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Freddy versus Jason - an alternative version By Frank Jacobsen March 2006 Rated R for coarse language, nudity, drug references and violence. Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees characters, nor the rights to the "Nightmare on Elm Street" or "Friday the 13th" brands. They are the property of New Line, Wes Craven and Sean Cunnigham. FADE IN ON 1. Ext. Hilltop overlooking Crystal Lake Night From a tall hill we open with a beautiful panorama shot of the lake, as it glinses in the moonlight. It is early May and it's as beautiful a spring night as you'll find anywhere. Looking down we see four girls swimming in the water, while two guys are on the shore, busily removing their clothes. This is almost too good a setup for a Friday movie, and the serenity is interrupted by a ruckus coming near us as we CUT TO 2. Ext. Eternal Peace Cemetery Night Out of the dark we see the lights from three flashlights emerging; one spreading it's light to the left, one to the right and one coming right at us. The people carrying them are arguing, and as they come closer we can begin to hear them. The three are ANDREW, JONATHAN and WARREN. JONATHAN: And I still say this is a really bad idea! Plus, we've been looking for like two hours already, and this place is really creepy at night! I say we go home, turn on Star Trek CLOSE UP ON ANDREW Warren shines his flashlight right in Jonathan's face, and as he shields his eyes from the light, we see that he is a timid little man of no more than sixteen years of age, and he's trembling from both cold and fear. WARREN (OS): And wait and see what that freak with the glove is gonna do to us? You'd rather do that? CLOSE UP ON WARREN He shines the light on his own face, and we see that he is a little older than Andrew and looks more self-assured. It is obvious from the way he talks that he is the leader of their little clique. WARREN: Listen guys, I'm just as cold and tired as you are, but we don't have much choice on the matter here. This Freddy dude wants us to do this for him, and then he'll leave us alone. That's what he said, right? JONATHAN: How do we know we can trust him, I mean he doesn't exactly look trustworthy, and it isn't like he's really hurt us physically or anything, right? ANDREW: Yeah, but that's just it, we donīt know. ANDREW (who looks more similar to Jonathan than Warren) puts his hand on Andrewīs shoulder as if to comfort him. ANDREW (CONTīD): We gotta do it, cuz itīs just like Warren said, we donīt have a choice here. Maybe he can hurt us and maybe he canīt, but I say we canīt afford to find out. WARREN: Weīve all seen him kill people in our dreams, Jonathan! You wanna feel those blades ripping through your torso? Huh? Cuz I sure as hell donīt! JONATHAN: No, but WARREN: Then were gonna find this dudeīs grave, do the mojo, go home and never talk about this shit ever again, agreed? Both of them nod, Andrew does so willingly and Jonathan reluctantly. WARREN: Now these are the last plots we haven't checked, and we must be at least a mile from the gates, so if he isn't here ANDREW: He's here The other two look at each other with amazement. WARREN: How do you know? JONATHAN: Yeah, I mean can you like, feel his presence? ANDREW (sarcastic, after a beat): Yeah, sure Andrew. I can feel the presence of a homicidal killer who I've never met and have absolutely nothing to with, except for our little expedition here. JONATHAN (amazed): Wow. ANDREW: Look behind you. JONATHANīS POV Andrew is shining his flashlight at two small tombstones. They read (from left to right): Here Lies Pamela Voorhees B. 1930 D. 1979 And the one next to just reads: Jason Voorhees: B. 1946 D. WARREN: God Andrew, I could almost kiss you! (Beat) So, whoīs got the bag? JONATHAN: Here. ANDREW: Can I see the book, please? Jonathan hands him a thick book. WARREN: Now youīre on top of this, right? ANDREW: Yeah, I think so. Doesnīt look that hard, but then again we have no idea what itīs gonna be like, I mean with the magic flowing through us and stuff. WARREN: Yeah, yeah weīll see. I still have my doubts as to whether this stuff actually works, but all the same weīre not gonna screw anything up, right guys? Now letīs get to work before we hit daylight. CLOSE UP ON JASONīS TOMBSTONE While we hear the three geeks preparing in the background, we go to a CU of Jasonīs tombstone and we hold it there for beat before we slowly turn it downward while also moving downward. When the camera is vertical, we begin our ascent down into the grave. We travel down through Jasonīs grave, and for few seconds we travel the six feet through dirt, roots and earthworms and down into Jasonīs casket. In there lies the big man looking peaceful and dead, while of course still wearing his trusted mask. We continue through the mask into Jasonīs head, and through various non-moving bloodstreams we enter his mind. 3. Ext. Camp Crystal Lake Day (Jasonīs Nightmare) JASONīS POV WE ARE INSIDE JASONīS HEAD and therefore it is logically his POV that we are looking through. Looking through some bushes, we are looking at the Camp while it was still active; some of the boys are running around playing tag while another group is at archery range. Also thereīs a group of three girls are playing double gutch. None of this is any threatening until We CUT TO Two counselors sharing a little kiss while the walk past the girls, who keep jumping and singing a strangely familiar song. The sight of those two unattentive camp counselors has sure made us tick, and we hear the ominous CH-CH-CH KA-KA-KA. CUT BACK TO JASON We look down and see that we are holding a machete as we rise and start stalking towards the two young lovers. As we go by the three girls we can hear what theyīre singing, even though weīre focused on the couple (who donīt know about (or donīt care about)) our presence. LITTLE GIRLS: One, Two, Freddyīs coming for you Three, Four, Better lock your door Five, Six, Get your Crucifix Seven, Eight, Gonna stay up late Nine, Ten, Never wake again When they get to the last part, weīve gone so far past them that we can barely make out the words and weīre now right behind the couple (who still donīt realize our presence), as we raise the machete for the kill. Blood splatters all over the young girl as the remnants of her boyfriend are plastered all over her. She looks at us with utter fear in her eyes, as she staggers backwards. GIRL: No, please! Jason, no! Seemingly we donīt care about her complaints as we stalk towards her, our machete raised and ready for the kill but she must realize this too, as she screams and then turns around and flees into the woods. We follow her at a very quick stalking pace. The girl is about twenty feet in front of us, when she stumbles. We quicken the pace and when the now panicked girl gets back on her feet, we are no more than a few feet behind her. She looks back at us and therefore runs right into a huge tree! Weīve got her cornered. Our right hand raises the machete for a huge backhand swing that should make her about a head shorter but she narrowly escapes the deadly blow and instead our machete gets stuck deep in the huge tree. We struggle with it for a few seconds, before it comes loose. We look around for the girl, where can she be? We spot her. She is heading towards a two-story classic fifties style house, that lies right by the road towards the camp (the later Jarvis house). 4. Ext. Cemetery Night The Trio have set up candles around the grave, and one of then is wearing a black robe and kneeling in front of the grave. Looks like heīs meditating. WARREN (O.S.): Hey dude, are we gonna do this while weīre young? Jonathan and Warren are starting to look bored. JONATHAN: Yeah Andy, I donīt mean to rush you or anything, itīs just that itīs really cold and creepy out here and ANDREW: Iīm ready He stands up and pulls his hood back. He looks intently at his friends as he speaks. ANDREW (CONTīD): It wonīt be easy. I mean this isn't like Ouija boards and that kind of stuff. This is the real thing guys. WARREN: You ask me itīs not gonna work, and I really donīt think anythingīs gonna come and take your soul, Andrew. ANDREW: Maybe this wonīt, but what about Freddy? A beat as they remember ANDREW (CONTīD): Anyway even if it canīt kill me, it can still make me lose my sanity. JONATHAN: Whatīs there to lose? ANDREW: Hah, hah! Are you gonna help or what? JONATHAN: You really think itīs gonna work? ANDREW: Well, he said it would and the book says it will, so JONATHAN: Do we really want to bring a psychopath killer back to life? Andrew puts a hand on his friendīs shoulder, and it seems to do comfort him a bit. ANDREW: I donīt think we have much choice. WARREN: Well, just for the record: I donīt believe in this magic mumbo-jumbo. I think that weīre gonna fail, and ANDREW: Then why did you come? WARREN: Because I agree with you. I donīt think we have a choice, (beat) and besides: Itīs a lot easier to face failure than Freddy. 5. Ext. Outside house Day (Jasonīs Nightmare) JASONīS POV We are closing in fast on the panicked girl, who is struggling to open the door to the house. She is screaming something that we canīt make out, and we seemingly donīt care. We have almost reached her and we are close enough to see the tears streaming down her face, and the cuts and bruises on her arms and legs when the door is opened from within the house and she falls into the house. We stop in our tracks and look up at the person in front of us. Itīs PAMELA VOORHEES (Jasonīs mother) and she is looking at us sternly. PAMELA: Jason! You know youīre not supposed to bring those filthy little whores here! Do you want them all to know! They donīt look lightly on this, and neither does your father! He will be home from work soon, and you know how he gets when you make a mess in the house, Jason! She looks back at the wounded girl, who is crawling to what she apparently thinks is safety and shakes her head. PAMELA: Take care of her, Jason. Itīs a mercy kill, anyway. Try not to make a mess. She doesnīt have to say that twice, and we race past her and into the house. 6. Int Living Room Day (Jasonīs Nightmare) JASONīS POV Weīre in a fifties style living room that has a real eerie look to it. The girl is narrowly avoiding our machete blows by showing some uncanny athleticism, that we wouldnīt expect from a wounded and panicked teenage girl. Almost like someone is messing with reality here The first of our blows destroys the sofa, the next one the TV as she just seems to be a little too fast for us every time. 7. Ext. Cemetery Night The three are kneeling in a half circle in front of the grave, with Andrew in the middle. Andrew is chanting something, while the other two look at him with concern on their faces. ANDREW (chanting): Ista spiritar interregnum. Istae vitae dominae Warren and Jonathan look at each other. Both look slightly freaked out. WARREN: Hey Andrew ANDREW (chanting): Mortua vitae est. Vitae spiritar dominae WARREN: Is everything all right there? JONATHAN: I donīt know, man. Heīs been doing that for like fifteen minutes now. WARREN: Maybe heīs stuck! JONATHAN: I donīt know, but heīs really starting to freak me out. A wind starts to blow up and both Jonathan and Warren react to it like it was arctic. JONATHAN (CONTīD): Itīs gonna rain. They both jump back startled. CLOSE UP ON ANDREW The hood of his robe has been blown back, and they see Andrewīs eyes burning a fiery red. He is looking both scary and incredibly concentrated at the same time. When he speaks his voice is deeper than usual. ANDREW: Give me your hands. The other two are clearly freaked out by their friend's new appearance and voice, and are reluctant. WARREN: Andrew, your eyes man! Andrew looks at him like heīs a bug that he could squash at his convenience. ANDREW: I CANīT DO THIS ALONE, SO JUST TAKE MY FUCKING HANDS! They promptly put their hands in his. ANDREW (normal voice) Now whatever you do, donīt let go of my hand, ok? He looks around at the others, who nod. Warren seriously looks like heīs about to soil himself, while Jonathan tries to look brave. ANDREW (chanting (contīd)): Spirits of the interregnum, we call upon thee 8. Int Living room Day (Jasonīs nightmare) JASONīS POV The moment we come on, we get hit in the face with a kick, and we stagger back. The room is looking pretty thrashed by now. The girl is holding her own against us, but we keep attacking relentlessly and she keep backing up until sheīs up against the wall. We raise the machete for the kill, but she ducks it and hits us with a spin kick to the face, that twists the mask so that we cantīt see a thing! A huge hand puts the mask back in place, and we see the girl racing for the door, but our dear mother (whoīs armed with an axe) blocks her path. She knows that sheīs finished and she looks frantically from one to the other, trying to decide who to rush. She never gets the chance to decide though, because we FLING OUR MACHETE AT HER AND HIT HER RIGHT IN THE HEAD. She drops dead, and we look at her for a beat or two before a small hand slaps our mask. We look up to see Pamela right in front of us, looking very angry. PAMELA: Jason! Just look what youīve done! Your father will have to get the razor out again to punish you for this, you know that donīt you? Thereīs only one way he can forgive you for this, Jason! You must do him a favor, a big one. You will have to leave us for a while, and go back to the normal world, to a town near here called Springwood. Thereīs a lot of bad sinful people in Springwood and your father's decided itīs time they pay for their sins Jason, and you will help him. But first, you must be reborn. 9. Ext Cemetery Night The candles are flickering because the wind is really picking up, and we hear lightning near us. Andrew is chanting very loudly and something very strange is definitely going on here. ANDREW: SPIRITS OF THE INTERREGNUM LET HIM RISE! A shockwave go through the three of them, as the magic sears through their bones. Warren and Jonathan are shivering, while Andrew doesnīt move muscle that isn't connected to his mouth. CLOSE UP ON JONATHAN Who has an ecstatic look on his face JONATHAN: Man, this is neat! CLOSE UP ON ANDREW His face is a mixture of concentration and anger, and it looks like heīs aged about ten years in ten minutes! ANDREW: SPRITITS OF THE INTERREGNUM, HEAR OUR PLEA! It begins to rain heavily, and the wind is reaching storm-like proportions, causing some of the candles to go out. 10. Int Living room Day (Jasonīs nightmare) JASONīS POV Weīre lying on the floor looking up at Pamela, whoīs kneeling down beside us and holding the axe with both hands PAMELA: Now remember son, 1428 Elm Street, thatīs the address you must go to. Now, donīt kill too many, dear, or there wonīt be any left for daddy. Just one or two, and make them messy. After that, you come home to Crystal Lake, and then weīll be happy. You are my special boy, Jason, and weīll be together as a family, the way weīve always wanted, away from this and away from daddy. In the background we hear a CAR DOOR BEING SLAMMED SHOT OUTSIDE. PAMELA: Heīs home. Now this isn't gonna hurt Jason, itīll be over very quickly. DADDY (O.S.): Hey Pammie, whatīs with the mess out here? Itīs that damn kid of yours again, isn't it? Little shit! Pamela looks over her shoulder for a second, frightened, before she turns her attention back to the job at hand. She raises the axe above her head, ready to decapitate us. 11. Ext Cemetery Night The elements are in a real frenzy, and both Warren and Jonathan are shaking as if they were being electrocuted. CLOSE UP ON ANDREW Andrew is still chanting, but we can see that the skin on his face is starting to crack, and tiny droplets of blood roll down his cheeks. He isn't fazed by this however, and looks like heīs in a completely different world. ANDREW: SPIRITS OF THE INTERREGNUM, LET OUR WILL BE DONE. LET HIM RISE! CUT TO WIDE SHOT At that moment A BOLT OF LIGHTNING HITS THE GRAVE, sending the boys and their candles flying 12. Int Living Room Day (Jasonīs nightmare) JASONīS POV In the last few seconds before we are decapitated, we see the figure of our "daddy" coming through the door behind Pamela. Heīs can just make out that heīs wearing a red and green striped sweater and a hat. 13. Ext Cemetery Night Soil and dust fills the air, along with an ominous silence. Those elements that weīre roaring just few seconds ago, have now relaxed and both the rain and lightning have stopped. The wind is reduced to a mild breeze that blows away a little of the dust. In the background we hear someone coughing, and a flashlight is turned on. WARREN: Oh shit. (Cough) Is anyone else alive? JONATHAN: (CONTīD) Over here WARREN: Where? He jumps as someone puts a hand on his shoulder, but then relaxes when he sees who it is. JONATHAN: Iīm ok WARREN: I think I am, too. Nothing broken, anyway JONATHAN: ANDREW! WARREN: God I hope heīs ok. Did you see his face when . JONATAN: Yeah, I know. ANDREW! The dust has now cleared so much that they can scour the area with their flashlights. JONATHANīS POV He shines his light on Jasonīs grave, which has a big hole in it from the lightning blast. WARRENīS POV Warrenīs flashlight finds Andrew, whoīs leaning against a tombstone. WARREN: ANDREW! He rushes towards his friend, who isn't moving. Jonathan isn't in such a big hurry to follow, as he can already tell whatīs happened. WARREN: Andrew, wake up man! He drops his flashlight and shakes him with both hands. When Jonathan puts his light on the two on them, Andrewīs head has dropped to the side and we can see that there is a massive amount of blood on the tombstone. Thereīs a beat before Warrenīs brain comes to terms with it, and he breaks down. Jonathan comes over to comfort him and the two of them hug. WARREN: This is so messed up, man! JONATHAN: I know. We gotta get out of here WARREN: You think it worked? JONATHAN: Somehow I donīt feel the need to find out The two help each other up and they pick up their flashlights. WARREN: Should we bring him with us? He kneels down and looks at his dead friend as he ponders their situation. Jonathan has shined his flashlight on something that clearly freaks him out. JONATHAN: I donīt think we have to worry about that WARREN: You donīt think theyīre gonna be asking us questions? We gotta face facts Jo Jonathan COMES FLYING HEAD FIRST INTO THE TOMBSTONE right where Andrew hit his head, thereby destroying both head and tombstone. Warren turns around just in time to see his killer as he looms above him. WARREN: PLEASE NOOOOOOO! Credits 14. Int. Gymnasium Day We are at a wrestling meet in a nearly full gymnasium. The crowd is a rowdy one and the mat is placed directly on the center of the floor. As the last of the credits roll over we see a few good takedowns, and even a pinfall CUT TO A young guy is getting ready for his match. This is JAKE CALDWELL. Heīs got boyish good looks, and he fills out those tights really well. Behind him is COACH SNYDER, a little powerhouse of a man whose temper is as furious as he is short. While he is shouting instructions in his right ear, his teammate and best friend RILEY JONES is giving him advice thatīs actually helpful into his left ear. Riley has deep black hair and although heīs not that big, you can just tell that this isn't the guy to pick a fight with. He usually has a serious look on his face. Jake looks psyched as the ref calls him in. Once he gets in there, he shakes his opponents hand, and while the ref explains the rules, he looks up to the stands and sends a smile and a kiss to someone. CUT TO THE STANDS Up in the stands the lucky girl of his affections smiles back and sends him a little kiss. This is TARA SUMMERS, a 17 year old girl-next-door with a hidden beauty thatīs hard to miss. Sitting next to her is her friend Jamie, an 18 year old punk chick whoīs practically got attitude coming out of her ears. Think of Avril Lavigne, and you get the picture. CUT TO THE MAT Jake focuses his attention back on the match at hand, and heīs in the zone! They lock up and he quickly starts to get the upper hand. CUT TO THE STANDS Tara is looking on, trying to appear interested while Jamie on the other hand looks bored out of her skull. JAMIE (very loudly): Just pin this fucker so we can get out of here! A forty-ish woman (probably there to see her son wrestle) sitting next to her turns and stares at her in amazement. After a beat, Jamie turns to her. JAMIE: What! You got something you wanna say to me? WOMAN: N-n-n-no, no She shakes her head vividly, and Jamie fakes a punch at her and laughs a little before turning her attention to Tara. The woman gets up and leaves. JAMIE: Letīs get out of here, Tara. This blows! TARA: Weīve come to watch my boyfriend wrestle, and thatīs what heīs doing so shut up a little. Ok? Please? Jamie sits back and sulks. CUT TO THE MAT Jake is in complete control, and heīs got his opponent in a waist lock on the ground with nowhere to go. His opponent tries to fight him off but instead he makes a mistake that seals his fate, and he is pinned. Jake stands up with a big smile on his face. The ref raises his hand, and Coach Snyder comes in to congratulate him. He sends a wink and a smile to Tara up in the stands before he is whisked away. CUT TO THE STANDS Tara applauds excitedly with the other fans and even Jamie gives a few sarcastic few claps. The APPLAUSE last for almost ten seconds, and Tara looks really proud of him. As soon as it dies down, Jamie starts to put on her leather jacket. JAMIE: Now can we go? TARA: Sure, but donīt you wanna stay and watch Riley? JAMIE: Is he next? TARA: I think so. JAMIE: Then what the hell, five more minutes without a smoke wonīt kill me. CUT TO THE MAT Down on the mat, Riley is getting ready for action and he look like heīs about to tear his opponent apart, which his poor opponent sadly realizes. We see the difference in the two corners, where Riley looks like heīs in his zone and ready to dish out some pain, whereas his opponent is listening intently to his coach, trying to find anything that can help him. As they move to center for their instructions, we see that Riley is actually a bit shorter than his opponent, but still itīs clear who has the mental upper hand here. CUT TO THE STANDS Now even Jamie looks a little bit interested, and Tara canīt help smile a little at this. TARA: You got the hots for Riley! JAMIE: What? No, girl. Nah, heīs too weird even for me, but that ass sure is a killer! CUT TO THE MAT They lock up and Riley immediately goes on a furious offensive that totally catches his opponent off guard and knocks him off his feet. CUT TO THE STANDS JAMIE (CONTīD): Plus thereīs just something about that killer instinct of his thatīs just mmm! TARA: You donīt think Xan has any killer instinct in him? JAMIE: The only thing Xanīs full of is bullshit! They share are tragicomical laugh at this. TARA: Are you seeing him tonight? JAMIE: Yeah, weīre supposed to go to this stoner blowout, but I donīt know. If the prick shows up drunk and smelling like (mockingly) Suzy Tanner, then iīm just gonna kick that sorry ass of his to the curb, again. TARA: And then after a week youīll be screwing him again JAMIE: Yeah, of course The Crowd who are around them rises to their feet and applauds, signaling that the match has come to an (probably impressive) end. JAMIE (CONTīD): And thereīs that famous instinct again CUT TO THE MAT The ref raises Riley's hand in victory and for a split second a smile creeps across his face, before it quickly reverts back to itīs usual expression. 15. Int. Hallway. Day Tara and Jamie are waiting for Jake outside the Locker Rooms. Jamie is having a smoke. JAMIE: Sure youīre not coming tonight? TARA: Itīs not so much that donīt I wanna go, itīs this thing with Jake JAMIE: Because his dad's the big lawman? TARA: Itīs this whole big thing with his dad and his brother, see Sean got caught in this drug test while he was in the army, and since then his dad has just treated him like shit. JAMIE: And why again does that mean youīre not going to this blowout? TARA: Because heīs afraid that if the cops bust it up and his dad has to arrest him, then itīs gonna be the same thing all over again, just ten times worse. Jake and Riley come out of the locker room, along with about five other guys. They spot Jamie and Tara, and Jake and Tara give each other a little kiss. Jake looks thrilled. JAKE: So, were we great or just awesome? TARA: You weīre so hot down there in those tights! They go for a wilder kiss, and Riley looks around uneasily while Jamie looks him over. JAMIE: You kicked a little ass yourself out there today, Riley-boy! RILEY: I suppose I did JAMIE: Bet it felt damn good, too! She gives him her wicked smile, and he smiles back shyly and quickly breaks the eye contact. JAKE: So, what are we doing tonight? TARA: Are you up for a little dinner, some babysitting and a movie? JAKE: Like you read my mind, baby. You guys coming? JAMIE: Sure, I'll just send Xan a text. He can pick me up at your house, no problem. JAKE: Are you going somewhere later? JAMIE: Yeah, but I donīt know if I should tell you, man TARA: Sheīs going to a pot-party to get high and drunk JAKE: Ah, so thatīs it. Donīt worry, my lips are sealed. Hey Riley, youīre coming too right? Itīs free food! RILEY: No, I got Tae-kwon-do practice and actually, you know what guys? I really gotta split. He turns around and bolts down the hall. TARA: I think he hates me JAKE: Thatīs nonsense, why should he hate you? TARA: Cuz I've stolen his best friend. JAKE: You haven't stolen me, you just borrow me from time to time. JAMIE: Yeah, yeah you two lovebirds, letīs get outta here! They start walking. JAKE: Anyway itīs not that he hates you, he just has a really hard time dealing with other people. Only with girls itīs a hundred times worse! TARA: Poor Riley JAMIE: I bet I could help him shake that shyness! 16. Ext. Elm Street Evening It is just starting to get dark as Jake's Camaro pulls up to the curb, and as the kids get out two police cars race by them down the street. JAKE: Man, you think Another police car races by them while Jake locks the doors JAMIE: Thereīs definitely going on TARA: You think? JAMIE: Hey I've lived here five years, and I this is probably the first time I've seen three cop cars in day! JAKE: Think itīs "The Reapers"? TARA: Whoīs behind that lame name? JAMIE: Theyīre these four losers who hang out down at the mall. They sell blow and beat people up for money. TARA: Why donīt the cops just bust them then? JAKE: Cuz even though theyīre losers, theyīre not dumb, see they've got a good lookout system, so the cops never catch them. TARA: But this time they did? JAMIE: Either that our Jason Voorhees has risen from his grave to kill again! JAKE: U-ah-ha-ha-ha! TARA: (CONTīD) You shouldn't joke about stuff like that! JAMIE: Donīt tell me you believe in ghost stories. TARA: Jasonīs not a ghost story, he really killed people. JAMIE: Do you believe that shit about him coming back from the dead? TARA: No, yes, I mean I donīt know! I saw this special about him on the Discovery Channel, and the proof they provided was pretty convincing! JAKE: Whether he killed after he was dead or not, weīll probably never know. Letīs get inside. TARA: What about all those patrol cars? JAKE: Iīm sure I'll hear all about it in the morning. JAMIE: You guys go ahead, I gotta go stop by the crib and pick up some stuff for tonight. TARA: Donīt be long JAMIE: I wonīt 17. Ext. Driveway. Evening Jamie has gone across the street to her parent's house. She walks up the driveway and up to the door, and sheīs about to open it when a sound from inside the house stops her. JAMIEīS MOM (O.S.) Go ahead then, pick up and leave! JAMIEīS DAD (O.S.): You think I wonīt, do you! Well, you just watch me, bitch! JAMIEīS MOM (O.S.): Oh, you havenīt got the guts cuz you know youīre just gonna screw everything up again just like you did our marriage, your career and not to mention that little hellcat of a daughter of yours! JAMIEīS DAD (O.S.): So now sheīs my daughter, huh! The fight continues from within the house, but Jamie has heard enough. She wipes a tear from her cheeks, puts on her brave face and marches over to Tara's. 18. Ext Outside front door Evening Tara is fumbling with her keys, while Jake patiently leans against the wall, watching her. JAKE: Is your mom or your sister home? TARA: Lizzieīs probably home. Mom's got work and then school today, so she wonīt be home ītill eleven. JAKE: Ah, hence the babysitting. TARA: You sure you donīt mind? JAKE: Yeah, itīs cool as long as I get to hang out with you. She finally gets the door open, smiles and then plants a big wet one on him. TARA: Have I ever told you that as far as being a boyfriend goes, youīre not doing that badly? JAKE: Have I told you youīre the hottest girl Iīve ever met? Another wild kiss follows, before they head inside. When they close the door behind them we PAN LEFT ON THE WALL For a few feet until we get to the house number. It reads: 1428. 19. Int Living Room Evening Tara and Jake are taking off their coats (theyīve already dropped their shoes). TARA: Hey Lizzie, you home? LIZZIE (O.S.): Up here! Tara throws off her jacket and is already on her way up the stairs. TARA: Oh, Iīm just gonna JAKE: Yeah, I know TARA: Just watch some TV or something, Iīll be down in a few minutes. JAKE: Itīs cool. Take your time. She smiles at him and hurries up the stairs. 20. Int Lizzieīs Room. Evening Lizzie, Taraīs 12 year old sister, is sitting on the bed reading. When Tara comes in, she drops the book and they share a long, comforting hug. TARA: Hey Kiddo, you had a good day? Lizzie: Itīs was all right. TARA: Have you left the house at all since School? LIZZIE: Nah, didnīt feel like like it. Iīve been reading TARA: What ya reading? Lizzie holds up the cover, so she can see. TARA: Ah, Little Women. I read that when I was your age. LIZZIE: Did you like it? TARA: Yeah, I think it depicts some very important periods in a girls life. LIZZIE: Really? I think itīs kinda boring. TARA: Boring, huh? LIZZIE: Yeah, cuz thereīs nothing going on in this thing! They wanna go on dates, then they donīt wanna go on dates. Someone just burned their hair, and THATīS the most exciting thing thatīs happened so far. TARA: If itīs any consolation, thereīs someone who dies in it. LIZZIE: Sweet! Tara grabs a brush, and Lizzie sits down on the bed in front of her. TARA: You know you really should get out more LIZZIE: I know, itīs just that I donīt really have any friends here yet and TARA: and youīre not gonna get any friends if you stay cooped up in here all the time. What about that Megan girl? Sheīs been over here a few times. LIZZIE: That was just to study. I think youīre the only real friend I have. Tara gives her a big hug from behind and kisses her hair. TARA: Well, you can be sure that Iīll never leave you. LIZZIE: Like dad said he wouldnīt? The painful memories immediately show on both their faces. TARA: HE left us because heīs an asshole, period. Thinking about him just brings us down. LIZZIE: Do you ever think about him? TARA: Yeah, but I really wish I didnīt. She stands up and goes to the door. Lizzie picks up her book, and is already starting to get back to her own little world. TARA (CONTīD): Are you coming down for dinner? LIZZIE: Is anyone else coming? TARA: Jamie, Jake and perhaps Jamie's boyfriend Xan LIZZIE: Not that Low-life? TARA: Hey, watch it young lady! Heīs not a oh well, he kinda is, isn't he? LIZZIE: Mmm TARA: Well, theyīre not gonna stay for long LIZZIE: Thank god for small favors! TARA: and I promise Iīll fix us something real tasty! LIZZIE: It better be! The two Sisters smile at each other, as Tara leaves the room. 21. Ext House Evening Establish the house. The house is cozily lit up inside, and the night seems peaceful. 22. Int Dining Room. Evening The kids are seated around the dinner table. Empty plates, pots and pans fill the table. Jake undoes the top button in his pants, and slumps down an extra couple of inches in his chair. Tara (whoīs sitting next to him) notices and gives him a little kiss on the forehead. TARA: That good, huh? JAKE: Yeah, I donīt think Iīm gonna be among the moving for at least an hour. TARA: Well, could you move your butt over to the couch so I can clean up here? JAKE: You see why Iīm this crazy about her? JAMIE: Yeah, she should make someone a real nice little home-maker wife someday. TARA: Real funny Jamie, hah hah JAMIE: You need some help? TARA: Nah, I got it covered. The other head off to the couch area, as Tara begins the clean-up. 23. Int Kitchen. Evening Tara is washing up, and we hear the sounds of a TV in the background. She is almost done, and she is wiping a plate when she is startled by something she sees out the window and drops it. Her startled look quickly changes to one of annoyance, when she sees what it is. TARA: Jamie, your boyfriend's here! We see XAN pressing his open mouth up against the window (a so-called Blowfish), and when he retracts he starts laughing and pointing at Tara. Jamie comes into the kitchen, and open the back door to let him in, still laughing. He continues into the living room (in his dirty shoes and everything!), and the other two follow. 24. Int Living Room. Evening Jake and Lizzie are each lying on a couch, trying to get their bearings after this huge meal. They are watching TV when Xan comes in to break the moment. He decides to sit down on the couch where Lizzie is lying, so he grabs her legs and throws them up on the table. Sheīs gives him an angry gaze, and in more defiance than anything else, she stays in this rather unnatural position. Jamie and Tara come in and Jamie stands next to the couch so he can put his arm around her waist. He eyes Lizzieīs spot. XAN: Hey Kid, how about you moving to the other couch, so I can have my girl here sitting next to me? LIZZIE: Well how about YOU just get up and leave, worthless loser? TARA: Lizzie! LIZZIE: Itīs ok She starts to get up. LIZZIE (CONTīD): Iīm only the one that actually lives here She marches up the stairs, and slams the door shut behind her. Jamie sits down next to Xan, and he tries to put his arm around her but she pushes it away. Tara looks angrily at Xan, as she sits herself down next to Jake. XAN: Cute kid! TARA: Have you ever such a thing as being polite to people? XAN: What did I do? An angry gaze from Tara says it all, and he begins laugh again JAKE: What? XAN: Tell ém TARA: He just scared the shit out of me, thatīs all XAN: You should have seen your face, Summers! God, that was fucking priceless, man! He tries to give Jamie a kiss, but she moves her head. Instead she sniffs his jacket. XAN (CONTīD): What? JAMIE: Itīs ok, youīre clean XAN: You still on about that shit? That was like three weeks ago TARA: and four weeks ago and six weeks ago and XAN: Hey, you keep out of this! JAMIE: But sheīs right, you are really a lousy boyfriend! XAN: And yet you still canīt help liking me JAMIE: Oh, I donīt like you. I just like screwing with you, and speaking of which: Could we use your room Tara, for about fifteen minutes or so? XAN: Please? TARA: No way, thereīs absolutely no way JAMIE: Come on, I mean we canīt go back to my place cuz my parents are home, and itīs not like he has a car or anything TARA: So basically itīs my room or the gutter? (beat) Ok, but only because itīs you, Jamie. JAMIE: Thanks, youīre a true pal in the time of need. TARA: Oh and Xan: Seeing as I have to sleep in that bed, it would be really nice if you could keep the amount of naked contact you have with said bed to an absolute minimum. Xan looks totally dumbfounded XAN: I have absolutely no idea what all that meant. JAMIE: It means that I can get naked on the bed and you canīt. XAN: Oh, thatīs cool. TARA: And when youīre done youīre leaving, Xan XAN: Got places we gotta be at anyway The get up and leave, and before they head up the stairs, Jamie mouths another "thank you" to Tara, who gives her a smile back.This of course leaves 1 virgin and 1 18-teen year boyfriend in the room, with the subject of sex hanging in the air. The air is thick with tension, as they both try to think of something to say. Unfortunately when they do think of some thing to say, they start blabbering at exactly the same time. Shy smiles are exchanged. TARA: You go first JAKE: Nah, you go TARA: Ok. (beat) Do you ever wish we were more like them? JAKE: Like Jamie and Xan? Theyīre the most screwed up couple Iīve ever seen! TARA: Yeah, but like you know they, eh, you know, do it. She is almost afraid to say the words, and she looks at him like what heīs gonna say means life or death. JAKE: You know Iīm cool with that TARA: Yeah I know, but isn't it almost expected that youīre gonna do it when youīve been together for over six months? JAKE: So thatīs what this is about! Listen, you know Iīve done it before, and you know thereīs nothing I'd like more than to do it with you, but (beat) I donīt wanna do it with you, if you donīt feel right doing it, ok? Does that make any sense at all? She smiles and gives him a kiss. TARA: It makes perfect sense! Iīm so glad that youīre understanding, and I promise that soon JAKE: Meaning? TARA: Meaning not that far into the future, you and I are gonna (beat) Boink! JAKE (laughing): Weīre gonna boink, huh? TARA: Weīre gonna boink! They engage in a passionate kiss that is only broken because of the sound of the doorbell. 25. Int Taraīs room. Evening Xan is lying on the bed, trying to unbutton his pants. Jamie has taken her shirt and pants off, and is undoing her bra. JAMIE: Remember what she said, you canīt be naked on the bed XAN: You mean I gotta be on top? JAMIE: No, you really suck at that. Just pull your pants down a little and whip it out! XAN: Youīre the boss! 26. Ext Garden Evening JASONīS POV We are lurking in the garden outside the house. We hear the ominous CH-CH-CH KA-KA-KA At the door we see that it is a deputy, who rang the doorbell. We move along with the bushes (remaining in cover), while we keep an eye on him. CUT TO THE FRONT DOOR Deputy SEAN CALDWELL, Jake's older brother is the one who rang the doorbell. He thinks he hears something in the bushes, and pulls out his flashlight. She shines a light at the bushes, but canīt see anything through them because theyīre so thick. Heīs about to go and investigate it, when the door is opened JASONīS POV We have been crouching down to hide from the flashlight, but we straighten ourselves a little up, and see that the deputy is now busy talking to the people of the house. We carefully move along the house, and through an open window, we see Jamie bouncing up and down, topless. 27. Int. Taraīs room. Evening Jamie is really going at it, while Xan is just lying there enjoying this wild ride. 28. Ext. Garden Evening Jake has just joined the other two at the front door. Tara and Sean know and like each other, you can just tell. JAKE: Hey bro, whatīs up? SEAN: Dad needs your help tonight JAKE: What on earth does he need me for? SEAN: Were gonna try to arrest the Reapers tonight, seems they really stepped over the line last night. Went up to a cemetery up by Crystal Lake and thrashed some tombstones. JAKE: That doesnīt sound any worse than what they usually do. SEAN: Yeah well they also (beat) I really shouldn't be telling you this but youīll probably find out sooner or later anyway JAKE: What? Come on, what did they do? SEAN: Beat three people to death TARA: Oh my god! JAKE: You sure it was them? SEAN: Guess they must be pretty sure if were gonna arrest them. You coming? JAKE: Yeah, sure. Just a sec, let me get my coat. Whatever help I can be, I'll try. SEAN: Dad seems to think you might know of some of their hangouts. JAKE: I know they hang around the mall, but Jake now has his coat on, and is ready to go. When goes to kiss Tara goodbye, we hear a large moan in the background (whether it was Xan or Jamie, is hard to tell), which stops him in his tracks. Both Jake and Tara look pretty embarrassed, but Sean canīt help letting out a little chuckle. SEAN: Is there anyone else in the house with you? TARA: Just my sister and a couple of my, hmm, friends SEAN: Sure sounds like theyīre having fun back there! JAKE: Yeah, eh didnīt we have to leave or something. Like right now? You donīt mind, right? TARA: No, of course not, go! Just give a girl a little something to get by on here! They begin a looooong goodbye kiss! 29. Int Taraīs room. Evening Xan is lying on the bed, looking smug and having a smoke. His pants are down around his ankles. Jamie is putting on clothes like there was no tomorrow, and she looks pissed. XAN: Just goes to show JAMIE: What? XAN: That even though you were saying all that shit about you liking me and that, you still canīt keep those horny little hands off me! JAMIE: Well, you just enjoy it while it lasts! XAN: Whatīs that supposed to mean? JAMIE: That if we donīt start going past the two minute time limit soon, then Iīm starting to think there isn't a reason to playing at all! XAN: Hey, thatīs not fair. She bolts from the room, and slams the door behind her. He looks after her for a second, then stares up in the ceiling. He ashes his smoke on the floor, and takes a deep puff. XAN: Freaky bitch! 30. Ext. Garden Evening Tara is standing in the doorway checking out her man, as he walks down towards the waiting police cars. Jamie comes down and stands next to her. JAMIE: Guess they finally caught him, huh? TARA: They weren't after him! They just needed his help with some stuff, and anyway why are you down here so soon? JAMIE: Itīs just the same old sad story all over again 31. Int. Taraīs room. Evening Xan is lying on the bed, his eyes closed. He takes the last puff of his cigarette and opens his eyes so he can flick it out the window. XANīS POV As we see a mighty figure standing in front of our view. We slowly pan up, until we see the hockey mask! Jason has his machete raised, and there is a loud CRACKING SOUND as the machete hacks down. 32. Ext At the front door. Evening The girls hear the CRACKING SOUND, and look at each other in bewilderment. JAMIE: What the hell was that? TARA: Sounded like something cracking or splintering or something. Another loud cracking sound, this time followed by a big bump. JAMIE: It sure doesnīt sound right! TARA: Iīm gonna go check it out, you get the guys. JAMIE: Be careful She runs inside. 33. Int. Upstairs Hallway Evening Tara runs into Lizzie in the hallway, and sheīs looks scared. LIZZIE: Did you hear that? TARA: Yeah, where did it come from? LIZZIE: It came from your room, I think someone's in there. TARA: I think Xanīs in there, but I donīt how he could She knocks on the door. TARA (O.S.): Xan, hey Xan are you in there? Xan? I donīt think heīs in there. She turns to Lizzie, who looks really scared now. TARA (CONTīD): What? TARAīS POV She follows Lizzieīs gaze downwards, and realizes that she is standing in a pool of blood, that seeping out from underneath the door. TARA: Lizzie, go to your and lock it. LIZZIE: But TARA: Just do it, ok! Lizzie quickly locks herself in her room. Tara takes a moment to take a deep breath and gather up her courage, before she opens the door to her room. She screams at what she sees and freezes in the spot where she stands. The others come running up the stairs. JAKE: Tara, are you all right? I heard you Holy shit! JAMIE: Oh god! Jamie rushes to the bathroom to throw up, while the others canīt help staring at the gruesome sight before them. TARAīS POV Looking in to her room, we see that the bed has broken apart near the head post and has collapsed. Xan is lying in a puddle of blood with his head up against the smaller half of the bed. Well, not with his actual head, since thatīs missing and the way heīs lying you might say that if it wasn't for all the blood, you would think that he had stuck his head through the bed. The window is open and the draft is making the curtains blow. 34. Ext Garden Night Tara, Jamie, Jake and Lizzie are sitting on the front step. They look very cold and Tara trying is comfort Lizzie and Jamie. CRANE SHOT OF THE GARDEN Wide shot of the garden, that shows us whatīs going on. The street is filled with several Police cars and a few news vans. An ambulance has pulled up to the house, and medics are rolling Xanīs remains out of the house on a stretcher. A crowd is beginning to form around the scene, since this isn't exactly something they see every day. Itīs pretty much total chaos! CUT TO SHERRIF JOHN CALDWELL, a stern but fair man in his late 40īs, is talking to VERN PEMBRIDGE, a veteran cop in his late 50īs whoīs been with Springwood through everything thatīs happened. SHERIFF: You think it could be him? PEMBRIDGE: Not sure, Sheriff. I donīt seem to recall anyone waking up without a head before, but SHERIFF: But still, we canīt be sure, can we? PEMBRIDGE: I guess not, Sheriff. The medics wheel the corpse past them and they look at each other with concern. They move a little away from the ambulance. SHERIFF: Can we afford to take the chance? PEMBRIDGE: You weren't here through the bad times Sheriff, but I was. I tell you that if this gets as ugly as the last time, it truly is gonna be a nightmare. Itīll be the death of Springwood, thatīs for sure. SHERIFF: Well, the FBI is sending one of their hotshots to help us out, so letīs hope heīs good. PEMBRIDGE: He better be real good. They hear a horn honking loudly in the background, and it gets their attention. CUT TO A Black Mercedes, thatīs the one doing the honking. It is trying to get to the house, but the crowd is too thick though, and a man jumps out of the passenger side. He flashes his badge to some police officers, and they clear a way for the car. When the car is a close to the house as it can come, it stops. Out of the car steps JOHN RAZNOR, a young hotshot in his early 30īs who looks like the epitome of every FBI agent weīve ever seen. Reporters immediately flock towards him, and the man who helped him before, tries to push them away to no avail. REPORTER #1: Mr. Raznor are you now assigned to this case? REPORTER #2: What can you tell us about the murder? REPORTER #3: Do you have any suspects yet. Raznor puts on his game face and smiles to the reporters. Heīs loving this! RAZNOR: Please, please you know I canīt give out any information about the case yet. The only certain information I can give you is this: 1. Iīve been assigned to the case and 2. Iīm gonna solve it! The reporters keep asking questions in each other's mouthes, but Raznor ignores them and turns away. Sheriff Caldwell comes over and shakes his hand. SHERIFF: John Raznor! The said they'd send someone good, but this is a blessing! RAZNOR: And then you must be Sheriff Caldwell SHERIFF: That was pretty impressive how you handled those reporters RAZNOR: Sheriff, theyīre only out looking for two things: Sensations and Celebrities, and as long as they get one, theyīre satisfied. Now letīs go take a look at that crime scene, shall we? They begin walking towards the house. RAZNOR (CONTīD): I just came from up at Crystal Lake, and I already got a feeling the two cases are connected. SHERIFF: With all due respect Mr. Raznor, but weīre pretty sure we already got that one solved, you see thereīs these four punks who've been terrorizing the community and RAZNOR: This wasn't punks! SHERIFF: Are you sure? RAZNOR: Always They are now up near the front steps and theyīre on their way in they pass the kids. RAZNOR (O.S.): Now, I know people round here immediately are gonna start thinking itīs this Krueger guy again, but I really donīt believe that story one bit SHERIFF: Hmmm The sheriff motions towards the kids, who are hearing all of this. RAZNOR: What? Them? Wasn't any of them who did it! They continue into the house, and the kids are left staring at each other. LIZZIE: Whoīs Krueger? TARA: I donīt know, honey. But if heīs the one that did it, then Iīm sure theyīre gonna catch him. Right, Jake? Jake is sitting in his own world, staring down in the ground. TARA (CONTīD): Jake! Jake! She shakes his shoulder and he comes to. TARA (CONTīD): Do you know anything about this Krueger guy? He thinks about it for a few seconds then shakes his head. TARA (CONTīD): You ok? Youīre kinda detached here. JAKE: Well if it is then maybe itīs because I just saw a guy I know, who was missing his head! Maybe I donīt feel like talking right now, ok? TARA: Ok, sorry! She pulls Lizzie in close, and they keep each other warm. Jamie (whoīs been strangely quiet for once) puts her head on Taraīs shoulder, and we pan out to show all four. 34. Int Upstairs Hallway Night The Sheriff and Raznor are on their way up the stairs. SHERIFF: The thing you gotta understand is that that name isn't just one you blurt out around here like that. The town is doing everything it can to forget that period and RAZNOR: Yeah, yeah, I get it. This is the murder room? SHERIFF: Thatīs it He opens the door and they step inside. 35. Int Taraīs Room Night A photographer is taking pictures of the crime scene, while a detective is dusting the window pane for prints. The coroner is standing in the corner trying to catch his breath. RAZNOR: So you think he came in through the window, huh? SHERIFF: Yes because the window was open and RAZNOR: Then that does seem very likely. Thatīs the coroner? SHERIFF: Yeah, thatīs Eddie over there. Hey Eddie! EDDIE NOVAK, the coroner, looks like heīs seen a ghost. EDDIE: Sheriff SHERIFF: This is agent Raznor, heīs with the bureau. What can you tell us? EDDIE: What can you say: He was beheaded! RAZNOR: Can you say what kind of weapon might have been used? EDDIE: My guess would be something like an axe or a Butcher's knife or RAZNOR: A machete? EDDIE: Could be, but the person swinging it would have to be mighty strong. RAZNOR: Thanks doc, thatīs all for now. EDDIE: I really hope you find this son of a bitch! SHERIFF: I personally guarantee you not only will we find this guy, but weīre gonna put him behind bars where he belongs! EDDIE: Later, Sheriff. Agent Raznor. Eddie leaves them, and Raznor begins to inspect the crime scene. RAZNOR: Sure like to see the butcher's knife that could this to a bed! SHERIFF: Does seem pretty unlikely, doesnīt it? Looks more like someone with a chain saw to me. RAZNOR: Nah, if nothing else the girl in the opposite room would have heard it. This bed wasn't sawed through, this was pure force. SHERIFF: Youīre probably right. Hey, you wanna talk to the kids that were in house when it happened? Weīre holding them downstairs. RAZNOR: Nah, itīs late and theyīve been through a lot tonight. Weīre not gonna get anything useful out of them anyway, but I understand one of your deputies was right outside the house when it happened? SHERIFF: Thatīs right RAZNOR: Then I suggest we drive back to the station, get a hot cup of coffee, hear what he has to say and then we call it a night. SHERIFF: Sounds fine to me! 36. Ext Garden Night The crowd is beginning to retract along with the news vans. Only a few police cars are left as a red Subaru pulls up to the curb and out jumps RITA SUMMERS, Tara and Lizzieīs mom. RITA: TARA! LIZZIE! CUT TO TARA AND LIZZIE Tara and Lizzie are now sitting alone as Lizzie jumps up at the sound of her mom's voice. LIZZIE: MOM! She spots her and begins running towards her. Tara quickly follows her. CUT TO RITA Rita tries to run and meet them, but is stopped by a cop. COP: Please, maam this is a crime scene, you canīt just SHERIFF (O.S.): Let her by The police officer lets her by and Lizzie runs straight into her arms and gives her a huge hug. Tara follows a few seconds later and it becomes a group hug. RITA: Oh god, I left as soon as I heard, are you ok? TARA: Yeah, weīre ok LIZZIE: It was pretty scary for a while RITA: I know, I know honey, but the scary stuff's over now, and itīs not coming back, ok? Lizzie nods and they break the hug. The sheriff comes over to them. SHERIFF: Rita RITA: Sheriff, what happened here? SHERIFF: You donīt wanna know, and besides your kids can probably better tell you than I can, but the butt of it is that a guy got killed up in Taraīs room tonight. RITA: Oh god! And the kids saw the body? TARA: I did Rita put an arm around her. RITA: Oh, honey. SHERIFF: Now weīve sealed the room off and were gonna pack it in for tonight, but weīll be back tomorrow to examine the room some more, so donīt touch anything in there, ok? Weīre also gonna want to ask you some questions Tara, but that can wait till tomorrow RITA: Of course, Sheriff. Letīs get inside girls. 37. Ext. House Night Re-establish the house. The downstairs is dimly lit and the only light on upstairs is coming from Ritaīs bedroom. 38. Int Rita's Bedroom Night Tara is in her PJīs and sheīs almost ready for bed. Rita comes in the room carrying a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other. RITA: Hi, pumpkin. TARA: Hey, mom RITA: Now I want you to eat this pill She gives the glass and the pill to Tara, who inspects it. TARA: What is it? RITA: Itīs just something to help you sleep. Theyīre leftovers from the "bad times" and I donīt need them anymore. TARA: But you think I do? RITA: Honey, after what youīve been through tonight, I seriously doubt youīre gonna be getting any sleep without the wonders of modern science to help you along. This horrible memory is gonna be with you for a long time, but itīs usually the first period afterwards thatīs the worst. TARA: I guess youīre right. She puts the pill in her mouth and swallows the water. She gets in bed, and Rita pulls the covers over her. TARA (CONTīD): Mom, if it doesnīt get any better and I really canīt forget about it. Do you think we could move somewhere else? RITA: But I thought you were happy here? TARA: I am, but thereīs just something strange about this place, this house. Not just tonight, but itīs there all the time, like this feeling that something is very, very wrong with it! RITA: Iīm sure thatīs just your imagination playing with your head, again. Thereīs nothing wrong with the house, I assure you. Plus, it hasn't been easy you know, having to start our lives all over again. Itīs taken me two years just to get us where we are now and with me getting my degree next summer TARA: But what about Lizzie? Sheīs changed a lot since we moved here and RITA: You donīt think HIM leaving and her trouble making friends has something to do with it? TARA: I guess RITA: You worry about her too, huh? Tara nods. RITA: I really thought it would get better after we moved here, you know a change of scenery and all that. Now Iīm afraid itīs gonna get worse before it gets better. Iīm praying it wonīt, but I admit I have my doubts. I think that either sheīs gonna snap out of it soon, or sheīs gonna end up being a loner for the rest of her life. TARA: She has us RITA: And I have you two and without you, I'd probably crack too. Now itīs time for you to go to sleep, young lady. She kisses her daughter on the forehead and gets up, opens the door and turns the light off. RITA: Sleep tight! Rita closes the door. CLOSE UP ON TARA She closes her eyes, and tries to doze off. She turns to her left and fluffs the pillow, trying to get comfortable. She shifts to her right side, takes a deep breath a she lays perfectly still for about ten seconds as her breathing gets lighter and lighter. Weīre starting to think that maybe, she actually has fallen asleep when she rolls to her back, opens her eyes and stares up at the ceiling. TARA: Modern science, my ass! 39. Int Upstairs Hallway Night Tara comes out of her mother's bedroom and turns on the light. TARAīS POV She sees that the door to her room is open, and that the police tape has been ripped apart. A trail of blood leads down the stairs and we can hear the TV on downstairs. ANNOUNCER: And next on the KRGR Network we have a special on the Springwood Slasher, Freddy Krueger. Cheesy music starts on the TV, Tara warily heads off towards the living room. 40. Int Living Room Night Tara comes over and stands next to the couch. TARA: When did we get this channel? XAN (O.S.): Oh, this one's a new one Tara looks and screams. TARAīS POV We see Xan sitting on his couch. His severed head is resting in his lap, and itīs smiling at her. XAN (CONTīD): Or an old one depending on how you look at it. Theyīve been out for a while but it sure looks like theyīre back in business! TARA: Xan! I thought you were XAN: Dead? Yeah, itīs a shame about that. Really sucks having to carry your head around like this, too. I keep losing it, you know? TARA: I can see how that would be a problem! XAN: Iīll find a solution. I got all eternity to think of one, and I canīt be the only one in hell with this problem! TARA: But how are you XAN: Schhh! Shut up, the show's starting. Tara turns her head to look at the TV. ANGLE ON TV Part of the rape and birth scenes from part 5 is shown while the Narrator speaks. The networks logo is four small slash marks in upper right hand corner. NARRATOR: He was the bastard son of a hundred maniacs Part of the teasing scene from part 6 is shown while the Narrator speaks. NARRATOR (CONTīD): Tormented at school Part of the scene with Freddyīs stepfather beating him in part 6 is shown. NARRATOR: .. and abused by the people that were supposed to love him, he decided to extract revenge on the society that didnīt want him. Old yellow pictures of girls in their twenties appear on the screen. NARRATOR (CONTīD): First, it was the local prostitutes that felt his wrath. A young girl, dressed in a late-fifties style dress is being interviewed while sheīs sitting on a bed. Her throat has been slit and sheīs crying while the blood is oozing out of the wound. PROSTITUTE: I was just so horrible! One minute he seemed fine, and the next he pulled out his straight razor A picture of the straight razor in question is shown. PROSTITUTE: and he just had so much rage in him! (she begins to break down) I didnīt stand a chance! None of us did. Pictures of the power plant, his house on Elm Street, his wedding picture and finally a picture of him holding his young daughter, looking almost happy appear on the screen while the narrator speaks. NARRATOR: He tried to become a productive member of society, a good citizen but his demons again got the better of him. A picture of "Amy" his first child victim is shown We see that Tara looks like sheīs about to barf! TARA: Oh god! XAN: Ah, this is nothing. Wait till they get to the really good part! ANGLE ON TV A picture of the old Springwood elementary school is shown. NARRATOR: It would be at Springwood Elementary, his place of work that his real revenge would begin. Pictures of shocked parents, murdered children being wheeled away in body bags and a baffled (and young) LIEUTENANT THOMPSON examining evidence is seen. We end with a picture of the razor glove. NARRATOR: He would always be one step ahead of them, but it would be his own blood that betrayed him Part of the scene with Kathryn seeing her mother's murder in part 6 is shown NARRATOR (CONTīD): But when even the law couldn't touch him Part of the scene of Freddy burning in part 6 is shown NARRATOR (CONTīD): They extracted their own cruel revenge and thought they got rid of him for good. Little did they know The TV turns black. NARRATOR: That the nightmare was just beginning! We get a thirty second mix of the best killings from the first seven movies, done MTV style. Xan is laughing his ass off and starts applauding. XAN: Man, this guy's a god! Iīm with you, Freddy! Tara looks at him in disbelief and starts to get up from the couch. She is getting outta here! XAN (CONTīD): Hey, where ya going? They havenīt even gotten to the best parts yet! TARA: I donīt think I feel like watching more of this. XAN: You donīt feel like watching? A moment after he says this, FREDDYīS CLAW COMES OUT OF HIS CHEST! CLOSE UP OF TARA In complete and utter disbelief at what sheīs seeing, sheīs frozen where she stands. Another hand comes out of Xanīs chest and the two seem to be trying to rib his ribcage apart, while Xanīs head rolls out of his lap and down on the floor. Gallons and gallons of blood is flowing out of Xanīs busted ribcage. Tara tries to get up and move, but the blood is making the floor slippery, and she has to use the table to keep her balance as we cut to FREDDY Whoīs a bloody mess, but almost free. Cut to TARA How now doesnīt have the table to help her anymore, and the sofa isn't as much help. TARAīS POV Looking back at Freddy, whoīs reaching back into the chest. He gets out his hat and dusts it off. Strangely enough heīs not covered in blood anymore, and he letīs out his slow, evil cackling laughter. TARA: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? FREDDY: Havenīt you figured it out yet? What I am is your worst Nightmare, and what I want is for you to die! TARAīS POV She sees the door to the basement isn't far away, but itīs a slippery road. FREDDY Waiting to make his move WIDE SHOT That shows us that this is a standoff. She looks to the basement door, and so does he. He slowly begins to advance toward her, his glove raised and the blades gleaming in the light from the TV, while Tara begins to back off towards the basement door. Their eyes are fixed on each other, and there is a few seconds of enormous tension before Freddy makes his move and jumps at her! TARA As she tries to make her a lunge for the door, but she slips in the blood! TARAīS POV She sees that Freddy is having a little problem with the blood too, but he quickly regains his balance. She looks into his eyes she sees that horrible fire in them. FREDY: Youīre mine now, bitch! He throws himself at her just a millisecond after she gets the door open. She rolls down the stairs, and his claw misses her by a beat. 41. Int Basement/Boiler room Night Tara rolls down to the bottom of the stairs. She looks pretty banged up and frightened as she tries to catch a hold of herself. CLOSE UP ON TARA Feeling out a bump on her head Tara: Auw. Ah damn it. Auuu! She looks around her, amazed. TARAīS POV We are in Freddyīs boiler room, burning bright red and itīs hot! CLOSE UP ON TARA As she wipes the sweat from her face, she looks back up the stairs with even more amazement. TARAīS POV We see that where the stairs were, there is now a bare wall. ON TARA She looks around confused. We hear a SCREECHING SOUND and she decides to run in the opposite direction on the sound. She is running through the boiler room that appears to be more like a maze. She hears some one singing around the corner and stops in her tracks. LITTLE GIRL (O.S.): One, Two Freddyīs coming for you Three, Four Better lock your door Five, Six Get your crucifix She continues to sing as Tara warily rounds the corner. TARAīS POV We see that itīs a little blonde girl, whoīs about 8 years old. You might recognize her as AMY, the girl whose picture was shown on TV. Sheīs wearing a pretty blue dress and sheīs jumping rope while sheīs singing. Tara tries to approach her. TARA: Hi! AMY: Nine, Ten never sleep again She stops jumping and turns to look at Tara. AMY (CONTīD): Hi, who are you? TARA: Iīm Tara, whatīs your name? AMY: Iīm Amy. (beat) I donīt think youīre supposed to be here. Tara takes a few steps closer towards her. TARA: Why? AMY: We havenīt had anyone new here for a long time now. TARA: Are there other kids like you here? AMY: He keeps us around. She begins jumping rope again. TARA: Who keeps you around? Why does he do that? AMY: Freddy, you silly head! He keeps us around so he can play with us! She keeps jumping and hums a little made-up-on-the-spot song to herself. The SCREECHING NOISE is heard again, but this time much louder. FREDDY (O.S.): You can run, but you canīt hide! Youīre in my world now! Amy stops jumping, looks at Tara and shakes her head. AMY: Oh, oh! Youīre in trouble! TARA: But he canīt hurt me, right? AMY: Oh, he can hurt you. TARAīS POV We see that Amy's dress now has a large bloodstain on the front of it, and it keeps growing! AMY (CONTīD): Just like he hurt me and all the others We look back and see the shadow of the knife-glove coming around the corner. Freddy's cackling laughter sends an icy chill down our backs! TARA She grabs Amy by the hand, and tries to pull her away, but the little girl wonīt budge. TARA: Please, come on. We gotta go! AMY: I canīt leave, but you can TARA: How, please tell me! How? CUT TO THE CORNER We see that Freddy is coming nearer, we can now hear his footsteps and his shadow is growing bigger. He scrapes his claw against the pipes, making a horrible screeching sound. CUT BACK TO TARA Tara is now shaking Amy. TARA: Come on, tell me! How do I get out of here? AMY: Itīs easy, all you gotta do is wake up TARA: Wake up? How do I do that? She follows Amy's gaze up towards the boiler, and she knows what she has to do. TARA: I really wish I could help you. AMY: Itīs not your fault, just remember to tell them. TARA: Tell them what? TARAīS POV Little Amy's head has now been replaced by Freddyīs! AMY: THAT IīM BACK, YOU STUPID CUNT! TARA She screams at the sight and slams her arm up against the boiler. Burning herself probably doesnīt help either. 42. Int. Rita's Bedroom Night Tara wakes up, screaming! The door is ripped open, and her mom comes rushing in and turns on the bed light. RITA: Whatīs happening? Are you ok? Tara gives her mom a big hug and looks like she never wants to let go. TARA: Iīm fine. It was just a nightmare. RITA: No wonder youīre having nightmares with everything that's happened tonight. Lizzie comes in wiping the sleep from her eyes and yawning. LIZZIE: Whatīs going on? TARA: I just had a bad dream, thatīs all. RITA: Go back to sleep honey Lizzie saunters off back to her own room. RITA (CONTīD): Youīre sure youīre all right? Do you want another pill? TARA: Iīm fine, and I donīt want more pills. I think Iīm gonna read for a while and then make another go at catching some zīs. RITA: Donīt stay up too late. She kisses her daughter on the forehead and leaves the room. After sheīs left Tara pulls down her sleeve and gently touches the light-red burn mark that has appeared on her arm and grimaces. 43. Ext. Police Station Night Establish the police station. A few black and whites are parked out side along with Raznorīs Mercedes. Noone seems to be around, and itīs very quiet. 44. Int Interrogation room Night A table is placed in the middle of the room. Three cups of coffee and a thermos are on the table. The Sheriff is sitting on one side of it and Sean on the other. Raznor is standing up and leaning against the wall. SHERIFF: So, you were heading from the house down to the car and then what? SEAN: I was just about to open the car door when I heard one of the girls, Jamie, shouting at us, and I saw she was running towards us. SHERIFF: To tell you that they had heard a noise SEAN: Thatīs correct, Dad His dad gives him the evil eye and Sean stares down at the table SEAN (CONTīD): I mean, Sheriff. Sir SHERIFF: So then you ran in to investigate it SEAN: Well, we didnīt exactly run RANOR: Why? SEAN: I had already heard that there were people up there and RAZNOR: And you didnīt imagine anything like this might have happened? SEAN: No sir, no. SHERIFF: What did you see when you came upstairs? SEAN: The other girl, Tara, was standing in the hallway staring into the room like she was hypnotized or something. I couldn't get my eyes off it myself once I saw it. SHERIFF: I know, we were there SEAN: Not while the body was still in there! Whoever did this is sick, very sick! SHERIFF: I know, I know. Weīll get him, Sean. Donīt worry, weīll get him. Sean is clearly on the verge of a breakdown here, and the Sheriff and Raznor give each other a nod. SHERIFF: Weīre done for tonight, Sean. Go home and get some sleep. Sean gets up and heads for the door. SHERIFF: And give your mom a hug from me, will ya? Tell her itīll be a while till I get home. Sean nods and leaves them alone. Raznor pours himself a cup of coffee and lights a cigarette, while the Sheriff stands up and has himself a good stretch. SHERIFF: Thank God all days aren't like this, huh? RAZNOR: I donīt know. I canīt honestly think of any place in the world I'd rather be right now. SHERIFF: Is that so? RAZNOR: This is our shot at greatness, Sheriff! If we can catch this one, then weīll never be forgotten! SHERIFF: You already know who did this, donīt you? RAZNOR: Iīm about 99 percent sure, but you wonīt believe me if I tell you. SHERIFF: Is it Freddy Krueger? RAZNOR: As far as I know Fred Krueger got torched to death in 1968, so no itīs not him. SHERIFF: Itīs connected to the murders last night, right? RAZNOR: Now, what makes you say that? SHERIFF: We got called up there to give them some backup. Usually that means to help out with the investigation, but my boys weren't let anywhere near the crime scene. RAZNOR: And that tells you? SHERIFF: (CONTīD) That whatever was up there, itīs something so classified that not even the local PD is allowed to hear about it. Come on, what is it? Were the bodies messed up like this one? Raznor takes a sip from his coffee and a deep puff on his cigarette. RAZNOR: Well, itīs not so much the bodies as the graves. You see, the grave of Jason Voorhees SHERIFF: I donīt think we have to worry too much about people reacting to his grave being desecrated. Heīs not exactly Mr. Popular up there, you know. RAZNOR: It was empty. Dead silence as the Sheriff tries to let this sink in. SHERIFF: You think someone stole his corpse? RAZNOR: Iīm thinking that someone went up there to resurrect him, and when they succeeded, he killed them. SHERIFF: Do you know how that sounds? RAZNOR: Itīs happened before. The sheriff stares at him SHERIFF: Youīre serious about this? RAZNOR: June 13th 1986, an 18 year old boy named Tommy Jarvis claimed to be responsible for resurrecting Jason Voorhees with a bolt of lightning. Whether the kid told the truth or not was never actually proven, but what has been proven afterwards is that over the next few days, Jason goes on a rampage and adds another eighteen victims to his hit list. SHERIFF: Dear god! What if heīs the one that RAZNOR: Then weīll really be giving the papers something to write about! 45. Ext. Mall Parking Lot Night Two large security guards are throwing four punks out of the mall. You have three guesses as to who they are. PUNK #1: Screw you, you fucking Nazi! I know where you live man! GUARD #1: Yeah right! Goodnight fellas. The two guards lock up for the night and head off into the darkness. The four punks each light up a cigarette. PUNK #1: Whatīs the plan? PUNK #2: We could take the drive up to Izzyīs. I heard there might be some army fuckers up there tonight. PUNK #1: Iīm in PUNK #3: Letīs roll They head off towards their car. CUT TO THE CAR The four have gotten in, when punk #1 notices something and starts laughing. He pokes Punk #2, who is sitting next to him, on the shoulder. PUNK #1: Hey Dex man, check out this motherfucker. They all stare at the same thing Punk #1 is staring at and they laugh amongst themselves. DEX: Hey maybe we should take his wallet or something. Teach him that thatīs just too fucking weird man! The laughing dies down as they get a better look at him, and their faces turn to worried looks. PUNK #4: Is that a meat cleaver in his hands? PUNK #1: Do we really need to find out? PUNK #3: Yeah Dex start the car, man. Letīs get outta here? Dex looks around at the others and lets out a contemptuous laugh. DEX: Youīre not telling me youīre scared of this retard? Heīs probably some harmless nut job who got lost on an outing from the funny farm! PUNK #1: I donīt know man, he looks pretty big to me! DEX: Thereīs four of us and one of him, ok? This is the way we make our living, guys. We beat people up, and now youīre telling me the four of us canīt handle one guy? PUNK #4: Do we have to prove a point here? DEX: Maybe we didnīt before, but I say we do now. Out! The four get out of the car and stand in front of it. Dex is a few feet in front of the others. DEX: Hey buddy, we got a problem here or what? He looks back at the others and smiles with self-assurance. DEX (CONTīD): Maybe heīs so fucking dumb he canīt even speak! He turns his attention back the other way. PUNK #4: Heīs not stopping, thatīs for sure! DEX: Ok guys, come here. Weīre gonna jump him once we get the chance. One on each arm and one on each leg, and then we beat the shit out of him! The others look very worried at the prospects of that plan. We begin to see the enormous shadow of Jason moving in over them, and apart from Dex they look ready to run. DEX: NOW! We now see that Jason is right in front of them, and he is beginning to raise his machete! None of the others are moving, and they are stricken with fear, Dex looks back at them and yells at them. DEX: What the hell are you doing, you fucking pussies? Get mo Thatīs as far as he gets, because Jason HAS JUST CUT HIS HEAD OFF and it rolls down off his shoulders before his body collapses, and we see Jason in full figure, staring down at them. CUT TO THE PUNKS Who look like they are about to piss their pants (Maybe they have!). Jason PICKS UP PUNK #1 AND 3 UP BY THE NECK, RAMS THEIR HEADS TOGETHER, AND THEN SMASHES THEM HEAD-FIRST INTO THE SIDE WINDOWS OF THE CAR! CLOSE UP ON PUNK #4 Whoīs curled up against the car, totally panicked! He screams when Jason dumps the remains of his two dead buddies on either side of him. PUNK #4īS POV He looks up at Jason, whoīs swinging his machete down for the kill! 47. Ext. House Morning Re-establish the house. 48. Int. Kitchen Morning Rita is making waffles, toast and coffee while a small TV is on in the background. Tara comes strolling in. RITA: Good morning sunshine! Did you sleep well? Before even looking at her mother, Tara pours herself a cup of coffee a drinks it in one gulp while her mother looks on with slight amazement. She pours herself another cup and goes to sit at the table. She looks really tired and she is beginning to get bags under her eyes. RITA: I didnīt know you drank coffee? TARA: Guess you gotta start sometime She takes another sip of coffee and stares at the TV. ANGLE ON TV A female reporter is reporting from outside their house the night before. REPORTER: It was in this seemingly rural suburban home, that an 18 year old boy reportedly was decapitated here tonight. The community is filled with shock once again, as they see the horror of years gone by, a horror they thought they were rid off for good, come back. There is hope however, as the FBI has assigned none other than John Raznor, the agent famous for the capture of psychopathic serial killer Dominic Necros last January, in to assist the local Police Department on this high profile case. The interview with John Raznor from last night comes on. RAZNOR: I canīt give out any information on this case yet. The only certain Rita turns the TV off and Tara stares at her with blank eyes. TARA: What was the other horror? Rita lights up a cigarette while she looks at her wristwatch. TARA: MOM! RITA: What, honey? TARA: What was the other horror this town went through, that she was talking about? RITA: I really donīt know honey, but itīs really late and I gotta go. I made you and Lizzie breakfast, and TARA: Was it Freddy Krueger? Rita takes a deep puff from her cigarette, picks up her purse and heads for the door. RITA: I have no idea who that is. Now try to have a good day at school, but if you decide youīre not up for it, then come home. Iīll write you a note, ok? She kisses Taraīs hair and heads out the door. Tara follows her till sheīs out then turns her attention to her coffee again. 49. Ext Mall Parking Lot Morning CRANE SHOT The police have cleared the area around the punk's car and are sealing it off. CUT TO PEMBRIDGE Officer Pembridge lifts the police tape, so Raznor and the Sheriff can get under it. SHERIFF: Thanks Vern. How bad is it? PEMBRIDGE: Theyīre not gonna be hassling the shoppers again, thatīs for sure. SHERIFF: You think Krueger could have done it? PEMBRIDGE: Thatīs very unlikely, Sheriff. Looks like these four were attacked by what must have been a rival gang or something. I just didnīt know there were any more gangs in town apart from these guys. RAZNOR: Thank you, Pembridge He signals Caldwell with a nod, and they head towards the scene of the crime. After a few steps, they get the full visual and Caldwell grimaces while Raznor smiles. SHERIFF: God, that's RAZNOR: You still think a gang did this? We get a full visual of The Sheriff and Razor walking up next to the car. Raznor begins to inspect the broken windows, and the Sheriff stands there shaking his head. SHERIFF: What on earth could have RAZNOR: Remember the individual we talked about last night? SHERIFF: You truly believe that Jason Voorhees is our guy? RAZNOR: Have a look at this. We shoot from the backseat of the car at Raznor and the Sheriff as they inspect the passenger side window. Raznor pulls out a biro to demonstrate. RAZNOR: You see this gooey material on the glass? SHERIFF: I see it RAZNOR: You are aware that this stuff is human brains, right? SHERIFF: Sadly, I am RAZNOR: What more proof do you need? Thereīs no way that even five or six big guys could smash a guy's head through a car window. Thereīs only one force in this area that's capable of doing something like that and you know who that is. SHERIFF: What do you suggest we do? RAZNOR: Heīs probably in hiding until it gets dark, but tonight heīs gonna be out on the prowl again, thatīs for sure. SHERIFF: So we put every man we have out on the streets to keep a lookout for him? RAZNOR: We could do that, but you gotta remember that his favorite prey is teenagers. Last night he could have killed all of them in that house, but for some reason he didnīt. I say we keep an eye on those kids, and I can guarantee you that Jason will fall right into our hands sooner or later. The sheriff nods. He looks spent and happy to leave the decisions in this one to someone else. SHERIFF: Iīll put my best guys on it CLOSE UP ON RAZNOR Smiling at the thought of his future prospects 50. Ext. School Morning Establish. Students and teachers on their way to class as we cut to Jamie standing behind a bush and smoking a cigarette. She has very much the same glazed look Tara had earlier. Tara comes over to her and they both stare at the ground. TARA: Guess youīre not one for crowds right now, huh? JAMIE: This day is gonna be a test of patience. They all look at me like iīm some fucking victim or something, you know? You ok? TARA: Iīm alive. You left in a hurry last night JAMIE: I didnīt think there was much to hang around for, so I went home TARA: What did your parents say? JAMIE: Thankfully my dad wasn't home and my mom, well you canīt really have a serious conversation with someone whoīs passed out on the couch. TARA: So it was just you and your thoughts. I donīt think I could have made it through last night without Lizzie and mom. JAMIE: You get used to it. Worst part was this really bad dream I had. Tara stares at Jamie. TARA: Was it about a guy named Freddy Krueger? Jamie turns to look into Taraīs eyes. JAMIE: He had this glove, where the fingers had TARA: Knives on the end of them like long fingernails. A beat, as the two stare at each other in amazement and fear. TARA (CONTīD): What did he tell you? JAMIE: To tell people that heīs back. How about you? TARA: The same JAMIE: Do you think we should do as he says? TARA: Something tells me that would be a really bad idea. I think that for now, we should keep it to ourselves. JAMIE: But TARA: Just until we find out more, ok? Jamie nods and looks down in the ground. Jake and Riley come over, and they both look kinda gloomy. Tara snuggles into Jake's arms. JAKE: You guys doing any better? JAMIE: What the fuck does it look like? TARA: You can be glad you decided not to come last night Riley. RILEY: Yeah well. I just wanna say that Iīm really sorry, I mean I didnīt know him or anything but JAMIE: Itīs ok, thanks. She gives him an uneasy smile that quickly vanishes again and they head to class. JAKE: Seems there was a lot more trouble round town last night TARA: Where? JAKE: Down at the mall, I think. My dad and Sean were in a real hurry this morning, something about another multiple murder. Itīs probably the same psycho that got Xan, if you ask me TARA: Why wonīt this nightmare end? They hear the attendance bell ring. JAMIE: Iīm afraid itīs just beginning 51. Int Classroom Day Students are piling in to their seats for the impending lesson, while their teacher MRS. STEVENS is pulling out books from her desk and getting herself ready. The students are talking amongst themselves, but all talk stops, when our four friends enter the room. Almost everyone is staring at Jamie, and she looks at Tara with an annoyed look on her face. A slight whispering begins again, as Jamie takes her seat by the window and Tara takes hers next to her. Jake and Riley sit down behind them as Mrs. Stevens looks ready to begin the lesson. MRS. STEVENS: Attention people! Now yesterday we discussed the Vollstead agreement and TAMMY, WOULD YOU SHUT UP PLEASE! And itīs ramification on the America of the 1920īs. Today we will begin our last major topic of the year, namely the She turns around, picks up a piece of chalk and starts to write on the blackboard. MRS. STEVENS (CONTīD): Great depression, which started in 1929 and caused massive unemployment and a famine that was felt through most of the western world She continues to talk and write as we JAMIE Whoīs staring out the window with that glazed and tired look in her eyes MRS. STEVENS (CONTīD (O.S.)): and played a large role in the events leading up to World War II. Now if youīll turn to your textbooks Jamie brings her up and rests her face in it. She yawns and for just a moment, she closes her eyes. She opens them again, and wipes her eyes. She looks around and gets a freaked out look on her face. JAMIE: Eh, Mrs. Stevens? JAMIEīS POV Everyone apart from Mrs. Stevens, whoīs busy talking and writing on the blackboard, is staring right at us! JAMIE Who is really uncomfortable with this stare down JAMIE: Mrs. Stevens, could you make them stop this? Mrs. Stevens stops her endless talking and writing process and turns around. She looks angry! MRS. STEVENS: Why is it that whenever thereīs a disturbance in my class, itīs always you miss Brendan? JAMIE: What? No, I just MRS. STEVENS: You know how I feel about people who disrupt my class! Now Jamie's fear is starting to turn to anger. JAMIE: Look lady! All I want from you is for you to tell all these shitheads to stop staring at me, ok? Mrs. Stevens stares at her like sheīs about to come down at slap her. MRS. STEVENS: I will not have you using language like that in my classroom! MR. CUTLIPīS OFFICE, NOW! She points to the door and Jamie sulkingly gets up. Sheīs looks to Tara but she just stares back at her with empty eyes. She heads for the door with everyone still staring at her. 52. Int. Waiting Room Day Jamie comes up to the counter and taps her fingers on it. The secretary stops typing on her keyboard, and looks up at Jamie with a smile. SECRETARY: And what can I do you for? JAMIE: Mrs. Stevens sent me here? SECRETARY: Ah, you must be Jamie! Theyīre in there waiting for you, so you can just walk right in She goes back to typing and Jamie looks bewildered JAMIE: Whoīs they? No answer, as the secretary is busy with her typing 53. Int. Principals Office Day Jamie walks in and is very surprised at what she sees. In the room are PRINCIPAL CUTLIP, SHERIFF CALDWELL and JOHN AND PEGGY BRENDAN. JAMIE: Mom, dad what are you doing here? CUTLIP: Have a seat, Jamie. We just wanna talk to you. The Sheriff grabs Jamie firmly by the arm and makes her sit down. Principal Cutlip sits down in his chair on the other side of the desk. CUTLIP: Now, the reason youīve been called here is that youīre a problem. Youīre a problem for your parents, this school and we think you might even be a problem for this whole community. Jamie stares at him with amazement. JAMIE: I donīt understand, how JOHN: Big surprise there! He lets out a little sarcastic laugh. SHERIFF: She never was a smart one, thatīs for sure! CUTLIP: Now weīre not here to make fun of Jamie, weīre here to tell her about everything thatīs wrong with her. Peggy, do you have something to add? Peggy, who looks like she may have had a drink or five, stares at her daughter with contempt. PEGGY: I wish we'd never had you! Jamie turns to look up at her mom, and we see that tears are beginning to form in her eyes. JAMIE: Mom, how can you say that? Look I know weīre not exactly friends, but JOHN: We weīre so happy before we had you. Even the first years of your life, we weīre a happy family. But then you changed. You became the little wiseass you are today, and because we have you, this big strain on our relationship, weīve never stood a chance! Tears are rolling down Jamie's cheeks as she tries to speak, but she canīt get any words out. SHERIFF: And then last night you got your boyfriend killed. Jamie wipes her eyes and stares at him. JAMIE: You canīt be serious! SHERIFF: Oh no? You know who killed Xan? Jason Voorhees, thatīs who! She looks at him with amazement and then round at the others, who look like this isn't news to them. JAMIE: But thatīs impossible! SHERIFF: Thereīs no doubt, Jason did it and you know why he picked Xan? Because he saw you riding him up in Taraīs bedroom! Her parents look at each other and shake their heads. JOHN: And of course sheīs a slut too! PEGGY: We really screwed up with this one, John. CLOSE UP JAMIE A huge mix of emotions running through her, from guilt to disbelief with everything else packed in between. She really is a mess to look at by now. There is a beat before they start talking again, and we hold on Jamie while they do so. CUTLIP: Doesnīt that in some way make her an accessory to murder? PEGGY (excited): Is there a chance you could arrest her? JOHN: That would sure help my wife and me out a lot, sheriff! Jamie begins to sob again. SHERIFF: No, we canīt arrest her. JOHN: Dammit! SHERIFF: We can still punish her though. JAMIEīS POV She looks up at Principal Cutlip, and we see that his white shirt has been changed for a red and green striped shirt! She looks around to see that everyone now is wearing one except her, and they begin to close in on her. JAMIE She starts to panic JAMIE: What are you gonna do to me? JAMIEīS POV She looks at principal Cutlip, who is getting up and we notice that his face is turning red. When he stands up we see that he has a knife-glove on his right hand. CUTLIP: Nothing that wonīt kill ya! He starts to climb over the desk, and Jamie turns to look at her mom, whose face is bright red, and her skin is starting to fall off. She holds up her knife glove and smiles. PEGGY: Donīt feel bad about this, Jamie. Itīs for the best Jamie presses herself up against the back of the chair. She starts crying. JAMIE: NO PLEASE! DONīT KILL ME, PLEASE! She is in a total panic and the others start to laugh. JOHN: I guess all that attitude was a mask after all. PEGGY: Sheīs a crybaby! The others laugh hysterically and she turns to look at her mom, whoīs raising her hand to strike. PEGGY: This is for not doing what Freddy told you to do! JAMIE She starts to scream, while the four knife-gloves come ever closer to her. Looks like sheīs a goner when 54. Int Classroom Day JAMIEīS POV We look up at Mrs. Stevens, whoīs been shaking her. She looks worried. MRS. STEVENS: Jamie, wake up! Are you all right? You were screaming. JAMIE Who looks confused and frightened. JAMIEīS POV She looks around and sees that everyone now is staring at her! Most with a "huh?" look on their faces, but Tara looks on with real concern. JAMIE Whoīs back in her state of panic. JAMIE: No fucking way, man! She jumps up and runs out the door. Tara looks to Jake with an expression like "What are we gonna do?" and he shrugs. Riley looks like heīs got an important decision to make, as Tara tries to stand up but Mrs. Stevens grabs her by the shoulders and forces her back down in her chair. MRS. STEVENS: I think itīs best we leave her alone right now, Tara. She suffered a great loss and She is stopped by Riley who pushes her out of the way as he sprints out the door. Tara and Jake look at each other with the same "huh?" expression the others had on before. 55. Int Hallway Day Jamie is walking fast down the hallway. Sheīs crying and she looks terrified. Riley comes into sight behind her, and he runs to catch up with her. RILEY: Jamie, wait up! He sprints to catch her, as she keeps walking. When he catches her, he stands in her way and looks like heīs gotĻ something important to say, but doesnīt know quite how to say it. JAMIE: Get out of my way! RILEY: Look I can help you, ok? JAMIE: Leave me alone! She tries to go past him, but he stops her. She looks up at him with slight amazement. RILEY: Itīs Freddy Krueger, right? She looks at him warily JAMIE: How did you know? RILEY: Because Iīve faced him too, a long time ago and I think I know how we can beat him. She surrenders and falls into his arms sobbing. He looks a little uneasy at first, but then gets the slightest smile on his face as he returns the embrace. In the background we see Tara and Jake coming up towards them. JAMIE: You really think we can defeat this Krueger guy? RILEY: I know we can He spots the others who exchange uneasy looks. 56. Ext. Rileyīs house Day Establish. Itīs an old two-story house with a big garden. Jakeīs car is in the driveway next to an old Ford Stationwagon. 57. Int. Riley's Room Day The group is in Riley's basement apartment. It is very spartanly decorated with only a fold-out couch, a table, an armchair, a punching bag and a dresser with a small TV on it. The three others are sitting on the couch while Riley is standing up. RILEY: My parents and I moved to Springwood from Idaho when I was seven. We used to live in the same house you live in now, Tara. If only they'd never sold it again. Tara looks at him uneasily. TARA: Whatīs wrong with my house? RILEY: Thatīs where he used to take them! TARA: Who? RILEY: His victims. Back in his child killer days, he would take the town's young boys and girls down to the basement, where he would torture them to death with his razor-glove. After that he'd store the bodies down at the power station. JAMIE: Yikes! RILEY: Thatīs not even half of it. See the cops captured him and took him to trial, but because someone screwed up with the arrest warrant or something, they had to let him off. JAMIE: So he continued killing kids? RILEY: No because on that same night the parents of Elm Street took it upon themselves to do what the courts couldn't, so they caught up with him and turned him into a human fireball, and with his dying breath he wowed to get his revenge. A beat as the others let this sink in TARA: But if he got burned to death, then whatīs he doing in our dreams? RILEY: Because after he died, he became something much worse. It was in our house that he first struck thirteen years later against a girl called Nancy Thompson, whose dad was Sheriff at the time. Over the next days he kills her friends before she defeats him, or so she thinks because five years later heīs back. That was when things got really bad. JAKE: Youīre saying it wasn't bad before? RILEY: When we moved in, his power was at itīs height. See he feeds on the souls of his victims, and once he kills you youīre his. I donīt know if he decided I was too young at that point, or maybe he was looking to have a little fun with me before A beat, as he gets a lump in his throat. RILEY: So he went after my mom instead. She'd wake up in a cold sweat with slash marks on her arm, or she'd be in a coma for days at a time, while he was toying with her. My dad was going nuts cuz he couldn't do anything, and I (beat) I was powerless against him. So one night he slashed her to bits her right in front of me. Jamie gets up and puts an arm around him. JAMIE: Oh god. Iīm so sorry RILEY: When I told our doctor about what I'd seen, they sent me to Westin Hills Mental Hospital, where they doped me up with all kinds of shit. They'd just been reopened after Freddy pulled a massacre there, also itīs the place he was conceived. TARA: How do you know all this stuff? RILEY: There was this doctor at Westin Hills, Neil Gordon, who helped them fight Freddy back then. He also said he met Freddyīs mother, but I donīt know about that. Without him, I probably would have thrown myself out one of the windows there. JAMIE: What about your dad, couldn't he help you? RILEY: My dad hung himself a month after I was admitted, so since they let me out Iīve been staying with my grandparents. This has been a long time coming for me. TARA: So how do we fight him? RILEY: We gotta bring him into our world. The cool thing about this dream world is that you can bring anything or anyone in or out. All you have to do is touch he, she or it when you cross over. JAKE: Ok, say we bring him back. Then what? TARA: Yeah I mean heīs still gonna have the glove plus whatever other powers he has. RILEY: His powers should disappear once heīs in our world, but you donīt have to worry about it: Iīll bring him back, you stand ready to kill him when I do. JAKE: Do you think we can take him? You know his powers better than any of us. Do you really think we can take him, just the four of us? RILEY: We have a shot. JAKE: Well, Iīm not sure having "a shot" is enough. You ask me, itīs suicide. RILEY: Weīve got one more problem JAKE: Oh, I think we got more than one! RILEY: I slept just like the rest of you last night, and I didnīt see Freddy, meaning I gotta share one of your dreams to get to him. JAMIE: You canīt do something like that. RILEY: You can with this stuff. He pulls out a bottle of pills from the top dresser drawer and holds it up for the others to see. RILEY (CONTīD): Itīs called Somnabulene. They tried to defeat Freddy by entering each others dreams, but there weren't that many people around with the ability to pull people into their dreams, so they came up with this stuff. It didnīt help them of course, it just meant that more people got killed at a time. TARA: Iīll go. JAKE: No, are you crazy? Itīs way too dangerous and besides TARA: It has to be me. She looks at Riley and gives him a shy smile which he returns. TARA: We share a connection with him. RILEY: That just leaves the problem of killing him. JAMIE: I think I have an idea. The others stare at her skeptically. 58. Int. Undercover Car Day Sean and Pembridge are in the car. They are in civilian clothes and they have a box of donuts between them as well as a steaming cup of coffee each in their cup holders. Sean is looking out the window while Pembridge is unfolding a newspaper. SEANīS POV We see that he is pointing the cannon at the basement of an old two-story house. Jake's Camaro is parked in the driveway next to an old Ford. 59. Int. Riley's Room Day The kids are seated around the table. Jake and Tara sit on the couch while Jamie occupies the very comfy looking armchair. Riley sits on the armrest and you can see that she is pushing herself slightly up against him, even thought she doesnīt have to. A map that has been circled in two places with a red magic marker is laid out on the table. JAKE: It sounds crazy to me. Itīs never gonna work. JAMIE: If everything goes right, I think it will. RILEY: Thereīs a lot of ifīs though. JAKE: Yeah, I mean even if I could get my dad to go along with it, thereīs no saying whatīs gonna happen if Jason actually does decide to show up. RILEY: I guess we gotta put our hope in the miracles of modern science. Tara has an uneasy dejavu at that remark. RILEY (CONTīD): So we meet up at Taraīs house at eight and Tara TARA: Iīll get my mom and Lizzie out of there, no worries. The four get up and Riley goes and puts a hand on Jake's shoulder. RILEY: We really need you to pull through here, Jake. JAKE: I know. RILEY: But if you canīt then just be straight about it. Weīll find another way somehow. Jake puts his arm on Riley's shoulder and gives him a not-so-confident look. 60. Int. Undercover Car Day Sean is resting his head against the window while trying to look out it with one eye. Pembridge is in his own world, reading his newspaper. SEAN: Could this BE anymore boring? PEMBRIDGE (still reading): I told you you should have brought something to read. Sean is finally called to attention at something he sees. SEAN: Theyīre coming out Pembridge starts folding up his paper, and looks at the same thing Sean is looking at. SEANīS POV Tara, Jamie and Jake come out of the house. They get to Jake's car, but before they get there, Jake spots them. 61. Ext. Street Day The kids are by the car, when Jake spots the cops who are staking them out. JAKE: I donīt think itīs gonna be that big a problem with my dad. He nods towards the undercover car. JAKE (CONTīD): Thatīs my brother and Pembridge right over there. JAMIE: How do you know? JAKE: Because thatīs my mom's car. Look you take the Camaro and then weīll meet up at your house later, ok? TARA: Good luck They kiss for a few seconds, before he heads off. 62. Int. Undercover Car Day Sean is looks at Pembridge like "what are we gonna do". Pembridge doesnīt do anything except take a sip from his coffee. Sean turns to look out the window. SEANīS POV We see that the girls are pulling away in Jake's Camaro, and Jake has almost reached us. He smiles as he comes up to the car. JAKE: Hey, Sean! He gets in on the backseat. JAKE: Vern! How ya doing? You guys have a radio in here that can reach dad? SEAN: Yeah, but JAKE: Call him up, I got something I gotta talk to him about. Sean picks up the walkie talkie and speaks into it. SEAN: Sheriff, you out there? A beat, as they wait for an answer. Sean tries again. SEAN: Sheriff Caldwell, This is Sean, do you read me? Another beat as they await an answer. SEAN: I donīt think SHERIFF (O.S.): What is it? SEAN: Sheriff, we got Jake here with us and he has something he says he needs to talk to you about. Sean hands Jake the walkie talkie SHERIFF (O.S.): What do you mean, you have him there with you? You are supposed to be tailing him, not socializing with him! When you get back I guarantee you His rant is cut short when Jake activates the walkie talkie. JAKE: Dad! Dad, chill out. I got a proposition I need to talk to you and the FBI guy about. SHERIFF (O.S.): Jake, I really donīt have the time today. There is a killer on the loose, you know! JAKE: Thatīs what my proposition is about. We know it was Jason Voorhees who killed Jamie's boyfriend last night and probably those kids down at the mall too. We wanna help you catch him. Jake deactivates the walkie talkie and puts it down while they await an answer. Sean gives him a worried glaze. SEAN: What are you playing at, little brother? Jake just smiles at him and Sean shakes his head a little then stares at him again. SEAN (CONTīD): Just donīt get yourself killed, ok? Even though you can be a pain in the ass, I still love you bro. JAKE: I donīt intend to either. Iīll probably need your help too before this is all said and done. SEAN: Itīs nice to know that your screwed up older brother is still good for something. The moment is broken as the Sheriff comes on again. SHERIFF (O.S.): Sean? Sean picks up the walkie and talks into it. SEAN: Yes, Sheriff? SHERIFF (O.S.): Bring Jake down to the station Jake leans back and looks slightly relieved. 63. Int Interrogation room Day Itīs the same interrogation room that We were in earlier. Jake is sitting on one side of the table and the Sheriff on the other, while Raznor is standing up. CLOSE UP ON THE SHERIFF Heīs rubbing the sweat off his forehead and he looks terrible. SHERIFF: Itīs a horrible thing youīre asking of me here Jake, you know that, donīt you? To put my own flesh and blood in a situation like that on purpose! It goes against all my human instincts, for god's sake! RAZNOR: But itīll work. The other two look up at Raznor. RAZNOR (CONTīD): Heīs gonna come back to that house tonight, Iīm sure of it. If thereīs two things weīve learned about Jason, itīs that he roams the same areas and that he hates having survivors around. JAKE: Itīs up to you, dad Sheriff Caldwell looks deep into his son's eyes before he makes his decision. SHERIFF: Weīll do it! Jake and Raznor both look very pleased. 64. Ext. Street Day Tara and Jamie are getting out of Jake's car outside of Taraīs house. TARA: You donīt wanna go home for a while first? JAMIE: Whatīs the point? She nods at something. JAMIE: Your mom's home for once. Tara looks uneasy as they walk up to the house. Her mom comes out storming out crying and hugs her. RITA: Tara, where have you been? TARA: Mom, mom iīm right here. What is it? RITA: Itīs Lizzie. She fell asleep during one of her classes, and they couldn't wake her up after it was over and She begins to cry. TARA: Mom, what? Whatīs the matter with her? Tara runs past her mom into the house. 65. Int. Lizzieīs Room Day Tara storms in to find Lizzie peacefully sleeping on her bed. She goes in to take a closer look and sees something. CLOSE UP ON LIZZIEīS ARM We look right over where the covers end and see the top of a bandage. TARA Tara pulls the covers down and sees that the bandage is long. She gently pulls it off, and has to look away after she sees what she sees. SHOT OF LIZZIEīS ARM That has four bleeding slash marks across it. TARA She quickly puts the bandage back on and gets up. Jamie comes in and holds her from behind while her mother remains standing in the doorway. RITA: Sheīs got more like those on her legs and her stomach. The girls turn to look at her. RITA (CONTīD): It is that guy, isn't it. Fred Krueger? She lights up a cigarette. RITA (CONTīD): I overheard couple of the other secretary's talking about it a few months after we moved here. About how my house was cursed! I didnīt really believe it of course, so I asked our dear Sheriff. Thought it might even have been a good chance to get to know him. She takes a puff from her smoke, and looks down at the ground, ashamed. TARA: All this time you knew, and you didnīt tell us? RITA: I didnīt think it was any business of yours and besides, he told me that that was the way to deal with him, to keep quiet! I only did as he told me! Tara looks at her crying mom with pity and goes and hugs her. It is a very welcome one. RITA: Are we ok? TARA: Yeah, weīre ok They break the hug and Rita wipes her eyes with a hanker chief. RITA: Iīm gonna take Lizzie to the hospital, maybe thereīs something they can do. TARA: Itīs worth a shot RITA: Iīll probably stay there overnight. Will you be ok here all alone? TARA: Iīll be all right and besides, I got Jamie here to cheer me up. Rita takes a good look at the two girls and smiles. RITA: Tara is so lucky to have a friend like you, Jamie. JAMIE: Nah, sheīs not so bad herself There is a moment of love in the room, ahhhh! 66. Ext Driveway Day Tara helps Rita get Lizzie in on the backseat of their station wagon, while Jamie holds the door. They get her in and Jamie slams the door shut. RITA: You girls behave! JAMIE: Donīt we always? Rita rolls her eyes because she knows the lie behind that remark. She gives Tara a quick hug, and steps into the car. Tara and Jamie watch her drive off before Tara turns to Jamie. TARA: My mom's bedroom, now! 67. Int. Bedroom Day Tara is lying on the bed with Jamie sitting on a chair beside her. Jamie has a wristwatch in her hands. TARA: Now remember, five minutes then you wake me up, ok? Jamie nods. TARA (CONTīD): That should give me just enough time to find Lizzie if sheīs in there, and not give Krueger enough time to kill me. Are you clear on everything? JAMIE: Iīm clear, but when do I start counting? I mean youīre probably not gonna fall asleep in an instant. TARA: Good point. How about his: You say my name every thirty seconds, and when I stop answering with an "mmm" then you know iīm asleep. JAMIE: Got it! CLOSE UP ON TARA Tara lays her head down and closes her eyes. This looks like a very welcome rest. 68. Int Nightmare Bedroom Night CLOSE UP ON TARA She lies there for about thirty seconds as the music gets gloomy! TARA: Jamie, you were supposed to say my name after thirty seconds. She opens her eyes and starts to get up. TARA: I was counting the seconds in my head and She is rather surprised at what she sees WIDE SHOT That shows us that she is in an exact replica of Nancyīs old room. She gets up and goes over to the window and looks out at the old Elm Street and over at Glennīs house. TARAīS POV She looks up at Glenn's room and sees that the TV in on and she can just see Glenn's feet on the bed. TARA She tries tugging at the bars but realizes they wonīt budge. She is about to leave well enough alone, when she is stunned by something she sees. TARAīS POV Over on the other side of the street we see that GLENNīS FEET GET SUCKED INTO THE BED, AND MOMENTS LATER A HUGE GUSH OF BLOOD AND BONES IS BEING SPRAYED UP FROM THE BED TO THE CEILING IN HIS ROOM. TARA She turns away from the window with disgust, and hurries out into the hall. 69. Int Nightmare Hallway Night She comes out into the hall and closes the door behind her. We see that this isn't their hall the way it usually looks. Itīs much darker and the walls are a burnt brown color. LIZZIE (O.S.): Tara! She stands perfectly still tries to identify where the sound came from. LIZZIE (O.S.): Tara, help me! She hurries down the stairs. 70. Int. Nightmare Living Room Night Tara comes into the living room, which is almost pitch black except for the TV. TARAīS POV She sees that Xan is sitting on an old worn out couch watching Tina being dragged across the ceiling in Nightmare 1. He enjoying it so much that he doesnīt notice her at all, and we see that heīs got gaffa tape around the wound on his his neck which keeps his head in place. LIZZIE (O.S.): Tara, please! Heīs hurting me! TARA She has found out that the sound is coming from the basement. She opens the door and takes a deep breath before she heads down the stairs. 71. Int. Basement/Boiler Room Night Tara is down in the boiler room and she walking down a corridor. There is a turn coming up ahead, and around the corner comes Amy on a bicycle. She rides it up to Tara, where she stops. She looks up at Tara. AMY: Youīre coming for your sister, right? Tara eyes the little girl warily TARA: Do you know where I can find her? AMY: Sheīs right around the corner, but you should be careful cuz Freddyīs there and heīs kinda angry today. She rides by Tara while she sings. AMY: One, Two Freddyīs coming for you Three, Four Better lock your door Her voice slowly fades away as she disappears behind Tara. Tara looks resolved as she steps around the corner. ANGLE ON TARA As she comes around the corner, she loses her cool when she sees TARAīS POV We see FREDDYīS WALL OF SOULS. If you imagine his stomach being stretched over an entire wall, you pretty much get the picture. The souls of the Damned are moaning and screaming from within. Freddy is having fun by shoving one of the claws of his glove into the eye of one of the damned souls, whose face is visible on the wall. He doesnīt look like heīs noticed her yet, until he speaks. FREDDY: So you thought I would let sneak into my domain and take her from right under my nose? He turns and stares at her with a hungry look on his face. TARA She looks resolved. TARA: That was the plan. FREDDY: Your plans have just changed. He cuts his shirt open with his glove, and we see Lizzieīs face on his stomach. Her face is moving and she looks to be in agonizing pain. TARA: LIZZIE! Freddy laughs as he flashes his knives! FREDDY: When they blew me up I lost all the souls I'd collected after I died He starts to move towards her with the glove raised. FREDDY: so iīm looking to get filled up fast, baby! TARA Who is trying not to look scared as she begins to fall back. FREDDY Who starts running. FREDDY: And besides TARA She turns around to run, but instead she turns right into Freddy whoīs appeared right in front of her! Now sheīs scared and she tries to back off. FREDDY (CONTīD): Iīve always had a thing for the bitches that live in this house! He jumps at her and has no problem getting her pinned down. He is just inches away from her face, and he licks her nose with his long tongue as she winces before she disappears into thin air and Freddy drops to the ground face-first. 72. Int Rita's Bedroom Day Jamie is shaking Tara to wake her up. JAMIE: Tara, wake up! This isn't funny, ok? Tara starts to come to. JAMIE (CONTīD): Thank god! I thought I'd lost you for good for a second there TARA: Wasn't far from it She wipes her face with her pillow while Jamie stares at her with anxious anticipation. JAMIE: So? TARA: Heīs got her Jamie looks like she is about to give up. TARA (O.S.): But I also think I know how weīre going to free her again. JAMIE: How? Whatever it is weīll do it, you know that. TARA: We have to kill Krueger in our world. I think thatīs the only way. There is a beat as they stare out in the air while they let this sink in. JAMIE: Doesnīt look like we have much choice now, does it? TARA: Nope. Jamie thinks of something, and smiles. JAMIE: There is some good news too, you know? TARA: What? JAMIE: Jake called. Tara looks up at her. That definitely got her attention. JAMIE (CONTīD): We got the cops! Taraīs frown is turned upside down. 73. Int. Living Room Evening Jake and Tara are coming in to join the others. Jamie and Riley are sitting closely next to each other on the couch. JAKE: Hey JAMIE: Hey RILEY: Are we all set? JAKE: Theyīve got guys posted on both sides of the house, and the cavalry is down the street, waiting to get called in. RILEY: And after they catch him? JAKE: Itīs covered. 74. Ext. Driveway. Evening JASONīS POV We are standing on the other side of the street, in Jamie's parent's driveway. Through the window we see Jake and Tara. Jake looks like heīs talking to someone. Jamie gets up, puts a cigarette in her mouth and heads to the window. CH-CH-CH KA-KA-KA We head towards them 75. Int. Living Room Evening Jamie opens the window and lights up her smoke. She sits down on the window still. JAMIE: Hey Jake, is it really true that Jason hates people screwing? The others canīt help smile at her question JAKE: Yeah, he also donīt like people getting drunk, doing drugs or "blowing their duties off", as the FBI guy put it. JAMIE: What the fuck does that mean? TARA: It means not doing what youīre supposed to be doing Jamie starts to laugh and Tara is smitten by it. JAMIE: I would be so fucking doomed! 76. Ext Garden Night JASONīS POV We are crawling through the bushes just like the night before. We fix our eyes to see Jamie smoking and laughing in the window, until we hear a slight rustling. We crouch down and look straight ahead. The bushes in front of us are wavering, and we see a knee resting on the ground underneath it. We raise our arm and we just get a glimpse of the machete with the moonlight bouncing off of it as we move forward. 77. Int. Living Room Evening Jamie flicks her smoke out the window, and goes to join the others. Jake is sitting in an armchair and Tara sits on his lap him in a position that only guys who are truly in love think is comfortable. They look bored. 78. Ext. Garden Evening JASONīS POV We look down to see the head rolling away. The body falls down seconds later with a small thump. We look up and see that the bushes are moving up in front of us, and we hear someone whispering something. We move ahead but are distracted by the lights in the house. We look right and see Tara sitting on Jake's lap. They look very much in love. We head straight for the window. 79. Int. Living Room Evening Everyone is staring at the TV, even though none of them look particularly interested. CLOSE UP ON TARA She is looking drowsy and tired. Her eyes are just about to fall shut, but she catches herself in it before they do. She opens them excessively, and her mouth opens too at what she sees. TARAīS POV She looks out the window and sees Jason staring back at her! 80. Ext. Garden Evening The cop has pulled his camouflage hood of and is standing a few behind Jason. He looks pretty scared. COP: Turn around buddy! JASON Jason slowly turns around, and the cop holds up a can of pepper spray in one hand and a tazer gun in the other. COP: You see these? Donīt think iīm afraid to use ém on ya. Jason starts to raise his arm and the cop shoots his tazer gun in Jasonīs chest. The electrodes fizzle for a second, before Jason rips them out with his free hand. The cop is panicking as he starts to back up against the bushes. COP: Now you donīt wanna do anything youīre gonna regret here, right? Jason strikes down with the machete, but the cop blocks it with his arm. THE COP With the blood blowing flowing out of a long gash in his arm, he puts up the pepper spray in a last feeble attempt to save his life. 81. Int. Living Room Evening Tara jumps up from Jake's lap and points out the window. TARA: Heīs out there! Guys itīs Jason, heīs right out there! The others jump up and head towards the window. They only get a few steps though, because THE COPīS BODY IS SENT FLYING THROUGH THE WINDOW, SENDING GLASS FLYING EVERYWHERE. TARAīS POV We see that Jason is climbing through the broken window. THE KIDS Who make a run for the door. Jamie gets there first and she rips it open and they storm outside. 82. Ext. Garden Evening ANGLE ON THE DOOR The kids come running out past the camera, the girls screaming. Jason comes out about five seconds later, and no sooner is he clear of the door when A HUNDRED ELECTRODES FROM TAZER GUNS ARE SHOT ALL OVER HIS BODY. The electrodes fizzle, as he lies on the ground rattling. After about ten seconds, the electrodes stop and a man in black camouflage dress comes over and takes his pulse. He pulls his camouflage hood off and as he turns around we see that itīs Raznor. He looks unbelievably happy! RAZNOR: We got him alive! We hear a cheering as we pull out to reveal about fifty cops standing on the lawn. We pull out until the kids are in the middle of the frame, hugging each other. We dissolve to 83. Ext Garden Night Itīs later and the cops are almost all gone. Thereīs a few paramedics around, along with a couple of ambulances and a single police car. (apart from Jake's Camaro, which is parked in the driveway) The girls are in Jake's car with Tara at the wheel. The guys are standing next to it, and Jake leans in to kiss Tara goodbye. THE KIDS Jake leans back out after the kiss. JAKE: Weīll see you soon, ok? JAMIE: Good luck. The girls drive off and the guys give them long glazes as they drive off. The sheriff and Raznor come over to them. SHERIFF: Where's she going? Isn't she the one that lives here? JAKE: She going to the hospital to see if sister's getting any better. SHERIFF: Yeah, I heard about that. Tell her all our prayers are with that little girl. JAKE: I will. RAZNOR: Listen, weīre going out for a few celebration drinks, you guys wanna tag along? JAKE: Nah, I think were gonna stick around and help get the place cleaned up before Tara and her mom comes home. SHERIFF: Thatīs a real nice thought, son. RAZNOR: I just wanna thank you guys from the bottom of my heart. Without you we probably couldn't have done it. You really showed some balls out there tonight! He shakes both their hands as he says it then looks at his watch. RAZNOR (CONTīD): Sheriff, if we hurry then I think we may still be able to get on the eleven o'clock news with this. Did you imagine that, when you woke up this morning? He chuckles with joy as the two head off to the Sheriff's car. The two boys go down to the curb and waves to them as they drive away, then smile at each other. They head off. ANGLE ON THE AMBULANCE Jake opens the passenger side door and gets in, while Riley climbs in the back. 84. Int. Ambulance Night Jake gets in on the front seat, while Riley struggles to get past the huge form of Jason, whoīs lying on a stretcher in the back. The driver turns his head at Jake, and reveals himself to be Sean! SEAN: Do you think they suspected anything? JAKE: Not a bit. Sean puts the ambulance in gear and they start to drive off. JAKE: I really canīt thank you enough for this, man! SEAN: Are you kidding? Watching dad's face when he finds out is one thing, but imagine Pembridge when he realizes that heīs driven a headless corpse all the way to the Maximum Security Detention Center in Dayton under full police escort! They chuckle a little at this. SEAN: Look, I'll take you to the city limits and then thatīs it, youīre on your own. JAKE. Well, thanks again Sean SEAN: What are brothers for, huh? RILEY: Do we have to worry about him waking up? SEAN: I donīt think thereīs much chance of that. The vet gave him a triple dose of the stuff they tranquilize elephants with, so heīs having a gooood sleep. CLOSE UP ON JASONīS FACE His eyes are closed and he sure looks peaceful enough. We delve down into Jasonīs head. 85. Int. Boiler Room Night Jason is standing in the middle of a large open square in the middle of the boiler room. He looks around him like heīs confused until he spots something above him. FREDDY Heīs standing on a ledge looking down at Jason with a contemptuous look on his face FREDDY: So you decided to come back after all. He jumps down. JASON Freddy walks up to him and looks him over. There is a considerable size-difference. FREDDY: So, are we gonna fight or are you just going stand there looking like the big idiot you are? With a lightning fast move, Jason swings his machete at Freddy but Freddy blocks it with his glove! Jason pulls it back and they circle each other. FREDDY: But youīre still not afraid! Weīll see what we can do about that! FREDDY GROWS TWO MORE ARMS, EACH EQUIPPED WITH A RAZOR GLOVE AND HE DRIVES THEM INTO JASONīS CHEST WHILE HE SLASHES ACROSS JASONīS MASK WITH HIS "NORMAL" KNIFE HAND. Jason tries to pull the arms out, but heīs not having much luck. He swings the machete, and DECAPITATES FREDDY. Freddyīs head rolls around on the floor and his now two-armed body slumps down to the ground. The claws in Jasonīs chest disappear instantly, when Freddyīs head gets cut off. Jason stares at the body and looks more than a little surprised, when it starts to get up. It goes over and with itīs back to the camera it picks up Freddyīs head, and places it on itīs shoulders. Freddy turns around and it doesnīt look there was ever any damage. FREDDY (CONTīD): We play by my rules here! He makes a huge leap, and he is back on the ledge he was on before. JASON Who stands there watching him, not moving a muscle. FREDDY CLOSE UP ON FREDDYīS HEAD FREDDY: Your mother sure learned that fast! CUT TO FULL SHOT OF FREDDY He is holding up the severed head of Mrs. Voorhees. FREDDY: She was a real screamer! She begged for her life and for yours, but youīve left me no choice. JASON He is angry now, and he starts to head towards where Freddy is. FREDDY FREDDY (CONTīD): All you were supposed to do was kill one and then you could go back to where you belong. But you couldn't stop there, could you? And for that JASON He stops and stares up at Freddy. FREDDY Whoīs got an evil grin on his face. FREDDY (CONTīD): Youīre going to hell! JASON A trap door opens underneath him, and he falls into a huge pool of water. 86. Int. Underwater Pool Night Jason is dropping further and further down, even though he is flailing with his arms and doing everything he can to fight it. WIDE SHOT We see that two long Freddy arms have a hold on Jasonīs ankle, and that itīs them that are dragging him down. 87. Int. Ambulance Night Jake is driving and Sean has left them. The two boys are startled when Jason starts to shake. JAKE: What the hell is wrong with him? RILEY: I think heīs having a nightmare. JAKE: Well, do something! RILEY: Like what? Jason starts to cough up water, and it flows out from underneath the mask. RILEY: Heīs drowning JAKE: Is he alive? Riley checks his pulse and looks worried. RILEY: Not by much. Jake steps on it. 88. Int. Underwater Pool Night The hands are dragging Jason down into a hole that also seems to be where the hands are coming from. He is trying to fight it, and he strikes at the hands with his machete, but itīs to no avail. The hands nearly have him in there, when we go to a VERTICAL SHOT Of Jason looking up at us with desperation in his eyes while the hands drag him into the hole. 89. Ext. Camp Crystal Lake Night The girls are getting out of Jake's Camaro. They keep the headlights on because there is no other light source apart from the moon. Itīs started to rain and itīs gradually getting worse. TARA: Ok, I'll check this one. You take that one. See if itīs open and if there any furniture left in there. They both turn on a flashlight and they head towards the old cabins. CUT TO CABIN Jamie tries to get the door open, but it wonīt budge. JAMIE: It stuck! I think something's jammed up against it! TARA She steps up the door and closes her eyes. TARA (whispering): Please, please, please! The door opens and so does her eyes. She smiles. TARA: This one's ok! She steps into the cabin. 90. Int. Cabin Night There is no other light in the room apart from Taraīs flashlight. She shines it on an old dusty couch and a few chairs. Shining it upwards, she notices and old oil lamp hanging by a string. She pulls out a lighter from her front pocket, and is just about to light it, when she is startled by one of the chairs falling down! She shines her light at the chair, and follows a rat with her flashlight on itīs way out the door. JAMIE (O.S.): Eew, a rat! Tara lights up the oil lamp as Jamie comes through the door. We now see the room lit up in itīs entirety. The windows are broken and so is most of the furniture, but the couch is intact and so is a small table. Shards of broken beer bottles and a few whole ones lie on the floor. Cards are spread out on the table, and there are dried stenches of blood everywhere. JAMIE: No mystery what happened here, huh? Tara gives her a grave look as we hear the guys pulling up outside. 91. Ext. Camp Crystal Lake Night The guys come to a halt and Jake jumps out. Tara comes up and gives him a big kiss as Riley appears from round the back. TARA: Everything go according to plan? JAKE: To a T! Jamie walks up to Riley and they smile at each other. JAMIE: So, are you ready to kick Freddyīs ass? Riley smiles at her, then moves in and they kiss passionately. Tara and Jake look at them, and Tara has a big smile on her face. After about ten seconds of them sucking face, Jake starts to get impatient. JAKE: Hey guys, are you here to make out or to save Springwood? They finally break, but they still canīt get their eyes off one another. JAMIE: Ramblers, letīs get rambling! They get to work. 92. Ext. Cabin Night Establish. 93. Int. Cabin Night Tara and Jake are on the couch holding hands. Jamie and Riley are standing next to each other. Jason is still lying on his stretcher next to the couch. The rain is really pouring down outside. RILEY: Now after we go under, you wake us up after exactly ten minutes, got it? Jamie and Jake nod. RILEY (CONTīD): Tara, I trust you remembered your wristwatch? She rolls up her sleeve and shows a digital watch on her arm. RILEY (CONTīD): Thatīs perfect! Set the timer at ten minutes and thirty seconds, and then activate it right after you eat the pill. JAMIE: You really think youīll be able to fall asleep in thirty seconds? Riley holds up the pill for her to see. RILEY: Baby, this stuff is as good as a tranquilizer dart in the ass! They eye each other hungrily. TARA: Ok, so we fall asleep. Then what? Riley turns his attention back to the others. RILEY: Well, thatīs the great unknown. But since we got Jason here and heīs dreaming, my guess is weīll be a part of his nightmare. JAKE: Thatīs an eerie thought! RILEY: But then again, maybe not! Maybe Jason will even be of some help to us there. I wouldnīt bet against it, if I were you. They all look at the sleeping giant on the stretcher. JAMIE: I just hope he doesnīt wake up in the middle of it all! JAKE: If he does then we wake them up and we get out. Riley goes and checks Jasonīs pulse. RILEY: We havenīt got much time left. Jasonīs dying and I donīt even wanna think about what Freddy is doing to your sister. He looks at Tara and she nods. TARA: Itīs time RILEY: You take the couch, I'll take the floor. JAMIE: But thereīs broken glass everywhere! RILEY: No, itīs ok. Iīve cleared a little space over here and He sits down in his spot. TARA: Thereīs probably rats here, you know? He quickly gets up. RILEY: The floor's not really that comfortable to lie on, and I've kinda been having this back problem for a while so He clears the table of the cards and lies down. Jake gets up from the couch and Tara lies down. RILEY Jamie leans in and kisses him gently. JAMIE: I think itīs so sexy that even though youīre going in to fight the ultimate bad guy, youīre still afraid of a small furry animal. RILEY: I guess thereīs a lot you donīt know about me. Jamie: Well, then maybe I canīt wait to find out. They kiss passionately. TARA AND JAKE Tara and Jake are hugging on the couch JAKE: I really wish I could be there for you. TARA: You are. She breaks the hug. TARA (CONTīD): Just remember to wake us up right after the ten minutes are over. After that, be ready for anything. JAKE: You know I love you right? TARA: Yeah, but it never hurts to hear it out loud. They smile at each other and kiss. Jake and Jamie get up from their respective partners and move to the side. Tara and Riley lie a few feet from each other at look into each otherīs eyes. RILEY: Are you ready? TARA: As I'll ever be They both eat a pill and you can see the effect on their faces almost right away as they wince. Tara turns on the alarm on her watch, before she starts to lose consciousness. JAMIE AND JAKE JAKE: Are they supposed to look like this? JAMIE: How the hell should I know? CLOSE UP ON TARAīS FACE As the wincing slowly disappears from her face JAKE (O.S.): Oh good, theyīre starting to look normal again! JAMIE (O.S.): Do you think I should start the clock? 94. Int. Cabin Day Tara and Riley wake up in the exact same places they fell asleep in. They start to get up and we see that the room is completely different. Itīs tidy and it looks like it was recently cleaned. Itīs summer outside and the sun is lighting up the room. Tara and Riley exchange worried glances before they head out the door. 95. Ext. Camp Crystal Lake Day They come out of the cabin and Tara is a little shocked by a young couple who are having sex up against the wall. She quickly backs off. Riley shakes his head and smiles while he looks at them. RILEY: They really knew a thing or two about romance back in the 50īs, didnīt they? She turns to stare at him. The couple doesnīt notice them. TARA: Thatīs where we are? RILEY: Jason drowned in the summer of ī57. This must be his nightmare. They turn to get a good look at the camp and they start to move away from the couple. Tara tries everything she can not to look at them. TARA: I gotta admit, itīs not what I expected. RILEY: Me neither, well apart from the two exhibitionists back there. TARAīS POV Looking out over the Campsite, it looks almost serene. Two counselors (a guy and a girl) are standing down by the pier talking, and a canoe with two visible paddles in it lies on the other side of the pier. Four girls are on the lawn about fifty feet from us. Three of them are jumping rope, while a little blonde girl stands a little to the left of them, staring down at the lake. No one else seems to be around. TARA AND RILEY TARA: I know her. RILEY: Who? He tries to see who sheīs talking about. TARA: The little blonde girl, her name's Amy RILEY: From your nightmares? Tara nods 96. Ext Lawn/CCL Day The other girls donīt seem to notice Amy's presence, and she doesnt seem to care about them. She is looking sad and anxious. Tara and Riley come up behind her. TARA: Hi, Amy Amy turns her lead around to look at them. AMY: You got here in time. They move in front of her TARA: In time for what? AMY: Theyīre gonna kill Jason again. She looks like sheīs about to cry when she says those worlds. RILEY: Is that Jasonīs nightmare, Amy? Do they kill him over and over again? She looks up at him with teary eyes. AMY: Today's special. Freddyīs mad at him and heīs going to send him to the bad place again. RILEY: and to send him back to hell, he has to kill in the same way he was killed the first time. Of course! Tara kneels down in front of Amy and grabs her gently by the shoulders. TARA: This is really important Amy, we donīt have much time left. Where's Freddy? AMY: Oh, Freddyīs always around. But youīre right, you donīt have much time. Sheīs almost a part of him, and once that happens She makes a cutthroat motion with her finger. CLOSE UP ON TARA As she remembers that Lizzieīs life is on the line here. She stands up and looks at her watch. TARA: We gotta do something here, weīre down to eight minutes and counting! AMY: Theyīre here Tara turns around to see whatīs down on the shore, and we pull out to get a full picture of all three of them staring at the lake. TARAīS POV Down at the shore around ten kids (mostly boys) are chasing a little bald boy. Theyīre throwing rocks at him and he is running as fast as he can. Theyīre wearing camper's uniforms. AMY: Poor Jason. He didnīt want to become this monster. TARA: But that was what they turned him into. Riley and Tara turn to each other. RILEY: Guess weīve found out what we gotta do here, huh? TARA: What about Krueger? RILEY: Something tells me heīs not gonna like us screwing up his plans like this. They head down to the shore. After a few steps, Tara looks back as if to say goodbye to Amy. TARA: Amy, I AMY: Go! Your sister's really scared. She knows sheīs dying. TARA: You tell her to sit tight, ok? Krueger's gonna die, one way or the other. Amy smiles as Tara heads off. Tara and Riley come running down towards the pier, when Tara stops TARA: Riley! He stops and turns around. RILEY: Why did you stop? Letīs go! TARA: What about them? She points at something TARAīS POV The two counselors are standing by the shore right next to the pier. Theyīve got their back to us, and we canīt see their faces. They donīt seem to be paying any attention to the tormenting thatīs taking place just a few feet from where theyīre standing. TARA: Do you think they'll help us? RILEY: Iīm more hoping they donīt kill us! A beat, as he is convinced by her stare. RILEY (CONTīD): Youīre right, we need all the help we can get. I suppose you want me to ask? TARA: Thanks. She looks at her watch. TARA: Six minutes. They run as fast as they can. 97. Ext Shore/CCL Day With their backs to us, the guy has his arm around the girl's waist. Riley comes running up and grabs the guy by the shoulder. RILEY: Hey man! Are you blind or He takes a few steps back and goes into a fighting stance. FREDDY We see that the two counselors weīre actually Freddy holding on to a dead (and slightly rotted) girl. Her forehead is split in two, and we recognize her as the girl from the beginning of the movie. He smiles and drops her. FREDDY: Glad you came to our show. Itīs a killer! RILEY: Tara, you go help Jason! Tara looks like sheīs in two minds. TARA: But RILEY: This is my fight, now go! Tara runs out on the pier. Freddy and Riley start circling each other. FREDDY: Who the fuck are you? RILEY: Iīm not surprised you donīt recognize me. Itīs been 10 years since you last saw me. FREDDY: You lived in my house, didnīt you? Riley throws a roundhouse kick and Freddy, who easily sidesteps it and slices at Riley's arm. Riley grabs his arm and blood trickles out from his fingers. He looks at Freddy with contempt. FREDDY (CONTīD): I remember you were a scared little shit. Just like that bitch mother of yours! Riley gets a fire in his eyes like weīve never seen before. RILEY: You took my fear, all thatīs left is hate! Freddy smiles as Riley charges at him 98. Ext Pier/CCL Day Jason is lying crouched in the fetal position while the other kids are kicking him and spitting on him. He is covering his face, but we can clearly hear him crying. KIDS: FREAK! FREAK! FREAK! FREAK! FREAK! Tara comes up behind them, and tries to pull them away from Jason but itīs a tough job, because thereīs so many of them. TARA: What are you doing to him? GET OFF! Some of the kids start to pull away, but most of them continue the beating. 99. Ext Shore Day Jason is throwing a flurry of kicks and punches at Freddy, who is having his problems with these ferocious attacks. Several of the kick and punches he blocks with his knife-glove, giving Riley several cuts on both his arms and his legs. Riley seems completely unfazed and continues the assault. He gets a big kick in right on Freddyīs jaw, and Freddy staggers backward towards the pier. 100. Int Cabin Night Back in the real world, Jamie is panicking. Riley is starting to look more and more bloody, and new cuts keep appearing. She rushes over and grabs him. JAMIE: Riley, wake up! Jake pulls her away. JAKE: Donīt, Jamie. This is something he has to do. He keeps his arms around her until she stops fighting. 101. Ext. Shore/CCL Day Riley is staring Freddy down. The blood loss is looking like itīs starting to take itīs toll on him, and heīs turning paler. Freddy is right in front of the entry to the pier, when he glances over his shoulder at Taraīs attempt at saving Jason, but clearly isn't thinking itīs a threat. He turns back to Riley and grins. FREDDY: The little whore should save her strength for me! Jasonīs doomed and you both know it! RILEY: If thatīs true, then why are you so set on keeping me away from that pier? Freddy charges at Riley with his glove raised to strike, and Riley runs at Freddy. 102. Ext. Pier/CCL Day Tara has finally got into Jason, and she shelters him with her own body. The kicks and punches keep coming at her, and well as the unpleasantries. KIDS: FREAK! WHORE! FREAK! WHORE! CLOSE UP ON TARA Her face grimaces with pain, but she doesnīt look a bit scared. Jason is still crying inconsolably. TARA: Itīs ok, Jason. They canīt hurt you now. Iīm gonna protect you, Jason. 103. Ext. Shore/CCL Day CLOSE UP ON RILEY His face is looking very pale, but the determination and fire in his eyes shows us that heīs never gonna quit. WIDE SHOT Riley and Freddy are on a dead collision course with each other! CLOSE UP ON FREDDY Smiling his dastardly smile! CLOSE UP ON RILEY Looking ready to die with his boots on! WIDE SHOT A few feet before they collide, Riley comes to a dead stop and throws a side kick at Freddy, but it never hits itīs target, because Freddy slowly fades into thin air, runs right through him and disappears! Riley looks around in confusion. 104. Ext. Pier/CCL Day The kicks and punches stop coming, and the kids run away screaming. Tara slowly looks up, but sheīs still sheltering the sobbing Jason. TARAīS POV We look up and see Freddy right in front of us. He grins then kicks us in the face. RILEY He sees whatīs going on, picks up one of the paddles from the canoe, and starts running up the pier. RILEY: TARA! FREDDY He picks up Jason by the neck and drags him towards the water. Jason starts screaming again. FREDDY: I guess I'll have to finish you off by myself then! Freddy holds a kicking and screaming Jason up with his left hand so theyīre eye to eye. FREDDY: See you in hell, Jason! He grins and is about to throw him in the water, when he is hit on the side of the head with the paddle. He is taken off his feet by this surprise attack, and he drops Jason. RILEY He is standing there with the paddle in his hand. TARA Jason runs up to her and throws his arms around her. FREDDY He snarls at Riley! FREDDY: So you want more? Youīre much more fun than your parents were! RILEY He stares at Krueger with murder in his eyes. FREDDY FREDDY (CONTīD): Your dad was a wreck, so he was easy, but your mom! That cat sure put up a fight. CLOSE UP ON FREDDY FREDDY (CONTīD): Until I tore her guts out! CLOSE UP ON RILEY Murder in his eyes RILEY: DIE KRUEGER! TARA Sheīs still holding Jason, whoīs stopped crying. Jason is fading away. FREDDY He sees that Jason is disappearing and heīs got a choice to make. Riley makes the decision for him, when he swings the paddle at him in anger. Freddy steps under it, and drives his knives into Riley's stomach. He grins at Tara while Riley slides off his knives with blood flowing out of his mouth and gut. Freddyīs grin quickly fades away and he drops Riley on the pier and heads towards Tara. TARA She is staring at Riley and hardly notices that Jason is almost gone. TARA: RILEY! 105. Int. Cabin Night Blood starts oozing out of a large wound in Riley's stomach. He is looking very pale, and his clothes are nearly soaked in blood. Jamie stands by him watching and crying at her own helplessness. Jake checks his watch. He is impatient. JAKE: Itīs almost time. Jake looks up from his watch and notices that Jason is starting to move! His impatience quickly turns to fear. 106. Ext Pier/CCL Day Freddy looks really pissed and he is running right for Tara! FREDDY: LET GO OF HIM! TARA She looks down and sees that Jason is nearly gone. She stares back at Krueger. TARA: You lose, motherfucker! RILEY There is still a little life left in him. He looks at Tara and Jason and tries to get up. TARA Kruger tackles her just a moment after Jason has disappeared fully! Tara falls down on the ground with Krueger on top of her. FREDDY: Youīre gonna pay for this, bitch! He raises his hand to strike, just as the alarm goes off. FREDDY: Oops, guess weīre outta time! He rolls off her. 107. Int. Cabin Night Jamie is shaking Riley, and Jake is frantically shaking Tara. Jason is getting up. JAKE: TARA! Come on honey, wake up please. Jake looks up at Jason again. He is realizing the graveness of the situation. 108. Ext. Pier/CCL Tara is about to lunge at Freddy, when she disappears! Freddy stands up and turns to Riley, who staggering towards him. FREDDY: Youīre too late! Again! RILEY He lets out a huge war cry and runs straight at Freddy! FREDDY Grinning! Riley uses his last strength to jump at Freddy. Freddy sticks out his knives in front of him, and Riley impales himself on them. CLOSE UP ON FREDDY AND RILEY Riley leans in close to Freddy face and stares him right the eyes! RILEY: This time (beat/cough) I win. He smiles and they both disappear. 109. Int. Cabin Night Jamie jumps back with fear and amazement, when Freddy appears out of nowhere on top of the dying Riley. JAKE AND TARA Jake is trying to pull Tara away from Jason, whoīs going berserk behind them! FREDDY He realizes where heīs at, and his usual self-assurance turns to fear in an instant. He mouths the word "fuck". JASON He sees Freddy, and he tosses the sofa Tara was lying on aside like it weighed an ounce. It hits the wall with a loud thud. FREDDY He gets off from Riley, and he moves towards the oil lamp hanging in the corner. JASON He heads right for Freddy, totally ignoring the kids. THE KIDS Jake and Tara pull Riley down from the table, while Jamie is looking pretty helpless at this point. FREDDY AND JASON Freddy pulls the oil lamp down from itīs string and smashes it right in Jasonīs face. Jasonīs on fire, and Freddy pulls away from him. Jason is now the only thing lighting up the room as he charges at Freddy. THE KIDS Tara and Jake have dragged Riley outside, and they rest him up against the wall. Jamie pushes them away and kisses him. JAMIE AND RILEY She pulls out, and we see that she looks a complete wreck! He smiles at her with the last life he has left in him. RILEY: We kicked his ass, baby. She tries to smile at him and kisses him again. When she pulls out we see that he is dead. TARA AND JAKE Looking very sad Freddy comes fleeing out the door, and they have to jump to the side when Jason comes smashing through the doorframe. The cuddle up against the wall and watch the two giants go at it. Jason catches up to Freddy down in front of Jake car. Freddy backs up against the car, and looks round for a place to flee to. Jason stares him down while the rain puts out the fire that was burning. FREDDY: Jason come on, we can talk about this. Jason strikes out at him with his hand, but Freddy moves. He smashes it through the window on the driver's side and quickly pulls it out again. He turns to Freddy, who cowers. FREDDY: We could rule this place! Think about it Jason, think about it for a second! Jason grabs Freddy by the neck, hoists him high over his head and slams him down hard on the hood of the car. Freddy groans. Jason slams his hand at Freddyīs face, but he moves and Jason makes a huge dent in the hood. WIDE SHOT Freddy starts to head down towards the lake and Jason follows him. THE KIDS Tara kneels down in front of the others. TARA: Guys, this is your chance. Jake looks at her with disbelief JAKE: What do you mean by "our" chance? TARA: It means itīs time for you to get out of here, itīs not safe. JAMIE: But what about you? TARA: I have to try and help Jason somehow. We canīt let Freddy win. JAKE: Thereīs no way iīm leaving you alone with those two! TARA: Jake, please listen to me JAKE: No, you listen to me! Iīm not going anywhere, so get used to it! I love you, remember? She smiles at him then turns to Jamie. JAMIE: You know I love you too Tara, itīs just She canīt bring her self to finish that sentence. Tara looks at her with sympathy. TARA: Itīs fine. Run and donīt look back, ok? Jamie nods and gives Tara a hug. She then heads off. JAKE: What are we gonna do? TARA: Iīm not sure. She feels the lighter in her pocket and pulls it out. TARA (CONTīD): You wouldnīt happen to have a gas can in your car, would you? Jake looks at the lighter and smiles. JAKE: Yeah, itīs full. TARA: See if you canīt find a bottle thatīs whole in there. She motions towards the cabin with a small nod while she says it. TARA: Iīm going down there 110. Ext. Pier Night JASONīS POV Freddy is backing up from us and heīs looking frightened. He LASH OUT AT HIM WITH OUR ARM AND HE IS SENT FLYING BACKWARDS. We move forward and we see an old rusty axe lying on the ground. FREDDY Heīs lying on the ground holding his jaw. It takes a little time for him to get up, and heīs looking battered. He sees Jason coming at him and flees out onto the pier. WIDE SHOT Jason joins Freddy out on the pier and we have a standoff. Jason has both hands on the axe and looks ready. Freddy looks like heīs ready again. FREDDY: Letīs settle this! JASON SWINGS THE AXE AT FREDDY, BUT FREDDY BLOCKS THE ATTACK WITH HIS FREE HAND AND PLUNGES HIS KNIFE-HAND INTO JASONīS CHEST. Jason quickly pulls away. FREDDY (CONTīD): So thatīs the secret. You go for the heart. Jason takes another swing at Freddyīs head, but FREDDY DUCKS THE AXE AND DRIVES HIS KNIVES RIGHT INTO JASONīS GENITALS! That stops Jason in his tracks, and he drops the axe. Freddy rises up again and grins in Jasonīs face. FREDDY (CONTīD): Thatīs gotta hurt! He twists the knives, and Jason shivers with pain. TARA (O.S.): Hey, Krueger! Freddy lets go of Jason, who drops to his knees. He turns his attention the other way. FREDDY: The sister WIDE SHOT Tara is standing about ten feet from where Krueger is standing. She isn't cowering at all, and she looks him straight in the eyes. FREDDY (CONTīD): Youīre too late, sheīs mine for good! TARA: I donīt believe you. Freddy begins walking towards her and he raises up his shirt. FREDDY: Then believe this. TARAīS POV We see that Lizzieīs face isn't moving or screaming like it was before. CLOSE UP ON TARA Sheīs trying hard not to cry TARA: Thatīs not real! Youīre not real! She doesnīt back off even though Krueger is getting closer to her with each step. FREDDY: Donīt worry, youīll be seeing her real soon. TARAīS POV Behind Freddy we see that Jason is picking up his axe. CLOSE UP ON TARA TARA: Thatīs how we defeat you, isn't it? Freddy stops in his tracks about three feet from her. TARA: This whole time you havenīt been real, so if I donīt believe you exist then you wonīt. She smiles. TARA: I get it now. TARAīS POV Jason is coming up behind Freddy with his axe raised, and Freddy seemingly hasn't noticed him. Freddy grins and he flashes her his knives. FREDDY: You hang on to that thought while you die. CLOSE UP ON TARA She smiles a victorious smile at him TARAīS POV JASON SWINGS THE AXE AT FREDDYīS HEAD, BUT FREDDY DUCKS IT. IN AN INSTANT FREDDY TURNS AROUND AND DRIVES TWO OF THE KNIVES FROM HIS GLOVE INTO JASONīS EYESOCKETS! CLOSE UP ON TARA Her smile quickly disappears and is replaced by fear. She begins to back off. FREDDY AND JASON Jason fights to get the knives out of his eyes while Freddy grins. TARA Jake comes running up to her carrying two full bottles stuffed with rags. He gives one of them to her. FREDDY AND JASON Freddy pulls his knives out of Jasonīs eyes and takes a few steps back. Jason swings wildly in the air in front of him, and Freddy cackles as he turns his attention the other way. FREDDY How nice, he brought us the wine for our date. He flashes his knives and takes a step towards them, the stops. He looks down and sees that Jason has a hand around his leg. He tries to shake him, but he wonīt let loose. FREDDY: Sorry dear, I supposed I should have finished this one off by now. HE STRIKES HIS KNIFE-GLOVE DOWN INTO JASONīS CHEST AND PULLS HIS BLACK HEART OUT! TARA AND JAKE Theyīve got their Molotov cocktails lit up. FREDDY Freddy stands up and casually throws Jasonīs heart into the lake. HE IS THEN HIT BY TWO MOLOTOV COCKTAIL AND IS SET ABLAZE! WIDE SHOT Freddy is in a panic as he staggers around. He drops to his knees as the fire consumes him. TARA She stands right in front of him. Sheīs got the axe raised high and ready to strike. TARA: Burn Motherfucker! Freddy falls down on his back and he looks dead. Tara lowers the axe and Jake comes up to her. JAKE: Is he dead? TARA: We canīt be sure. She knells down next to his still smoldering body and raises the axe. TARA: Unless She strikes down with the axe, but Freddy grabs her arm with his glove-hand! The metal is burning through her flesh, and she drops the axe in pain. TARAīS POV We look down at Freddyīs face and see that one of his eyes have opened. He is a really gross sight, now that his face has almost completely burned away. TARA Looking in immense pain FREDDY What looks like a grin appears in what is left on his mouth. He lets go of her hand and is about to strike the knives into her, when HE IS HIT IN THE HEAD BY A BULLET. TARA Who flies back and grabs her wrist. FREDDY TWO MORE SHOTS HIT HIS SKULL, and he looks dead. TARA She looks back up the pier TARAīS POV She sees Sean holding a smoking gun in his hand. Jamie is standing beside him. TARA She turns her attention back to Freddy. She lifts the axe and hacks down. Black blood splatters all over her arms and chest, as Freddy is decapitated. She gets up. FREDDYīS HEADīS POV We look up and see Tara towering above us. She gives us a kick. TARA We hear the plop as the head hits the water. Jake comes up behind her and puts his arm around her. They head towards the others. WIDE SHOT Tara runs right into Jamie's arms and the two girls share a huge hug. Jake calmly walks over to Sean, and they shake hands. JAKE: I thought you said we were on our own? SEAN: Havenīt you learned thereīs no such thing for people with brothers? Jamie and Tara break their hug. TARA: But Jamie, how did you Jamie pulls a cell phone out from her jacket pocket and holds it up. JAMIE: The miracles of Modern Science? The two girls smile, and the boy's come over to them. SEAN: Do we need to do something with the bodies? JAMIE: Like what? SEAN: I donīt know? Burn ém or something? Tara looks back at them. TARA: Bury Jason on land. SEAN: What about the other one? Tara gets a smile on her face. TARA: He lost. HELICOPTER SHOT We get the full view of the pier. The kids are heading towards the shore, while Freddy and Jason lie dead on the pier. 111. Int. Hospital Room Night Lizzie is lying on a hospital bed. She has more bandages on her than when we saw her and she is hooked up to several machines. Rita is sitting on a chair beside her reading a book. CLOSE UP ON LIZZIE She opens her eyes and turns her head towards Rita. LIZZIE: Mom? Rita puts her book away and gets a huge smile on her face. She gives Lizzie a huge hug that is almost more than Lizzie can handle. LIZZIE: Mooom! Rita finally lets go of her. RITA: How do you feel? LIZZIE: I had a really bad dream. CLOSE UP ON RITA Relief on her face RITA: I know. Itīs over now. 112. Ext. Street Day Jamie and Tara are getting out of Jake's new car. Itīs a Chevy Impaler. Tara gives Jake a kiss. TARA: See you tonight. JAKE: I wouldnīt miss it for the world. Bye Jamie. JAMIE: Bye. He turns to the steering wheel. JAMIE (CONTīD): Lover boy. He stops and smiles, slightly embarrassed. Tara whacks her on the arm. JAKE: Bye girls. He drives off and the girls watch him leave. TARA: I canīt believe you said that. JAMIE: What? You ask me it was about time you two got it on! TARA: Could you get your mind out of the gutter? JAMIE: Never TARA: You wanna hang for a while? JAMIE: Nah, my parents are waiting for me. JAMIEīS POV We see Jamie's parents standing in their driveway. They look happy and theyīre waving at them. PEGGY: Hi girls! THE GIRLS They wave at Jamie's parents. TARA: Hi Mrs. Brendan! JAMIEīS PARENTS JOHN: Weīre going shopping Jamie, you wanna come? THE GIRLS JAMIE: Sure! She turns to Tara. JAMIE: But weīll talk tomorrow, ok? TARA: Ok. They hug and Jamie runs off. 113. Int. Living Room Day Tara comes in the door and takes off her shoes. She is hanging her coat when she notices Lizzie coming down the stairs. She walks down and stands next to Tara. TARA: Hi. Is mom home? LIZZIE: Yeah, sheīs out in the back garden somewhere. TARA: So, what are you up to? LIZZIE: Iīve got a friend coming over Tara smiles TARA: Youīve finally got a friend, thatīs great! Lizzie smiles LIZZIE: Yeah, itīs kinda cool. She'll be here any second. The doorbell rings LIZZIE (CONTīD): Guess thatīs her now She goes to answer the door, while Tara stands and watches. TARA: Whatīs her name? Lizzie opens the door. LIZZIE: Hi Amy! Tara gets an uneasy look at the sound of that name. TARAīS POV Lizzie stands to the side of the door looking at us proudly. In the doorway stands a little girl we know very well. LIZZIE: Tara, I'd like you to meet my friend Amy. Amy, this is my sister Tara. CLOSE UP ON AMY She smiles sardonically and flashes a child-size knife-glove! CUT TO CREDITSReturn to SimplyScripts.com