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Freddy Vs. Jason script 1 of 2
By Predator
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part 1 of 2
FREDDY VS. JASON
Written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger
December 1, 1998
Third Draft
FADE IN:
A ROARING FIRE crackles in a stone hearth. Soft music
plays. The effect is very romantic.
PULL BACK to reveal the "fire" is actually on television.
We are...
INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
JASON LUCAS, a good-looking 17-year-old wearing a high
school football jersey, sits on the couch with his
eyes closed and a shit-eating grin stretched across
his face. Lit candles and incense set the mood.
Jason takes a swig of beer.
LIZZIE (O.S.)
Keep 'em closed. Are they closed?
They better be closed.
JASON
(laughing)
They're closed!
LIZZIE DANIELS enters, posing seductively in the door-
way. She's wearing sexy lingerie and fur-covered
stiletto heels. Not that she needs the help -- Lizzie
is beautiful in a girl-next-door-who-sometimes-likes-
to-dress-like-a-tramp kind of way.
LIZZIE
Ta-da!
Jason opens his eyes. And he's glad he did. Lizzie
saunters over to him, holding a glass of bubbly.
She downs it in one gulp and sits on Jason's lap.
LIZZIE
I hope you like it!
(then, insecure)
But I left the tags on in case you
don't.
JASON
Lizzie, I love it. You look -- wait,
where are the tags?
LIZZIE
(wincing)
You don't want to know.
Suddenly, the TV screen flickers. The fire and music
are replaced by a loud wrestling match. Lizzie pulls
away from Jason and starts scrambling around the room.
>From the way she stumbles, we can tell she's more than
a little drunk.
JASON
What?
LIZZIE
I gotta rewind the fire.
She frantically fumbles, pressing a few buttons on the
remote. The television randomly switches channels.
Finally, the screen is filled with snow and the word
"REWIND".
JASON
(suggestive)
You want to set a mood, why don't
you put in that other tape we
rented?
LIZZIE
Jason! I want everything to be
perfect, like I always dreamed it
would be -- a big fire, a bottle
of champagne, and the quarterback
of the football team.
JASON
You know I'm just second-string.
LIZZIE
That's okay. So's the champagne.
Lizzie cracks open a can of Budweiser and pours it
into two champagne flutes. She downs one of the
glasses.
JASON
(concerned)
Lizzie, haven't you had enough?
Lizzie defiantly downs the other glass. She's pretty
drunk by now.
LIZZIE
(teasing)
That's weird. I thought my mother
was out of town tonight.
JASON
She is. That's why you invited me
over.
LIZZIE
Damn right. I'm sick of making out
in the back of your car.
(devilish grin)
Let's do it in the back of my mom's
car.
JASON
I have a better idea.
Jason throws Lizzie's tipsy body over his shoulder and
heads upstairs.
As Jason walks into the bedroom, Lizzie's head
accidentally SMACKS into the door jamb. She GIGGLES.
INT. LIZZIE'S BEDROOM
Jason tosses Lizzie onto the bed.
JASON
I think you better get some sleep.
LIZZIE
(slurred)
What?... No, we have to... I got
all sexy for you...
Lizzie lets out a sour BURP. Jason winces.
JASON
You know, we don't have to return
the fire until Monday. Maybe we
can try again...
But Lizzie has already PASSED OUT. He stares at her
for a moment -- her arms and legs splayed out, hair
tousled, lingerie hiked up. Lizzie's a mess, but
what a mess! She looks pretty tempting...
After a long beat, Jason musters the strength, pulls
the blanket over Lizzie, kisses her on the forehead,
and leaves the room.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. BEDROOM - LATER
Lizzie is sleeping. Suddenly she stirs, sensing she
is being watched. She sees someone in the doorway
and smiles.
LIZZIE
What're you staring at, you big
perve?
We hear HEAVY BREATHING.
LIZZIE
Come on. Hop in.
More heavy breathing. Lizzie sits up.
LIZZIE
Jason?
A voice hisses from the darkness.
VOICE
Guess again.
A RAZOR-FINGERED GLOVE appears in a burst of cold,
icy blue flame!
The figure moves into the bedroom. It's...
FREDDY KRUEGER!
Lizzie SCREAMS.
Freddy GLIDES to the foot of the bed.
LIZZIE
Jason!
FREDDY
Jason can't help you now.
He CACKLES as his grotesque, burn-scarred face erupts
in a BLAST of blazing hellfire.
Lizzie scrambles out of bed and tears out of the room,
narrowly avoiding Freddy and his flame-throwing claw.
INT. HALLWAY
Lizzie runs to the Westec keypad on the wall. Her
fingers shake as she tries to arm the alarm.
FREDDY'S CLAW suddenly rips the keypad off the wall.
Sparks fly.
Freddy swats at Lizzie, edging her back onto the
landing at the top of the stairs.
LIZZIE
Jason!
Freddy swats at Lizzie again. She ducks, loses
her balance, and TUMBLES violently down the stairs.
INT. LIVING ROOM
Lizzie lies at the bottom of the stairs, cowering
in fear, as Freddy slowly walks down the stairs.
He CACKLES menacingly.
FREDDY
Jason is dead!
And with that, Freddy hurls a charred, flaming SKULL
at Lizzie!
The skull screams forward, missing Lizzie's face by
inches. Then it inexplicably changes course and
flies back up the stairs, disappearing into Freddy's
dark advancing silhouette.
LIZZIE
(pleading)
What do you want?!
FREDDY
I want you to die.
Freddy lashes out with his razor claw, leaving five
deep gouges in the wall.
The PHONE RINGS. Lizzie looks to it but doesn't dare
move. The answering machine picks up.
MRS. DANIELS (V.O.)
You've reached the Daniels residence.
Please leave a message.
BEEP.
VOICE (V.O.)
This is Westec Security. We're
getting a system failure on your
unit...
Lizzie takes a chance and dives for the phone.
LIZZIE
Help me! Please!
Freddy SLICES the phone cord with his claw.
Lizzie turns and runs down a hallway as Freddy stalks
steadily forward, clawing the length of the wall.
She runs through the kitchen... and out a door to...
EXT. BACKYARD
Lizzie races through the backyard and
SMACK! She runs into a WESTEC SECURITY GUARD with
his gun drawn.
GUARD
Ma'am, is everything--
Freddy suddenly appears and strikes at the guard's
head. The guard SCREAMS as Freddy's claw rakes
across his cheek. Blood spews everywhere.
The guard TUMBLES and CRASHES through a sliding
glass door.
Lizzie jumps through the shower of glass, over the
guard's body, and runs back into the house.
INT. HOUSE
Lizzie races, terror stricken, through the kitchen...
the hallway... and into the living room.
She reaches the front door and fumbles to undo the
locks. She looks over her shoulder. FREDDY slowly
walks towards her, his razor claw poised to strike.
His eyes burn into Lizzie's. She can't look away.
FREDDY
(hypnotic)
Wake up, Lizzie.
Lizzie SHRIEKS and manages to get one of the locks
open.
FREDDY
Wake up before you can't.
GUARD (O.C.)
Drop it!
THE GUARD, bleeding heavily, moves cautiously into the
room. He places himself between Lizzie and Freddy and
assumes a wobbly shooting stance, his gun aimed at
Freddy's head.
Suddenly, FREDDY'S ARM stretches nightmarishly forward.
His razor claw connects with the guard's gun hand.
The gun goes flying. Then, SNAP! Freddy's arm
retracts, dragging the guard down to his hands and
knees--
THE GUN lands on the carpet at Lizzie's feet.
Freddy grabs the stunned guard's hair and yanks his
head back, exposing his neck. The guard panics and
yells to Lizzie.
GUARD
Help me!
Lizzie looks at the gun, then the door, then the
guard. But she does nothing. Freddy CACKLES.
GUARD
Get my gun. P-l-e-a-s-e!
Lizzie is hysterical. Fighting her fear, she
tentatively reaches for the gun... but she hesitates
when FREDDY'S CLAW makes a shallow cut across the
guard's neck. With trembling hands, she grabs the
gun and points it unsteadily at Freddy.
GUARD
For God's sake, shoot him!
FREDDY
You can't kill Freddy.
Freddy cuts again, this time a little deeper. Lizzie's
hands begin to shake uncontrollably.
FREDDY
YOU CAN'T KILL FEAR!
Freddy raises his claw for the death blow.
GUARD
Jesus Christ! Do something!
Racked with terror, Lizzie DROPS the gun and--
Freddy drives the razors straight into the guard's
back! The guard falls, DEAD, onto the carpet in a
pool of blood.
Lizzie snaps out of it. She throws open the last
lock and yanks open the front door.
EXT. HOUSE
Lizzie bursts from the house. Freddy follows close
behind, cackling with murderous glee. Suddenly he's
hit with a BLINDING LIGHT. And then another.
COP
Freeze!
A half-dozen COPS stand on the front lawn, their
guns pointed at Freddy.
COP
Down on the ground!
Freddy doesn't move.
COP
I said down on the ground!
Freddy just SCRAPES his razor claws together and
smiles. The cops exchange uneasy looks. Three of
them pull out their nightsticks and converge on Freddy.
One pulls out a pair of handcuffs and reaches for
Freddy's arm.
Freddy LASHES OUT viciously with his razor glove.
The cop narrowly avoids the blow and brings his
nightstick crashing into Freddy's jaw. But Freddy
doesn't go down.
LIZZIE races frantically around the yard in her
blood-splattered teddy.
LIZZIE
(hysterical)
Jason!
Another COP tries to calm Lizzie down as the others
SWARM Freddy and rain blow after blow on his legs
and back. He absorbs the punishment, all the while
staring at Lizzie with an evil grin.
Freddy LASHES OUT again. A COP blocks the blow with
his nightstick and quickly twists Freddy's arm behind
his back, slamming a pair of handcuffs on him. As
he locks them into place, Freddy's razor claw drops
to the ground. A LONG SPRING unravels, dangling
and bouncing from inside.
COP
What the hell?
After a beat, the cop standing in front of Freddy
leans in for a closer look at his scarred face. He
reaches out and dips his fingers into the burned
flesh, pulling Freddy's face right off as the fedora
falls to the ground!
This isn't Freddy Krueger at all, but a young, mask-
wearing copycat.
Lizzie stares in shock at her attacker's pale, gaunt,
skull-like features. A face even scarier than Freddy
Krueger's, if that's possible. He glares back at her.
ATTACKER
This isn't over, Lizzie. Freddy
wants you dead!
COP
Freddy?
Lizzie crumbles to her knees, SCREAMING into the dark-
ness of night.
LIZZIE
Jason!
CAMERA CRANES UP, as if carried aloft by the echo of
Lizzie's scream. Just as we crest the top of the
trees, a blinding FLASH of light burns the scene out.
Creepy rock music pounds as we:
CUT TO:
TITLE SEQUENCE - FREDDY VS. JASON
As the flash subsides, we see the attacker's Freddy
mask and fedora come into focus, followed by another
flash of blinding white. Then we see the spring-
actuated razor glove. It has tubing connected to
miniature propane tanks. Flash! The green and red
sweater. Flash!
PULL BACK TO REVEAL
A police photographer cataloging evidence. He adjusts
his flash and leans in to take a picture of one last
item: The charred, screaming skull, which is revealed
to be nothing more than a clever, make-shift yo-yo
device. Flash!
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT
Lizzie sits in a small, dimly lit interrogation room.
Laid out on the table in front of her are the various
copy-cat Freddy implements. Lizzie stares uneasily
at the blood-speckled razor claw.
LIZZIE
(unnerved)
Why did he pick me? I've never seen
this guy before in my life.
SHERIFF ERNIE BATSON steps out of the shadows. He's
a small town sheriff, more used to drunk drivers and
speeding tickets than a grizzly murder. He seems
edgy and a little overwhelmed.
BATSON
He knew your name. Maybe you just
didn't get a good enough look. It
was dark, you were hysterical, he
was wearing a mask. We really need
you to take another look at him.
He walks over to the one-way mirror that lines the
front of the room and reaches for a rheostat.
LIZZIE
What? He's in the next room? No!
BATSON
Lizzie, please. This is very
important.
LIZZIE
I'm sorry. I can't.
The door opens. DEPUTY REESE enters.
REESE
Still can't reach the mom, Sheriff,
but we found the boyfriend.
Lizzie looks up, breaking down in tears.
LIZZIE
Oh, my God. Is he alright? Is he
alive?
BATSON
Dammit, Reese! I'm trying to conduct
a police investigation here. You
don't just barge--
LIZZIE
Is he okay?!
Jason enters and rushes over to Lizzie.
JASON
I'm fine. Everything's going to be
alright.
Lizzie hugs Jason -- so tight it looks like she'll
never let him go.
LIZZIE
What happened to you? I thought you
were dead!
JASON
I was downstairs in the kitchen
making you my hangover remedy and
you were out of aspirin and Tabasco
so I walked over to Todd's...
TODD saunters in. He's Jason's best friend -- a
charming wise ass with quirky good looks. He holds
two styrofoam cups.
TODD
(to Batson)
Coffee?
Batson stares at him a beat, then turns to Lizzie.
BATSON
I'm sorry, your friends have to wait
outside.
LIZZIE
No, please. I don't want to be alone
with... him.
Her eyes dart nervously toward the mirror. Batson
SIGHS and grabs a coffee from Todd.
He walks over to the light dimmer and turns it up.
We can now see into the other room.
LIZZIE'S ATTACKER sits on the other side of the glass,
in handcuffs and leg irons. With his cadaverous face,
sinewy body, and malevolent leer, he is a vision of
pure evil. And he is staring right at Lizzie.
LIZZIE
He can't see me, can he?
BATSON
Don't worry, it's a one-way mirror.
Lizzie, clearly spooked, gets up and takes a seat
next to Jason -- as far from the mirror as possible.
Jason puts his arm around her. Batson refers to a
notepad.
BATSON
He says his name is Dominic Necros.
That ring anything?
Lizzie slowly looks up and notices that the evil stare
has followed her across the room. Lizzie freaks and
turns away from the mirror.
LIZZIE
(to Batson)
For Christ's sake, I'd remember a
face like that. Now, turn it off,
I can't look at him anymore!
Batson SIGHS and turns down the dimmer, returning
Dominic to near-darkness. Batson looks at his notepad
again.
BATSON
Okay, according to the report, he
told you that... uh... "Freddy wants
you dead." Now, who's Freddy? Ex-
boyfriend?
Jason and Todd exchange looks -- can you believe this
guy?
JASON
I think he means Freddy Krueger.
BATSON
(taking notes)
Mmm hmm. You have any idea why this
Krueger would want you dead?
LIZZIE
He doesn't. He's just a movie
character.
Batson looks confused.
TODD
This nut-job is copying Freddy
Krueger. You know, Nightmare On Elm
Street? Bastard son of a thousand
maniacs, burned to death by angry
parents? Seeks revenge on teenagers?
BATSON
(unsure)
The guy in the hockey mask.
TODD
(with exaggerated patience)
No, that's Jason Voorhees. Friday The
13th. Retarded kid who drowned at
summer camp. Seeks revenge on teen-
agers.
(then)
They're completely different characters.
Reese bursts into the room again, this time holding a
computer printout. He looks agitated.
REESE
Sheriff, we ran the name and prints
through the computer... nothing. But
get this: his M.O. matches seven
unsolved murders throughout the
country.
(referring to printout)
All teenagers... all cut wide open...
by five parallel blades.
Reese glances uneasily at the razor glove. Batson
snatches the printout from him and looks it over.
The blood drains from his face.
BATSON
Jesus!
Batson notices that Todd, Jason and especially Lizzie,
are looking at him, freaked out by what they've just
heard.
BATSON
(covering, but clearly rattled)
I wouldn't worry, Lizzie. We'll just
let the FBI take over from here...
Yeah, they'll know what to do. They...
um... uh... Could you excuse me?
Batson hurries out of the room. Reese just stands
there, awkwardly. After a beat...
REESE
Okay, then. You all have a good night.
Reese ushers the kids towards the door. As Lizzie
walks past the mirror, she steals one last look out
of the corner of her eye. Dominic is definitely
watching her, his evil leer following her out of the
room. She turns away.
CRASH! Dominic smashes his head through the mirror.
Everyone jumps back as he LAUNCHES his whole body
through the jagged hole in the mirror. Lizzie SCREAMS
as she is showered with glass.
DOMINIC
Freddy is real!
Reese tries to restrain him, but he is no match for
Dominic's strength. He swings his head violently,
SMASHING Reese's nose, sending him to his knees.
Dominic turns on Lizzie.
DOMINIC
You're scared, aren't you?
Lizzie trembles, eyes wide with terror. She doesn't
need to answer.
DOMINIC
That's good! Your fear is what
brings him here!
Dominic shoves Lizzie up against the wall, his face
pressed against hers.
DOMINIC
I wouldn't go to sleep tonight if
I were you. I'd never sleep again!
Suddenly, Dominic SHAKES VIOLENTLY and FALLS to the
floor. Behind him stands a bloodied REESE who looks
down at his TASER with a "Hey, it works!" expression.
Jason and Todd pull Lizzie out of the room as Dominic
writhes and convulses on the floor.
INT. LIZZIE'S HOUSE - DAY
A woman's face peers down into camera. This is MRS.
DANIELS, Lizzie's mother. She looks at something and
frowns.
MRS. DANIELS
(muttering)
Stainmaster, my ass.
A middle-aged MAN wearing a "Carpet City" hat leans
into frame.
CARPET GUY
That's not coming out. Not that much
blood. Not out of a white carpet.
HIGH ANGLE
The white living room carpet is covered with an enormous
BLOOD STAIN. Two Mexican guys fruitlessly scrub a
small portion of the stain.
CARPET GUY
Ramón, Jesús -- don't waste your
time. We're gonna have to replace
the whole thing. And the padding.
MRS. DANIELS
Can you believe the cops don't clean
up after a murder? I mean, half these
footprints are theirs.
The doorbell rings. Mrs. Daniels looks through the
peephole and lets in Lizzie's friends -- Jason, Todd,
MARNIE, SAM, and BETH.
JASON
Hi, Mrs. Daniels.
MRS. DANIELS
Jason, thank God it's you and not
another goddamn news crew.
MARNIE, Todd's beautiful, tall, model-thin, self-
absorbed girlfriend, frowns.
MARNIE
I missed the news cameras?
(pouting)
Life is so unfair.
They enter the house and are not prepared for the
amount of blood they see. It's not just on the carpet.
It's everywhere. SAM, Jason's other best friend and
occasional pain in the ass, makes a beeline for a
set of bloody handprints on the wall. He puts his
own hand up to it and compares.
MRS. DANIELS
(calling off)
Lizzie, honey, your friends came by
to cheer-- Sam, get your freakin'
hands off the walls.
UPSTAIRS
Lizzie comes out of her bedroom. She looks like she
hasn't slept for days. She turns a corner and JUMPS,
startled by a Westec man who is reinstalling the alarm
keypad into the wall.
She goes down the stairs, retracing the trail of
destruction left by Dominic Necros.
Lizzie enters the living room, doing her best not to
notice the stained carpet. She sees her friends and
smiles bravely.
LIZZIE
So, you like what I've done with
the place?
Marnie and Beth rush over and hug her. BETH, Sam's
girlfriend, is funky, tough, and brutally honest.
BETH
Oh, my God. Are you okay? You look
terrible.
MARNIE
(chiding)
Beth, please! Of course she looks
terrible. You have any idea what
she's been through?
JASON
Uh, ladies? I said take her mind off
the attack.
LIZZIE
Good luck. Mom, we're going outside
-- I gotta get out of this house.
Have you called the real estate woman
yet?
MRS. DANIELS
(annoyed)
Mmm hmm. That dead guard knocked
twenty percent off our resale value.
Looks like we're stuck here.
Lizzie darkens and walks out of the room. Her friends
follow, except SAM, who lingers behind. He looks at
the stained carpet and shakes his head.
SAM
That's not coming out.
CARPET GUY
Yeah, no kidding.
SAM
Okay, Dad. See you at dinner.
INT. HALLWAY
Lizzie and her friends pass blood and claw marks
running the entire length of the hall. A WORKER is
spackling over some of the deeper gouges. Todd
WHISTLES, oddly impressed.
TODD
Man, that rent-a-cop didn't stand
a chance.
BETH
If he had a gun, why didn't he
use it?
LIZZIE
(a painful memory)
It got knocked out of his hands. He
couldn't get to it. He couldn't...
do anything.
MARNIE
Jeez, Lizzie, you must've been scared
shitless.
Lizzie lowers her eyes and picks up the pace.
LIZZIE
Yeah.
They turn the corner and enter...
INT. LAUNDRY ROOM
Lizzie reaches for some towels. Beth looks in the
laundry basket. It's filled with a bloody welcome
mat and curtains.
BETH
The thing is, you never know what
you're gonna do in a situation like
that until it happens.
They head out to the...
EXT. BACKYARD
BETH
But if it were me, I would've kicked
that freak right in the balls. Yeah,
that's what I would've done.
LIZZIE
Let's hope you never have to find
out.
Lizzie walks away. Jason shakes his head at Beth,
disapprovingly, and pushes her into the pool. Every-
one LAUGHS.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. BACKYARD - LATER
We pan across the yard. Sam and Beth are in the pool
tossing around a beach ball. Jason and Todd man the
grill. Lizzie and Marnie sit around a patio table
in the shade of an umbrella.
MARNIE
You are so lucky you missed the
English mid-term. An essay on Madame
Bovary's descent into madness --
okay, I think I aced that -- but
the multiple choice section was a
real killer.
(catching herself)
Oops, sorry.
Lizzie's eyes flutter and close for a second.
MARNIE
Lizzie?
Lizzie catches herself. Her eyes snap back open.
LIZZIE
I'm okay... It's just... I haven't
really slept since--
(shivering)
I hear the cat scratching at the door
in the middle of the night and I just
know it's "The Masked Psycho" coming
to get me.
MARNIE
Lizzie, Dominic Necros is in jail.
And he's not getting out.
TODD
Yeah, I wouldn't worry about "The
Masked Psycho". Or at least the
"mask" part.
Todd reaches into his backpack and pulls out a rubber
Freddy mask. Lizzie GASPS and draws back. Everybody
stares at the mask in disbelief. Sam and Beth paddle
over to take a closer look. Todd smiles proudly.
JASON
How the hell did you get that?
TODD
I snagged it at the jail while
Dominic was going apeshit. Pretty
cool, huh?
BETH
You've got to give that back. It's
evidence or something.
TODD
No, we gotta keep it. That way, the
next time Lizzie sees this face,
she'll know it's the real Freddy,
and not some copycat.
Everyone LAUGHS. Including Lizzie.
Sam jumps out of the pool and grabs the mask.
SAM
Yeah, but I wouldn't worry about Mr.
Frederic J. Krueger. I've seen all
the movies. First of all, he can only
get you in your nightmares.
BETH
That's why the girl in the movie is
always like...
(girlie voice)
I don't want to go to sleep. Don't
let me fall asleep!
LIZZIE
(defensive)
That's not why I haven't been
sleeping.
SAM
I know, I know. We're just fucking
around here.
(beat)
But she falls asleep anyway. And then
Freddy comes. Because she's afraid.
And fear is what brings him.
He shakes the mask and does a Freddy CACKLE. Every-
one LAUGHS, except Lizzie, who tries to conceal her
growing anxiety.
SAM
But seriously, if Freddy does come
after you...
Sam puts the Freddy mask on Todd, then turns his back
on him.
SAM
Just turn around and tell him you're
not scared...
(girlie voice)
You don't scare me, Freddy Krueger!
(regular voice)
And he'll go away.
Todd picks up a barbecue fork and stabs Sam in the ass.
Sam SCREAMS, launches forward, and falls into the pool.
Everyone LAUGHS...
Except Lizzie, who is looking out over the fence at
the edge of the property.
LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
Did we see a shadow move behind a tree on the other
side of the fence?
BACK TO SCENE
Lizzie's eyes snap open. She sees Marnie looking
at her.
MARNIE
What?
LIZZIE
I thought I saw something.
Lizzie continues staring off.
JASON comes over next to the table with a platter of
hamburgers and sits down next to Lizzie.
JASON
Let's see, we got well, medium well,
and, well... burnt.
Jason starts to serve Marnie a burger.
MARNIE
Not with that fork. It's got ass on
it.
TODD
I'll take the burnt one, but I'm
gonna need a whole lot of ketchup.
Lizzie...
Todd motions for Lizzie to pass him the bottle. Lizzie
doesn't notice -- she's still looking over the fence.
LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
We see another shadow move... this time closer, ducking
down behind the fence. Suddenly, a face appears
between two broken slats... it's FREDDY KRUEGER!
BACK TO SCENE
Lizzie's eyes flutter as she fights to remain awake.
Her eyes snap open, wide with fear.
LIZZIE
Oh, my God! He's out there!
JASON
What?
Jason stands up, and looks over the fence.
JASON'S P.O.V.
We see woods. Nothing else.
BACK TO SCENE
Jason sits back down and puts his arm around Lizzie.
JASON
There's nothing there.
LIZZIE
I saw him.
JASON
Who?
MARNIE
(nervous)
Dominic?
Lizzie shudders. Jason puts an arm around her to
calm her.
JASON
Maybe you should go inside and lie
down? You're gonna have to sleep
sooner or later...
Lizzie still stares at the fence. She blinks, fighting
off sleep. A gust of wind blows. Lizzie shudders,
again.
LIZZIE
He's here! I know it!
She tears away from Jason and stumbles toward the fence.
JASON
Lizzie, don't do this to yourself.
Lizzie reaches the fence. It's too high for her to
see over. She nervously peers through a knot-hole
and finds...
ANOTHER EYE staring right back at her! Lizzie SCREAMS.
A NEWS CAMERA and its operator rise over the fence
on a hydraulic boom. Lizzie SCREAMS again, falling
backwards onto the pavement.
Everyone runs over. Jason helps Lizzie up and shields
her from the camera.
MARNIE
You wanna put something on the news?
How 'bout these?
Marnie lifts up her bikini top and flashes the camera.
Sam puts on the Freddy mask and moonwalks across the
lawn. Todd grabs a hose and sprays the camera man.
As Lizzie realizes her worst nightmare is not coming
to pass, she breaks out in relieved LAUGHTER.
INT. LIZZIE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
CLOSE-UP of Lizzie.
LIZZIE
You're not going to sleep. You're
gonna stay up all night keeping
watch... standing guard... not
going anywhere... even to pee--
CUT WIDE
Now we see the whole bedroom. Jason, in boxers and
a t-shirt, is just about to jump into bed. Lizzie
moves in front of him, blocking his way.
JASON
Lizzie, I'm not going anywhere.
Except to pee.
LIZZIE
Promise you'll never leave me again?
JASON
I promise.
Lizzie flirtatiously traces a cross on Jason's chest.
LIZZIE
Cross your heart and hope to die?
JASON
Cross my heart and hope to die.
Jason brings his hand to Lizzie's heart and kisses her.
He slips his hand inside her pajama top and the kissing
gets more intense. Until Lizzie pulls away.
LIZZIE
Did you lock the front door?
JASON
Yes.
They kiss again. Lizzie pulls away again.
LIZZIE
Did you set the alarm?
JASON
(slightly frustrated)
Yes.
Another kiss. Again, she pulls away.
LIZZIE
Did you lock the bedroom door?
Jason suddenly looks concerned.
WHAM! The door bursts open and Lizzie's mom enters.
Jason pulls his hand out of Lizzie's pajamas.
JASON
We weren't doing any--
MRS. DANIELS
Lizzie, I want to talk to you about
protection.
She reaches into a brown paper bag and pulls out a
handgun.
LIZZIE
What the hell are you doing?!
MRS. DANIELS
It's your Uncle Al's. He wants you
to keep it in your room.
LIZZIE
Are you crazy? Forget it!
MRS. DANIELS
Better a gun in the house than a
serial killer.
She puts the gun in Lizzie's purse.
MRS. DANIELS
Al's gonna come by and teach us how
to use it. He says it's just like
the camera he bought you for Christ-
mas -- point and shoot.
She turns to leave. Lizzie is weirded out.
LIZZIE
Good night, Mom.
JASON
'Night, Mrs. Daniels.
Lizzie's mom stops in the doorway.
MRS. DANIELS
What? You thought I was gonna let
you sleep up here?
(laughing)
Let's go, stud, on the couch.
Mom exits. Lizzie looks panicked.
LIZZIE
Jason, you promised!
JASON
(extra loud, for Mom's benefit)
You heard your mother. I'm on the
couch.
(then, whispering)
Meet me down there as soon as she's
asleep.
Jason gives Lizzie a kiss and exits. Lizzie sits on
her bed, keeping the lights on and her eyes very open.
She looks around the room nervously. Her alarm clock
reads 11:31.
INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
>From a high angle, we see Jason shuffling along the
carpet in his socks. He's drawing a heart in the
brand new shag.
INT. LIZZIE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Lizzie has fallen asleep. We hear a tapping sound
at the window. The shadow of Freddy's claw slowly
moves across Lizzie's face. Her eyes snap open.
She looks out the window and sees...
Just a tree branch, scraping at the window as it
blows in the wind.
Lizzie smiles with relief, then looks at her alarm
clock. It reads 1:27. Shit!
INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Lizzie creeps down the stairs. The house is silent.
Moonlight filters in through the windows, causing
shadows of trees to play eerily across the room.
LIZZIE
Jason, are you asleep?
Lizzie sees him lying on the couch, under a blanket.
LIZZIE
Jason?
Lizzie silently crawls in next to him. She slides
her hand under the blanket and smiles.
LIZZIE
You're not asleep now.
Lizzie pulls down the blanket and comes face to face
with...
FREDDY KRUEGER.
FREDDY
But you are!
Lizzie jumps and falls backwards down onto the floor.
Backlit by moonlight, Freddy's dark, menacing shape
moves forward, razor claw sadistically taunting.
But this is no masked copycat -- it's the real Freddy.
He appears more nightmarishly menacing than ever
before. His red and green sweater is but ancient
tatters, barely covering an inhumanly cadaverous form.
Twisted burn-scar flesh is stretched tight over
misshapen sinew and gnarled, elongated bone.
FREDDY
Welcome to your nightmare.
Lizzie begins to SOB uncontrollably and weakly swats
at Freddy, trying to keep him at bay. Freddy CHUCKLES.
FREDDY
You can't fight.
He moves forward in an unearthly manner. As he reaches
out, his bones grind to a stop, locking tight, then
suddenly snap toward her with surprising release.
FREDDY
Your arms are useless.
Freddy paws at her, toying sadistically, staring deep
into Lizzie's frightened eyes. She tries to push him
away, but her right arm suddenly transforms. It
WRITHES AROUND UNCONTROLLABLY, a boneless, slug-like
mass with a mind of its own. Repulsed by the sight,
Lizzie SCREAMS.
Freddy snatches at her again. She tries to push
him away with her other arm. But it's no use, as
it too becomes another useless, slug-like appendage.
Now, both her arms slide impotently over Freddy as he
moves in on her, pressing his body up against hers.
FREDDY
You can't escape.
Lizzie's legs slowly de-bone, collapse, and transform
into thick, fat, gelatinous coils. She slides down
the wall, trying desperately to support herself. But
she can't.
LIZZIE
Jason! For God's sake, where are
you?!
Lizzie desperately attempts to flee -- but her body
refuses to do her bidding. She slithers across the
floor, a mass of wet, writhing flesh.
Freddy stands over her, laughing sadistically.
FREDDY
You're going to die in this house!
Lizzie undulates and roils wildly across the floor.
Freddy bellows, enjoying her violent struggle.
FREDDY
Go ahead... try to run! I control
this world!
Freddy's face suddenly contorts into a physically
impossible, ghoulish grin. He CACKLES maniacally
and launches Lizzie into the sliding glass door and--
CRASH! THE DOOR SHATTERS!
Lizzie lands in a heap on the other side of the door.
Then, in a strange elastic blur, she regains her
shape...
HER BODY RETURNS TO NORMAL! She runs!
EXT. HOUSE
Lizzie scrambles across her yard, cutting into the
nearby
WOODS
In a series of quick cuts, Lizzie darts between
trees... over stumps... across a bridge. Freddy
claws after her, his laughter reverberating through
the woods. She's disoriented. Suddenly, she breaks
into a clearing and finds herself alongside a
LAKE
She looks around, not sure where she is, or if she's
lost Freddy. THUNDER and LIGHTNING! Lizzie turns
and sees a sign which reads:
CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE
Without warning, FREDDY KRUEGER jumps in front of
it, CACKLING. Lizzie takes off. Freddy chases her
onto an...
OLD RICKETY DOCK
Lizzie reaches the end and turns around, cornered.
LIZZIE
(terrified plea)
Jason!
FREDDY
Jason can't help you, Lizzie. No
one can. It's just you and me.
(evil whisper)
And one of us is going to die.
Freddy grabs her and draws his razor hand back for
the death blow.
THUNDER! LIGHTNING!
LIZZIE
Jason!
Freddy moves to strike, but a giant hand grabs him
by the back of the neck. Freddy is lifted off the
ground. His feet dangle helplessly, his body
whipped around, until he finds himself face-to-face
with...
JASON VOORHEES!
Jason raises his machete. Freddy SCREAMS. Just
before the machete strikes, Freddy desperately
swings his razor claw, just barely managing to SLICE
Lizzie's arm.
As Lizzie CRIES OUT, the background DISSOLVES away,
becoming...
INT. SLEEP DISORDER CLINIC - DAY
Lizzie continues SCREAMING the most blood-curdling
horror movie scream of all time.
HIGH ANGLE
Camera sweeps down on Lizzie, lying on a hospital bed,
surrounded by medical equipment and lab-coated TECH-
NICIANS. DR. ADAMS quickly moves in to comfort her.
DR. ADAMS
Lizzie, it's okay. You're safe here.
Lizzie?
Lizzie's eyes snap open. She grabs the EEG stand and
swings it hard, SMASHING it into Dr. Adams' head,
sending him reeling backwards into a supply cabinet.
Glass flies everywhere.
The technicians scramble to restrain Lizzie. We
notice a long, bleeding GASH on her arm while she
flails about and continues SCREAMING.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. DOCTOR'S OFFICE - LATER
Lizzie and her concerned mom sit across a table from
Dr. Adams, who now holds an ice-pack to his head, and
DR. RUBIN, a soft-spoken older man.
MRS. DANIELS
The same dream night after night,
all week. She wakes up screaming
her head off. She's not getting any
sleep. Please tell me you can help.
DR. ADAMS
Mrs. Daniels, all our tests indicate
normal brain function. There is
nothing wrong with your daughter...
physically. That's why I've asked
Dr. Rubin to join us.
DR. RUBIN
I'm the clinic's Chief of Psychiatry.
Lizzie turns to the doctor.
LIZZIE
You think I'm fucking crazy?
DR. RUBIN
We don't like to use that word around
here. Crazy. You can say "fucking"
all you want.
Lizzie smiles and relaxes a little.
DR. RUBIN
Lizzie, nightmares are perfectly
normal. It's the way your subconscious
works through trauma.
LIZZIE
You think this is normal? This time
he cut me!
She holds up her bloodied, bandaged arm.
DR. ADAMS
You cut yourself when you woke up.
Nobody can hurt you in your dream.
LIZZIE
He cut me, Doctor. I went to sleep
and Freddy Krueger tried to kill me.
And then Jason Voorhees tried to
kill him. It doesn't make any sense.
DR. RUBIN
Oh, but it does. You were attacked
by a man pretending to be Freddy
Krueger. This leaves you feeling
helpless and vulnerable, so you dream
up another monster to protect you,
who just happens to have the same
name as your boyfriend.
LIZZIE
(unimpressed)
Yeah, that's all very interesting.
Now can you make the nightmares stop?
DR. RUBIN
No. Only you can. By learning how to
control your dreams.
This isn't what Lizzie wanted to hear. Dr. Rubin
crosses over to a medicine cabinet and unlocks it.
DR. RUBIN
I'm researching a new drug called
Somnambulene. It's a ketamine
derivative that increases delta wave
function in the brain to maximize
Stage 3 sleep--
(catching himself)
In English -- it puts you in the
perfect dream state and keeps you
there all night.
Dr. Rubin pulls out a bottle and shakes out a
Somnambulene into the palm of his hand. The clear
gel-cap contains a green liquid that seems to glow
ever so slightly.
LIZZIE
(looking at pill, horrified)
I'm not gonna take that. Why would
I want to be trapped in my nightmare?
DR. RUBIN
Because until this subconscious
battle plays itself out, your night-
mares will never end.
Lizzie looks away, terrified. Dr. Adams turns to her
mother.
DR. ADAMS
We've had good results with it so
far, and the side effects are
relatively minor.
MRS. DANIELS
How minor?
DR. RUBIN
The usual. Headache, dryness of
mouth, nausea, and... uh...
Dr. Rubin pauses. Dr. Adams looks down at his shoes.
DR. RUBIN
A few of the patients in our clinic
who took Somnambulene reported...
well, they thought they could share
each others' dreams.
LIZZIE
That sounds fucking crazy.
DR. ADAMS
You have to remember, the subjects
were severely sleep deprived. Most
likely they were hallucinating.
DR. RUBIN
Statistically, you have a far
greater chance of suffering severe
diarrhea than you do of "sharing
dreams". I wouldn't worry.
The doctor holds out the bottle of pills. Lizzie
doesn't take it. Her mom does.
CUT TO:
INT. LIZZIE'S BEDROOM - DAY
Lizzie sits on the edge of her bed. Her mom stands
over her, holding a Somnambulene and a cup of water.
MRS. DANIELS
Why won't you take the pills? They
said it will help. Is it the
diarrhea?
LIZZIE
It's everything -- the nightmares,
the attack, the house... I hate it
here!
MRS. DANIELS
Lizzie, you can't just run away from
your problems. They always catch up
with you. Unless you're your father,
who hasn't sent a child support check
in four years.
LIZZIE
I just-- I can't go to sleep.
(scared, soft)
I don't wanna die.
MRS. DANIELS
Lizzie, would you listen to yourself?
Nothing's going to happen to you.
You are not going to die. But you
are going to take this pill.
She holds the pill in front of Lizzie's face. This
time she won't take no for an answer.
Lizzie reluctantly holds out her hand. Her mother
drops the pill into Lizzie's palm. Lizzie stares at
it for a beat, then pops it in her mouth. She looks
to her mother, who nods and smiles. She hands Lizzie
the cup of water. Lizzie takes it and drinks.
MRS. DANIELS
You'll see, everything will be
better in the morning.
LIZZIE
If I'm still here in the morning.
Lizzie sets the cup down on the nightstand. Mom
looks satisfied.
ANGLE ON THE CUP
The green capsule floats in the water. We see it
slowly dissolve.
BACK TO SCENE
MRS. DANIELS
Sweet dreams, honey.
Mrs. Daniels grabs the cup of water and heads out
the door. She takes a big swig of the water.
Lizzie's eyes widen.
LIZZIE
Mom...
MRS. DANIELS
(oblivious)
What?
LIZZIE
Uh... Good night.
EXT. SAM'S HOUSE - DAY
Sam, Beth, Todd, and Marnie are loading beer and
sleeping bags into the back of a "Carpet City" van.
Jason and Lizzie are off to the side, having a
private moment.
JASON
You did the right thing. You don't
need your mom and her drugs. You've
got us and our drugs.
SAM (O.C.)
Incoming!
Lizzie looks up and sees a beer sailing towards her
face. Jason reaches out and catches it. He hands
it to Lizzie, who LAUGHS and cracks it open.
MARNIE
What'd your mom say when you told
her you were leaving?
LIZZIE
(evasive)
Oh, she doesn't care... She's, um,
out for the night.
Lizzie smiles and takes a sip of her beer. Todd
cracks open another for himself.
TODD
So where we headed?
MARNIE
We could go to the beach and drink.
BETH
That's so junior high. Let's go to
the desert. I've always wanted to
drink in the desert.
JASON
Forget it. I've got a better idea.
INT. CARPET CITY VAN - A MOMENT LATER
Sam jumps behind the wheel, Beth is in the passenger
seat. The rest of the gang sits in the back cargo
area on books of carpet samples.
TODD
(to Sam)
Your dad is gonna go wall to wall
on your ass when he finds out you
took one of his vans.
SAM
Hell, he'll miss the beer before
he misses the van.
As Sam starts the engine, CAMERA CRANES UP AND AWAY
as the van takes off from his house and drives through
the streets on its way out of town.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. HIGHWAY - LATER
As the van speeds down a four-lane highway, we hear
rock music pounding.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. WOODS - AND NOW, EVEN LATER
The busy highway has given way to a country road. The
van passes under a canopy of trees. It turns onto a
small dirt road and crosses over an old wooden bridge.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. LAKE - SUNSET
The van slowly pulls up to a lake which is ringed
by a lush, dense forest. The sun is just beginning
to go down, bathing the water in a warm, golden light.
THE VAN'S BACK DOORS
Swing open. Everyone piles out, rushing past camera.
Everyone except Lizzie.
SAM
Look at this place!
TODD
Hope the water's warm.
MARNIE
We can go skinny dipping!
BETH
Any excuse to take off your top.
TODD
That's why I love her.
MARNIE
You love me?
TODD
(caught off-guard)
Uh-- I'm gonna go check the water.
They all run off. Jason turns back to Lizzie.
JASON
You coming?
Lizzie steps out of the van and looks around tentatively.
LIZZIE
Jason, of all the places we could
have gone... a lake?
JASON
Sure, why not?
LIZZIE
Um... my nightmares?
Jason turns Lizzie so she's facing the lake.
JASON
Yeah, I know. And in your nightmares,
the lake is where you run when you're
scared, right? It's where you go to
be saved...
He smiles and puts his arm around her.
JASON
By Jason.
Lizzie smiles and LAUGHS, her mood lightening. She
reaches into the van and grabs a frisbee.
LIZZIE
Go long!
Jason starts running backwards towards Sam, Marnie,
Beth, and Todd, who are standing at the water's edge.
Lizzie sends the frisbee flying with a powerful throw.
Jason chases after the frisbee. Sam jumps in front
of him to intercept. WHAMMO! The frisbee SLAMS into
Sam's throat and caroms over a hill.
SAM
(choking)
You almost took my head off.
Jason chases after the frisbee, disappearing over the
hill. After a short beat...
JASON (O.C.)
Whoa, guys, check this out!
Everyone runs toward the hill.
EXT. LAKE - CONTINUOUS
When they reach the top, they see...
A number of SMALL CABINS scattered throughout the
woods, the remains of a sleep-away camp that looks
like it hasn't been used in years. The sun has just
set, bathing the camp in the eerie, blue light of
magic hour.
LIZZIE stares at the cabins. The wind blows through
her hair. She shivers as a chill moves up her spine.
Jason is standing in front of one of the cabins,
holding the frisbee.
TODD
Screw the tents. Why don't we stay
here?
EXT. MAIN CABIN - NIGHTFALL
It's dark now. Everyone stands on the porch of the
large main cabin. The van is now parked in front.
Jason tries the door.
JASON
Shit. It's locked.
Without missing a beat, Sam kicks the door open.
SAM
Try it now.
INT. MAIN CABIN - NIGHT
Pitch black. Jason tries the light switch. Nothing.
He snaps on a flashlight and shines it around the
room. We see cobwebs, furniture stacked up in the
corners, weeds growing through the floorboards.
The flashlight weakens and dies. Pitch black, again.
JASON (V.O.)
I'll look for a generator.
LIZZIE (V.O.)
Be careful.
SAM (V.O.)
Yeah, watch out for Dominic Necros.
We hear a SLAP.
SAM (V.O.)
Ow!
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. MAIN CABIN - LATER
The walls flicker with the dim lights powered by an
old generator. We see that we are in the largest
room of the vast cabin.
A few couches have been pushed to the middle, a fire
rages in the old stone fireplace, and a boombox plays
party music.
Beth and Marnie roast hotdogs and marshmallows over
the open flames.
Everyone is in a festive mood, except Lizzie, who's
staring out the window. Jason comes up behind her
and gives her a kiss on the neck. She jumps.
LIZZIE
Dammit, Jason!
JASON
What? I can't kiss you anymore?
LIZZIE
I'm sorry. It's just...
Her voice trails off. Suddenly, the room is illuminated
by a flash of LIGHTNING and rocked with a clap of
THUNDER. Rain begins to pound the roof.
Lizzie startles and turns back to the window.
LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
She peers out into the night just as another flash of
lightning illuminates the lake! The sudden storm
transforms the landscape into a menacing environment
eerily reminiscent of Lizzie's nightmare.
Lizzie turns back to her friends.
LIZZIE
We have to go home.
BETH
Come on, Lizzie, it's just a little
rain.
LIZZIE
You don't understand... I've been
here before... In my nightmare.
JASON
Lizzie, don't start.
TODD
What nightmare?
LIZZIE
Every time I go to sleep, Freddy
Krueger tries to kill me.
Marnie shrinks back against Todd.
LIZZIE
He chases me out of the house... to
a lake... a lake just like this one.
Sam begins to SNICKER. Jason punches him in the arm.
LIZZIE
And every night, right as Freddy is
about to kill me... Jason comes out
of the lake and saves me.
TODD
(high-fiving Jason)
Way to go, man!
JASON
Not me.
(you're not going to believe
this...)
Jason Voorhees.
BETH
The guy from Halloween?
SAM
Friday the 13th.
MARNIE
Oh, my God!
TODD
Impossible. Jason died in the last
sequel. Again. And the only way to
reanimate him is with a human heart.
SAM
Shit!
JASON
What?
SAM
We forgot to pack the human heart.
Hey, Beth, check the cooler.
Beth and the guys LAUGH. But Marnie is starting to
freak out.
MARNIE
(to Lizzie)
Why are you telling us this? I
don't want to be here anymore.
(to Todd)
Take me home.
Marnie is truly upset. Her eyes begin to well with
tears. Todd places his arm around her, reassuringly.
TODD
Come on. Lizzie's fucking with us.
It's just a ghost story.
Marnie turns to Lizzie, hoping Todd's right, hoping
it's just a joke. Lizzie looks at the others, suddenly
realizing how crazy she sounds.
LIZZIE
Oh. Yeah... I'm sorry. Just...
trying to scare you.
She leans back.
Just then...
A HUGE RAT
Pops out from the shadows and SCREECHES at Lizzie!
Lizzie SCREAMS! Marnie SCREAMS! The rat ducks back
into the shadows, picks up a half-eaten rat carcass
it's been feeding on, and scurries away with it in
its mouth.
Lizzie looks down and notices that in her panic, she
kicked her purse over, sending the BOTTLE OF
SOMNAMBULENE rolling across the floor. She quickly
grabs the bottle and stuffs it back in her purse.
TODD (O.C.)
What was that?
TODD has been watching Lizzie from behind the make-
shift bar he's made out of two beer coolers and an
old door.
LIZZIE
What?
SAM
Pills. I saw them. Lizzie has pills!
The others converge on her.
TODD
You holding out on us?
SAM
What are they, Roofies? They don't
look like Roofies.
LIZZIE
It's Somnambulene. Some kind of
keta-something derivative.
SAM
(eyes lighting up)
Ketamine? Special K? You've got
Special K?
BETH
You didn't tell me they gave you
Special K. Pass 'em out.
LIZZIE
I don't think so. This is pretty
heavy duty stuff.
Beth holds out her hand.
LIZZIE
There are side effects. You know,
like headaches... dry mouth...
Beth holds out her hand.
LIZZIE
And, um, well... some people who
took them thought... they could
share each others' dreams.
A beat. Then everyone LAUGHS.
SAM
You don't have to make shit up. If
you're not gonna give us any, just
say so.
LIZZIE
I'm not gonna give you any.
Everyone BOOS Lizzie.
SAM
Buzzkill.
THE LIGHTS GO OUT.
Lizzie SCREAMS!
TODD (V.O.)
(old lady voice)
My jewels!
JASON (V.O.)
Alright, who's touching my ass?
SAM (V.O.)
Oh. Sorry. I thought you were Beth.
BETH (V.O.)
(hurt)
You don't know my ass from a guy's?
We hear a SLAP.
JASON (V.O.)
Ow!
BETH (V.O.)
Oh. Sorry. I thought you were Sam.
A SMALL FIREBALL
Erupts, becoming a steady flame that casts an eerie
green glow on Todd's proud smile. He holds a tray
of six glasses filled with a burning cocktail.
TODD
(a la Dr. Frankenstein)
It's alive! Alive!
(then)
I call it "Flaming Piss"! Watch
your eyebrows, ladies. Sam, turn
the lights back on.
Sam flips the switch and the lights come back on.
Everyone CHEERS. Sam raises his glass.
SAM
To Lizzie!
The others raise their glasses.
FRIENDS
To Lizzie!
Lizzie smiles and downs her drink. The others chug.
LIZZIE
Ecch. This tastes terrible. How
much piss did you put in it?
TODD
Well, I ran out. So I had to use
beer, tequila, grain alcohol,
Mountain Dew--
SAM
And don't forget the secret
ingredient...
Sam smirks and holds up Lizzie's empty bottle of pills.
LIZZIE
What did you do?
SAM
(giggling)
I spiked the drinks with your...
Sam tries to read the label. He finds it hard to focus.
SAM
(with difficulty)
Som-- Somnambulene.
ZOOM IN on THE LABEL. It reads: "DO NOT MIX WITH
ALCOHOL." The bottle turns slightly, revealing a
skull and crossbones.
LIZZIE
You fucking asshole!
She grabs back the Somnambulene bottle.
LIZZIE
Jesus, Sam! You don't know when to
quit. You always--
BOOM! The Somnambulene hits Lizzie hard.
LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
We see Sam's face suddenly stretch surrealistically,
along with everything else in the periphery of her
vision.
BACK TO SCENE
Lizzie loses her balance and falls back on the couch,
knocking over a can.
LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
Sam's face distorts... his voice warps.
SAM
Hey, that was my beer!
BACK TO SCENE
Lizzie rubs her eyes, trying to clear her vision.
JASON'S P.O.V.
He looks back at Lizzie -- her face seems to stretch
like rubber.
LIZZIE
(like a record played too slow)
This isn't funny, guys!
Jason tries to stifle a laugh, but fails. He looks
over at Todd.
TODD'S P.O.V.
Todd sees Jason's face start to melt.
TODD
(a la Wicked Witch of the West)
I'm melting!
He bursts out LAUGHING and looks at Marnie, who is
anxiously poking at her own face.
MARNIE
I can't feel my... my...
BETH
(laughing)
Face.
BACK TO SCENE
Everyone is hammered, stumbling about and laughing
hysterically. TODD staggers through the cabin and
accidentally crashes into SAM. Sam gives Todd a
drunken shove. Todd laughs and shoves back. Then,
they both end up shoving each other out the door.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. The lights go out again!
Now only lit by the dim, flickering light of the fire,
all the teens keep laughing. Except for Lizzie.
ON LIZZIE
She looks around the room at her friends. Her mood
darkens as her predicament starts to sink in. And it
certainly doesn't help that she's STONED -- and every-
one else, too.
LIZZIE
(controlled panic)
Why are you laughing?! We're in
deep shit!
Jason, Beth, and Marnie stop and look at Lizzie,
confused.
LIZZIE
What if Dominic Necros turned off
the lights? What if he followed us
here? We've got to get out of here!
BETH
Come on, Lizzie. The drugs are
just making you paranoid.
LIZZIE
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't
mean Dominic's not coming to kill us.
MARNIE
(getting freaked out)
Oh, God. We're sitting ducks. What're
we going to do?
JASON
We're going to sit back and enjoy
the ride. When we wake up tomorrow,
everything will be just fine.
LIZZIE
You promise?
Before Jason can answer... we hear Todd and Sam's
BLOOD-CURDLING SCREAMS echoing through the woods!
Lizzie and Marnie lose their shit. Especially Lizzie.
LIZZIE
Oh, my God. He's here! He's here!
MARNIE
Shit! Where are Sam and Todd?
BETH
Uh... out by the generator, fucking
with us? Again.
JASON
I'll take a look.
LIZZIE
Absolutely not. Don't leave me.
JASON
Hmmm. We can all stay here in the
dark, or, uh... you can come with
me.
Lizzie considers this a moment.
LIZZIE
Be careful.
Jason grabs the flashlight. He slaps it and a beam
of light comes back on... still weak, but better than
nothing.
EXT. LAKE
Jason cautiously walks around to the back of the cabin.
Shadows are everywhere. Rain pours down. We hear
the faint rumblings of thunder. Jason cocks his head,
as if he hears something.
JASON'S P.O.V.
He turns around and sees a shadow float behind a tree.
He cautiously approaches the tree, looks behind it
and sees...
NOTHING!
Jason rubs his eyes and shakes his head.
JASON
Must be the drugs.
Jason turns away. Just as...
A RAZOR CLAW plunges down, wrapping around his throat.
Jason is spun around and slammed against the wall,
coming face-to-face with... FREDDY KRUEGER!
Jason struggles, but can't break Freddy's grasp.
He cries out...
INT. MAIN CABIN
We hear Jason SCREAM. Lizzie and the girls are horri-
fied. They jump to their feet and start freaking.
EXT. LAKE
Freddy cackles and tightens his grip on Jason's throat
when, suddenly, JASON VOORHEES rushes forward, machete
held high. Jason SCREAMS again. As the machete arcs
toward him, we:
CUT TO
INT. MAIN CABIN
Just in time to see a machete slice through the rotted
out wall. The girls SCREAM. The machete retracts and
we hear Jason SCREAM and SCREAM again.
BOOM! Splinters fly as the wall breaks open. Jason
Lucas is thrown into the room. Freddy Krueger lunges
in after him... only to be followed by Jason Voorhees.
The girls reel backward as Freddy slashes at Jason
Voorhees. Voorhees ducks the blow and slams Freddy
into a table, knocking the boombox down onto the
floor. Jason Voorhees moves in, his machete held high.
He sees the broken boombox and freezes.
JASON VOORHEES
You fucked up my boombox, bitch.
Freddy awkwardly lifts himself off the damaged radio.
FREDDY
You shoved me through the wall, bitch.
Jason Lucas gets up, the look of fear on his face is
now replaced with anger. He charges Jason Voorhees,
yanks off the hockey mask and reveals...
TODD.
Then Jason reaches down and yanks the mask off Freddy
Krueger, revealing...
SAM.
JASON
Jesus, guys, you scared the shit out
of me. You think this is funny? You
think Lizzie needs this right now?
Sam and Todd make a stoner's attempt to appear
apologetic.
TODD
We were trying to scare you, not
Lizzie.
SAM
Yeah, we're not totally insensitive.
Just a little. Sorry.
LIZZIE
(pissed)
Yeah, you're sorry all right. That's
why you brought those masks.
SAM
Hey, I only brought the Freddy.
TODD
This Jason stuff, we found up here.
LIZZIE
You expect me to believe that?
SAM
Come here, I'll prove it.
Sam takes the flashlight and leads everyone outside.
EXT. CAMP
Sam's flashlight beam cuts through the darkness and
pouring rain. They finally reach a ramshackle HUT,
barely visible in an overgrown tangle of bramble and
weeds.
INT. HUT
The door creaks open. We see the teens silhouetted
in the doorway.
SAM
I found the mask right here...
The flashlight beam sweeps into the room, illuminating
only an old mattress.
Sam points to a blood-stained hole in the center.
Everyone stares at it in stunned silence.
SAM
And the machete was sticking out
of the skull.
BETH
What skull?
Sam reaches into the mattress and pulls out a human
skull, which has a large crack right down the middle.
SAM
This one.
Lizzie SCREAMS and backs away.
SAM
Hey, wait a minute. You don't think...
I remember someone telling me Friday
the 13th was based on a true story.
(spooked, but excited)
Maybe we've stumbled on the very
summer camp where Jason Voorhees
actually mutilated all those teen-
age--
JASON
That's enough, Sam.
MARNIE
Here? It happened here?!
JASON
No.
SAM
But if it did, that means Lizzie's
dream... has come true.
He notices that Lizzie is starting to come unglued.
He quickly tries to backpedal.
SAM
But... um... but that's okay...
because Jason's here to protect you
from Freddy.
Sam puts the hockey mask on Jason and spins him
around to face Lizzie.
LIZZIE
Give me a break.
She storms out of the hut. Jason pushes the mask
up, glares at Sam, and follows after her.
JASON
Lizzie, wait.
TODD
(calling after them)
It's just one of Sam's jokes. Just
trying to be funny. It's not even
a real skull.
SAM
Yes, it is. And it's not mine.
Sam tosses the skull to Todd, who fumbles the catch.
The skull drops to the ground and shatters. A gob
of maggots fly out all over Marnie's feet. She
SCREAMS. Beth SCREAMS. Todd SCREAMS.
Marnie and Beth tear out of the hut. Todd and Sam
follow close behind.
EXT. PORCH
Jason slides the hockey mask up on top of his head
and moves up behind Lizzie.
JASON
Come on, Lizzie. Why don't we go
back inside?
He puts a hand on Lizzie's shoulder. She refuses
to turn around.
JASON
They're just having fun... you know,
trying to cheer you up--
Marnie and Beth race by screaming their heads off,
followed by Sam and Todd. All four teens run back
into the cabin, scrambling through the hole in the
wall.
JASON
--in their own fucked-up way.
She nervously cracks open a beer and takes a sip
to try to steady her nerves.
LIZZIE
You have no idea what I've been
through.
(a beat)
That guard. He died because of me.
JASON
No, he died protecting you. He
died doing his job. It sucks, but
it's not your fault.
Lizzie takes a long swig of beer.
LIZZIE
Look, I never told you this -- his
gun was right in front of me. I
could have grabbed it, killed Dominic
Necros, and this would all be over.
But I didn't. I just stood there.
Jason doesn't know what to say, but he desperately
wants to comfort her.
JASON
Lizzie, I'm so sorry. I didn't know...
As he leans in to hug her, the hockey mask accidentally
SLIPS BACK DOWN over his face.
Lizzie gives in, turns to hug him, and sees... Jason
wearing the hockey mask just as another blast of
Somnambulene hits her hard.
LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
Her vision distorts. The hockey mask warps. The
image is terrifying. Lizzie SCREAMS. Her beer goes
flying as she tears away from Jason and stumbles out
into the rainy night, obviously disoriented.
JASON
Aw, shit.
Jason picks up Lizzie's beer, takes a long swig,
and chases after her.
EXT. LAKE - NIGHT
Lizzie runs along the wooden walkway linking the rows
of cabins.
Jason follows. As he runs by a window, he is taken
by surprise by his own reflection and is hit with
another blast of Somnambulene.
JASON'S P.O.V.
His hockey-faced mask seems to jump out at him.
BACK TO SCENE
Propelled backwards by the shock of his hallucinatory
vision, Jason SLIPS AND FALLS and goes face down into
the mud. At first, he just lies there. Then he
starts LAUGHING his ass off.
INT. MAIN CABIN
Sam, Todd, Beth, and Marnie are pacing the cabin,
trying to calm down. Beth and Marnie fall back on
a couch, each pounding down another can of liquid
courage. Marnie closes her eyes and rests her head
on Beth's shoulder.
MARNIE
What do we do now?
BETH
I don't know.
(beat)
You wanna make out?
Marnie opens her eyes and looks at Beth just as she's
hit with another blast of Somnambulene.
MARNIE'S P.O.V.
Beth puckers her lips. They seem to swell into big,
fat kissy-lips.
BACK TO SCENE
They both burst out LAUGHING.
ON TODD
He's screwing around with his boombox, scanning through
the dial trying to tune in some music. We hear mostly
static, punctuated by occasional snippets of Mexican
dance music and baseball games. He turns to Sam, who
dances in place to the static.
TODD
You're buying me a new radio.
(it's finally off his chest)
There, I said it.
SAM
Let me see that.
Sam picks up the radio, examines it for a moment,
then shakes it vigorously. A RADIO ANNOUNCER'S VOICE
cuts through the static. Sam flashes Todd a cocky
smile.
RADIO ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
...a country-wide manhunt is on for
suspected serial killer Dominic
Necros...
TODD
Holy shit!
BETH
Shh! Turn it up!
RADIO ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
...escaped early this morning while
being transferred to FBI custody,
killing two sheriff's deputies and
a--
Sam freaks out, dropping the radio to the floor,
where it crashes into pieces. Everyone freezes in
shock. It can't be true! They try without much
luck to sober up.
MARNIE
Holy Mother of God! Lizzie was right!
Dominic is on his way up here. He's
going to kill us. All of us. You
guys first, then me. I know it.
BETH
We gotta get out of here. I'll get
Lizzie and Jason.
Beth stands on wobbly legs and stumbles for the door.
EXT. LAKE/INT. MAIN CABIN - INTERCUT
LIZZIE staggers through the rain alongside the lake.
The Somnambulene appears to be hitting her pretty
hard.
BETH
is also hit with a wave of Somnambulene. The cabin
spins.
LIZZIE
Reaches out to a tree for support, but misses it and
falls down on the ground.
BETH
Reaches out for the door jamb for support, but misses
it and falls down on the floor.
THE TWO GIRLS
PASS OUT at the same time.
BLACK OUT.
FADE IN:
EXT. LAKE - NIGHT
LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
She opens her eyes. Her vision is fuzzy as she still
suffers the effects of the Somnambulene. A figure
suddenly comes into focus...
JASON VOORHEES is staring down at her through his
hockey mask! The mask distorts grotesquely. Lizzie
SCREAMS. Jason realizes that he is still wearing
the hockey mask and takes it off.
LIZZIE
You scared the shit out of me!
JASON
(concerned)
You passed out. Are you okay?
LIZZIE
I'd feel a lot better if you got
rid of that goddamn mask.
JASON
I'm sorry, Lizzie. I fucked up.
I'm fucked up. Both.
LIZZIE
Yeah, I'm sorry, too. I'm sorry I
got attacked, I'm sorry I have
nightmares, I'm sorry I jump ten
feet in the air every time you kiss
me on the neck.
(fighting back angry tears)
And I'm sorry... but right now I
need a boyfriend I can count on...
someone who makes me feel safe.
JASON
You can count on me, Lizzie, I
promise.
Thunder and lightning! Then, an ominous voice.
VOICE (O.C.)
Cross your heart and hope to die?
DOMINIC NECROS
Jumps out. He swings his razor glove at Lizzie, but
Jason steps in to protect her and takes a DEEP BLOW
to the ribcage. Blood sprays everywhere!
To Be Continued...
7/3/2003 10:07:59 AM
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