HOOVES

EXT. FAIR GROUND - NIGHT

An empty fair ground. It is early in the night, the sun is just setting.

SUPER: SPAIN - 1975 - HALLOWEEN

The carousel spins ominously, propelled only by the wind. 

The ferris wheel casts a shadow over the empty fairground, and creaks loudly.

The confectionary stands are empty. No workers, no customers.

The water pistol games, the air rifle game, the balloon games - all empty.

INT. FAIR GROUND ENTRANCE - LATER - NIGHT

PEOPLE run around, locking their cars and wlaking towards the entrance.

Children scream and laugh to the annoyance of everybody else. 

It is now completely night, the moon is full. 

JOVITA, (17), black hair, tanned skin,  TAMMY (17), blonde hair, American descent,  and HARATIO (17), tanned, short, nearly bald hair,  stand at the entrance.

Tammy clings to Horatio’s arm while Jovita digs around in her pocket.

The TICKET COLLECTOR stares at Jovita angrily.

TICKET COLLECTOR
Miss.

JOVITA
I’ve got the tickets, I know it.

Jovita smiles, and puts three crumpled up ticket from her pocket into the ticket collector’s hands.

Jovita, Horatio and Tammy head through the turnstile 

JOVITA
You guys are lucky.

TAMMY
Yeah, thnaks for neraly losing our tickets.

JOVITA
Yeah, whatever.

TAMMY
So what are we gonna do?

EXT. FERRIS WHEEL - NIGHT

Tammy and Horatio are on one of the carriages, while Jovita is on the one below them.

EXT. FAIRGROUND

The three of them are just getting off the Ferris wheel.

TAMMY
That was cool.

     HORATIO
We’ve went on that every year for the last three.

TAMMY
Well we’ll go on something different.

HORATIO
We could go in that new haunted house.

     TAMMY
Yeah! How bout you Jovita?

     JOVITA
I might just go and get something to eat.

HORATIO
Chicken.

Jovita smiles and walks away.

EXT. FOOD AREA

Jovita stands in front of a small building, with FOODCOURT written above the door. 

The huge crowd of fair-goers around Jovita is getting bigger, and Jovita goes in.

INT. FOOD AREA

The restaurant is decorated to look like a 50’s American diner. Red and black linoleum, old number plates and posters of Elvis on the walls, booths. The whole thing.

But it is very crowded. Almost every table and booth is full. 

Jovita walks  up to the counter, which also works as a bar.

Jovita sits down on one of the bar stools. 

Next to her is A Man, (18), handsome, strong looking and tall.

He smiles politely at Jovita and she smiles back.

MAN
Busy, isn’t it?

     JOVITA
Yeah.

A female Waiter approaches Jovita from behind the counter. 

The waiter wears an apron and and kitchen dress. She’s chewing gum.

WAITER
What’s your order, love?

JOVITA
Just some salad, thanks. 

The waiter writes it down and walks intro the kitchen.

JOVITA
They even SOUND American!

MAN
They’re really cheap, too.

JOVITA
Why?

MAN
They’re going by American Dollars.

Jovita chuckles, and so does the Man.

JOVITA
What’s your name?

MAN
(smiling)
Why, I can’t tell a complete stranger my name!

JOVITA
Mine’s Jovita.

MAN
Mind if I call you Jov?

JOVITA
Yeah, kind of.

 MAN
Fair enough.

The Waiter walks out and places a plate of salad in front of Jovita.

EXT. FOOD AREA - NIGHT

Jovita and The Man leave the restaurant, laughing.

MAN
Wanna come to the dancing thing with me?

JOVITA
The Costume Dance?

MAN
Yeah.

JOVITA
But we’re not in costume.

MAN
Sure we are, ther’es heaps of those little shops around here.

The Man grabs Jovita’s hand and drags her somewhere.

EXT. COSTUME STALL

Jovita is laughing.

JOVITA
Where are you taking me?

The Man wlaks up to the costume stall and puts a few coins on the counter. The CLERK passes him a few things.

he turns around. He ahs fake devil horns in his hands and plastic dracula fangs in the other.

He puts the devil horns on Jovita, who is smiling.

He places the fake vampire teeth on his real teeth.

MAN
(muffled due to fangs)
These are costumes.

JOVITA
(smiling)
Well then. I’d love to go.

The man smiles and they walk towards the  hall on the other side of the fair.

EXT. COSTUME DANCE HALL

The hall is decorated with a bannar: BE HERE OR BE SCARED. Cardboard bats are stuck to the door, and fake spider hang from the bannar.

INT. DANCE COSTUME HALL

People in costumes, mainly children, wlak around, and dnace to the music.

Tammy and Horatio see Jovita and The Man.

Tammy runs over, smiling happily, followed by an un-entusiastic Horatio.

TAMMY
Nice costumes.

     JOVITA
These are my friends. 

     THE MAN
Okay.

Tammy waves shyly at him. 

THE MAN
Hi. Nice to meet you, uh....

TAMMY
Tammy.

He shakes hands with Tammy.

HORATIO
I’m Horatio.

THE MAN
Nice to meet you, Horatio.

They shake hands.

JOVITA
Where are you guy’s costumes?

TAMMY
We were  get some, but now we’re gonna watch you two dance.

Jovita sarcastically smiles.

ANNOUNCER
(O.C)
All couples to the dance floor.

TAMMY
You two better go.

JOVITA
Oh come on Tammy, you dance with Horatio, too, please?

TAMMY
Oh, alright.

Tammy grabs a reluctant Horatio’s hand, and Jovita follows The Man out onto the dance floor.

INT. THE DANCE FLOOR

Young teenage to young adult couple stand on the dance floor, in costumes.

Jovita, The man, Tammy and Horatio enter the dance floor.

A loud scratching noise as the record starts up. 

A slow, soothing tune plays. Everybody starts dancing slowly, like the music.

JOVITA
These people MUST have practised!

THE MAN
Just follow my lead.

The Man grab’s Jovita’s hands. 

They dance closely and slowly.  

Tammy and Horatio dance awkwardly, Horatio steppnig on Tammy’s foot alot.

The music gets faster, and turns into a upbeat song.

Tammy and Horatio dance faster, Horatio seems more comfortable with this.

OC, Jovita screams.

IN SLOW MOTION

Jovita pulls her hands out of The Man’s grip, who is grimacing, and runs, her mouth open in a long yelp, and reaches the locked back door of the dance floor.

BACK TO NORMAL

Tammy notices this and runs over to Jovita, who is slouching, trying to push the door open, still screaming.

TAMMY
Jovita, Jovita, what is it?!

Jovita’s scream has dissolved into a yelp.

Horatio runs over.

Jovita points to The MAn, who is now leaving the dnace floor, running. 

The Man has hooves where his feet should be.

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