Albright and the other officers are stood listening to the radio. David, John and Maria are there as well. DEPUTY KING (filtered) Jesus. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT What? Another what? DEPUTY KING (filtered) Killing sir. This time the sick mutha got a group of teens. There is a moment of silence. DEPUTY KING (CONT'D) Fuck. Sir? Albright tries to remain calm, but we can see he is as anxious as the people around him. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Yeah? DEPUTY KING (filtered) Sir. I thinks it's the Lewis boys. Yeah I think I recognize one of their gold chains. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Right, got it. He turns the radio off SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (cont. Shouting) FUCK (quieter) Does anybody know where Frank Lewis is. He looks towards his men. One of the officers raises his hand. OFFICER Sir. I think he's away on a business trip in Florida. Albright slams his fist down on the desk in frustration. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Great. I can just imagine the damn phone call I'll have to make. He turns to look at a map. The map has some pins in it. They mark the locations of the murders of Lisa Hagman, Joanne Richardson and the two drunks. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT We need some more pins. (quietly) What the hell is going on in this town? People getting murdered. Ed Hagman missing. (louder) Has anyone seen Ed? The officer that just spoke approaches the map with a couple of pins. He begins to place them in the board. Albright turns to face his audience. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Right. nobody goes home tonight, got it? I want you to all get out there and search this whole goddamn town 'till you find the bastard responsible for all this shit. I don't care if you have to knock on every fucking door and search every fucking building. Just find this crazy son-of-a-bitch NOW! Nobody moves. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT MOVE IT!!! That was the push they needed. The officers begin to frantically rush around, grabbing the equipment and heading for the door. Albright walks towards the three teens. He has a strange mix of anger and concern on his face. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Right you three! JOHN TATE (nervous) Yeah? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Go home where it's safe. MARIA DEPTFORD Okay! Albright thinks for a moment. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT No wait. That would mean you would have to separate at one point and I don't want anybody to be alone. (pause) John you have the biggest house don't you? John nods SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) Right. David, Maria go to John's. Stay there until this shit has blown over. Don't worry I'll call your folks and let them know what's happening. DAVID DEPTFORD Okay. JOHN TATE Sure. Maria just nods. Albright grabs the radio off the desk and pushes the button. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (into radio) King? DEPUTY KING (filtered) Yes sir? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Wait there I'm coming over. Don't touch anything till me and forensics get there. DEPUTY KING (filtered) Right sir. INT. JOHN'S CAR - DAY John sits quietly in the drivers seat. The Deptford's are also sitting quietly. They are staring out of their respective windows at the frantic streets. John turns on the radio. The news is on RADIO I repeat more bodies have been discovered at the old Pumpkin patch Graveyard. This comes just hours after the remains of Joanne Richardson were discovered placed up a tree... John switches the radio back off in disgust. JOHN TATE You two all right?. DAVID DEPTFORD (sarcastically) Couldn't be better mate. John knows what he really means. He closes his eyes momentarily in a gesture of agreement. MARIA DEPTFORD Do you think they'll catch him? JOHN TATE Who? MARIA DEPTFORD Who? The guy who's doing this. DAVID DEPTFORD What makes you think it's a guy? Maria spins angrily to face David. Her glare burning holes through him. MARIA DEPTFORD What is that supposed to mean? David doesn't back down this time, he matches her glare. DAVID DEPTFORD I'm just saying it could easily be a woman. Damn it, it's you that's always going on about equality of the sexes. If you think a man is capable of all this, why not a woman? Maria says nothing. We hear the car come to a halt. JOHN TATE Okay you two we're home. OUTSIDE THE CAR The three teens exit the car. John locks it and switches on the alarm. He looks towards the road and then follows David and Maria to the front door. INT. WITCH'S COTTAGE - NIGHT Ed Hagman sits in a rickety old chair. The witch watches him from the comfort of hers. Ed glares angrily at the witch. The witch sees this and just smiles. WITCH It'll be over soon Mr Hagman. Then everything will be put right. ED HAGMAN I'm not so sure anymore. Perhaps WITCH Perhaps nothing. What's done is done. You can't change it now. Just sit back and watch events unfold, as they will. ED HAGMAN But I have to do something. WITCH Do what Ed Hagman? There aint nothing to be done! ED HAGMAN (angry and determined) I have to try He rises to his feet. The witch follows suit WITCH Don't forget, Ed Hagman, You unleashed forces beyond your comprehension to ease your suffering. Now that it is out there aint no putting it back, not until it has finished what it come to do. ED HAGMAN We'll see He makes for the front door. The witch doesn't try to stop him, she just smiles at his futile attempts to redeem himself. Ed Hagman leaves. The witch is alone in her cottage as we hear ED'S TRUCK drive away. The witch turns her head. We follow her gaze LISA'S BODY is still there WITCH Yes Ed Hagman, We'll see. She smiles an inhuman smile INT. ROOM - UNDETERMINED We are in a strange room. It is very hard to see as all the windows are boarded up and there are no lights on. The only light source is a small black and white television in the corner. It is currently showing the news. The death of Joanne Richardson and the group of teens at the graveyard is being reported. We see the back of an old fashioned armchair. At first it looks empty but then an arm stretches out to the side. A man's arm. It grabs a glass of whiskey off a nearby table. We hear the sound of someone drinking and then the glass is put back on the table. Empty. Closer to the glass we can see what seems to be an inscription. We move closer untill we can make out the words. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE FROM P. AND J. FADE TO BLACK EXT. GRAVEYARD - DAY We watch as the ambulances carrying the remains of the Lewis boys trundle through the old iron gates. Albright and King step to one side to allow the crime scene investigators through. They watch half interested as the forensic experts set to work marking the area and gathering evidence. King looks around at the headstones. Fear is spread across his face DEPUTY KING What is it with this place? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT What do you mean? DEPUTY KING Well even without this shit King gestures towards the forensic team. DEPUTY KING (CONT'D) This place has always been. (beat) I don't know (beat) There's something not quite right about this place. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Yeah I know what you mean. Like something is here (beat) Watching. As he says the last word he shudders as if he was touched by something cold. He shakes it off. He begins to walk towards his car. King watches him but doesn't move. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT I'll see you back at the office. King nods SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) Radio me if they turn up anything. King watches as Albright gets into his car and drives off. King turns to face the C.S.I and walks over to them, being careful not to stand on anything that might be evidence. INT. TATE HOUSE. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT John, Maria and David sit in the dark room. The radio plays music quietly in the corner and the television is on but no sound is coming out. Nobody is speaking; nobody is in the mood to speak. David reaches for his beer can. He takes a quick gulp. Maria sighs MARIA DEPTFORD (to John) Parents out again. JOHN TATE Yeah. The silence returns. David takes another gulp of his beer. EXT. TOWN STREETS - NIGHT The streets are busy with the hustle and bustle of the officers go from door to door. We watch as people answer questions but do not hear what they are saying. INSIDE DEPUTY KING'S CAR King watches as the search goes on. His radio crackles and the familiar voice of Albright comes through SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (filtered) Anything? DEPUTY KING Not yet sir. So far nobody's seen anything. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (filtered) Tell me if anything turns up okay DEPUTY KING Okay. I was about to do the last house in this street myself. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (filtered) Which one's that? Deputy King looks out of his window. We follow his gaze to a house with boarded up windows and a battered old door. DEPUTY KING Mr Voorhees. EXT. VOORHEE'S HOUSE - NIGHT Deputy King exits his car and strolls up to the Voorhees House. He looks at the boarded up windows and shakes his head, tutting as he does so. He knocks on the door, No answer King tries again. Still no answer DEPUTY KING MR VOORHEES. THIS IS DEPUTY KING OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE! He waits and listens but there is no reply. DEPUTY KING (CONT'D) IF YOU'RE IN THERE PLEASE COME TO YOUR DOOR! Again he waits. Again there is no reply given King mutters something under his breath and walks back to his car. He leans in the car window and grabs the radio DEPUTY KING Sir, I can't get a response from the Voorhees place. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (filtered) Well try again later. Move to the next street. DEPUTY KING Right sir. He place the radio back on its holder, opens the door and climbs into the car. We turn to view the front door of the Voorhees residence. We move forward until we have almost collided with it. Instead of stopping we keep moving forward through the door. INT. VOORHEE'S HOUSE - SAME We are in the same room as before. The one with the man in the armchair drinking the whiskey We watch the arm of Mr Voorhees pour another shot of whiskey into his glass. Outside we can hear a car pulling away. INT. TATE HOUSE - NIGHT David Deptford lifts the can of beer to his lips. Nothing comes out. He throws the can into the corner of the room. DAVID DEPTFORD (to John) Hey man. Got anymore cans. John thinks for a moment JOHN TATE Yeah (beat) I think so. I think there are some in my dad's shed in his small fridge. David rises to his feet, stretching as he does so. DAVID DEPTFORD You guys want one? Maria shakes her head no JOHN TATE Sure. Why not? Some reason I feel like getting pissed tonight DAVID DEPTFORD I know the feeling. With that he exits the room and heads through the house to the back door. EXT. TATE HOUSE - NIGHT David shivers as a cold breeze whips across him. He looks around the large garden. Finally he spots the shed off to one side. He makes his way over to it. He stops at the shed door. He looks down. DAVID DEPTFORD Shit There is a large padlock barring his entrance. David begins to look around for something to break the lock with. But he can't see anything suitable. Then he has a thought. He reaches on top of the door onto a slight overhand. He feels around for a bit. David suddenly smiles. He brings his hand down to reveal A KEY He puts the key in the lock and turns. With a click the lock opens and David is able to remove it. INSIDE THE SHED. The shed is packed with all sorts of tools. John's dad is evidently a hands on Do-It-Yourself kind of man because these tools look well used and yet well maintained. David begins to move boxes in his search for the elusive fridge. Suddenly music begins to blare in the background. Evidently either John or Maria have grown tired of sitting quietly and have turned up the radio. David smiles when he spots the battered old fridge in the corner behind a couple of crates. He moves them to one side and opens the fridge. There are a couple of six-packs in there. David grabs one and places it onto the workbench above him. He then grabs another and rises to his feet. He grabs the first one off the workbench and turns around. David's smile turns to a look of absolute horror and sheer terror. We turn to see what has frightened him so much. The unmistakable form of Pumpkinhead stands in the doorway blocking David's only exit. David shouts out in terror DAVID DEPTFORD HELP ME. SOMEBODY PLEASE INT. TATE HOUSE - SAME The music is too loud to hear David scream for help. John and Maria sit in blissful ignorance of what is going on just outside. INT. SHED - SAME David throws a can of beer at the demon of revenge but it bounces harmlessly off its head. Pumpkinhead advances CUT TO Ed Hagman driving in his truck. He suddenly jerks as if he is in great pain. The truck swerves and Ed fights through the pain to prevent it from hitting a tree. The car stopped Ed tries to sit back but his body won't stop twitching and convulsing INSIDE THE SHED David grabs a small axe from the wall. Pumpkinhead moves closer. David turns and hacks with all his might. The axe hits Pumpkinhead in the shoulder , cleaving through flesh and bone. Pumpkinhead looks down at the axe in his shoulder. Not out of pain but more puzzlement. It rips the axe out. Strangely there is no blood. It drops the axe and watches it fall to the floor. Then Pumpkinhead raises his head until he is face to face with David. That cruel smile of his once again spread across the Demon's face. EXT. SHED - SAME David erupts through the shed window with incredible force landing on the glass- covered ground. Blood soaked and tattered he tries to rise to his feet. He manages to just turn his head and sees. Pumpkinhead is waiting. It reaches down and grabs David by the ankle. David is dragged backwards through the glass. He claws at the ground, trying to stop himself but all he gets for his trouble is more cuts in his hands. Pumpkinhead lifts David up by his leg until they are face to face. The pain is becoming to much to bare and David has all but passed out. Pumpkinhead raises one clawed finger David opens his mouth to scream but only blood gushes out as Pumpkinhead uses its claw to rip open a large wound from his navel to his neck. INT. TATE HOUSE - SAME John looks towards the window as if he hears something. He walks over to the radio and switches it off. JOHN TATE You hear that? MARIA DEPTFORD Hear what? JOHN TATE Don't know. Sounded like a crash of some sort. They make there way into the kitchen. INSIDE THE KITCHEN John and Maria stand at the door leading from the hall to the kitchen. They look towards the window to the blackness beyond. Suddenly we see David's head rise from below the window. Then ducks down again. Maria smiles MARIA DEPTFORD David stop joking. I thought you were getting some more cans. There is no reply. Maria looks at John a mixture of a smile and a worried look spread across her face. MARIA DEPTFORD David? Suddenly the kitchen door bursts off its hinges as the mutilated corpse of David Deptford comes crashing through. Maria screams in fright. JOHN TATE JESUS FUCK They both look towards the door, into the blackness outside. A flash of lightening illuminates the yard. They both almost scream when the see the demon of vengeance, Pumpkinhead. It is looking straight at them, a look of pure hatred and malevolence spread across its face. Maria reaches towards David MARIA DEPTFORD David... John grabs her arm and drags her away JOHN TATE Leave him, we can't help him now. MARIA DEPTFORD But.. JOHN TATE Come on we've got to get out of here. Maria knows John is right. She turns and follows John out of the front door. EXT. TATE HOUSE - SAME John and Maria dive into John's car. John rummages through his pockets for the keys. JOHN TATE Shit where are they? MARIA DEPTFORD HURRY THE FUCK UP! JOHN TATE Wait! He fishes the keys out of his pocket JOHN TATE Got 'em He puts the key in the ignition and starts the engine. He reverses the car out of the drive just in time to see Pumpkinhead exit the front door in pursuit of its prey. Pumpkinhead glares in anger as its victims speed away in the car. INT. TATE HOUSE KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS We are looking down at the bloodied remains of David Deptford. A look of terror forever burned onto his face. We watch as the familiar arm of Pumpkinhead reaches towards David and drags him out of the shot, leaving a puddle of blood where he had been lying. The kitchen is filled with an unnatural silence. INT JOHN'S CAR - NIGHT John and Maria are still in a panic. Their breathing is heavy and forced. Tears stream down Maria's face. MARIA DEPTFORD David...(beat) What the fuck was that thing? JOHN TATE I don't know? MARIA DEPTFORD Do you think that thing is what got Jo? John tries to concentrate on the road ahead of him. JOHN TATE I don't know MARIA DEPTFORD And Lisa John turns to face Maria, he looks angry JOHN TATE I don't fucking know. Why the fuck you asking me for? Maria looks hurt by this outburst MARIA DEPTFORD I'm sorry (beat) I... JOHN TATE (apologetically) No I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped. (beat) Jesus Christ what the hell was that thing. INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE - NIGHT Sheriff Albright sits back in his chair, his feet up on his desk. His eyes are closed. Suddenly a noise from the front desk startles him. He looks up just in time to see John Tate and Maria Deptford burst into his office SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Wow where's the fire? JOHN TATE David's dead! This gets Albright's full attention SHERIFF ALBRIGHT What? Wait (beat) start from the beginning. Didn't I tell you to go home John. JOHN TATE We did. We were at home. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT What happened? MARIA DEPTFORD He was killed by something SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Something what? MARIA DEPTFORD I dunno, some kind of Demon! The look of concern on Albrights face vanishes SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Look you of all people should know this aint no time to be playing jokes. MARIA DEPTFORD But! SHERIFF ALBRIGHT But nothing. We both know there aint no such thing as demons and monsters. JOHN TATE But she's telling the truth Albright doesn't listen SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Go home before I put you in a cell for the week. John and Maria look at each other. They realize that Albright will not believe them. They turn and run out of the Sheriff's office. EXT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE - SAME John and Maria race down the steps towards John's car. They stop as Ed Hagman's Truck pulls up beside it. JOHN TATE Mr Hagman? Ed Hagman looks like shit. He looks like he has been through hell and came out barely alive. The skin on his face appears to be shrinking as his skeletal structure is a lot more apparent. His eyes are also so bloodshot that they apppear to be almost naturally red. Ed Hagman reaches over and opens the passenger side door. ED HAGMAN GET THE FUCK IN NOW. John and Maria look at each other for a moment. They shrug their shoulders and race over to Ed's truck and climb in. INT. ED HAGMAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT John and Maria are shaking in fear. Ed doesn't look at them, he just keeps his eyes on the road. John hugs Maria to try and comfort her. Maria begins to cry. JOHN TATE (to Ed) Thanks man. ED HAGMAN (angrily) Think nothing of it. JOHN TATE I think there's something after us. Ed turns for a brief moment to look at his two passengers but then quickly snaps back to face the road. ED HAGMAN Really? JOHN TATE Hey man I'm serious. There's some kind of monster after us. Ed doesn't look like he believes them. MARIA DEPTFORD He's telling the truth. ED HAGMAN I know. This has the same affect as if he had hit them with a sledgehammer. Both teens kind of jump. They look at Ed Hagman in shock. JOHN TATE How would you...? Ed gives them a "How do YOU think?" kind of look The sudden realization hits John. JOHN TATE It was you! MARIA DEPTFORD (dumfounded) What? JOHN TATE (to Maria) He sent that thing after us. (to Ed) Didn't you? MARIA DEPTFORD What are you saying? JOHN TATE I'm saying he is the one responsible for the deaths of Joanne and your brother. He sent that. That thing. Whatever it is! MARIA DEPTFORD But why would he? What did we do (to Ed) Why? Why David? Why Jo? Ed says nothing. John looks closer at Ed's expression. True he is angry but there is also a hint of sadness in there as well JOHN TATE He blames us for Lisa's death (to Ed) Don't you! Ed says nothing. He simply closes his eyes for a moment and sighs. MARIA DEPTFORD Great. There's a fucking monster out there stalking us and we're stuck in a truck with the nut job who summoned it. ED HAGMAN You could always get out and walk JOHN TATE (to Ed) If you blame us for Lisa then why are you helping us? ED HAGMAN I had a change of heart MARIA DEPTFORD But what is it? ED HAGMAN Vengeance. Pure and simple. Something the natives around here call Pumpkinhead. INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE - NIGHT Sheriff Albright and Deputy King are sat on chairs on opposite sides of Albright's desk. Albright leans back and turns his head to look at the map. Deputy King is busy looking through some old files. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Anything turn up? DEPUTY KING Nope. Nobody saw or heard anything out of the ordinary in the last week. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Damn it. All this crazy shit going on. Kids getting carved up like Thanksgiving turkeys and nobody knows anything! DEPUTY KING It's crazy sir! SHERIFF ALBRIGHT It's more than crazy. It's seriously fucked up. That's what it is. King thumbs through a file. We can't really make out any writing on it. Sheriff Albright looks at the front of the file as King reads it's contents file for a brief moment. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (referring to file) What's that? DEPUTY KING A file I asked the FBI to fax me. It just came through an hour ago. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Why would you ask the FBI for a file? DEPUTY KING It was the deaths sir! SHERIFF ALBRIGHT What about them? DEPUTY KING They reminded me of some murders that took place a couple of years back.. A whole lot of murders actually. Spread out over a couple of decades. So I asked the Feds to send me all the information they had on the guy. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (confused) What murders? DEPUTY KING (shocked) You mean you've never heard of the Crystal Lake Hockey Mask Killer Albright shakes his head SHERIFF ALBRIGHT No. Should I ? DEPUTY KING They say he killed well over a hundred people and he is still on the loose. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT So what's his name? DEPUTY KING Don't know. Wait I'm sure it must be in this file somewhere! King begins to frantically flip through the pages. Finally he pulls a page out. He glances over quickly and smiles. But then the smile begins to fade. DEPUTY KING The majority of the killings that have occurred at Camp Crystal Lake since the early eighties are believed to be the work of a one Jason Voorhees SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Voorhees? DEPUTY KING You don't suppose? Sheriff Albright jumps to his feet. King stands up as well. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Grab your coat. DEPUTY KING Where we going? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Did you ever get an answer at the Voorhees place? DEPUTY KING Well no but. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Well why don't we go pay Mr. Voorhees a visit. DEPUTY KING Perhaps it's just a coincidence SHERIFF ALBRIGHT I don't believe in coincidences. Now come on. Move it. INT. ED HAGMAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT The three of them sit in silence as Ed drives through the woods. John is looking out of the windows towards the trees as they zip by. We can se the area that the town kids had held the rave the other night. JOHN TATE Where we going? ED HAGMAN Somewhere safe. I hope JOHN TATE But where is safe? You said that thing will keep coming 'till it gets us. ED HAGMAN There's something that she isn't telling me John and Maria give each other confused glances MARIA DEPTFORD Who's she? ED HAGMAN The one I went to. The one who brought it to life! MARIA DEPTFORD You mean some kind of witch ED HAGMAN Yep. JOHN TATE Christ. Demons, witches. What next? Bloody zombies. INT. VOORHEES HOUSE - NIGHT Mr. Elias Voorhees sits alone in his big empty room drinking his whiskey. The televison is turned off now and the room is in darkness. We now see Mr. Voorhees in his entirity. He looks tired and battered. His eyes are red through the drinking and the crying that he has been doing. We know he has been crying because a single tear drips down his face. He takes a sip of his whiskey as the clock chimes. He looks at the small clock on the fireplace. It reads 12:30 We hear footsteps coming from behind him. Elias Voorhees turns round to face His SON Jason Voorhees stands in the room towering above his father. Elias does not look at his son in fear, but in pity. ELIAS VOORHEES Jason. Jason cocks his head to one side as though he is listening and thinking. ELIAS VOORHEES I'm sorry I abandoned you and your mother all those years ago, I'm sorry I disturbed you from your rest at the bottom of Crystal Lake. I thought that, perhaps if I brought you home with me and gave you a good burial that you would be finally at peace. But it didn't work out did it? Jason says nothing. EXT. VOORHEES HOUSE - NIGHT Albright and King pull up to the front of the Voorhees house. They notice the front door open. They walk up the path with a look of determination on their faces SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Now remember. I ask the questions. They stop at the partly open door and push it open further SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Mr. Voorhees are you home? No answer They walk inside INT. VOORHEES HOUSE - CONTINUOUS They enter the dark room. They try to flick on the lights but nothing happens. Through the darkness they see a chair and what appears to be a figure sitting in it. Cautiously they approach SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Mr Voorhees? As they reach the front of the chair their mouths open in shock. When we see what they see it truly is a disturbing sight. Mr Voorhees sits upright in his chair. His whiskey glass held in his hand. His head placed carefully between his legs. But what is most disturbing is that the expression on the beheaded Mr Voorhees is not fear, but sadness. DEPUTY KING What the hell? Sheriff Albright looks dumfounded. Then he notices the glass in Mr Voorhees hand. He lifts it out and reads the inscription. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT The killer in the files. He's called Jason right? DEPUTY KING Yeah! SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Does it say anything else about him? Relatives? DEPUTY KING It only mentions one. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Who? DEPUTY KING His mother. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT What was her name? DEPUTY KING Pamela. Actually she killed a number of teenagers before her son ever did. But she was killed by one of the survivors. You know now that I think about it, the one that stopped her in the end was the cousin of John Tate SHERIFF ALBRIGHT You sure? DEPUTY KING Yeah. Why? Albright hands him the glass SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Look. King reads the inscription on the glass DEPUTY KING love from Pea and Jay... Pamela and Jason. Shit he was Jason's father wasn't he! Albright nods in agreement SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Like I said, I don't believe in coincidences. EXT. VOORHEES HOUSE - NIGHT Albright and King storm out of the house, a look of sheer determination and anger on the Sheriff's face. He spins round to face his deputy. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Get everybody now. I want this goddamn town locked up tighter than fucking White House. You got me? DEPUTY KING Yeah but. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT If this sick son of a bitch really is in my town he aint getting out. (beat) Not alive anyway. INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MEETING ROOM - NIGHT The officers are all sat around desks facing the front of the room towards Albright who stands in front of a whiteboard. There are pictures of Crystal Lake, victims and some rare photographs and drawings of the infamous JASON VOORHEES The officers chatter among themselves incoherently Albright slams his fist on the front desk for attention. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Well some of you may have heard, some of you may not. But it seems our little town has been paid a visit by someone named JASON VOORHEES. This causes more muttering. Albright waits for it to stop. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Those who have heard the stories will know that he is attributed to around 150 murders. We are to consider him armed and extremely dangerous. A female deputy lifts up her hand SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (to female) Yes? FEMALE DEPUTY Why would he be here? I thought he only killed at Camp Crystal Lake SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Good question. King? Deputy King takes center stage DEPUTY KING We believe that Jason Voorhees is none other than the son of our own Elias Voorhees who was found dead earlier tonight. More muttering ensues DEPUTY KING That's not all. It seems some of our other residences, the Tate family are the last remaining relatives of the girl who killed Jason's mother. The crowd looks confused at this bit of news Deputy King notices this and tries to explain DEPUTY KING Before Jason began his killing spree, his mother, Pamela killed some counselors at Crystal Lake herself. She was only stopped when she was beheaded by the only survivor of the night. King steps aside as Albright takes back over SHERIFF ALBRIGHT That's history. In the past. What is important is that this thing is in our town, killing people. These people are our friends and our family. I don't care how you do it, but he will be stopped. EXT. WOODS - NIGHT Ed's truck roars through the woods towards its destination. EXT. WITCH'S COTTAGE - NIGHT The truck pulls up to the front. The three of them get out and walk towards the front door. Maria can't help but shudder as though she feels the evil resonating from this foul place. They push open the creaky old door and walk inside INSIDE THE COTTAGE The witch is waiting for them. She smiles as they walk inside and points to some seats that they may sit on. As they walk towards the seats they see the body of Lisa Hagman lying on a table. Maria goes to scream but only a pitiful squeak comes out. John covers her eyes. They reach the seats and sit down. Ed remains standing. WITCH (to Ed) Bringing them here won't help Ed Hagman. I told you, there ainto nothing can be done. What has been done cannot be undone. ED HAGMAN Fuck that. Look I know there is something you're not telling me. What is it? WITCH (to Ed) You know all you need to know. ED HAGMAN Bullshit. What are you hiding? WITCH Nothing that should concern you. She turns to face the two teens WITCH (to John and Maria) So you are the ones that he seeks vengeance against! JOHN TATE But we didn't do anything. WITCH That does not matter. Vengeance is not about guilt, it's about feeling better. (to Ed) You do feel better, don't you? Ed says nothing, but his expression says 'No' WITCH (CONT'D) You see that is the problem with vengeance. People seek it, but don't truly comprehend what it is they want. (to John and Maria) Now I think it is time for you to go. MARIA DEPTFORD But aren't you going to help us? WITCH Can't you feel him? JOHN TATE (scared) What? WITCH He's coming. John grabs Maria by the arm and drags her to her feet. JOHN TATE We have to get out of here! MARIA DEPTFORD But. JOHN TATE Fuck it man. She can't help, besides you heard her. It's coming we have to leave. Ed, John and Maria run back out of the front door. Ed suddenly stops. He turns and grabs Lisa's body before following the two teens outside. EXT. WOODS - NIGHT Pumpkinhead is in hot pursuit of his prey. He storms through the woods with determination and purpose. It stops just behind a cover of trees in front of the Witch's cottage as it watches the three people bundle into the truck and speed off. INT. WITCH'S COTTAGE - SAME The witch smiles as the Pumpkinhead roars in anger at once again missing out on his kill. EXT. WOODS - CONTINUOUS Lightening illuminates the demon as he roars, His head snapped back, looking up to the heavens, arms spread wide with claws outstretched, his prehensile tail thrashing wildly behind him. Suddenly the lightening stops as does Pumpkinhead's roaring. It as if the two were connected. He follows the route Ed, John and Maria too with his eyes. Then follows. EXT. STREETS - NIGHT People are watching from their doors and peering out of their windows as cop cars, with sirens and lights blaring, rocket down the once quiet street. They are still watching as the cars come to a halt at different locations and the law enforcers step out The deputies begin to herd everyone back into their houses One woman refuses to budge until she has had her say WOMAN You know what time it is? DEPUTY Not now madam, there is a very serious situation going on around here and it would be best if you got back into your house and lock the door. The deputy looks up to face the rest of the street DEPUTY (shouting) That goes for the rest of you. Get back in your homes and lock your doors. The towns people mutter to themselves but they still follow his orders, soon the sound of doors slamming shut and keys turning in locks can be heard throughout the town. The female deputy from the meeting before approaches FEMALE DEPUTY Now what? DEPUTY I'm not sure FEMALE DEPUTY You've heard the stories of this guy right. DEPUTY Hmm Hmm FEMALE DEPUTY They say he's indestructible DEPUTY Should make it interesting then. They walk back to their car, they are partners. EXT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE Deputy King steps out of his car. He is shocked to see Albright standing at the bottom of the steps, waiting for him. Albright looks at him expectantly. King shoots Albright a 'why you looking at me like that' kind of look SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Tell me you found something! Deputy King doesn't want to disappoint but he can't lie DEPUTY KING 'Fraid not. This is one slippery son of a bitch. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT How the hell, can someone seven feet tall and wears a hockey mask walk around town and not be seen by anyone? King shakes his head DEPUTY KING You off somewhere? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Yeah I was off to the autopsy of Mr. Voorhees. He walks towards his car, which is parked, just beside Kings SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) You coming? King says nothing. He walks around to the passenger side and gets in. INT. ALBRIGHT'S CAR - NIGHT Albright and King sit in the car watching the road ahead of them. What should be blackness is alive with flashing red and blue lights. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Do you believe this shit is happening in our town? Shit like this only happens in the cities DEPUTY KING Well it couldn't have started on a better date. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT What do you mean? DEPUTY KING Well the first death. Lisa Hagman. It was on Friday right? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Right. So? DEPUTY KING Friday. The thirteenth. Unluckiest day of the year, right? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Superstitious crap, that's all They drive past the other law enforcers doing their jobs. Albright sighs as he watches people being questioned over and over. INT. ED'S TRUCK - NIGHT Ed looks seriously pissed. John and Maria just look scared. They glance nervously around them, looking for any signs of Pumpkinhead. MARIA DEPTFORD Now what? JOHN TATE We try the sheriff again. MARIA DEPTFORD He didn't believe us JOHN TATE We'll make him MARIA DEPTFORD How? Who would believe in a demon? JOHN TATE (indicating Ed) He'll help us convince him (to Ed) Won't you ED HAGMAN (sighs) Do I even have a choice? JOHN TATE Not fucking likely Ed glances momentarily at John. John's look is deadly serious ED HAGMAN Fine. Let's go then. The truck does a quick U-turn in the middle of the road and thunders back towards town. INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MEETING ROOM - NIGHT Albright and King walk into the large empty room. Albright throws his coat onto a table, growling in anger SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Well that was a waste of time. DEPUTY KING How come? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT We didn't learn anything from it? DEPUTY KING I thought we did. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Like what? How he died? King says nothing. He knows those where rhetorical questions SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Christ even a fucking five year old could have told me that. The whole fucking separation of his head from his body was a damn big give away. We didn't get anything that would help us find his fucking crazy son. DEPUTY KING Well what did you expect? He wasn't going to have Jason's whereabouts tattooed on his butt was he? Despite his anger Albright can't help but smile at this. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT I suppose your right. I just want some kind of break. Just then the Desk Sergeant enters the room. He beckons to Albright SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Yeah, what is it? DESK SERGEANT John Tate and Maria Deptford are back to see you Albright looks like he is considering something. DESK SERGEANT What should I tell 'em? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Tell them I'll be along shortly. DESK SERGEANT Ed Hagman is with them. This seems to be big news to Albright and King who jump to attention. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Christ. He thinks for a moment SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) Bring them to my office INSIDE ALBRIGHT'S OFFICE Ed, John and Maria are giving some seats to sit on. Albright sits behind his desk. King is stood in the corner, elbows resting on a file cabinet. Albright and King stare at Ed Hagman as if he had declared himself the second coming of Jesus. It is Albright who breaks the uncomfortable silence. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Where you been Ed? What did you do with her body? ED HAGMAN These kids have something to tell you. I think you better listen SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Go on. Ed nudges John. John says nothing. Ed nudges him again ED HAGMAN (whispering) Go on boy. Tell them before I change my mind. This snaps John out of his trance. JOHN TATE (to Albright) Sir there is a demon named Pumpkinhead after me and her (points to Maria) Deputy King laughs DEPUTY KING Not this shit again ED HAGMAN He's telling the truth. Believe him. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (angrily) My god Ed. After what happened to your daughter you would be that last person I would think to play this kind of sick joke and waste police time. ED HAGMAN (angrily) Look Thomas. This aint no fucking Joke. There's a demon out there. I know. I had it fucking conjured, SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Bullshit. MARIA DEPTFORD It's not bullshit, listen... SHERIFF ALBRIGHT No you listen. We already know whose killing people in our town. Most of my people are out right now looking for him. JOHN TATE Who? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Jason. Fucking. Voorhees JOHN TATE Who? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT I thought you would have known the name John. Considering your families' history. John looks dumfounded, he shakes his head 'no' SHERIFF ALBRIGHT He is a prolific serial killer who has killed well over a hundred people. He is also the son of the woman that your cousin beheaded at Camp Crystal Lake twenty-odd years ago as well as the son of Elias Voorhees who until tonight lived here, in our town. (beat) So you see, we know who it is. So stop this crap about demons. MARIA DEPTFORD Do you think he's after John? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT I'm not sure. It could be just a coincidence that the last surviving members of the family of the girl that killed his mother live here in town. But. JOHN TATE But what? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT But. I don't believe in coincidences. FRONT DESK. The waiting room of the sheriff's office is empty. The desk sergeant is busy reading a newspaper, his back turned to the door. The door creaks open. Footsteps are heard entering. The desk sergeant sighs. Folding his paper, he turns to face the visitor. DESK SERGEANT Can I help you? When he turns he looks up to the familiar masked face of Jason Voorhees. He has seen the pictures, he knows who this is. His mouth opens in shock. DESK SERGEANT What the fu.. Jason rams his machete through the desk sergeants open mouth. The blade erupts through the back sending a spray of blood up the back wall. He withdraws it with terrible force. The desk sergeant gurgles for a moment on his own blood. It flows out of his mouth onto the paperwork. Jason steps back and watches him for a moment. Then he grabs the sergeants by the back of his head and slams it down hard on a pencil holder. He lifts the sergeant's head back up ton inspect the damage. There are numerous pencils piercing the sergeant's face, one has ruptured an eye. Jason slams the head back down again. A female deputy who was walking through witnesses this. She fumbles, trying to get her gun out of her holster. DEPUTY (shouting) STAY BACK Jason turns to face her. He advances. She unleashes several rounds into his chest. They tear through his body and embed themselves in the wall behind him, but he still keeps coming INSIDE ALBRIGHT'S OFFICE The group hear the shout followed by the gunshots. DEPUTY KING What the hell? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (to Ed, John and Maria) Wait here. Don't move Albright and King race out of the office THE FRONT DESK The female deputy is pinned to the wall with the machete through her head. Jason walks by and rips his favorite weapon out. The body slumps to the floor. Another officer runs up behind Jason and shoots round after round into his back at close range. Jason whips round and slices across the officer's neck, taking the head clean off. Jason still advances through the station as officer's rush towards him, grabbing body armor and the big guns. CORRIDOR One officer in full body armor and wielding a rather large shotgun stands defiantly in front of Jason. OFFICER Die fucker He unleashes a volley of shotgun blasts into Jason. The impact of the blast force Jason backwards. The officer follows, quickly firing and reloading OFFICER (enjoying it) Hell yeah Suddenly Jason stops going backwards. The officer unloads a few more rounds into his chest but it doesn't even phase the masked behemoth. Soon the gun is empty. The officer panics as he desperately tries to reload. Jason is to fast. He grabs the officer by his head and slams it into the wall. Blood erupts up the wall due to the sheer force used. Jason slams it again and again and then, for good measure, turns it completely around. Jason watches the body as it drops to the floor. Then turns to face the other officers. Terrified by what the just saw, the officers look at each other for a moment before rushing into the room that is nearest to them. They might be members of law enforcement, but they don't want to die like that. Jason strolls down the corridors. An officer rushes at Jason foolishly. He is greeted with a machete to the top of the head. A female deputy kicks open a door and starts unloading bullets into Jason's side. Without even looking Jason in her direction Jason slams the door shut as he walks past. The force of the door slamming severs both of her arms just below the elbow. She screams in pain as BLOOD gushes out. SIDE OFFICE A peaceful little office. Nobody is inside. All is quiet. An officer who has been folded in half crashes through the window. After knocking over the desks and chairs he skids to a halt. His back and neck twisted into impossible positions. We see Jason Voorhees stroll by the window looking out into the corridor ALBRIGHT'S OFFICE The three of them stand looking at each other, not knowing whether they should stay or run. John walks towards the door, but he stops himself. He puts his arms behind his head in frustration and moans nervously. MARIA DEPTFORD What do we do? JOHN TATE I don't know. I'm thinking MARIA DEPTFORD We've got to get out of here. I don't want to die. JOHN TATE (more to himself) What can we do? What can we do? His question is abruptly answered Albright bursts back into the office. He grabs Maria by the arm SHERIFF ALBRIGHT RIGHT. YOU THREE, WITH ME! He leads them out of the office. CORRIDOR Jason slices upwards with his machete slicing through an officer's face. The officer falls to the floor clutching at his blood-splattered face. Jason keeps moving forward; he has no more time to waste on this man. He looks forward. Ahead of them Albright and King are leading Ed, John and Maria out of the building. The five people stop and look at the masked killer. Jason sees them and stops. His gaze moves from one to the other. When he reaches John he stops DEPUTY KING (to John) I guess that answers the question of whether or not he wants you? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT NOW FUCKING MOVE IT? Jason seems to take notice of this command. He starts moving towards them, machete held menacingly to his side. EXT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS Police cars screech to a halt outside of the police station. They exit the cars, looking at each other. Their faces reveal they wonder what the hell is going on inside. There is the unmistakable sound of gunfire and screaming. Then the lights go out. Several of the officers jump back when a fellow deputy is thrown through a window, only to be stopped by the metal bars. Albright and the others come running out of the front door and down the steps. The female officer from the meeting shouts to him FEMALE OFFICER What the fuck is going on sir? It sounds like a war is going on in there Sheriff Albright and the others keep running towards Albright's car SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (shouting) JASON VOORHEES. She is shocked to see them pack themselves into the car FEMALE DEPUTY (shouting) SIR? WHERE YOU GOING SIR? SIR? Her partner from before taps her on the shoulder. She turns to face him DEPUTY There's someone coming He points towards the front door. Inside we can see a shape moving towards the front doors There is an EXPLOSION of metal and glass as Jason bursts through the doors with incredible force. He stops and takes a deep breath, surveying everyone around him. An officer leaps Jason from behind in an attempt to tackle him to the ground. The giant doesn't budge. Jason reaches around his back and grabs the officer and brings around the front. Jason grabs him in a bear hug and begins to squeeze until the sound of ribs cracking can be heard. Then drops the lifeless body to the floor. The female deputy fires a dead on shot between Jason's eyes but the bullet simply rebounds off his mask. Soon everyone has their guns out and is unloading clip after clip into Jason. Jason is not bothered by the torrent of bullets ripping through him. He simply watches Albright's car intently as it drives away. An officer comes up beside Jason and is quickly dispatched with a slash across the throat. The female deputy does a magnificent kick into the back of Jason's leg but as we expect it has no effect on him. Jason rams the machete and his entire arm through her gut. She looks down at the horrible sight, coughing up blood. Jason pulls his arm free. The female deputy clutches her stomach and keels over. We move to a wide shot. Jason is dispatching the cops as quick as they come at him. Blood, guts and limbs fly everywhere. Soon Jason stands alone amongst the carnage, most of the officers are dead, only the sound of slight moaning indicate that for the moment, some are still alive EXT. STREETS - NIGHT Albright's car tears round a corner and thunders down the empty streets, where only moments ago it was alive with lights and sirens. Now the dead silence as once again claimed the town INSIDE THE CAR The five are trying to compose themselves and catch their breaths. JOHN TATE (to Albright) Where we going? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT To my house. We should be safe there. MARIA DEPTFORD (hysterical) SAFE? DID YOU FUCKING SEE HIM? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Calm down miss MARIA DEPTFORD CALM DOWN! CALM DOWN! She tries to rise but is forced back down by Deputy King DEPUTY KING Now Miss Deptford, please. Look we'll handle it. Everything is under control JOHN TATE How the fuck can you say 'everything is under control'? Was I looking at the same guy as you, because the one I saw ripped your fucking officers apart and didn't seem to give a shit about being shot. Deputy King tries to keep his temper in check DEPUTY KING No we saw it. There has to be a logical explanation for it though JOHN TATE Fuck logic. This whole town is going to hell and we're stuck in the middle. EXT. ALBRIGHT'S HOUSE - NIGHT Albright's house is on the outskirts of town. It is a large house. Evidently he comes from a well off family. A rusty old sign that reads ALBRIGHT looks as if it has been around longer than he has. Albright doesn't bother to stop for the gates. He crashes through them, the car bending the metal bars out of its path. It screeches to a halt outside of the front door. Albright jumps out of the car. The others follow. In a strangely calm way, Albright walks up to his front door and unlocks it. He pushes it wide open. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Everybody inside. They walk inside the huge house; Albright takes one quick glance outside. Everything is quiet. He shuts the door. INT. ALBRIGHT'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS Sheriff Albright walks through the door to the front room. King is sat in the far chair, trying to catch his breath. Ed and Maria sit on the sofa. Maria has her in her hands, trying to fight back the tears. John stands at the window, scanning the outside. Sheriff looks at everyone in the room, he can sense the fear SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Look, it'll be all right. I think we'll be safe here. Nobody says anything. Albright walks towards another door SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (CONT'D) Does anyone want a cup of coffee? Ed, John and Maria all shake the heads 'no' DEPUTY KING Got anything stronger? Sheriff Albright thinks for a moment SHERIFF ALBRIGHT I think there's some brandy in the cupboard behind you. King turns around and sees a small liquor cabinet on the chair behind him. He reaches over and opens the door. He pulls out a bottle and a glass and pours himself a drink. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT To hell with coffee. Pour me a glass King grabs another glass and pours Albright a drink. John turns to face the two officers. JOHN TATE I don't think we're safe here. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Look I'm telling you, Jason doesn't know where I live and I doubt he could have followed the car at the speed we were going. JOHN TATE (under his breath) It's not him I'm worried about. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT What was that? JOHN TATE Oh nothing. Just thinking EXT. WOODS - NIGHT The woods are silent. A slight breeze flows through the branches rustling the leaves. Then a sound a twig snapping reverberates throughout the area. The wind begins to get stronger, sweeping up leaves and twigs and throwing them around the woods. A bolt of lightening hits a tree causing a large branch to crash to the ground, erupting into a large ball of flame. The flaming branch lands with a thud, sending sparks flying. As the sparks meet the other trees and plant-life the flames are quickly spread. The flames begin to grow higher making it difficult to see. But we can see something. Through the flames we can make out a shape coming towards. At first we can't make out who or what it is. Then the familiar tale whips around. IT'S PUMPKINHEAD Pumpkinhead steps into the flames. Soon he is totally engulfed, we lose sight of him as the flames rise up around him. Pumpkinhead doesn't stop coming forward. He strolls out of the fire as if it means nothing to him. His body is alight with fire but he doesn't seem to notice. When he moves out of the actual fire, the flames that had engulfed him flow off his body like water down glass. We can see that his body is totally unharmed. The flames have had no affect, not even a slight scorch can be seen anywhere. He turns his head from side to side as though he is looking for something. He seems to sense what he is looking for. Facing east he takes what appears to be a deep breath and snarls. As he moves off screen towards his quarry the flames grow high until they fill the screen. Over the crackling of the fire we can hear the unmistakable roar of the demon of vengeance. INT. ALBRIGHT'S HOUSE - NIGHT King is busy loading his gun 'just in case'. John is still looking out of the window. Albright stands next to him. Maria has rested her head on the arm of the sofa her eyes are closed. Ed Hagman stares blankly at a wall. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (to John) What you looking at? JOHN TATE Nothing. Just looking. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Well try not to stand too in front of the window, just in case. We wouldn't want anyone to see you. John smiles weakly then goes back to his self-imposed sentry duty. Albright put a reassuring hand on John's shoulder then turns to face the rest of the group. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Now everyone please. Like I have said, we'll be safe here. Jason Voorhees doesn't know where we are. Maria lifts her head towards Albright MARIA DEPTFORD (tired) But what about Pumpkinhead? SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Christ. Not this again. Okay, okay. Tell me then what is this 'Pumpkinhead'? Ed turns his gaze from the wall to look at Albright. Albright sits on the arm of King's chair, waiting for the story, ED HAGMAN It's kind of complicated SHERIFFALBRIGHT Hey, I've got the time. ED HAGMAN People around here. The locals I mean, no those that have moved here from the cities. People say that for everyone of man's sins and negative emotions there is a demon that resides in hell to represent it. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Okay. And? ED HAGMAN And so there is a demon of greed, a demon of lust, a demon of pride and so on. DEPUTY KING Okay, we're with you so far. So what has this got to do with Potatoface? ED HAGMAN It's Pumpkinhead and I'm getting to that. Like I said a demon for every sin and emotion. Now the most powerful emotion that a man can possess is grief. Not love, grief. This grief normally manifests itself in one way. The need for revenge. The strongest emotion is 'Vengeance' and that is where Pumpkinhead comes in. (beat) Pumpkinhead is vengeance incarnated. Being the child of the most powerful of human emotions also makes him the most powerful of his kind. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (laughing) And you three think he is out there? ED HAGMAN We don't think. The truth is it was me who unleashed Pumpkinhead on the town. I was angry at Lisa's death, I wanted the pain to go away. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Now that I understand. But come on. Demons. What a load of crap. King and Albright begin to laugh at the absurdity of what they have just been told. Looking at John we can see his face as turned to a look of fright as he stares into the blackness. He steps backwards and trips, falling to his butt. The others look at him. King jumps to his feet and walks over to John DEPUTY KING What's the matter? John points a trembling finger towards the window. Deputy King follows John's finger with his gaze. He scrunches his eyes, trying to see through the darkness, but he can't seem to see anything. He strolls over to the window and peers outside. OUTSIDE The yard is empty. We can see King looking through the window. Nobody is outside. INSIDE King turns around and smiles DEPUTY KING There's nothing there. You're probably just seeing Things! GLASS SHATTERS and King looks down to see the blade of a machete poking through his chest. The other jump up in fright and backup into a corner. The blade is pulled free. The two powerful arms of Jason Voorhees reach through the window and pull King backwards into the darkness. MARIA DEPTFORD NO PLEASE! SOMEONE HELP US! Albright grabs her head with his hands and turns her to face him. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Quiet. Now lets get the fuck out of here. They race towards the front door. Halfway down the hallway the front door is ripped off its hinges. They skid to a halt. Albright's looks at whatever as torn his door off in sheer disbelief. We soon learn that Albright has come face to face with the creature he believed didn't exist. Pumpkinhead stands in the doorway blocking their exit. His lips curled back in a snarl. More glass smashing behind them. THE FRONT ROOM Jason breaks through the window sending a shower of glass and wood flying. He brushes a chair aside with ease. The chair crashes into a wall and goes halfway through it. The crack travels up the wall and along the ceiling causing dust and debris to fall on top of Jason. Jason moves forward THE HALL Albright grabs John and Maria and pulls them through a side door, Ed follows. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Come on through the side door. Pumpkinhead watches them leave and begins to follow. He is about to walk through the door they took when he seems to sense something. His lips move into a half smile / half snarl. The demon turns his head slowly to look at Jason. Jason looks at this strange creature. What he is feeling we cannot see because his mask hides his face. He seems to be studying this thing that is after his prey. Whether or not Jason was going to attack Pumpkinhead is uncertain because the Demon makes the first move. Pumpkinhead delivers a devastating backhand to Jason's face. Jason soars through the air, crashing through the door to the dining room and landing with a sickening thud on top of a large table which folds beneath his weight. Jason looks up towards the creature as it advances towards him. Pumpkinhead grabs Jason by the leg and pulls him forward. At the same time Jason rises to a sitting position. He lunges forward with his blade. It enters Pumpkinhead's chest with accompanied by a nasty slurping sound. Pumpkinhead releases Jasons leg as it stumbles backwards due to the force of the blow. Jason seizes the opportunity and rises to his feet. Pumpkinhead has already recovered. The wound that Jason had just caused can no longer be seen. It snarls defiantly at Jason. Jason walks calmly towards the demon, knocking aside a piece of door the lay in his path. Pumpkinhead moves towards Jason. Jason once again attacks Pumpkinhead with his blade. The machete enters Pumpkinhead's face. The demon howls as the knife is twisted. The demon grabs Jason's attacking arm and pulls. The machete is yanked clear of the demons face which begins to miraculously heal itself. Soon like the wound in his chest, Pumpkinhead's facial wound is gone, not even a scar is visible. Still keeping hold of Jason's arm, Pumpkinhead grabs him by the neck. EXT. ALBRIGHT'S HOUSE - NIGHT The group comes running from around the side of the house. They move towards Albright's car SHERIFF ALBRIGHT What the fuck was that thing? JOHN TATE That was Pumpkinhead They look towards the house just in time to see Jason sails a good twenty feet through the doorway, his feet never touching the ground. He crashes into Albright's car causing it to flip onto its side. Jason is slumped down, seemingly unconscious. A few moment later he slowly lifts his head. Pumpkinhead is in hot pursuit. The demon walks slowly towards its new plaything. Jason slowly rises to his feet, grabbing his machete. Pumpkinhead stops moving. It stares at Jason as though he is trying to figure this masked thing out. It is now Jason's turn to attack first. He throws a punch that would have knocked a normal persons head clean off. Pumpkinhead's head snaps back, but it has no more affect than that. Jason delivers blow after blow, forcing the demon back. Jason swings another punch. Pumpkinhead grabs his hand and twists. The sound of bones breaking can be heard. Jason stops his onslaught and staggers back. Pumpkinhead takes the opportunity and slashes across Jason's chest with his large vicious claws. Thick black blood spurts out of Jason and splatters on the face and chest of the vengeance demon. Jason takes a deep breath and punches Pumpkinhead as hard as he can. The demon twists as it falls backwards, crashing face first to the dirt and gravel. Jason comes after the demon. Pumpkinhead's tail whips around Jason and tries to drag him down. Jason grabs his machete from his belt and slices half of it off. He grabs the remaining half and swings. He lets go sending Pumpkinhead soaring into the upturned car. The car seems to fold with the power. Pumpkinhead lies face first in the dirt. Slowly he lifts his head to face Jason. Jason towers over him. Pumpkinhead snarls. We move down the demon's body. We come to a stop at the creatures tail, or at least the stump where the tail had been. Soon a new tail begins to grown in replacement of the one just lost. Jason lifts the machete high above his head then begins thrusting it over and over into the demon. Pumpkinhead's body shudders with each hit. As Jason delivers each blow Pumpkinhead slowly rises to his knees. Soon he is on all fours. Jason stabs him in the back of the head causing the Vengeance demon to slump forward. Using its powerful arms to balance itself, Pumpkinhead slowly lifts his head again. It turns its gaze towards Jason in time to see. Jason attacks Pumpkinhead with his machete. Pumpkinhead blocks the attack. The machete is knocked out of Jason's hand and it skids along the floor. Pumpkinhead grabs Jason and pulls him down. Jason's head slams into the deck with a crunch. Pumpkinhead keeps him pinned down as he rises to his feet. It grabs Jason by the left arm and swings him into the car, never losing its grip. The power of Jason hitting the car causes it to slide a couple of feet. Still keeping hold of Jason's arm, Pumpkinhead swings Jason around the other way, swinging Jason with tremendous force once again into the car. Pumpkinhead lets go. Jason lies on the ground looking up towards the stars. His view is suddenly filled with the snarling visage of Pumpkinhead as it looks down at him. A large string of drool snakes out of the demon's snarling mouth and lands on Jason's mask. Jason tries to rise but Pumpkinhead stomps on Jason's face with the power of a pile driver. Jason's head sinks into the ground, causing a small crater to appear, Pumpkinhead lifts his foot. Jason's hand reaches up and grabs Pumpkinhead's ankle. He swings his arm in an arc. The rest of Pumpkinhead naturally follows his ankle. He slams into the gravel sending little bits of stone flying. Jason is back on his feet. He looks seriously pissed. Pumpkinhead also gets to his feet. The two of them look at each other, trying to size the other up. CUT TO Albright drops a mobile phone has he grabs hold of Maria to stop her from falling backwards in fear of seeing the two monsters battle each other. JOHN TATE What the fuck do we do now? ED HAGMAN We get the hell out of here, that's what Both Jason and Pumpkinhead turn their heads to face the group. Jason looks back towards Pumpkinhead, the over to John. He moves towards John. He raises his machete for the kill. Ed Hagman pushes John out of the way, just in time to have the machete ram into his own shoulder. Ed Hagman cries out in pain. Pumpkinhead grips his own shoulder in the same general area and also roars in agony. He growls and moves towards Jason. Jason turns to face the oncoming demon. He swings with his blade, slicing across the demons face. He swings again, this time cutting open Pumpkinhead's chest. Jason slashes Pumpkinhead over and over, forcing the creature back. He swings again but Pumpkinhead grabs him by the face and lifts Jason effortlessly off the floor. Pumpkinhead brings Jason slowly forward until only his own Hand is preventing his and Jason's face from touching. With a roar he throws Jason to one side. Jason slides across the floor only coming to a halt when his head hits a tree. Jason has been lifted high above the head of Pumpkinhead. Pumpkinhead swings Jason into the floor and then without missing a beat hurls him towards the house. Jason crashes into the front porch causing it to come crashing down on top of him. Pumpkinhead advances towards him as Jason rises like a Phoenix from the ashes. Jason head snaps to face Pumpkinhead; you can sense the absolute hatred that Jason has for this creature. Jason raises his machete high! Pumpkinhead uppercuts with his razor sharp claws, ripping apart Jason's midsection. The machete falls from his hand. Pumpkinhead delivers another devastating blow. Jason collapses. Pumpkinhead stamps on his back, the wood of the collapsed porch cracking beneath him. Albright races up behind Pumpkinhead, a pitchfork held high. With a yell he drives it deep into the demons back. Pumpkinhead stumbles forward, the pitchfork still lodged deep into his back. The demon spins around to face his attacker. Albright looks scared. Pumpkinhead pushes Albright. Albright soars through the air and lands on THE FENCE crashes below Albright. He looks towards his gut and sees he has been impaled through a section of it. John races over to Albright. He grabs the sheriff by the arm and tries to help him to his feet. SHERIFF ALBRIGHT (in agony) STOP! PLEASE! JOHN TATE But we've got to get out of here Sheriff Albright tries feebly to push John away SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Go. JOHN TATE Not without you SHERIFF ALBRIGHT Look I'm telling you (he coughs up blood) go. John is beginning to realize that he can't help the sheriff. John rises to his feet and turns to face Pumpkinhead. The demon backhands John who falls onto his back. It looks from the dead body of Albright to John lying on his back looking up in fear toward the demon. It snarls at John before grabbing Albright and ripping him free from the fence post. John scrambles to his feet and backs up very quickly. Pumpkinhead takes no notice of him for the moment. It lifts Albright up by his leg. A small crucifix on a chain falls from inside his collar and dangles over his face. Pumpkinhead sees this and looks disgusted. It rips the cross from Albright and hurls it onto the ground and then stomps on it. Jason begins to get to his feet. Pumpkinhead turns towards him. Jason looks towards Pumpkinhead just in time to see the remains of Albright come hurtling across the air and smack Jason square in the chest. Jason is knocked back but he doesn't fall. Pumpkinhead grabs a bit of fence post and hurls it at Jason. Jason keeps coming as the posts sail harmlessly past him. He lunges at Pumpkinhead, thrusting his machete through the demon's heart. Pumpkinhead grabs Jason's machete wielding arm with one hand and rams the other into Jason's gut. Thick black blood oozes out of the large wound onto Pumpkinhead's arm. Pumpkinhead rips his arm free of Jason's belly and throws the masked killer hard into a large nearby tree. The tree shudders with the impact of the blow, leaves flutter to floor. CUT TO Maria and Ed run over to the fallen Porch. They scramble over the rubble until they find what they are looking for, ALBRIGHT They begin to rummage through his coat. Maria smiles and fishes something out of Albright's pocket MARIA DEPTFORD Got it. ED HAGMAN Call the police MARIA DEPTFORD Is there any left? ED HAGMAN I don't know. We've got to try something Maria nods. She begins to dial the number for the station. VOICE (filtered, angry) Hello. Sheriff's office. This better be an emergency! MARIA DEPTFORD Help us, they're going to kill us VOICE (filtered) Where are you? MARIA DEPTFORD At sheriff Albright's VOICE (filtered, urgent) The sheriff's? Quick put him on MARIA DEPTFORD I can't VOICE (filtered) What? MARIA DEPTFORD He's dead! The voice doesn't say anything. MARIA DEPTFORD (CONT'D) Hello? VOICE (filtered) Sorry, it's just a bit of a shock MARIA DEPTFORD You want a fucking? shock get the fuck over here. VOICE (filtered) Look I'll send as many people as we can spare but something happened at the station earlier. MARIA DEPTFORD I fucking know that, I was there. One of them is here now. VOICE (filtered, shocked) You mean the guy in the mask? MARIA DEPTFORD Yes. Now please help us. The sound of muffled voices can be heard over the phone VOICE (filtered) Look, stay where you. People are coming. Maria turns to Ed MARIA DEPTFORD They're coming. (to John) THEY'RE COMING Pumpkinhead hears her shout and turns to face her. Maria sees the demon looking at her and drops the phone in fright. Then to make matters worse she accidentally stands on it. The demon advances towards the girl. Ed looks for some way to help. He notices the pitchfork lodged under a piece of porch. He rushes over to it and tries to pull it free. Eventually it gives way and Ed manages to pull it free, but he brushes against a broken piece of wood, leaving a deep gash in his leg. Pumpkinhead howls in pain and looks down at his own leg. A large gash has appeared on Pumpkinhead's leg in the same place Ed has cut his. Ed looks at Pumpkinhead's wound and then down at his own. His eyes light up as he is beginning to realise the link the two share. CUT TO Jason looms over Pumpkinhead. Pumpkinhead arches backwards as piece of fence post erupts through his chest. Pumpkinhead turns his own head almost one hundred and eighty degrees to face Jason. The rest of the body quickly follows so that the two titans of terror are face to face. Pumpkinhead grabs Jason by both arms and pulls him close so that they are both impaled on the fence post. Pumpkinhead then pulls Jason free, taking the post with him. Pumpkinhead pushes the post further through Jason so that a large section protrudes out his back. Pumpkinhead lifts Jason by the post and tosses him with supernatural strength towards the upturned car. The post sticks into the car with Jason still impaled on it, pinning him to the vehicle. He rips the post out of his abdomen and gets to his feet He throws down the pieces of fence post, it sticks into the ground. Jason walks menacingly towards Pumpkinhead. Pumpkinhead walks towards Jason. Pumpkinhead slashes Jason across the chest with his massive claws. More black blood splurts out of Jason's newest wound. Pumpkinhead grabs Jason by the head and begins to squeeze. Jason tries to push him off but he can't move the more powerful demon. Pumpkinhead twits once. The sound of Jason's neck can be heard as it breaks. Pumpkinhead discards Jason like an old doll, simply tossing him to one side. The demon turns to face Maria and John who are stood together. In the distance we can hear sirens blaring It begins to move towards the teens but Jason's hand reaches out and grabs Pumpkinhead by the ankle. Pumpkinhead looks down at the undead killer. With a growl, the demon thrusts his hand straight through the back of Jason's skull and rips two thirds of his skull clean off. EXT. STREET - NIGHT The cars come blaring down the street with lights and siren blaring. EXT . ALBRIGHT'S HOUSE - NIGHT Pumpkinhead lifts Jason up slightly. Deciding that he has finished with Jason, Pumpkinhead lets go, letting the body of Jason slump into the mud. The demon turns back towards the teens. CUT TO The police cars come hurtling up the drive way. The officers quickly get out and busy themselves fetching body armor and weapns out of the car and putting them on. They race over to where Ed, John and Maria re standing. So far none of them has noticed Pumpkinhead or the body of Jason. OFFICER 1 (to group) You guys alrig... He turns to see Pumpkinhead come towards them. The other officers have noticed it now and almost drop their weapons in fear. OFFICER 1 HOLY SHIT! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? A second officer comes up beside him wielding a shotgun OFFICER 2 What do we do? OFFICER 1 (to second officer) Take it down! (To other officers) Take it down The officer with the shotgun unloads a blast into Pumpkinheads midsection. The demon is knocked slightly back by the impact but other than that is unharmed. Pumpkinhead changes its glance from John and Maria to the officers. It advances towards them The officers are unloading everything they have into Pumpkinhead but the bullets are having no affect, the are no wounds even visible on the demons body. Pumpkinhead is now very close to the second officer. The officer shoots Pumpkinhead square in the chest, blowing a hole in the beast. The officer looks on, his mouth open wide in shock as the large wound closes its up instantaneously. Pumpkinhead grabs the barrel of the shotgun and pulls it free from the officers grasp. Pumpkinhead then rams it butt first through the head of the officer. CUT TO Ed grabs his own face and screams in agony. He falls to his knees. Maria and John run to him JOHN TATE Come on Ed, get up! Ed says nothing. CUT TO The other officers keep firing at the creature, but panic has filled the air. They are running to try and get into better positions and just to hide from this unnatural creature. Pumpkinhead manages to grab one officer has he stumbles over the fence post Jason had stuck in the ground. He finds himself impaled through the neck to the same post. CUT TO Ed slowly get to his feet. He staggers over to the officer with the shot gun through his face. When he looks down at the grisly sight he has to put his hand to his mouth to stop himself from being sick. CUT TO Pumpkinhead is being shot at close range by a female officer. She is backing up as Pumpkinhead advances. Soon the gun is empty and is just making that clicking noise you wouldn't want to hear at a time like this. Pumpkinhead slaps her across the side of the head. She soars a good twenty feet through the air and lands with a nasty crunch on the floor. her neck has been broken. Pumpkinhead stops moving for a moment. We can hear the officers shouting OFFICERS WHAT IS IT? JESUS CHRIST! HOW THE FUCK DO WE STOP THIS THING? Pumpkinhead seems to be relishing the fear that everyone has for it. He lifts his head high and ROARS proudly. The officer's watch in awe and fear as the demon roars. Its arms outstretched and tail flailing wildly. CUT TO Ed tosses the shotgun to John ED HAGMAN Use it. John catches the shotgun. He checks that it is loaded. It is. He aims it straight at Pumpkinhead CUT TO Pumpkinhead has grabbed another officer. One of Pumpkinhead's claws is on the officer's shoulder, the other on the officer's waist. Without much effort, Pumpkinhead rips the officer in half sending a torrent of blood spraying everywhere. Pumpkinhead throws the two halves in opposite directions CUT TO John is preparing to fire at the Demon. ED HAGMAN NO! JOHN TATE But you said use it! ED HAGMAN I meant on me. JOHN TATE I can't do that! Maria looks frightened by what is being asked of John MARIA DEPTFORD What are you saying Mr. Hagman? Ed turns to face Maria and smiles, his body spasms . ED HAGMAN It's okay, I figured out what the old bitch wasn't telling me. MARIA DEPTFORD (crying) I don't understand. ED HAGMAN Me and it. He points to Pumpkinhead. Pumpkinhead can be seen bending over. When it stands upright we can see the silhouette of a human spine and what can only be blood dripping from it. Ed Hagman jerks as if something has hit him in the back. ED HAGMAN We're connected. JOHN TATE I don't get it. ED HAGMAN It was my blood that gave that creature life. We are part of each other. My life is its life. My death will be its death. MARIA DEPTFORD There has to be another way ED HAGMAN We don't have time to look. (to John) Do it JOHN TATE I ... ED HAGMAN Do it John fires the shotgun directly at Ed. Ed is knocked backwards, landing on his beck. ED HAGMAN Ummph! CUT TO Pumpkinhead roars in agony as it to falls to the ground. A large hole as appeared in the demons stomach. It does not vanish like the others. Maria and John watch as Pumpkinhead starts to get to his feet. MARIA DEPTFORD What the fuck? Mr. Hagman said that... John looks towatds Ed. Ed's hand twitches JOHN TATE Shit. He's still alive They race over to Ed and kneel beside him. Pumpkinhead is almost to his feet ED HAGMAN (to John) Finish it, JOHN TATE I can't. Please! Ed grabs the barrel of the shot gun and positions it to his own head. ED HAGMAN Do it. JOHN TATE I can't ED HAGMAN (screaming) DO IT!! Pumpkinhead is slowly advancing to John and Maria when suddenly the noise of a shotgun going off can be heard. A large section of the Demons head blows off as if it had an explosive device inside the skull. John and Maria are hiding their eyes so they don't have to see the remains of Ed Hagman. There is a blinding flash. They look up. The remains of Pumpkinhead have burst into flames. The flames get higher. Maria reaches into her pocket and fishes out a small ring. JOHN TATE What's that? MARIA DEPTFORD It was Lisa's. I just remembered I had it. I think he would like it. JOHN TATE Yeah I'm sure he would! Maria places it carefully inside Ed's breast pocket John and Maria embrace. The nightmare is over EXT. GRAVEYARD - NIGHT On top of Pumpkinhead's grave we can see a figure digging. Closer we can see that it is the witch. She places something inside the grave. It looks similar to how Pumpkinhead looked when Ed first brought him to her, except this one is missing a big section of its head. As she starts to pile the dirt back on the missing part of the head begins to miraculously heal itself. Something shiny falls from the chest of the creature. Closer we see that the creature is actually wearing clothes, which are covered in dirt and blood. The shiny item is the ring that Maria put in Ed Hagman's pocket. FADE TO BLACK END CREDITS ROLL
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