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FADE IN:
INT. APRIL'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
There is a college Halloween party taking place. The room
is smoky, with about a dozen college kids having fun. A
girl, APRIL, early 20's, goth-like, is staring out the window
at the fake cemetery in the front yard. Nearby, TWO FEMALES
are talking about April.
FEMALE 1
I heard she used to be this 'straight
A, on her way to Harvard' type.
FEMALE 2
I know someone who went to high school
with her. He says that she's totally
different.
FEMALE 1
If some psycho killed you're little
brother, you'd go a little nuts,
too.
FEMALE 2
Yeah, that's too bad. I'm glad Adam
talked her into throwing this party,
though. Nothing like Halloween at
Goth Queen's house.
The two females mingle with the other students and disappear
into the crowd. Adam, early 20's, jock type, emerges from
the crowd with his eyes on April. He looks down at a picture
in his hand.
INSERT - THE PICTURE
The photo is of Adam and April. Adam is in his high school
letterman's jacket, and April is holding up an academic award.
The April in the picture is happy and a totally different
person than the depressed April at the party.
BACK TO SCENE
Adam walks over to April. He sets the picture on the window
seal. April looks down at it.
ADAM
Remember them?
APRIL
Yeah, I remember them.
ADAM
What happened to them?
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2.
APRIL
Well, the girl died. The same time
as my brother.
April looks back out the window. Adam picks up the picture,
and leans real close to April's ear.
ADAM (whispering)
You're wrong. They're not dead.
Just sleeping.
Adam turns to leave her. April grabs his arm and stops him.
APRIL
Help me to wake them.
She lets go. She watches his reflection in the window nod
at her and then leave. She then focuses on her reflection
in the window.
APRIL (whispering) (CONT'D)
What did happen to you?
Her reflection winks back at her, but April did not wink.
APRIL (CONT'D)
What?
April keeps staring at her reflection, but it does not do
anything else. A hand grabs April's shoulder from behind.
She spins around with a CRY. It is her friend, JAMIE.
Female, early 20's, spunky.
JAMIE
Whoa! It's just me, sweetie.
APRIL
Sorry, I just got spooked.
(April glances at her
reflection.)
It being Halloween, and all.
JAMIE
It's okay, I'll survive. You looked
so lonely over here, I thought I'd
come ant talk before I went home.
Are you alright?
APRIL
I'm fine. It's just my damn memory.
If it would just shut up and forget
all the bad stuff.
JAMIE
Does this have anything to do with
Adam?
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3.
APRIL
No, it doesn't have anything to do
with Adam. I wish everyone would
get off my back about Adam. Our
relationship is over. It wouldn't
work between us, anyway.
JAMIE
Why not?
APRIL
Because I don't want it to.
There is an awkward moment of silence, and April goes back
to staring out the window. It starts raining.
JAMIE
I care for you, April. You're like
a sister to me. I just want to know
if there is anything I can do to
help you.
APRIL
Just be a friend, Jamie. Just be
supportive.
Rod, Jamie's boyfriend comes over. He grabs Jamie and kisses
her hard.
ROD
How's that for supportive?
JAMIE
You support April like that, and
I'll be cracking more nuts than just
Planters.
(to April)
If there is anything I can do for
you, April.
APRIL
I know, you're here for me.
Rod is all over Jamie. Kissing her neck, rubbing her legs
and chest.
JAMIE
You've got it, baby, but first I
have to tame the wild beast here.
ROD
Alright! Finally this party is
getting good!
Jamie looks at the clock. It's getting late.
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4.
JAMIE
Oh, crap! I have to go to work early
tomorrow. I've got to go home and
get some sleep.
ROD
And this effects 'taming the wild
beast' how?
JAMIE
It means that the beast will have to
tame itself tonight. You've had
plenty of practice at that before
you met me, right?
ROD
That's harsh.
JAMIE
(to April)
Will you come visit me after your
classes tomorrow?
APRIL
I'll be there. Be careful walking
home.
JAMIE
I only live a few blocks away.
APRIL
I know, but it's been raining off
and on all night.
JAMIE
Thanks mom, I'll be sure to watch
out for the killer rain drops from
Hell.
Jamie and Rod exchange good-bye kisses, and Jamie leaves the
house as she waves to April.
EXT. STREET -- MOMENTS LATER
Empty, dark, the sidewalks and street are wet, but it has
stopped raining. Dark houses line the street. Jamie is
walking by herself. A streetlight flickers. BARKING DOGS
can be heard in the distance.
VOICE (O.S.)
Jamie!
Jamie turns and looks into the shadows behind her. No one
can be seen. A sad MOANING is heard.
JAMIE
Hello? Is anyone there?
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5.
Silence answers. She starts walking again at a faster pace.
VOICE (O.S.)
Jamie!
She spins around, but again sees just an empty street.
JAMIE
Where are you?
VOICE (O.S.)
Everywhere. You can't get away.
I've come for you.
Jamie is scared.
JAMIE
Who the fuck are you?
VOICE (O.S.)
I'm a collector.
JAMIE
What?
VOICE (O.S.)
I've come to collect you. Your time
has come.
The voice LAUGHS hideously.
JAMIE
Fuck you!
Jamie runs down the street. The puddles that she passes
shimmer in the moonlight giving off reflections of Jamie
running. Puddle after puddle.
A grotesque hand reaches out of one of the puddles, and grabs
Jamie's ankle. She falls face first into a much larger puddle
on the sidewalk.
She looks back to see what tripped her, but sees nothing.
She looks at her reflection in the puddle. She is bleeding
from a gash on her forehead.
She SCREAMS. Two arms reach out of the puddle, grab her,
and pull her into the puddle. Her screams stop. Jamie is
gone.
EXT. APRIL'S HOUSE -- NIGHT
The fake cemetery is still in the front yard. A police car
drives up the street. It pulls into the driveway of April's
house. RANDAL, late 40's, stocky, gets out of the car. A
few students are leaving through the fake cemetery. Randal
enters the house.
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6.
INT. APRIL'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
The living room is a complete college party mess. Randal
closes the front door. April is cleaning up the mess.
RANDAL
Hi princess.
April puts a half filled cup of beer into her plastic garbage
bag. She turns too look at Randal.
APRIL
Hi dad. How was your night?
April goes back to picking up the trash.
RANDAL
Oh, it was alright. Had a drug bust,
and an attempted suicide, but this
one case freaked me out.
APRIL
What happened?
RANDAL
This girl, about your age,
accidentally electrocuted herself in
her bathroom with her curling iron.
APRIL
This happened at night?
RANDAL
Yep, about three hours ago. Strange
thing is, I think she was murdered.
APRIL
Why is that?
RANDAL
I was the first one there. When I
got there; I found a note. It was
lying on the counter in the bathroom.
I couldn't read it at first. It
took me a minute to realize that it
was written backward. I put it to
the mirror and I read it perfectly.
APRIL
So, it was like one of those kid
puzzles?
RANDAL
Yeah, exactly. Anyway, it said,
"You can't run from your reflection."
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7.
APRIL
Sounds like a suicide note to me.
RANDAL
I put the note back down on the
counter. No one went into the
bathroom, but when the next guy showed
up, I was going to show him. The
note was gone.
APRIL
That's impossible.
RANDAL
I don't know. Someone had to have
gotten in there. I'm feeling a little
tired, and a little freaked out.
Can you handle this mess by yourself?
APRIL
Of course I can.
Randal walks up the stairs to his bedroom.
INT. RANDAL'S BEDROOM -- NIGHT
Large space, tidy. Randal wakes up from a nightmare.
RANDAL
Holy Christ! Damn!
His wife, Sue, early 40's, attractive, is lying next to him.
He wakes her up.
SUE
Are you alright, honey?
RANDAL
Yeah. Damn. Just a crazy dream.
SUE
What was it about?
Randal sits up in the bed.
RANDAL
It was about Jeffory Kizor.
SUE
Oh my God, I'm sorry, honey.
RANDAL
Yeah. I've got to go to the bathroom.
Randal gets up and walks to the bathroom door. Sue rolls
over. Randal passes a mirror setting up on the dresser.
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8.
JEFFORY KIZOR, dead and rotted, is in the mirror watching
Randal.
INT. BATHROOM -- CONTINUOUS
Ordinary, white with a fish theme. Randal enters and walks
to the sink. He looks into the mirror over the sink.
RANDAL
It was just a dream, you chicken
shit.
Randal turns the water faucet on. Water SPLASHES into the
sink. He catches some water in his cupped hands, and splashes
it on his face.
VOICE (O.S.)
Who said it was a dream?
Randal pulls his hands away from his face, and looks into
the mirror. Blood, not water, is covering his face.
RANDAL
Holy shit!
Randal blinks, and the water is back.
VOICE (O.S.)
Was that a dream?
Randal turns and scans the bathroom. No one else is there.
RANDAL
Who the hell said that?
The shower curtain is partly closed. Randal walks over,
reaches out, and pulls it back. There is nothing there.
VOICE (O.S.)
You did.
Randal spins around from the shower. He looks at his
reflection in the mirror.
RANDAL
(to himself)
Am I going crazy?
Randal's reflection smiles at him, and starts LAUGHING.
Randal backs away from the mirror. His heels hit the base
of the bathtub. He puts his hands to his ears.
RANDAL (CONT'D)
Stop laughing! Stop it!
Someone begins POUNDING on the bathroom door.
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9.
SUE (O.S.)
Honey, are you alright?
The laughing stops. Randal looks back at the mirror, and
watches as his reflection morphs into Jeffory Kizor.
RANDAL
Oh shit. I'm still dreaming.
JEFFORY
No. You're not.
Randal SCREAMS. Jeffory leaps halfway out of the mirror,
and grabs Randal. Jeffory pulls Randal close to his face.
JEFFORY (CONT'D)
Are you scared?
Outside the bathroom door, Sue continues to POUND on the
door.
SUE
Randy, what's going on? You're
scaring me.
JEFFORY
(so only Randal can
hear)
There's more where that came from,
babe. I'm going to get her, Randy-
boy. I'm going to get all of you,
but I want to play first.
Jeffory throws Randal down. Randal's head bounces off the
toilet with a LOUD THUD. Randal crumples to the floor,
unconscious. Blood pools around his head.
INT. HOSPITAL ROOM -- MORNING
Cold, white, and boring. Randal is lying in the bed. He
has a bandage around his head and tubes going in his nose to
help him breathe. April and Sue are in the room. A DOCTOR
enters.
DOCTOR
Randal has suffered from a serious
blow to the head. He has a very
serious concussion, and a bruise on
his cerebellum. He is in a coma.
SUE
Oh my God.
Sue falls down into her chair.
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10.
DOCTOR
If it makes anyone feel better, in
instances like this, the comas usually
only last a few days. A week at
most. There is a very good chance
that he is going to be fine.
APRIL
But there is also a chance that he
won't come out of it. So quit giving
us this 'everything's going to be
fine' bullshit.
SUE
April! That's no way to-
APRIL
(interrupting Sue)
No, mom, don't even start. This
world sucks. Happy endings don't
exist. Stanley's dead, and now dad's
going to die. We're all going to
die.
April leaves the room, SLAMMING the door.
SUE
I'm sorry, Doctor. She's just upset.
DOCTOR
It's okay, I've seen worse. Go after
her, before she gets worse. I'll
take care of Randal.
Sue shakes the doctor's hand, and leaves the room.
INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY -- CONTINUOUS
Long, white. Gourneys and doors like the hallway. There is
an elevator at the end of the hallway. The elevator doors
are mirrors. April is walking to the elevator. She pushes
the elevator button, and turns her back to the elevator to
wait for it.
There are nurses and patients walking the hall, but no one
pays attention to April. April's reflection in the mirror
door turns around and looks at April's back. The reflection's
eyes are an unnatural red. April's reflection reaches out
of the mirror, and as the arm passes into the real world, it
becomes Jeffery Kizor's arm. The finger tips are about to
touch her shoulder, when the elevator DINGS, and begins to
open. The arms quickly go back into the mirror, and the
reflection turns to normal as April turns around. The
elevator doors open, and it is empty.
SUE
April! Wait!
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11.
Sue is running down the hall towards April. April waits for
her, and they enter the elevator together.
EXT. COLLEGE CAMPUS -- DAY
There are trees and bushes making the campus look nice.
Several buildings litter the campus. April walks out of one
of the buildings with a group of other student. Rod is
waiting at the bottom of the steps on his motorcycle. He
gets off his bike and walks to April.
APRIL
Rod, I'm not in the mood for any of
you shit. My dad is in the hospital,
and I'm in a very pissy mood.
ROD
Have you seen Jamie?
APRIL
No, not since last night. What's
the matter?
ROD
Her mom called me and told me that
she never came home last night.
APRIL
What? But she left the party to go
home and sleep.
ROD
I know. Something must have happened
to her.
APRIL
Look, I'm supposed to go visit her
at work. I was going there now,
maybe she's there. You can come
with me.
ROD
Alright, but she would have gone
home last night.
INT. PHOTO LAB -- LATER
Photos litter the counter. Cameras line the shelves, and
film. There is an OLD MAN at the counter. He is the only
customer in the store. A young woman, SHELLY, young and
hot, behind the counter is helping the old man.
SHELLY
Can I help you, sir?
The old man puts a roll of film on the counter.
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12.
OLD MAN
Yes, I'd like to have these pictures
developed.
Shelly takes the roll from the old man.
SHELLY
Alrighty, we'll have them done for
you in an hour.
OLD MAN
Thank you, youngster.
SHELLY
Have a nice day.
The old man leave out the door. As he is leaving, April and
Rod come into the store. The rush up to Shelly.
SHELLY (CONT'D)
Hey! Adam was just here looking for
you, April.
APRIL
Have you seen Jamie today?
SHELLY
No, she didn't show up for work today.
I have to work a double for her lazy
ass.
ROD
Fuck! Damn it!
SHELLY
Is there something wrong?
ROD
Her mom called me early this morning.
She never made it home.
SHELLY
Oh no! Have you talked to the police?
ROD
Fuck the police! I'm going to find
her and take care of whoever's behind
it, my way.
He reaches into his jacket pocket and pulls out a switchblade.
He pops the blade.
SHELLY
Get out of here with that, Rod.
You're going to get me in trouble.
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13.
APRIL
Rod, I can go to some of my dad's
friends at work. They'll help us.
ROD
No.
Rod leaves the store.
SHELLY
Well, there goes a loose cannon.
He's going to get someone hurt.
APRIL
I've got to go. Talk to you later.
SHELLY
Okay, sorry to hear about you're
dad. Adam told me.
APRIL
Thanks.
April leaves the store.
INT. APRIL'S HOUSE - HALLWAY -- LATER
Three doors lead into rooms. Pictures line the hall down to
the stairs. There is a full length mirror on the wall at
the top of the stairs. April is looking at the pictures on
the wall. There are family pictures, pictures of her
graduation. A particular picture catches her attention.
INSERT - PICTURE ON WALL
It is a picture of April and her brother Stanley, about 13
years old, skinny.
BACK TO SCENE
April hears a door SHUT behind her. She turns and looks.
Sue is standing behind her.
SUE
You miss him?
APRIL
Yeah.
SUE
I'm glad you're finally talking about
him. It took your father and me a
long time to accept it, too. April,
death is..
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14.
APRIL
(interrupting)
I don't want to talk about his.
Death can go fuck himself.
April goes into her room. Sue watches as April SLAMS the
door.
INT. APRIL'S BEDROOM -- EVENING
Gothic decorations. Full of depressing images. There is a
desk with a computer on it, and a television. April is lying
on her bed. The television is on, but April in nodding off.
There is a KNOCK on her bedroom door.
APRIL
Come in.
Adam enters the room.
ADAM
Hey, you okay?
APRIL
I guess. It's been a very bad day.
Close the door.
Adam closes the door, walks to the bed. He wants to sit by
her in the bed, but sits in the chair by her desk instead.
ADAM
I've been looking for you all day.
APRIL
Yeah, so I've heard.
ADAM
I'm sorry about your dad.
APRIL
Me too. Do you know that Jamie has
disappeared?
ADAM
I know. Rod came over. He's
convinced that she was kidnapped or
something. He wanted me to help him
hund down whoever did it. When I
told him no, he asked to borrow my
dad's shotgun.
APRIL
Shit. He's the psycho.
Adam stands up.
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15.
ADAM
Listen, I'm going to go home. You
look like you want to be alone. If
you need me, pick up the phone.
APRIL
Okay.
Adam leaves the bedroom, and closes the door. April picks
up the remote for the television. She channel surfs through
a few channels, and then turns it off. Blackness swallows
the screen. She looks at her reflection in the black screen.
It looks like someone is standing next to her bed. She looks,
but no one is there.
APRIL (CONT'D)
(to herself)
Well, you can't just sit around here.
April gets up off the bed and leaves the room. In the
television screen, her reflection never leaves the bed. Her
image morphs into Jeffery Kizor.
INT. ADAM'S HOUSE - ADAM'S ROOM -- LATER
Upbeat. Sporty, some rock band posters on the walls. There
is a large mirror over his headboard. There is a desk in
the corner of the room with a computer on it. Adam is lying
in a waterbed. On the television, Adam is watching the pilot
episode of "Star Trek." There is a KNOCK at the door.
ADAM
Come in.
Shelly walks in.
ADAM (CONT'D)
Hey, thanks for coming over. I really
appreciate it.
Shelly walks to Adam's bed, and sits down. She looks at the
television.
SHELLY
What are you watching?
ADAM
It's just an old "Star Trek" episode.
It was the first one. It takes place
before Captain Kirk took command of
the enterprise. Christopher Pike is
the captain in this one.
SHELLY
Interesting. Didn't think you were
into "Star Trek."
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ADAM
It's a guilty pleasure.
SHELLY
So, what happens in this one?
ADAM
Pike and Spock come across a world
of aliens that have very powerful
minds. They can manipulate your
mind to make you see and feel what
they want you to. They capture Pike
and play mind games with him, but
Spock rescues him.
SHELLY
Well, how did Pike know it was real?
ADAM
What do you mean?
SHELLY
Couldn't the aliens make Pike only
think that Spock saved him, but in
reality, he's still sitting in some
dirty cell, thinking he was exploring
the universe.
ADAM
Yeah, I suppose they could have.
That's a really good idea, Shelly.
SHELLY
See? I'm not as dumb as I look.
ADAM
I don't know about that. Anyway, I
didn't call you over here to talk
about "Star Trek." Do you think
that April still loves me? I mean,
somewhere deep down inside?
INT. POLICE STATION -- LATER
The police station is frantic. Police officers and
secretaries are all SHOUTING, and phones are RINGING. There
are several desks with stacks of papers. April enters. She
walks to the MAN, late 20's, at the front desk.
APRIL
Excuse me?
The man looks at her.
MAN
Can I help you?
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APRIL
I'm looking for Officer Rodger
Jennings.
The man behind the desk points to RODGER JENNINGS, Mid 40's,
energetic. Rodger is talking to another man sitting at one
of the desks.
APRIL (CONT'D)
Thank you.
April walks over to Rodger as Rodger is finishing up his
conversation.
APRIL (CONT'D)
Hey Rodger.
Rodger turns to look at her.
RODGER
April! It's good to see you. I'm
sorry to hear about your dad. What
can I do for you?
APRIL
My friend, Jamie. She's missing.
She left my house last night, and no
one has heard from her since.
RODGER
I know, we had her mother in here
this morning. We also talked to her
crazy boyfriend. He was harassing
people on the street. That guy's a
psycho. I wouldn't be surprised if
he was the one who took her.
APRIL
Rod would never hurt her. He's just
worried that he's lost her.
RODGER
That's no excuse for threatening
people on the street, April.
APRIL
I know, but he's my friend, and I
know he didn't do anything to her.
RODGER
Listen, there's nothing that you can
do for her here. If she can be found,
we'll find her. After what happened
to your dad, you should be home with
your mom.
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18.
APRIL
You're right. If you find anything
call me.
April turns to leave.
RODGER
If there is anything I can do for
you, just let me know. You're the
closest thing I have to my own
daughter, you know.
APRIL
Okay, but I'm a big girl, so don't
expect any phone calls in the middle
of the night or anything.
April leaves the building.
INT. ADAM'S HOUSE - ADAM'S ROOM -- LATER
Adam and Shelly are sitting at the foot of Adam's waterbed.
ADAM
I just don't understand. You're her
friend, doesn't she talk to you?
SHELLY
Since her brother died, I don't think
she really talks to anyone.
Adam stands up and walks to his desk. The black screen on
the computer reflects the room.
ADAM
That's the part I don't understand.
She can talk to me about anything.
Shelly stands up and walks to Adam. She puts her hand on
his shoulder
SHELLY
Just be patient. She'll come around.
It's hard to get over something like
what she went through, Adam. She'll
realize what you two have together,
and she won't pass you up. No girl
would.
ADAM
Thanks Shelly. You're a good friend.
Too bad you can't talk to Rod like
that and calm him down a bit.
SHELLY
I'm worried about Jamie too, but he
went completely nuts.
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19.
ADAM
I don't know what I'd do if April
suddenly disappeared. Are you going
to help me, or what?
SHELLY
Why don't you write her a letter. I
know she seems like a hard ass, but
all girls like that romantic stuff.
ADAM
I don't write. What would I say?
SHELLY
Tell her how you feel. Tell her a
bunch of crap about how she resembles
the month of April, blah, blah, blah.
You'll think of something. I'm going
to let you get to it. Later.
Shelly walks to Adam's bedroom door.
ADAM
Thanks Shelly.
Shelly leaves the room. Adam sits in the chair at his
computer, and turns the monitor on. He clicks on the word
perfect icon. He leans over the keyboard, about to write,
and the computer shuts off.
ADAM (CONT'D)
What the hell?
Adam checks the plugs behind the desk. His CAT jumps out
from behind the desk. The electrical power cord for the
computer is wrapped around it's leg.
ADAM (CONT'D)
Gabby! You scared me.
Adam untangles the cord from around the cat's leg. He goes
to plug the cord back into the wall socked but stops.
APRIL (O.S.)
Adam.
Adam drops the cord. He looks at his black computer screen.
In the reflection of his room, April is looking back at him.
APRIL (CONT'D)
I know you love me, Adam. I love
you, too. You and I can live forever,
baby. Join me in my new world.
There is a whole new world under
yours, Adam. A world where you can
have or do anything your mind can
imagine.
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20.
Adam backs away from the computer screen.
ADAM
This isn't happening. You can't be
real.
APRIL
Look behind you. Is that real?
Adam turns around. In the mirror above his headboard, April
is lying in the bed. She is naked. A sheet is running
between her legs covering her up. There is a pillow over
her breasts. There is no one in the real bed.
APRIL (CONT'D)
Look at me, Adam. Don't you want
me. My body is so hot for you.
Come over to the mirror. I'll let
you do whatever you want.
Adam takes a step forward, but stops.
ADAM
I don't know what's going on, but
this isn't real. I must be dreaming.
APRIL
(Jeffory Kizor's voice)
Have it you're way, asshole.
April's body melts. Her flesh peels off exposing her
skeleton. Adam SCREAMS and leaves the room.
EXT. STREET -- EVENING
The street is an average street with some kids playing in
some yards. It is the same street that April lives on. Rod
is walking up the street. He is going door to door. He
walks up the driveway of a house, to the front door, and
RINGS the door bell. He takes a picture of Jamie out of his
pocket. An ELDERLY LADY answers the door.
ELDERLY LADY
May I help you, son?
Rod shows her the picture of Jamie.
ROD
Have you seen her?
She squints her eyes at the picture.
ELDERLY LADY
Well, I'd have to get my glasses.
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21.
ROD
Bullshit. You tell me now. Have
you seen her?
ELDERLY LADY
No, I can't see it very well, but
no, I don't think so.
Rod whips out his switchblade, and POPS the blade.
ROD
(interrupting)
You wouldn't lie to me would you?
ELDERLY LADY
I'm calling the cops!
The lady SLAMS the door in Rod's face.
ROD
(shouting)
If you're lying to me, old bitch,
I'm going to come back and carve you
up! You here me?
Rod walks back to the street. He looks at his watch. Under
the streetlight, the glass on the watch cast a reflection.
INSERT
Instead of seeing the time on the watch, Rod sees Jamie's
eye staring back at him.
BACK TO SCENE
ROD (CONT'D)
Holy shit!
Rod closes his eyes. He looks back, but the eye is still
there.
ROD (CONT'D)
Jesus Christ!
Rod rips off the watch and throws it to the ground. He begins
to stomp on it. He runs down the street to his motorcycle.
He STARTS it, and drives off.
INT. APRIL'S BEDROOM -- NIGHT
April enters. She sits on the bed, and opens a book that
was sitting on her headboard.
INSERT
The books title is "DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR?"
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22.
BACK TO SCENE
She flips through a couple pages, closes it, and tosses it
to the floor.
APRIL
(to herself)
Bullshit.
April looks around her room. She notices a piece of paper
with writing on it on her desk. She gets up and picks up
the paper. She unfolds it.
INSERT
The words are written backward.
BACK TO SCENE
APRIL (CONT'D)
Oh no.
April holds the note up to the mirror. She can read it
perfectly.
INSERT
The note in the mirror reads, "YOU CAN'T RUN FROM YOUR
REFLECTION."
BACK TO SCENE
APRIL (CONT'D)
Oh my God!
April drops the note. It flutters to the floor.
JAMIE (O.S.)
Help me, April! He's got me!
April looks up into the mirror. April's reflection morphs
into Jamie.
JAMIE (CONT'D)
April! You have to help me! Save
me from him!
APRIL
Who's got you? What's going on?
Jamie reaches out of the mirror. Her arm is still Jamie's
arm when it passes through the mirror.
JAMIE
The man in the mirror! He's coming
for you, April! Help me!
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23.
April grabs Jamie's hand. Jeffory appears behind Jamie, and
grabs her. She SCREAMS as Jeffory pulls her back into the
mirror.
APRIL
Who the fuck are you?
JEFFORY
I think you've seen me before.
APRIL
I've never seen you before.
JEFFORY
How's your daddy, little girl? I've
been told I can give people headaches,
but I think I really out did myself
this time.
APRIL
You did that? You son of a bitch!
JEFFORY
Are you mad? Do you want revenge?
You want to kill me?
Jeffory pulls back on Jamie's hair, and pulls a knife up to
Jamie's throat.
JEFFORY (CONT'D)
Wanna save your friend? Come and
get her.
April eyes a brush from her desk.
APRIL
Fuck you!
JEFFORY
(to Jamie)
Your best friend just killed you,
bitch.
Jamie SCREAMS as Jeffory slides the knife across Jamie's
throat. Blood pours from the wound. Her SCREAMS turn into
a sick GURGLE.
APRIL
You bastard!
The knife disappears. Jeffory drinks Jamie's blood out of
the open wound. He smiles a bloody smile at April.
APRIL (CONT'D)
Oh, shit.
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24.
April grabs the brush and throws it at the mirror. The mirror
SHATTERS into several pieces. An image of Jeffory is in
every piece of the mirror. Jeffory LAUGHS as his images
disappears.
INT. APRIL'S HOUSE - HALLWAY -- CONTINUOUS
April bursts out of her room, and runs to the stairs. She
is almost at the stairs when Jeffory reaches out of the full
length mirror at the top of the stairs. He grabs her, with
one hand covering her mouth, keeping her SCREAM short. The
other hand snakes around her waist. April is pulled into
the mirror. A door down the hallway opens, and Sue steps
out.
SUE
April? Are you here? I thought I
heard you?
Nothing answers back. She shrugs and goes back into her
room.
INT. APRIL'S BEDROOM -- MORNING
It is April's bedroom, but different. It is more happy,
decorated in bright colors. The shades are open letting
sunlight wash over the room. The mirror is in once piece.
There are happy stuffed animals all over the room. April is
lying in her bed. She is waking up. She sits straight up,
and looks around the room.
APRIL
It must have all been a dream.
April notices the changes in the room. She gets out of bed,
and gets dressed. She is careful not to get too close to
the mirror. April walks to the windows, and shuts the shades.
The sunlight is blocked out, casting the room in shadow.
APRIL (CONT'D)
That's a little better.
She finishes buttoning her shirt, and leaves the room.
INT. APRIL'S HOUSE - HALLWAY -- CONTINUOUS
April steps out of her room, and heads toward the stairs.
She eyes the mirror by the stairs and hesitates. She notices
something on the wall. A picture.
INSERT
The picture is of April, with a huge smile. She is in a
park, and she is pushing a little boy in a swing.
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25.
BACK TO SCENE
APRIL
(whispering to herself)
That's Stanley. This never happened.
She looks at another picture on the wall.
INSERT
The picture is of Stanley standing on a stage. There is a
banner behind him, it says "Junior High Spelling Bee."
Stanley is being handed a first place trophy.
BACK TO SCENE
APRIL (CONT'D)
(whispering to herself)
He was studying for the spelling bee
when he was killed. He never
competed.
April stares at the picture. The SOUND of VOICES breaks her
trance. She can't hear what the voices are saying. She
walks to the stairs, never taking her eyes off the mirror.
INT. APRIL'S HOUSE - KITCHEN -- MOMENTS LATER
Bright. The windows are open. Sunlight pouring in. Birds
are in the windows, SINGING. Sue is cooking breakfast. She
is HUMMING a happy tune as she puts bacon in a frying pan.
Randal is sitting at the table, reading the newspaper. He
is in his police uniform. There is no sign of his accident.
April walks in.
RANDAL
Hello, pumpkin. How did you sleep?
April is shocked.
APRIL
What? Are you okay, dad?
Randal puts down his newspaper.
RANDAL
Of course. I'm fine, why wouldn't I
be? It's you I'm worried about.
You sounded like you had a very bad
nightmare last night.
SUE
I tried to wake you, but it was like
you were drugged. You just went on
dreaming. You were screaming and
twisting and turning. You kind of
scared us.
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26.
April sits down at the table.
APRIL
I scared you? How?
Randal takes a sip of his coffee.
RANDAL
You were talking in your sleep,
pumpkin.
APRIL
What was I saying?
Sue puts a plate of bacon, eggs, and biscuits in front of
April.
SUE
You were saying something about you're
brother, and a mirror. I couldn't
make any sense of it. Eat up.
April takes a few bites from her plate. The doorbell RINGS.
RANDAL
Why don't you get that, pumpkin?
APRIL
Okay.
April gets up, and walks to the living room.
INT. APRIL'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM -- CONTINUOUS
April walks into the living room, heading for the front door.
As she passes the foot of the stairs, she hears RUNNING WATER
from up stairs. The water turns off. The doorbell RINGS
again. April walks to the door, and opens it. Adam walks
in. He is wearing a letterman's jacket, but on the same one
that was in the previous picture.
ADAM
You all ready for school?
April notices the jacket.
APRIL
What's going on? Why do you have
that jacket?
ADAM
April, I made the varsity team last
month. You know that, baby, I
couldn't have done it without you.
A college football team. It's so
cool! Are you okay?
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27.
APRIL
I guess, it's just that I had this
very bad dream. It seemed so real,
everything was different. I thought
it was real. I'm glad it was just a
nightmare. Let's go.
Adam hugs her, and they start to leave. Adam stops her. He
turns at looks up the stairs.
APRIL (CONT'D)
What's wrong, Adam?
ADAM
Are you forgetting something?
APRIL
I don't know what I could be
forgetting.
ADAM
Your brother.
April is floored.
ADAM (CONT'D)
You know I always give him a ride to
school. It's on the way to the
college.
STANLEY, the boy from the pictures in the hallway, runs down
the stairs.
STANLEY
Wait for me! I was in the shower.
Sorry I'm late.
ADAM
It's alright, squirt. We won't
torture you this time.
APRIL
(whispering to herself)
Jesus, how much did I dream?
April grabs Stanley and hugs him, and kisses his cheeks.
Randal and Sue are at the entrance into the living room
watching, with a smile. April is overcome with joy.
APRIL (CONT'D)
I love you all! Everything is so
perfect!
EXT. STREET - PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT
Next to an old run down gas station. It is a spooky place.
Adam is in the phone booth talking on the phone.
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28.
There is a beat up car parked close the phone booth. Shelly
is leaning on it.
ADAM
Alright, Mrs. Bradley. I promise I
don't know where April is. I called
to see if she was home.
(a beat)
Yes, if I find her, I'll tell her to
call home, right away.
(a beat)
Alright, thanks. Bye.
Adam hangs up the phone. He walks over to the car, and
Shelly.
ADAM (CONT'D)
She's not at home. I'm telling you,
something strange is going on. First
Jamie disappears, and now April.
I'm going to call Rod on his cell
phone. Will you wait here?
SHELLY
I guess I don't have a choice. I
don't know why I let you drag me out
here in the middle of the night,
anyway.
ADAM
Shelly, this is important. April
could be in danger, and Rod could
help us.
SHELLY
Whatever. He's a psycho.
Adam walks back to the phone booth. The puts a few coins
into the machine, and dials.
EXT. STREET -- CONTINUOUS
Dark. Empty. Streetlights cast eerie shadows throughout
the street. Rod is about to get onto his motorcycle. His
cell phone RINGS. He reaches into his pocket, pulls it out.
ROD
Hello? Jamie?
INTERCUT - STREET - PHONEBOOTH/ STREET - CONTINUOUS
ADAM
No, Rod. It's me, Adam. Listen,
something fucking weird is going on.
I need your help. I think April's
in trouble.
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29.
Behind Adam, Shelly is leaning on Adam's car. She pushes
herself off the car, and paces back and froth. Her
reflections in the car windows matches her movements.
ROD
Well, what the fuck do you want me
to do about it? Did you help me out
when I came to you? No, you didn't!
So, Go to hell.
ADAM
Dammit, Rod. Why do you always have
to be such an asshole? There is a
possibility that this thing with
April has something to do with Jamie.
Listen, I saw something. In my room.
It was April, only she was in my
mirror. It was something else,
pretending to be April.
ROD
No shit? I saw something, too. My
watch had Jamie's eye in it.
ADAM
Are you sure it was Jamie's eye?
ROD
I've looked into her eyes enough
times to know that is was hers.
Alright, I'll help.
ADAM
Okay, we need to meet up. Shelly is
with me. If you'll meet us at my
house as soon as you can, we can
figure out what to do.
ROD
On my way.
Rod hangs up.
EXT. STREET - PHONE BOOTH -- CONTINUOUS
Adam hangs up the phone. Behind him, Shelly is still pacing
back and forth looking. Jeffory reaches out of a reflection
of the car window. Jeffory grabs her, with one hand over
Shelly's mouth. He pulls her into the reflection without
Shelly making a noise. Her shoe falls off. Adam turns around
and walks over to the car.
ADAM
Shelly?
Adam looks around and finds Shelly's shoe on the ground.
Adam picks up the shoe.
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30.
He looks at his reflection in the car window.
ADAM (CONT'D)
Dammit!
His reflection smiles back at him. Adam SCREAMS and drops
the shoe. His reflection winks at him. Adam punches the
window. It SHATTERS. Adam's face appears in all the windows
on the car. The images all are LAUGHING at him.
ADAM (CONT'D)
Shut up!
Adam runs away.
EXT. STREET - MOTORCYCLE - MOVING -- MOMENTS LATER
The road is a steep mountain side road. Very curvy. Rod is
speeding down the road on his motorcycle. Rod checks his
mirrors, no vehicles are behind him. He is alone on the
road. As soon as he takes his eyes off the mirror, he hears
a loud HORN. He is startled, and looses control of the
motorcycle. As he regains control of the motorcycle, he
looks back into the mirror. There is a diesel truck right
behind him. The HORN sounds again.
Rod looks over his shoulder, but no vehicles are behind him.
He hears the HORN again.
ROD
What the hell?
Rod spins around, and looks back into his mirror. The truck
is still behind him. He looses control of the bike. The
bike slams into the guardrail at a sharp turn. Rod goes
flying off his bike into the air. Rod SCREAMS as he falls
into a valley below.
There is a large lake at the bottom of the valley. The water
is still, and reflecting the moonlight, and Rod falling.
When Rod hits the surface of the lake, he is absorbed into
the reflection, without making a splash.
INT. HOSPITAL ROOM -- NIGHT
Randal is lying in bed, asleep. The room is dark and empty.
Randal's heart monitor BEEPS steadily.
The heart monitor BEEPS faster.
Randal sits up, SCREAMING. A NURSE rushes into the room.
RANDAL
I've got to get out of here! I have
to protect them. I have to protect
Sue and April.
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31.
The nurse tries to hold Randal down, but Randal is thrashing
around too much.
NURSE
Sir, you've got to calm down. You're
fine, sir. Everyone is fine.
Randal continues to struggle.
RANDAL
Fuck you Nobody's fine. He's coming.
The doctor enters the room.
DOCTOR
What's going on?
NURSE
He woke up from a dream, and began
to fight like this.
The doctor gives Randal a sedative. The doctor and the nurse
have to hold him for a few moments. Randal falls back to
sleep. The doctor picks up the phone, and dials a number.
DOCTOR
Sue Bradley?
(listens)
This is Dr. Harger. You're husband
just woke up.
(listens)
Well, when he woke up, he was very
hysterical. He was screaming about
you and April being in danger. We
had to sedate him, and he's sleeping
now. You and April should come up
here to comfort him, and show him
that your alright.
(listens)
That would be a good idea. Bye.
Doctor Harger hangs up the phone, and leaves the room.
INT. APRIL'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM -- MOMENTS LATER
Sue is getting ready to leave the house. She turns off all
the lights. She picks up her purse and keys. Puts a note
on the table. She walks to the door, and opens it. She is
startled by a man standing in the doorway. She SCREAMS. It
is Rodger.
SUE
Rodger, you scared the crap out of
me.
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32.
RANDAL
Sorry, I came by to see how April
was doing. She cam by the station.
She seemed kinda shaken up.
SUE
I can't find her. I'm kind of
worried. I called all of her friends,
and no one knows where she is. Her
ex-boyfriend called looking for her.
RODGER
Did she tell you about her friend
Jamie?
SUE
No. Did something happen?
RODGER
She seems to have disappeared last
night.
SUE
Oh my God. Do you think whatever
happened to Jamie, happened to April?
RODGER
Look, I'm going to go talk to that
boyfriend of hers. See if he knows
anything.
SUE
Randal came out of his coma. He
said something about April and I
being in danger.
RODGER
Go talk to him. Tell him I said hi.
Could you give me her boyfriend's
name and address?
INT. HOSPITAL ROOM -- NIGHT
The room is dark, except for the moonlight seeping through
the window. The floor is shiny, and cast a reflection of
the ceiling in the moonlight. Randal is still sleeping. He
is tossing and turning. A fog begins to seep into the room
from the reflection on the floor. A hand reaches out of the
mist, and grabs the metal bar on the bottom of Randal's bed.
Jeffory begins to pull himself out of the floor. His face
rises above the edge of the bed. He looks down over Randal.
Randal is thrashing around in his sleep. The door swings
open, and this lights turn on. Sue walks into the room.
Jeffory and the mist are gone.
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33.
SUE
Honey?
Randal sits up. Wide awake.
RANDAL
Sue, thank god. Where's April?
SUE
Randal, baby, what's wrong? Are you
okay?
RANDAL
Where is April? She's in danger.
SUE
Randal you scaring me. What's going
on? Did you have a bad dream?
RANDAL
No, dammit! It was no dream. He's
back, and he's after us.
Sue tries to comfort Randal.
SUE
Who, honey? Who's back?
RANDAL
Jeffory Kizor.
Sue begins to CRY.
EXT. OUTSIDE ADAM'S HOUSE -- NIGHT
Rodger walks up to a house. He checks the address with a
piece of paper he is holding. He puts the paper in his pocket
and walks up to the door. He rings the doorbell. The door
opens, and Adam is in the doorway.
RODGER
Hello Adam. My name is Rodger, and
I'm a police officer.
Rodger shows Adam his badge.
RODGER (CONT'D)
I'm a friend of the Bradley family.
It seems that April cannot be found.
I'm looking for her. Would you know
where she is?
Adam looks Rodger up and down.
ADAM
Yeah. I know something, but let's
take a walk.
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34.
RODGER
Ok.
EXT. PARK -- MOMENTS LATER
Adam and Rodger are walking into a city park near Adam's
house. We can HEAR their voices, but we can't understand
what they're saying. As they get closer, we begin to
understand the words.
ADAM
And that's when I called Rod. He
was supposed to meet me at my house,
but he never showed. In fact, when
you rang the doorbell, I thought it
might be him. I'm worried about
him, too. I've called his cell phone
several times, but no answer.
Rodger stops walking, and looks at Adam.
RODGER
Let me get this straight. Something
is using mirrors to stalk you kids?
ADAM
No. Not just mirrors, he seems to
be use anything that gives off a
reflection. Look, I don't know what's
going on, but whatever this thing
is, it comes after us through
reflections.
RODGER
Ok, but why you guys? What's so
special about you?
ADAM
Look, do you believe me, or not?
Randal hesitates for a moment.
RODGER
No, but it is possible that someone
is targeting your group of friends.
There are two possibilities. One is
that you're the last one left,
assuming you're right about Rod and
Shelly missing, and the person will
come for you.
ADAM
And the other possibility?
RODGER
You're the one responsible.
(MORE)
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35.
RODGER (CONT'D)
In either case, if I stick with you
long enough, I believe my questions
will be answered.
ADAM
So, you don't trust me, huh? Typical
cop. Well, if you're sticking with
me, then let's get going?
RODGER
And where would we be going?
Adam looks at Rodger.
ADAM
I've got a plan. You know that
carnival that's in town?
RODGER
Yeah, so?
ADAM
It has a funhouse, with a mirror
maze. I figure this thing wouldn't
be able to pass up the temptation.
Rodger grabs Adam, and looks him in the eye.
RODGER
Listen, kid. I've seen enough fucked
up people and crazy ass cases in my
life to know that what you just said
sounds like one hell of a set-up to
kill the cop who is on to you.
Adam pushes Rodger away.
ADAM
I don't give a damn what you do!
You can't arrest me, so you're either
coming with me, or you're not. I'm
going to find April.
RODGER
All right, but if you pull anything
fishy, don't be surprised to find a
bullet up your ass.
ADAM
Let's go.
EXT. OUTSIDE APRIL'S HOUSE -- DAY
April, Adam, and Stanley are walking to Adam's car. It is
not the same car that we saw earlier. This car is more
expensive. Classier. Birds are CHIRPING. The sun is bright.
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36.
Everyone on the street is going about their morning business
happily. April takes a moment to notice all of this.
Everything is so perfect.
ADAM
What's the matter, honey?
April smiles.
APRIL
Nothing. Nothing at all.
Everything's perfect.
ADAM
Well, then get in the car, silly!
We're going to be late.
Adam gets into the driver's seat, and April gets into the
passenger seat. Stanley gets into the back. The car ROARS
to life and starts down the street.
INT. INSIDE ADAM'S CAR -- CONTINUOUS
April looks back at her brother. He is watching the scenery
flying past in the window. He looks so happy. He looks at
her and smiles. She looks at Adam. He winds at her and
smiles.
APRIL
I can't believe this!
STANLEY
What, sissy?
APRIL
It's just that I had this horrible
dream. I must have slept for a long
time, because it lasted forever.
Adam glances at her.
ADAM
Yeah? What was the dream?
APRIL
My life. Everything was spinning
out of control. I was so unhappy,
and Stanley was dead.
Stanley is shocked.
STANLEY
I was? Wow. What does dead mean,
April?
April turns and looks at Stanley.
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37.
APRIL
Stanley, you know what dead means.
Remember when you were 10, and Grandma
died?
Stanley LAUGHS.
STANLEY
No, I don't remember anything like
that. But after school, we can ask
her if she died. She's coming over
today. What does that mean anyway?
APRIL
Grandma's alive?! I dreamed that
too?
ADAM
You must have, April.
(whispering)
I know what that word means.
Adam turns and watches April for a few seconds, he never
takes his eyes off her. April points out the windshield at
the road.
APRIL
Adam! Watch the road!
ADAM
Don't worry about that, April. That
word means sadness. It means pain.
Look around you, April. Everything
is perfect. Everyone is happy.
Death, sadness, and pain don't exist
here.
APRIL
What are you talking about?! People
don't die?
STANLEY
April, what are you doing?
Adam laughs.
ADAM
He's never seen real fear before.
Fear doesn't exist here either. Not
unless I want it too.
Adam pulls the car over, and turns off the engine. April is
totally confused.
ADAM (CONT'D)
All this happiness I gave to you.
(MORE)
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38.
ADAM (CONT'D)
I gave you your brother back. I
gave you the perfect parents. I
gave you a perfect life, and I can
take it all away.
April tries to open the passenger door, but it won't open.
She tries to roll the window down, but it won't work.
Outside, clouds are rolling in. The sun is blocked out. It
gets very dark. Lightning flashes, and thunder BOOMS. The
perfect green yards wither and turn brown. The birds stop
singing, and drop dead to the ground. April looks at Adam
with tears streaming down her cheeks. Stanley is WAILING in
the back seat.
APRIL
What's going on?!
ADAM
Do you want it back? Do you want to
live in a perfect world, where no
one dies? Do you want to feel nothing
but happiness for the rest of your
life?
APRIL
It wasn't real.
ADAM
I'll take that as a no.
Adam reaches across April and opens the glove compartment.
He takes out a gun. April SCREAMS.
APRIL
No! Adam no!
Adam LAUGHS.
ADAM
You stupid girl. I am not Adam.
Adam's skin begins to bubble and melt. Some of it peals
off, as he morphs into Jeffory. Jeffory COCKS the gun.
JEFFORY
I gave him back to you, and I'm going
to take him away all over again!
Jeffory aims the gun at Stanley's head.
ADAM
No!
April tries to jump out of her seat and attack Jeffory, but
the seat belt tightens around her. April can not move.
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39.
She continues to SCREAM at him.
STANLEY
April! Help me! I'll never forgive
you if you let him shoot me! I'll
come back and haunt you, April!
I'll haunt you for the rest of your
life!
ADAM
No! Please, God, no!
As April closes her eyes, she hears the GUNSHOT, and Stanley
stops yelling. All goes quiet. Sweat is pouring down April's
face. She keeps her eyes close for a moment. She can only
hear her HEARTBEAT.
When she opens her eyes again, she is no longer in Adam's
car.
EXT. GRAVEYARD -- NIGHT
April is in a dark graveyard. The grass is wet and there is
a ghostly fog that envelops the air. Eerie green light is
coming from a distance, causing the shadows of the tombstones
to dance together on the fog.
April jumps as an owl SCREECHES. She watches as the owl
leaps from a nearby tree branch. As it takes flight the
wings and flesh seem to melt away, leaving only the skeleton.
It looks down at her as it disappears in the fog.
APRIL
Hello?! Is anyone there? Help me!
April looks out into the cemetery in all directions. She
sees no one. Only the markers of the dead, and creepy trees
that show no signs of life.
VOICE (O.S.)
Hullo?
April looks in the direction of the voice. She sees a shadow
of a man emerging from the fog.
APRIL
Yes! Help me!
She runs toward the man. He is an older MAN. He wears
overalls with a farmer type shirt under them.
MAN
Whoa, calm down there, little missy.
How can I help ye?
April is CRYING.
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40.
APRIL
I need to get out of here! I need
to get home. I'm seeing things!
I'm so scared, I don't know what's
going on!
April falls to her knees, and continues to SOB.
MAN
Well, I'm Jacob Eisenberry. I'm the
caretaker here. If anyone can help
you, it's me.
April looks up at him with hope in her eyes, shining through
her tears. She rises to her feet.
APRIL
You will help me?
Jacob LAUGHS.
JACOB
No. I just said that if anyone could
help, it would be me, but I'm not
going to. No one can help you.
APRIL
What?
Jacob's eyes flash red.
JACOB
You said you wanted to get home.
Jacob smiles at her. She notices his teeth are the decays
teeth of a corpse.
JACOB (CONT'D)
You are home, April.
April quickly gets to her feet.
APRIL
No!
She backs away from him. His eyes turn fiery red as his
body begins to melt. April SCREAMS. His body disintegrates
into the mist, but his horrible LAUGHTER lingers in the air,
and it seems to get louder. April covers her ears as the
LAUGHTER seems to come from the sky.
It continues as she begins to run. Suddenly, the laughter
stops. Everything is quiet. She stops running. She can
HEAR a soft noise. It is a soft CLICKING coming from behind
her. Slowly, she turns around.
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41.
There is a tombstone in the path that she had just come. It
was not there before. The tombstone is her brother's.
ANGLE ON TOMBSTONE
STANLEY BRADLEY. KILLED BY HIS SELFISH SISTER, WHOM WILL
NEVER BE FORGIVEN.
BACK TO SCENE
The CLICKING sound continues. It is Stanley's spelling bee
medal. It is tapping on the front of the tombstone. It is
being held by Jeffory, who is sitting on top of the tombstone.
APRIL (CONT'D)
No, dear God. What do you want?!
JEFFORY
I want the same thing as you. You
said that you wanted to go home.
He points off to the right. She turns and looks. There is
an empty grave that has a glowing red light seeping out of
it.
ANGLE ON TOMBSTONE
APRIL BRADLEY
BACK TO SCENE
APRIL
No. Who the hell are you?
Jeffory jumps off Stanley's tombstone. He walks toward her.
JEFFORY
You don't know? Ask your father who
I am. You want to know what I want?
I want revenge, bitch.
April gets angry.
APRIL
Revenge?! Revenge for what?
JEFFORY
You really should ask your daddy. A
pity you won't get the chance to ask
him.
APRIL
Why don't you just kill me?! Why
put me through all this shit?
Jeffory stops right in front of April.
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42.
JEFFORY
Killing you would be too easy. No
imagination in that. Torture is
always more satisfying than just
plain murder. To kill someone who
still has heart accomplishes nothing,
but to break the heart and soul of
someone before you take their life,
to actually get them to beg you to
kill them...
Jeffory takes a deep breath, and EXHALES.
JEFFORY (CONT'D)
That is true bliss.
APRIL
That will never happen.
Jeffory laughs.
JEFFORY
Oh no?
Jeffory grabs April's head and pulls her close. She tries
to pull away, but it is in vain.
JEFFORY (whispering) (CONT'D)
Look behind you.
April hesitates, but slowly turns her head. Behind her there
is a huge stone statue. It is about fifteen feet tall, and
four feet wide. It is a statue of the Grim Reaper. He is
holding a huge sickle almost as tall as he is. At the foot
of the statue, tied up and gagged is Rod, Jamie, and Shelly.
They all try to YELL at April through their gags.
APRIL
Jamie...how? You killed her.
JEFFORY
Haven't you figured anything out
yet, you pathetic whore? In this
world, hardly anything is as it seems.
APRIL
That's not Jamie?
JEFFORY
Could be. Or maybe this is her, and
the other one you saw die wasn't.
Or maybe neither are really her.
Tears are rolling down April's cheeks.
APRIL
I don't understand.
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43.
Jeffory leaps into the air, and floats about twenty feet
into the air. The moon is behind him, casting an eerie light
around his silhouette. He spreads his arms out wide.
JEFFORY
It's this world I have stumbled upon.
In your world I was called The Ghost.
There were no records on me. No
birth certificate, no school records,
no library cards. I didn't exist.
I could do anything I wanted and
never get caught. I was a ghost.
But in this world, I'm not just a
mere ghost.
He floats back down to the ground. Jeffory grows until he's
about thirty feet tall. His VOICE booms out like thunder.
JEFFORY (CONT'D)
I AM A GOD!
The sky opens up with lightning bolts, but there are no
clouds. THUNDER echoes his words. The trees in the cemetery
seem to bow at him.
APRIL
Oh my god.
Jeffory shrinks back down to normal size.
JEFFORY
Now, as for the authenticity of your
friends, you'll just have to trust
me.
He smiles at her.
JEFFORY (CONT'D)
Back to business. It's a given that
you and your friends are going to
die, but I'm giving you the honor of
choosing who goes first.
April shakes her head.
APRIL
No. I won't do that. I won't choose.
JEFFORY
You will choose, or I will choose
for you.
APRIL
No. I won't.
Jeffory's eyes flash red.
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44.
JEFFORY
Now you're pissing me off! We'll
start with the one you care for the
least, and work our way up to your
favorite.
Jeffory looks over at the three.
JEFFORY (CONT'D)
Sorry Rod, but April thinks you're
an asshole.
APRIL
No!
April starts to run at Jeffory. He quickly turns to face
her.
JEFFORY
Stop!
Suddenly a glass wall appears in front of April. She slams
into it at full speed. Blood sprays across the glass as her
lip bursts. She falls back onto the ground. She wipes the
blood from her lip as she gets to her feet. She finds that
she is now trapped inside a glass box. Jeffory LAUGHS at
her.
JEFFORY (CONT'D)
Now stay and watch.
Jeffory motions at April's friends. The statue of the GRIM
REAPER CRACKS and MOANS as the statue begins to move. Rod,
Jamie, and Shelly all SHRIEK through their gags. They all
try to crawl away.
The statue turns from stone to rotting flesh. The Reaper's
cloak flaps in the wind. In the darkness of his hood two
blazing red eyes can be seen. His hands are rotting flesh
with some bone showing. The moonlight gleams off the cold
metal of his blade. He GROWLS as his eyes focus on Rod.
Rod has managed to get to his feet, still tied and gagged.
April is POUNDING on the glass wall of her prison.
APRIL
NOOOO!!!
Jeffory's creepy LAUGH seems to echo off the tombstones.
JEFFORY
You're too easy.
Rod turns to look at the monster behind him. The Reaper
slices the air as it leaps off it's stone block. The Reaper
looks around. Lightning cracks across the sky as the Reaper
impales Rod with his weapon.
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45.
The point comes out through Rod's chest as the Reaper lifts
him into the air. Blood pours out of both wounds onto the
dead grass. Rod SCREAMS as both he and the Reaper turn back
into stone forming a new statue.
JEFFORY (CONT'D)
Who's next?
EXT. STREET -- NIGHT
A newspaper is in the street in front of a department store.
The street is dark and empty. A car can be HEARD. The SOUND
gets LOUDER. Suddenly, Rodgers car speeds through the street.
The car's reflection can be seen in the store window. The
newspaper flies into the air and swirls around. In the
window, the reflection of a hearse can be seen following
Rodger, but no car can be seen on the real street. In the
window, the reflection of the newspaper hits the passing
hearse as it speeds by, and the newspaper bursts into flames.
INT. RODGER'S CAR -- CONTINUOUS
Rodger is driving, and Adam is in the passenger seat. The
sit in an awkward silence. Adam watches as the scenery passes
by.
RODGER
I'm just curious, Adam, what are you
going to do at the fun house?
Adam continues to stare out the window.
ADAM
It's now what am I going to do.
It's what is he going to do.
Rodger LAUGHS.
RODGER
Who? The phantom of the mirror? I
think I know what's going to happen
at the fun house, and I just want
you to know that I have friends on
the force who know exactly who I'm
with and where we're going.
ADAM
You're starting to piss me off,
officer. I didn't kill anyone.
RODGER
All I'm saying is that it's a
possibility, from my standpoint.
Being in my profession, Adam, you
could understand my need to be
careful, right?
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46.
ADAM
I guess, but keep your theories and
possibilities to yourself. I know
what's really happening.
Rodger looks into the rear-view mirror. He sees the hearse
following them.
RODGER
Well, if Mr. Mirror Man were real,
that would definitely be his car
behind us.
Adam looks into the passenger side mirror. He sees the
hearse. He quickly turns his head and looks out the back
window. There are no cars behind them.
ADAM
Oh shit! Rodger, look behind us.
The bastard's following us.
Rodger turns his head and looks out the back window. Nothing
is there. He spins and looks back into the rear-view mirror
and still sees the hearse.
RODGER
No fucking way.
EXT. GRAVEYARD -- NIGHT
April is still trapped in the glass prison. Jeffory is
glaring at her. Jamie and Shelly are both CRYING. They are
still on the grass tied and gagged.
JEFFORY
Answer! Who is next?! Do no try my
patience again!
APRIL
How?! How do you do these things?
JEFFORY
Does your puny mind have such a short
memory that you do not remember? I
told you, I am a god.
APRIL
No. You're human, or at least you
were at one time.
Jeffory ROARS with anger.
JEFFORY
If you do not choose, I will put you
in a world so horrible and painful
that it will drive you insane.
(MORE)
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47.
JEFFORY (CONT'D)
How many different hells do you think
someone like me can imagine?
April is thinking.
APRIL
You said you stumbled upon this world.
Jeffory watches her cautiously. Something clicks inside
April's head. She figures out the riddle. She looks at
Jeffory with confidence.
APRIL (CONT'D)
You're no god. It's this place.
You can control this place with your
mind. You can make anything you can
imagine happen.
JEFFORY
No! You're wrong! It's because I'm
so powerful!
APRIL
If you can do it, anyone can.
April looks up into the sky, as if talking to the air.
APRIL (CONT'D)
I want a way out, back into the real
world!
Suddenly, one of the glass walls turns into a portal. She
looks through it, and sees her hallway on the in the real
world.
JEFFORY
No! You can't leave! I'll kill
your friends! They'll die painful,
deaths cursing your name!
April stops. She looks at Shelly and Jamie.
APRIL
If I stay, he'll kill all of us. I
have to stop him! I'm sorry.
She looks at Jeffory.
APRIL (CONT'D)
They're probably not real and already
dead anyway.
April jumps through the portal.
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48.
INT. APRIL'S HOUSE - HALLWAY -- CONTINUOUS
April jumps out of the mirror in the hallway that Jeffory
had taken her from. She YELLS as she tumbles down the stairs.
She lies motionless for a moment. She GROANS as she slowly
sits up and looks up the stairs. Jeffory is leaning out of
the mirror.
JEFFORY
You bitch! I'll get you! You can't
get away from me! I'm everywhere.
You're going do die, April! Just
like you're brother.
APRIL
Fuck death, and fuck you.
Jeffory GROWLS at her and goes back into the mirror.
April sees the not from her mother on the coffee table. She
picks is up and reads it. She races out the door.
EXT. OUTSIDE FUN HOUSE -- NIGHT
Rodger's car pulls up to the fun house. Adam and Rodger get
out. They watch in the car's mirrors as the hearse pulls up
behind them, but no one gets out. Adam opens the trunk of
his car and pulls out two flashlights.
RODGER
This is some creepy ass shit. Adam,
lets go get some of my cop friends.
I think we're going to need help.
ADAM
No. This bastard has April, we can't
wait. We have to get her out.
RODGER
How do we fight something like that?
I mean, we can't just jump in the
mirrors, can we?
Adam hands Rodger one of the flashlights, and starts to walk
to the fun house.
ADAM
No. I don't think so. The mirrors
are some kind of portal to somewhere
else. Some other world or alternate
dimension, or something. The portals
only seem to open one way, from his
side. They can't open from our side.
Rodger begins to follow Adam. Rodger draws his gun.
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49.
RODGER
How the hell did he get there? I
mean, he's human, right? He's from
earth, right?
ADAM
I don't know where he's from or who
he is, but I'm going to kill him.
(a beat)
Are you going to help?
RODGER
How are you going to kill him, Adam?
We can't even touch him!
ADAM
We have to wait for him to come for
us.
Rodger grabs Adam's arm and spins him around.
RODGER
Adam, that's crazy.
ADAM
It's the only way. You coming or
not?
Rodger SIGHS.
RODGER
Just don't expect me to read him his
rights.
Adam LAUGHS.
ADAM
I was actually counting on you to
put a bullet or two up his ass.
They enter the fun house.
EXT. GRAVEYARD -- NIGHT
Shelly and Jamie are laying on the grass a few feet from the
statue of the Grim Reaper and Rod. Tears are rolling rom
their eyes as they watch April forsake them and jump through
the portal.
Jeffory chases after her. He leans through the portal, and
SCREAMS something at April, but Shelly can't hear it. Shelly
looks at Jamie. Jamie stops crying as soon as April leaves.
She just sits there with no movement and no emotion.
Jeffory comes back out of the portal. He walks toward them.
The portal disappears behind him.
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50.
As he moves across the graveyard toward Shelly, the scenery
behind him rots and decays into nothingness. Just black
space.
JEFFORY
Well, Shelly. It seems your friend
has chosen to leave you. You can
talk now.
The gag and rope on Shelly disappears.
SHELLY
She had no choice. I would have
done the same.
JEFFORY
Maybe, but doesn't it anger you just
a little. You're best friend left
you here all alone, with me.
He smiles at her. Shelly looks at Jamie.
SHELLY
I still have Jamie with me.
Jeffory LAUGHS.
JEFFORY
Jamie is dead. This was just a mind
game.
The image of Jamie is blown away piece by piece like leaves
in the wind.
SHELLY
And Rod? Was he real?
JEFFORY
Yes, Rod was real. What a way to
go, huh? Very entertaining. Took
me a while to thing that one up.
Just wait till you see what I have
in store for you. You're going to
love it!
SHELLY
What are you going to do with me?
Jeffory glares at her.
JEFFORY
Use your imagination.
Shelly looks around, confused. A spider crawls out of the
grass, onto her hand. She SCREAMS and shakes it off.
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51.
JEFFORY (CONT'D)
Great choice, my dear. This will be
fun.
Everything around Shelly fades into nothing. Blackness
surrounds her. The graveyard is gone. Jeffory is gone.
Everything is gone.
INT. UNDERGROUND TOMB -- CONTINUOUS
Shelly is in pitch black darkness. A red light is cast from
above her. She looks up at the light, but cannot see what
it is or where it is coming from. The light eerily
illuminates the room.
She GASPS when she looks around the room. There are piles
of bones littering the room.
SHELLY
Oh my god.
She is lying in a pile of skulls. She quickly stands up.
She looks around for a way out. It is a circular room. The
walls are made of earth. She is in some sort of pit. There
is a tunnel about ten feet above her.
SHELLY (CONT'D)
Help! Can anyone hear me? Help!
She hears a bone FALL somewhere behind her. She turns to
see what made the noise. On a ledge there is an arm bone.
It starts to move. It falls to the ground with a CLANKING
sound on the other bones. A huge spider stares at her from
the ledge. It is about the size of a fist. Shelly SCREAMS.
Suddenly, all around the room, bones can be heard MOVING.
Spiders are climbing out from underneath piles of bones.
Hundreds of them come up from beneath the bones, out of
skulls, and seemingly out of the walls.
Shelly stops screaming. She is so horrified, she can only
stand there and watch. The spiders form a circle around
her. They seem to be taunting her, but they won't come near
her. Now, the only bones and skulls that can be seen is the
pile of bones that Shelly is on. The rest of the room is a
sea of moving, hairy legs.
SHELLY (CONT'D)
This can't be happening. Someone
help me, please.
As if it were an answered prayer, she hears a loud NOISE
above her. She looks upward with hope.
At first, all she can see is the red light. As her eyes
focus, she realized that the red light is getting closer.
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52.
The hope fades and is replaced by despair as it becomes
obvious that the shape of the red light is an hourglass.
The black widow that is descending upon her takes up the
entire width of the room. Shelly SCREAMS as her body is
ravished by the spider. The leftovers are devoured by the
little ones.
INT. FUNHOUSE -- NIGHT
Adam and Rodger enter the front doors of the funhouse. It
is very dark and spooky. Fake madmen and monsters can be
seen in the darkness. They glare at Rodger and Adam, waiting
to be turned on. Adam turns on his flash light, and shins
it around. Ugly witches and ghastly ghouls stare back at
them.
ADAM
Maybe this isn't such a good idea
after all.
Rodger turns his flashlight on as well. He keeps his gun
out in front of them.
RODGER
If this monster in the mirror really
has captured April, then we have to
try to save her, Adam.
Adam nods, and begins to walk forward.
ADAM
Yeah, I know.
Rodger follows Adam, while surveying their surroundings.
RODGER
Besides, everything in here is
electronic. Nothing to be afraid
of.
Adam stops, turns, and looks at Rodger.
RODGER (CONT'D)
What?
ADAM
Why am I walking out in front? You
have the gun. This flashlight ain't
no lightsaber, you know.
Rodger steps up next to Adam.
RODGER
Ok. Just wait until I tell April
how much of a chicken shit you were.
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53.
ADAM
Hey, wait just a...
Suddenly Adam sees a shadow to the side of where they are
standing moves. Adam points his flashlight in the direction
of the movement, but nothing is there.
ADAM (CONT'D)
What the hell was that?
Rodger is looking in the direction that Adam is pointing the
flashlight.
RODGER
What?
Adam is now shining the flashlight in many different
directions, but only sees the faces of mechanical vampires
and werewolves.
ADAM
You didn't see that? Someone else
is here!
Suddenly something jumps out at them from the shadows behind
them. Rodger and Adam both SCREAM. Adam spins and shines
his light at it, and Rodger points his gun at it as well.
It is an old BUM.
BUM
Whoa! Don't shoot me, I was just
leaving.
Adam and Rodger catch their breath.
RODGER
What the hell are you doing here,
old man?
The bum takes a few steps back from them.
BUM
Well, I live here, sir. At night,
anyway. I'll leave for a while,
'till you finish whatever it is your
doing here.
The old man walks toward the exit. Adam and Rodger relax.
RODGER
Old fool's going to get himself
killed.
Adam begins to walk deeper into the funhouse.
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54.
ADAM
Old fool almost gave me a heart
attack. Come on, we gotta find the
mirror maze.
Rodger begins to follow him.
INT. APRIL'S CAR -- NIGHT
April