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Crimson Moon Script Version Part 1 By aragorn_8
I had to re-post them because something happened with the ones below.
We don't fade in right away,because in the darkness we hear a pack of wolves howl.
FADE IN ON:
EXT. A BLUE PLYMOUTH ROADRUNNER SPEEDING DOWN A ROAD IN THE DESERT-NIGHT.
INT. THE CAR-EDDIE BUNKER IS DRIVING,JAKE BUNKER IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT,AND TOMMY BUNKER IS ASLEEP IN THE BACKSEAT. "BLUE MOON" IS PLAYING ON THE RADIO.
Tommy opens his eyes and sits up,groaning.
TOMMY Where are we,Eddie?
EDDIE We just got into Arizona a couple of hours ago.
Tommy pulls a cooler up off the floor and sets it on the seat beside him.
He opens the cooler and looks in,then looks back up front.
TOMMY We're out of beer.
EDDIE Ok. There's a place a few miles up from here, if I remember right. Tacket's Liquor or something like that.
TOMMY Good. Turn the radio up.
EDDIE Turn the radio up,Jake.
JAKE Yeah.
Jake leans forward and turns the radio up as "Werewolves Of London" starts.
FADE OUT.
The main credits play,in exactly the same way as the main credits of PULP FICTION played.
Once the credits end,we:
FADE IN ON:
EXT. THE ROADRUNNER AS IT PULLS UP INFRONT OF A LIQUOR STORE WITH A SIGN ON IT THAT READS: TANNER'S LIQUOR.
INT. THE CAR-EDDIE TURNS THE RADIO DOWN.
TOMMY Tanner's Liquor. You were close,Ed.
EDDIE Who all's goin' in?
JAKE I am. I have to take a piss.
EDDIE Ok,Jake is. You comin',Tommy?
TOMMY Ye...yeah. Maybe they got some of that tequila shit. That wormy stuff. That shit's good.
EDDIE Alright,but guys...
Jake interrupts him by opening the passenger side door.
EDDIE Jake!
Jake stops and looks back at him.
JAKE What?
EDDIE Guys,let's not do what we did before, ok? I don't want another Kentucky on our heads, ok? Does everybody understand what I'm getting at here?
JAKE Sure,Ed. We get it. No dead people.
EDDIE Exactly. No dead people.
JAKE Hey,that was...
"Happiness Is A Warm Gun" by The Beatles is interrupted on the radio by a news report.
RADIO This is Lisa Murphy for 98.7 News Break. Earlier this afternoon,around 5:30 PM,in Greenville,Kentucky a young couple was found brutally murdered in a ditch. Their car,a blue Plymouth Roadrunner,has been reported missing and authorities believe it may have been stolen after the murders. The couple,Harlan Page and Elia Engle, were going to be married in two days. Police believe that the murderers, who were recently identified as Edward,Thomas,and Jacob Bunker, needed their car after they murdered gas station clerk Dante Hicks. The notorious Bunker Brothers escaped from the Ohio State Reformatory on October 25,just five days ago, and police say they have evidence linking them to over two dozen murders since then. Stay tuned to 98.7 for more news as it comes in.
Eddie turns the car off.
EDDIE Great.
JAKE That was a mistake. That man recognized us.
EDDIE Shit!
TOMMY They didn't have their facts straight.
EDDIE What did they get wrong?
TOMMY We've only killed twenty-one people.
JAKE They said over two dozen.
EDDIE Which means we're being blamed for murders we didn't commit.
TOMMY Damn.
JAKE Really,it doesn't make a difference after the first few. Twenty-one is as bad five. Basically the same punishment. Life or death.
TOMMY What now?
JAKE Yeah.What now,Eddie?
EDDIE Well,I guess this doesn't change anything. Let's go in.
JAKE Good.I still have to piss.
INT. TANNER'S LIQUOR STORE-REBECCA AND ROBERT TANNER ARE STANDING BEHIND THE COUNTER.
REBECCA Robert,I'm worried.
ROBERT You're always worried about something.
REBECCA Be serious.
ROBERT Rebecca,will you just shut up? Mike is just fine.
REBECCA How do you know,Robert? He was supposed to call us at seven. Four hours ago!
ROBERT I'm sure he just stopped to get something to eat.
REBECCA It doesn't take four hours to eat. I knew we should have bought him that beeper he wanted.
Robert sighs.
Eddie,Tommy,and Jake walk in,and Robert turns a TV that is mounted beside the door on the wall on with a selector,a rerun of a NIGHT COURT episode is just beginning.
As the three brothers come in little bells on the door jingle.
Tommy walks toward the glass-door refridgerators.
Eddie and Jake walk up to the counter.
ROBERT Can I help you? EDDIE Uh,yeah. Do you have a bathroom here?
ROBERT Yes,we do. Outside,around the far corner.
EDDIE Ok. Thank you.
Eddie and Jake walk out,the bells jingling again.
Tommy walks up to a glass doored refridgerator and opens it. The refridgerators are all filled with different kinds of alcohol.
Tommy pulls out a six pack of Red Dog beer in bottles.
He then turns to the Tanner's.
TOMMY Do you have any tequila?
ROBERT Yes,we do. Right behind you.
Tommy turns around and grabs a bottle of tequila off a shelf,whistling.
Eddie comes back into the store.
EDDIE Excuse me,sir?
Robert turns to him.
ROBERT Yes?
EDDIE The door to the bathroom is locked.
ROBERT Oh,I'm sorry.
Robert grabs a set of keys off a nail in the wall beside him and tosses them to Eddie.
Eddie catches the keys.
EDDIE Thank you.
Eddie walks back out of the store.
Tommy turns back to the refridgerators.
We look at the TV.
The NIGHT COURT rerun is interrupted by a news break. A woman is standing on a dirt road in the dark. A subtitle at the bottom of the screen reads: ELAINE RILEY. That is the newswoman's name.
ELAINE RILEY Hello, this is Elaine Riley for Channel 14 News Break from Greenville, Kentucky. Earlier today,in this very spot, an eighteen year old couple, Harlan Page and Elia Engle, who were to be married in two days, were brutally murdered by the Bunker Brothers, who escaped prison less than a week ago.
INT. THE BATHROOM-EDDIE IS SITTING ON THE SINK WHILE JAKE URINATES AT THE TOILET.
EDDIE Are you ok,Jake?
JAKE Yeah. Killing those kids kinda shook me up,is all. I'm sorry I had to kill that guy at that gas station, but he saw the TV behind us.
EDDIE It's ok. He had a shotgun. You saved our lives, buddy. It was him or us.
JAKE Yeah.
Eddie lights a cigarette with a Zippo lighter.
EDDIE He pulled a shotgun and you reacted. Tommy and I couldn't have reacted that fast, but you did. It was the only way out of a situation like that. He wouldn't have put that shotgun down for anything.
Jake zips his pants and flushes the toilet.
INT. THE LIQUOR STORE-TOMMY IS NOW CARRYING THE RED DOG,THE TEQUILA,AND A TWELVE PACK OF COORS.
He turns around and sees the TV.
The TV is now showing sketches of the three brothers, and a phone number is under the pictures.
TV VOICE If you have seen these men,please call this number....
Tommy turns around,scared and confused.
TOMMY (whisper) Shit!
Rebecca and Robert are watching the TV.
ROBERT Murdering savages should have got the electric chair in the first place. You know why they were in prison? They killed their grandparents. Sick assholes. I tell you what,if they walked into my store I wouldn't call that number I'd just blow their damn heads off.
TOMMY Come on,Eddie,what's taking so long?
Tommy drops the tequila and it shatters.
TOMMY Shit!
ROBERT Oh,that's alright. We'll clean it up.
Tommy doesn't even look toward the couple.
TOMMY Do I have to pay for it?
ROBERT (smiles) No,ofcourse not.
TOMMY Thanks.
REBECCA It's almost eleven-thirty now,Rob. Mark's four and a half hours late! Should I call him?
ROBERT (sighs) Becky,quit worrying. Maybe he just got lost. It's long distance,and if you call and he's not there, it'd be a waste of money to get his room- mate or somebody.
REBECCA Ok,but if he doesn't call in a half hour I'm calling.
ROBERT Fine.
EXT. THE LIQUOR STORE-JAKE AND EDDIE ARE SMOKING, LEANING ON THE ROADRUNNER.
EDDIE What the hell's keeping Tommy?
JAKE He's probably buying the whole store.
EDDIE He better not be. We only have two hundred dollars left between us.
JAKE Don't worry. Anyway,we'll be in Mexico soon.
EDDIE Where do you want to go in Mexico?
JAKE I don't know. Somewhere in the very bottom, I guess.
ROBERT Why the bottom?
JAKE I don't know. It just sounds cool down there.
EDDIE What sounds cool about it?
JAKE Well,they don't have cars.I think they might ride burrows instead. EDDIE They ride mules?
JAKE (laughs) Yeah. And,I think,now,don't quote me on this,but I think if you kill them, if you kill somebody's burrow,they can decapitate you for it.
EDDIE No shit?
JAKE Cool,huh?
EDDIE Yeah.
JAKE Oh,shit.
EDDIE What?
JAKE We forgot to take these back in.
Jake pulls the bathroom keys from his pocket.
EDDIE I completely forgot about those.
Eddie and Jake drop their cigarettes and walk toward the store.
As they walk Jake scratches his crotch.
Eddie punches him on the shoulder and he quits.
EDDIE Quit that shit.
JAKE Sorry.
They walk into the store.
INT. THE STORE-AS EDDIE AND JAKE WALK IN,TOMMY APPROACHES THE COUNTER CAUTIOUSLY. WE SEE THE FOLLOWING IN SLOW-MOTION.
The end credits for NIGHT COURT play,so Robert starts to channel surf.
The channel Robert stops on is showing the news,and on the screen is all three of the Bunker Brother's mugshots, side by side.
Eddie,Jake,and Tommy all reach the counter at the same time.
Jake puts the bathroom keys on the counter.
Slow-motion sequence ends. We flash back and forth between Tommy's mugshot to his face,then Jake's mugshot and face,then Eddie's mugshot and face.
ROBERT Oh,shit.
TOMMY Fuck!
Rebecca takes a step back as Robert pulls a shotgun up from under the counter and fires.
The glass door beside Eddie explodes.
Tommy runs back to the back of the store and slips in the spilled tequila as Robert fires again.
Tommy falls on his back on the floor and the glass door of the refridgerator beside him explodes,raining liquor and glass down on him.
Eddie and Jake pull out .357's,sticking them out a few inches from Robert's face.
EDDIE Drop it!
ROBERT You drop it!
EDDIE Fuck you!
Robert points the shotgun at Eddie's head.
ROBERT I'll blow your head off,asshole!
EDDIE Screw you! Drop the fucking shotgun and we'll leave...quietly. Everybody's happy.
JAKE But if you don't drop the shotgun you'll be leaving...loudly. Tears and heartache.
ROBERT Fuck you!
JAKE This too much like Kentucky.
REBECCA Drop it,Robert! Just let them go!
EDDIE Listen to the woman.
ROBERT No way!These guys aren't leaving.
TOMMY (O.S.) Drop it asshole!
Eddie and Jake look at eachother.
EDDIE I thought he left his gun in the car.
JAKE So did I.
Jake looks back,then looks around at Robert again.
EDDIE What's he got?
JAKE Nothing,he's hiding.
Eddie smiles.
EDDIE Anyway,Robert,are you ready to drop it yet?
ROBERT No fucking way.
The phone rings.
REBECCA Um...
JAKE Be quiet!
The phone rings again.
EDDIE Shut your ass,Jake. Go ahead,lady, what did you want to say?
The phone continues ringing.
REBECCA Well,my son went to college today and he was supposed to call five hours ago,but he never did. That should be him now. So,I was wondering, could I answer that?
EDDIE Go ahead.Just don't let him know about this situation.
REBECCA Alright.
Rebecca answers the phone.
REBECCA Hello?
Robert fidgets,sweating.
JAKE Eddie,I....
EDDIE Shut up,Jake.
REBECCA Hello,honey.What took you so long? (pause) Oh,really? How'd you do that?
Robert's finger tightens on the shotgun trigger.
JAKE Screw this.
Jake shoots the phone.
ROBERT Son of a bitch!
Robert swings the shotgun toward Jake's head and Eddie shoots him in the forehead.
Robert's brains explode all over Rebecca and she screams.
She lunges forward and starts beating Jake in the face with the phone.
Jake yells,stumbling back and shooting Rebecca in the chest.
Rebecca falls down on top of Robert.
Eddie and Jake lower their guns.
JAKE Shit.
EDDIE That didn't work out the way I wanted it to. Get the shotgun.
Eddie walks out of the store,the bells jingling.
EDDIE (O.S.) Fuck!Fuck!Fuck!
Jake leans over the counter and takes Robert's shotgun.
JAKE Shit. This is unbelieveable. I hate to kill people like this.
Tommy walks up.
TOMMY Then you shouldn't freak out like you do, dumbass.
JAKE (crying) Shut up.
TOMMY Asshole.
Tommy looks over the counter and quickly turns around.
Tommy grabs a rack of snacks and flings them against the refridgerators,yelling.
The glass doors shatter when the rack hits them.
Tommy runs around the store,throwing beers and all kinds of alcohol all over the store.
Soon the walls,floors,racks,the counter,everything, is covered with alcohol.
JAKE (sniffs) What are you doing,Tom?
TOMMY Shut up!
Tommy slips and falls to the floor again.
TOMMY (stands) Damn it.
He grabs another six pack of Red Dog beer and another bottle of tequila and walks to the door.
He stops there and looks back at Jake,who is still staring at the counter holding his .357 and the shotgun.
TOMMY You comin',Jake?
EXT. THE STORE-EDDIE IS LEANING ON THE ROADRUNNER, SMOKING,AS TOMMY AND JAKE COME OUT.
Tommy puts the Red Dog and tequila on the hood.
TOMMY Give me your cancer stick,Ed.
Eddie gives Tommy the cigarette and Tommy puts it in his mouth,walking around to the back of the car and leaning into the back window,which is open.
He comes back out,with his .357 now.
EDDIE What are you doing,Tommy?
TOMMY I'm making a fire,brother. Go get us our new car.
JAKE Why do we need a new car?
EDDIE The cops know what we're in.
TOMMY One would assume that the Tanner couple would park their car behind the store.
EDDIE One would assume. I'll check.
Eddie walks back around the store as Tommy tucks his gun into his pants and walks toward the store.
Tommy turns around and walks away from the store as the fire spreads through the inside.
He turns around when he gets beside Jake.
TOMMY Hell yeah!
JAKE You like fires,don't you?
TOMMY Yes,I do.
The store explodes and they look toward it as beer cans rain down around them.
JAKE Shit!
TOMMY That was cool.
A red Dodge Ram pickup comes speeding around the corner of the store,burning beer cans falling off it's enclosed back as it makes the turn.
JAKE Look.
TOMMY He got us a hickmobile.
The pickup stops beside them and Eddie gets out, leaving it running.
EDDIE Let's unload the trunk.
Eddie,Tommy,and Jake walk up to the back of the car.
We go to a shot from the inside of the trunk as Eddie opens it,Jake to one side and Tommy on the other.
EDDIE'S P.O.V-THE TRUNK IS FULL WITH THREE .45's, THREE SAWED-OFF .12 GUAGE SHOTGUNS,A MACHETE,A SMALL CHAINSAW,A 9 MM BERETTA,A TIRE IRON,AND A TIRE.
EDDIE Everything but the tire.
Tommy opens the back of the truck,putting the chainsaw, the shotgun Robert had,and the machete in.
Jake puts the Beretta,the .45's,and the tire iron in.
Eddie puts the three shotguns in.
Tommy pulls a small brown case out from under the tire and opens it.
TOMMY'S P.O.V-INSIDE THE CASE ARE TEN VERY SHARP THROWING KNIVES.
Tommy smiles.
TOMMY I love these things.
There's the sound of sirens and the Bunker Brothers turn around,looking down the road,which has trees on both sides of it. A woods is to the right of the store.
On the dark trees we can see the red and blue lights before we can even see the police cars.
JAKE What the hell?
EDDIE Son of a bitch set off an alarm!
JAKE Before he got the shotgun?
EDDIE Probably when he did. TOMMY Shitty response time.
Three squad cars speed into view,stopping about thirty yards from them. All three Bunkers are holding .357's.
POLICE PA Drop the weapons and raise your hands above your heads!
TOMMY Fuck 'em!
The squad cars speed forward,and Tommy starts to shoot as Eddie and Jake run toward the woods.
Two shots hit the driver of a squad car in the face through the windshield.
Tommy jumps back into the back of the Dodge,the squad car driven by the dead guy speeding toward it.
The squad car slams into the back of the Dodge and it lurches forward into the side of the Roadrunner.
Tommy looks down at the screaming passenger of the squad car and shoots him in the chest.
The other two squad cars stop and the four surviving cops get out,all holding Berettas.
Tommy drops on his stomach as all the windows start blowing apart from gunshots,glassing falling onto him.
TOMMY Fuck!
Tommy gets on his hands and knees and after the shots stop and crawls into the cab.
He shoots the windshield three times and then throws the .357 through it.
He rolls onto the hood through the broken windshield and hops down to the ground,ducking down and grabbing the .357 off the bumper.
Tommy then runs toward the woods and ducks behind the first tree,sliding down to the ground.
TOMMY (panting) Shit!
The cops line up,pointing their guns at the tree.
COP #3 Come out from behind the tree now!
TOMMY Fuck you!
Tommy laughs,putting six new bullets into his .357.
INT. THE WOODS-EDDIE AND JAKE ARE RUNNING.
EXT. THE STORE-TOMMY STANDS AND SWINGS AROUND THE TREE, SHOOTING.
The third cop to die does,the shot blowing through his head.
Tommy swings back behind the tree.
The three remaining cops shoot the tree.
Tommy flattens himself against the tree,closing his eyes as bullets slam into the other side of it.
The cops shoot the tree atleast twenty times before their guns click empty.
Cop #4 starts forward and Cop #5 holds him back.
COP #4 What?
COP #5 Reload first.
COP #4 There's no way anybody could live through that.
A shot rings out and Cop #4's throat explodes in a wave of blood.
COP #5 Shit! Duane,call for backup!
Duane,the sixth cop,runs back to his squad car and Cop #5 watches him.
He turns back to the tree.Tommy is whistling offscreen.
COP #5 Give up!You have no chance of survival in this situation! We've radioed for backup! There is no chance of esc...
There's a shot and Duane falls as he reaches the squad car,shot in the back and screaming.
Cop #5 looks back at Duane,who lays beside the squad car,holding his back and screaming.
COP #5 Oh my god.
Cop #5 turns back to the tree.
COP #5 Who are you?
TOMMY Tommy Bunker,dipshit.
COP #5 Good lord. You killed all those people in Ohio and Kentucky?
TOMMY Well,not me alone. Jake and Eddie helped.
COP #5 Where are Jake and Eddie?
TOMMY I've been wondering that myself. Now,let me ask you something.
COP #5 What?
TOMMY How old are you?
COP #5 I'm,uh....
TOMMY It's not a hard question.
COP #5 I'm...I'm thirty.
TOMMY Are you willing to sacrifice thirty years of life just to catch me and my brothers?
COP #5 If that's what it takes,yes.
TOMMY Ok.
There's a shot and Cop #5 stumbles back,holding his stomach.
Blood pours from between his fingers.
He looks down slowly.
COP #5 Shit.
He falls and Tommy comes out from behind the tree, reloading his .357.
TOMMY Well,I guess you're next, cop number six.
Duane is reaching up,groaning,his fingers inches from the C.B. As he grabs the C.B. Tommy shoots and his hand explodes.
Duane screams,looking at the mangled remains of his hand.
A couple fingers are on the squad car's seat.
INT. THE WOODS-EDDIE AND JAKE STOP RUNNING,PANTING.
Jake looks around,then looks at Eddie.
JAKE Where's Tommy?
EDDIE I thought he was with us.
JAKE So did I.
EDDIE Shit! That stupid bastard.
JAKE What if they killed him,Eddie? What if they killed To....
EDDIE Wait! Shut up! Did you hear that?
JAKE Hear what?
EDDIE Shut up!
They look out into the woods and there's the sound of growling out in the darkness.
JAKE Oh,fuck,Eddie. That sounds like a dog or something.
EDDIE Great. This is just fantastic.
A twig snaps somewhere and Eddie raises his gun.
Jake raises his gun and they get back to back.
JAKE What do we do now?
EDDIE We stand here and wait until it goes away.
JAKE This is fucked. What do you think it is?
EDDIE How should I know?
A growl louder than ever echoes through the woods.
JAKE Shit.
A large wolf-creature comes bounding out of the woods, barking,growling,and snarling.
EDDIE Holy shit!
Jake shoots at the wolf but misses.
The wolf leaps up at Eddie,teeth bared.
Eddie holds his left arm out infront of him for protection and the wolf bites down on his forearm.
Eddie stumbles back,screaming.
He trips over the bottom of a tree and falls to the ground,the wolf still gnawing on his arm.
Eddie falls on his back and the wolf lets go of his arm,lunging for his face.
Eddie catches the wolf by the throat and raises his gun to it's head.
Eddie pulls the trigger back slightly,staring at the wolf's eyes.
CU-THE WOLF HAS OCEAN-BLUE EYES.
Eddie pulls the trigger all the way back,blowing the wolf's head apart.
The wolf goes limp and Eddie pushes the body off of him.
Eddie stands quickly.
EDDIE Fuck! Son of a bitch bit me!
Eddie shoots the wolf's body three times.
JAKE Eddie! Enough!
EDDIE It burns,Jake! It feels like razors are going through my body!It fucking hurts!
JAKE I'm sure it does. Now,come on. We have to get Tommy and the car.
Jake and Eddie turn away and walk back the way they came.
As soon as they are out of view the dead wolf with no head transforms into a dead person with no head. This could be a really long,really cool makeup sequence like AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON in reverse.
Elsewhere in the woods Jake and Eddie are walking. Eddie is holding his arm and groaning.
EDDIE I can't believe a wolf bit me. Could I get rabies?
JAKE Yes,you could.
Jake and Eddie come to the end of the woods and walk toward the burning store.
EXT. THE STORE-TOMMY IS SITTING ON THE BACK OF A SQUAD CAR,DRINKING A BEER.
Duane is now dead,shot twice in the chest.
Tommy looks up as Eddie and Jake step onto the parking lot.
TOMMY It's about time you two got back. I had to kill all six of them myself. What the hell happened to you,Ed?
EDDIE Fuckin' wolf bit me.
TOMMY No shit?
Tommy runs up to them and Eddie shows him his bit arm, which is dripping blood.
TOMMY Damn! That wolf bit the shit outta you.
EDDIE Yes,it did.
JAKE Come on,man. We've gotta get Eddie to the hospital or something.
EDDIE No! No fucking hospital. They'll recognize us and call the cops and I don't want to have a shoot out in a hospital. Too much trouble.
JAKE Then where the hell do we go?
TOMMY I think I might know.
EXT. THE DODGE-SOON-IT'S SPEEDING DOWN THE ROAD, THE TAILGATE HANGING DOWN BEHIND IT,DRAGGING ON THE ROAD AND CAUSING SPARKS TO FLY.
INT. THE TRUCK-TOMMY IS DRIVING,JAKE IS IN THE MIDDLE LOOKING AT HIS .357,AND EDDIE IS SITTING BY THE PASSENGER DOOR,LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW.
"Down By The Water" by PJ Harvey is playing on the radio.
Eddie rolls down the window and lights a cigarette.
The moon is full.
EXT. THE TRUCK-THE TAILGATE FALLS OFF.
INT. EDDIE'S DREAM-THE SCREEN IS TOTALLY DARK AND EMPTY,AND THEN A FULL MOON SLOWLY APPEARS IN THE DISTANCE. THE MOON COMES CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE SCREEN, SLOWLY MORPHING INTO THE FACE OF A WEREWOLF.
JAKE (V.O.) Eddie. Eddie,wake up,man. We're there.
INT. THE TRUCK-EDDIE OPENS HIS EYES.
Tommy is still driving,but the truck is going very slow.
EDDIE Where?
Eddie looks out the window,which Jake and Tommy are both looking out.
EDDIE'S P.O.V-A SIGN IS RIGHT BESIDE THE TRUCK,ON THE GRASS A FEW FEET OFF THE ROAD.THE SIGN READS: VETERINARIAN HOSPITAL. DOCTOR DAVID JOHNSON & DOCTOR LAURA JOHNSON
Behind the sign,up a driveway,is a three story white house.
EDDIE You're taking me to a vet?
TOMMY Yes sir.
EDDIE How'd you know where this place was?
JAKE You've been asleep forever,Eddie.We stopped in town and looked up vets in a phone book in a phone booth. Laura and David Johnson's private number was the same as their business number.
TOMMY Which means they live here.
EXT. THE TRUCK-NIGHT-IT PULLS INTO THE DRIVEWAY.
The truck stops infront of the garage and is turned off.
INT. THE TRUCK-EDDIE,JAKE,AND TOMMY LOOK AT THEIR .45's.
EDDIE Everybody loaded?
TOMMY Yeah.
JAKE I liked the .357's better.
EDDIE You'll have to live with it.Now, let's go.
EXT. THE TRUCK-BOTH DOORS OPEN.
INT. THE HOUSE-DAVID AND LAURA'S BEDROOM-THEY ARE BOTH SLEEPING,DAVID IS SNORING VERY LOUDLY.
EXT. THE HOUSE-JAKE IS TRYING TO OPEN THE BACK DOOR, JAKE AND TOMMY BEHIND HIM.
JAKE Locked.
EDDIE Step aside.
Jake steps to the side and Eddie shoots the door handle twice.
INT. THE DARK KITCHEN-THE DOOR SWINGS INWARD AND THE THREE BROTHERS ENTER.
The digital clock on the microwave reads: 1:03 AM.
Tommy trips on the leg of a coat rack and stumbles, his gun going off as he and the coat rack fall to the floor.
The shot blows through the window above the sink.
INT. THE BEDROOM-LAURA SITS UP AND DAVID CONTINUES TO SLEEP.
Somewhere offscreen numerous dogs are barking.
LAURA Dave? David,wake up!
David groans,rolling over.
DAVID What? What is it?
LAURA Did you hear that noise?
DAVID What noise? I was sleeping, I didn't hear any noise.
LAURA There was a noise like a gunshot.
DAVID I'm sure it wasn't a gunshot. Bouncer probably knocked a pan off the stove. With all these dogs barking...
The door suddenly falls inward off it's hinges with a loud crack.
Tommy and Jake enter,guns aimed at the couple.
DAVID What the fuck is this?
TOMMY This is your wake up call,asshole. Now get up!
Tommy grabs David by the hair and pulls him off the bed,throwing him to the floor.
Jake points his gun at David as Tommy swings his on Laura.
TOMMY You,too!
Laura kicks Tommy in the chest and then rolls off the bed.
Tommy stumbles and falls into the hallway.
David stands,knocking Jake to the floor.
David and Laura run into the hallway,jumping over Tommy.
Tommy grabs Laura by the legs,pulling her to the ground.
TOMMY Run's over,bitch!
He grabs her by the arm and they stand up.
David is running down the stairs,then stops suddenly at the bottom because Eddie is standing infront of him,gun pointed at his head.
EDDIE Goin' somewhere,Doctor Johnson?
DAVID Who are you people?
EDDIE Eddie Bunker,at your service.Those two dipshits upstairs are my brothers, Jake and Tommy. I'm sure you know about us,but we aren't here to kill you. We need your help.
DAVID What do you need?
INT. THE VETERINARIAN CHECK-UP ROOM-SOON-EDDIE IS SITTING ON THE CHECK-UP TABLE WITH HIS SHIRT OFF AND HIS LEFT ARM BANDAGED. DAVID HAS HIS BACK TURNED TO HIM,PUTTING A BOX OF BANDAGES BACK INTO A CUPBOARD.
EDDIE Are we done here?
David turns around to face Eddie.
DAVID Yes. The wound has been cleaned and bandaged. You've had your rabies shot. You'll probably have to change bandages once a day or so,because if you just leave that on until the wound heals there's a possibility of gangrene setting in.
EDDIE Is that all?
DAVID Yeah. Are you guys gonna go now? Please? My wife and I need a good night's sleep. We have to spay a doberman tomorrow.
EDDIE When?
DAVID Nine AM. When are you leaving?
EDDIE David...Have you ever been to Mexico?
David nods.
DAVID Once. Our honeymoon. Cancun.
EDDIE Did you like it?
DAVID Yeah,it was great.
EDDIE Well,Davey,tomorrow you and your little wife are gonna be accompanying us over the border as insurance.
DAVID (shakes his head) Huh-uh. No way. We've got animals to take care of.We can't just pick up and leave them here.
EDDIE Then call their owners and have them pick 'em up.
DAVID Some of them I can't give back. Some people have their pets here while they're on vacation and I've got a six week old cockerspaniel puppy nearly dying of parvo.
EDDIE Parvo? What the hell is that?
DAVID A virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Very dangerous.
EDDIE Isn't there another vet around here anywhere?
DAVID Yeah,Daniel Ulmer,about ten miles north of here.
EDDIE Well call him and have him take care of the animals. Tell him you have to leave for a few days and you got animals here that'll need to be... I don't know,fed and stuff.
DAVID I don't know.The two of us have a kind of competition. We've been fighting for a few years because I don't like the way he does some things.
EDDIE I don't care what kind of bullshit competition you two have,it can't be enough to risk the lives of all these dogs and cats and whatever else you have here.
DAVID I guess you're right.
EDDIE Call him then.
DAVID What time is it?
EDDIE Late. Who gives a fuck? Wake him up. I'm watching you,so don't tell him anything about all this or I'll add you to the tally.
Eddie grabs his gun,which is beside him,and points it at David.
David grabs the phone on the wall beside him,then stops and turns back to face Eddie again.
DAVID How many people have you killed?
EDDIE What do you care?
DAVID Just curious. You said,"add to the tally".
EDDIE Me personally or all of us together?
DAVID All of you.
EDDIE Thirty-one since 1989. Twenty-nine in the last five days.
DAVID How can you do it?
EDDIE Kill someone?
DAVID Yeah.
EDDIE Easily. But we actually don't like to...
DAVID Why do you do it then?
EDDIE It's a necessity. We're trying to escape. Get away. Live. I hate to kill people,I only kill when there's absolutely no other choice or way out of the situation. Tommy has killed the least of all of us. Jake doesn't like to kill,but he has these panic attacks and jumps the gun sometimes. Shoots before he thinks.
DAVID I heard you killed your grandparents.
Eddie nods.
EDDIE That's what started it all.
DAVID Who else have you killed?
EDDIE Well,during the prison escape I killed three cops and Jake killed four. Jake killed a man in a trailer park when we took the guy's pickup. Jake killed three people and I killed one person in a diner in Kentucky when they recognized us. Jake killed a guy that recognized us at a gas station. Jake killed a guy in a gun store. Jake killed a couple for their car. And,a little while ago,I killed a man in a liquor store.Jake killed the man's wife,and Tommy killed six cops that came later. In Ohio, I killed four cops and Jake killed a car salesman. Out of twenty-nine, I've killed nine,Tommy's killed six, and Jake's killed fourteen. Tonight was the first time Tommy ever killed since the escape.
DAVID You three are all brothers,right?
Eddie nods.
DAVID You all seem far apart in age.
EDDIE I'm thirty-three.Jake's thirty,and Tommy's twenty-four.So there's nine years between the three of us.
DAVID Oh.Not that much then.
EDDIE Really,only Tommy and I are full brothers. Our mom slept around with two brothers,and they both got her pregnant. She had me with one,Jake with the other,and then Tommy with my dad.So we're like brother/cousins or something like that.
DAVID Sounds weird.
EDDIE Mom was a slut.
DAVID Well,I'm sure...
EDDIE No,she was. She slept with everybody in town. Men,women,everybody. She died of an overdose when I was sixteen, and we were raised by our grandparents. Father's parents. Fathers...Don't know what the fuck happened to them. Grandparents were the meanest pieces of shit that ever lived. Mom used to screw my grandpa,too,by the way. Grandma used to beat the shit out of us with this big paddle and grandpa used to literally beat us up. He used to tie us up and leave us in the dark basement all night. We used to sit there for hours, listening to the emptyness,eachother breathing, holding hands,and praying that he wouldn't come back down and whale on us some more. I guess that's why we're so close now.
DAVID Dysfunctional family,huh?
EDDIE Very. Then,in 1989,the three of us got together after gramps hit Tommy in the head with an aluminum baseball bat for no reason other than to hear what it would sound like. We got together and killed them. We tied 'em up in the basement. Jake beat grandma with the paddle, I beat grandpa with the baseball bat. Then we left them in the basement and Tommy set the house on fire.I was twenty-three, Jake was twenty, and Tommy was fourteen. We went to prison. Tommy was tried as an adult,even though we told them he didn't do anything. They didn't believe us. We were in prison ten years. It sucked. We got life. But,five days ago,we got our chance to escape and we took it.
Eddie looks at his watch.
EDDIE Look,David,it's two-thirty now. You should call that Ulmer guy so we can all get to sleep.
DAVID Alright.
EXT. THE HOUSE-NIGHT-TOMMY IS STANDING INFRONT OF THE HOUSE,SMOKING A CIGARETTE.
We watch him smoke for a while.
After a few seconds,there's a loud growling sound from behind him.
Tommy turns around,looking into the dark night.
TOMMY What the hell was that?
A row of tall bushes surround the house.A few yards infront of Tommy a bush shakes.
Tommy walks toward the bush.
The bush shakes again and Tommy stops.
The bush doesn't move for a few more seconds,so Tommy continues forward.
When Tommy is five feet from the bush it starts shaking violently and the growling sound comes again, getting louder and louder.
TOMMY What the fuck?
Tommy stops and pulls out his gun.
TOMMY Ok...
The bush stops shaking and Tommy continues forward.
Tommy reaches the bush and pulls it aside so he can see the ground.There's nothing there.
Tommy smiles.
TOMMY I must be losing it.
Tommy steps back from the bush and bumps into a chain link fence.
A doberman pinscher jumps onto the other side of the fence,barking and growling.
Tommy yells,jumping away from the fence.
He looks at the dog in the fence and laughs.
TOMMY Damn dog.
Tommy walks away and the dog continues barking at him.
INT. THE LIVINGROOM-JAKE IS SITTING ON A COUCH.IN HIS RIGHT HAND IS THE TV SELECTOR. HE IS CHANNEL SURFING. IN HIS LEFT HAND IS HIS GUN,WHICH IS POINTED ACROSS THE ROOM.
The gun is pointed at Laura,who is sitting in a recliner near the TV,a Siamese cat sitting on the arm of the recliner beside her.
Tommy walks in,dropping a beer beside Jake,holding one for himself as he sits down on a different couch.
Jake opens his beer.
JAKE Thanks.
Tommy opens his beer,watching Laura.
Laura is looking at Jake,scared.
TOMMY Cute cat.
Laura looks over at Tommy,then over at the cat.
TOMMY What's it's name?
LAURA Bouncer.
TOMMY Cool name.
Tommy raises his beer to her.
TOMMY You want a beer?
LAURA No thanks.
TOMMY They're nice and cold. Red Dog.
LAURA No,I don't drink beer.
TOMMY Well,ok,but you're missing out on some good beer,isn't she,Jake?
JAKE Yeah. This is good stuff.
Jake stops channel surfing on a news channel.
JAKE Shit.
Tommy looks from Laura to Jake.
TOMMY What?
Jake points at the TV.
JAKE Look at this.
Tommy looks at the TV.
On the TV is a newswoman,standing infront of the burning liquor store.A subtitle at the bottom of the screen reads: NICOLE McCARTHY.
NICOLE McCARTHY This Nicole McCarthy with a special Channel 14 newsbreak live from Old Mill Road. Behind me is what is left of the building that was Tanner's Liquor just four hours ago.Now this is the site of a brutal mass murder, an area of land covered with signs of violence and mayhem. Four hours ago,the notorious Bunker Brothers; Ed,Tom,and Jake;murdered the couple that ran the store, Robert and Rebecca Tanner, then brutally slaughtered six police officers that arrived to check on the burglar alarm that was set off by the owners. Once the police were dead,the Bunker Brothers set the store on fire and took the Tanner's red Dodge Ram pickup. That takes the bodycount over thirty. We're now going to Luanne Cox live from the Ohio state reformatory. Luanne?
The screen goes black for a second,then we see a woman reporter standing infront of the Ohio state reformatory. A subtitle across the bottom of the screen reads: LUANNE COX.
LUANNE COX Hello,this is Luanne Cox from Ohio. Behind me is the prison that held the brutal Bunker Brothers for ten years. When police emptied out the Bunker's cells earlier today,they found these type of magazines.
Luanne holds up some magazines,displayed like cards during a game. There are four magazines in her hands, and they are: one Playboy,one Penthouse,one Hustler, and one Fangoria.
LUANNE COX Pornography and gore.The typical literature of bloodthirsty maniacs.
Luanne opens the Fangoria to a page,and shows the picture of Drew Barrymore hanging,her guts falling out, from the movie SCREAM. This picture is in Fangoria issue 160.
LUANNE COX Absolutely terrible. Disgusting.
Luanne hands all the magazines but the Hustler to someone off camera.
She tries to open the Hustler,but all the pages are stuck together and by the time she gets it open to a page the page rips.
Luanne drops the magazine and looks up into the camera, wiping her hands on her shirt.
LUANNE COX Uh...uh,that's all. This is Luanne Cox saying goodnight. The regularly scheduled program,already in progress, will follow.
The screen goes black,and as soon as a new image comes on,an episode of CHEERS,the word MUTE appears in the upper right corner.
Jake and Tommy are laughing. JAKE Who's Hustler was that?
TOMMY I think it was Eddie's! I had the Playboy and the Fangoria.
JAKE Well he sure messed that magazine up!
TOMMY No doubt! That must've been a good issue.
Eddie and David walk in and Tommy and Jake start laughing harder.
EDDIE What's funny?
JAKE Was that a good Hustler or what,Ed?
EDDIE How do you know about that?
TOMMY It was on the news.
EDDIE Oh...Well,that magazine had ten years on it's pages.
The three brothers start laughing hysterically.
JAKE You should've seen that reporter trying to get it open!
Tommy laughs harder.
Laura smiles,hiding her smile behind her hand.
David is chuckling.
INT. THE KITCHEN-THE MICROWAVE CLOCK READS: 7:43 AM. THE RAYS OF MORNING ARE SHINING IN.
Through a doorway we see is asleep on the couch,Tommy is asleep on the floor,and Laura is asleep on the recliner, Bouncer sleeping in her lap.
David and Eddie are drinking coffee at the kitchen table.
David takes a drink then looks into the coffee as he slowly puts his cup back down on the table.
DAVID I need to ask you something.
EDDIE What's that,Dave?
DAVID I need to know if you are going to kill Laura and I today after we get into Mexico. Are you? Because if I'm going to die tonight I'd really like to know now.
EDDIE You're a good guy,David. I even like you a little bit. I'll tell you know that I know Tommy and I won't kill you...as long as you don't do anything stupid, and help us. I can't promise you anything about Jake, though, because he gets paranoid and panics. All I can tell you is that you should be as cooperative and quiet as possible. Ok?
DAVID (nods) I guess.
EDDIE Good.
INT. THE LIVINGROOM-SOON.
Eddie walks into the doorway and leans on it.
EDDIE Wake up!
Jake,Tommy,and Laura wake up.
JAKE What?
EDDIE Time to get ready. Laura,go get dressed. Tommy,Jake,go put the weapons in the red van in the garage.
Laura,Jake,and Tommy stand.
INT. THE KITCHEN-THE MICROWAVE CLOCK READS: 8:32 AM.
Eddie and David are standing by the door.
EDDIE When does that other guy get here?
DAVID Ulmer will be here in twenty-eight minutes.
EDDIE Good. That gives up plenty of time.
Laura,Jake,and Tommy walk in and Eddie looks at them.
Laura is now in clean clothes.
EDDIE Ready?
TOMMY Yep.
EDDIE Alright. Let's ramble on.
As soon as Eddie says this "Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin starts playing,at the point where Robert Plant says "Ramble on!" for the first time.
Eddie opens the door.
EXT. THE RED VAN-DAY-IT'S DRIVING DOWN A ROAD.
INT. THE VAN-DAVID IS DRIVING,EDDIE IS THE PASSENGER, JAKE IS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE MIDDLE SEAT,LAURA IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE MIDDLE SEAT,AND TOMMY IS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAR BACK SEAT.THE BUNKERS HAVE THEIR GUNS IN HAND.
EXT. THE VAN-IT DRIVES PAST A SIGN THAT READS: MEXICO. 325 MILES.
INT. THE VAN-EDDIE SMILES.
The van's radio clock reads: 12:05 PM and within a second it turns to 7:37 PM.
EXT. THE VAN-NIGHT-IT DRIVES PAST A SIGN THAT READS: MEXICO. 20 MILES.
INT. THE VAN-DAVID IS SMOKING A CIGARETTE.
JAKE Twenty miles,Eddie.
EDDIE I saw that.
JAKE I'm hungry.
EDDIE So am I. Dave,let's stop for a quick supper. We made bad time,so a quick supper won't screw things up any more than they've already been screwed up.
DAVID This is a pretty far back road. I don't know if it has any places to stop,but I guess we could look.
TOMMY I like this back road alot better than the interstate. That traffic jam really messed us up.
Eddie nods.
EXT. THE VAN-THE MOON IS FULL.
INT. THE VAN-DAVID AND EDDIE ARE LOOKING FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT.
JAKE'S P.O.V-ABOUT A MILE AHEAD IS A GAS STATION.
JAKE There's a gas station.
EDDIE We see that,Jake.
TOMMY How far from Mexico are we now?
EDDIE About ten miles.
JAKE Are we still gonna stop?
EDDIE Yeah,because I'm starving and I don't feel like eating tacos yet.
Jake laughs.
Tommy is looking out the back window.
TOMMY'S P.O.V-BEHIND THE VAN,FAR IN THE DISTANCE DOWN THE ROAD,IS A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT SHINING IN THE DARKNESS.
EDDIE It's a gas station and diner. We lucked out. Now,we're gonna stop and eat,then we'll head into Mexico, let these two go,and live happily ever after.
Tommy looks back forward at Eddie.
TOMMY Yeah,right.
Eddie laughs.
David glances nervously over at Eddie.
EXT. THE VAN-IT PULLS INTO A PARKING SPOT BESIDE THE GAS STATION.
The van turns off.
The neon sign infront of the gas station reads: DUKE'S PLACE. GAS & FOOD.
INT. THE VAN-EDDIE,JAKE,AND TOMMY TUCK THEIR GUNS INTO THEIR PANTS.
EDDIE When we get out,everybody lock your doors. We don't need out vehicle getting stolen ten miles away from Mexico.
TOMMY No doubt.
INT. THE GAS STATION/CONVENIENCE STORE/DINER-WE DO A QUICK SCAN OF THE ROOM:
MORGAN BLACK,a biker,is in one booth,his feet up on the table.
Three other bikers;RAZOR, RIPPER,and BLAZE;are in another booth talking loudly.
LEROY 'BEAR' HARMON,a black truck driver,is sitting in another booth drinking coffee.
MIKE PAIK,a travelling salesman,is in another booth, drinking coffee and sorting through some papers.
Two Highway Patrol men;VINCE LEE and NICK MARS;are sitting at another booth,drinking coffee and eating donuts.
The last booth is empty.
Through a long hole in the wall that the cooks give the waitresses food through,we see the two cooks,DUKE LUCAS and CONAN PHILLIPS,cooking hamburgers and steaks while WILLAM SLATER,the dishwasher,washes dishes.
Three waitresses;FRAN IRELAND,KATHY BUCHANAN,and SARA GRANDLER;are taking orders from Morgan Black, Bear Harmon, and the highway patrolmen,respectively.
David,Laura,Eddie,Jake,and Tommy enter.
EDDIE Boy,those steaks smell good.
Tommy looks around the room and spots the highway patrolmen.
TOMMY Highway patrol across the room.
JAKE That's great.
TOMMY Atleast this place doesn't have a TV.
JAKE Really.
The five of them sit down in the empty booth behind Morgan Black.
Eddie sits between David and Jake,and Tommy sits beside Laura,who sits across from David.
Over at the highway patrol table,Vince shoves a full donut in his mouth as Nick sighs.
NICK This has been the shittiest,most uneventful day of my entire career in law enforcement.
VINCE (mouth full) It has been pretty damn dull. Looking for the Bunkers all day and nothing else. Damn near put me to sleep. I'm just waiting for one of those bikers to start some shit so we can actually make a bust.
NICK (laughs) So am I.
Fran Ireland is now taking orders at the Bunker/Johnson table.
She walks away and Eddie pulls out his pack of Camels and his Zippo lighter.
He flips the Zippo open,holding a cigarette over the top.
LAURA Um,Eddie,could you please not smoke in here? The ventilation isn't very good and if I smell smoke I have asthma attacks.
EDDIE I guess I can wait to smoke later.
Eddie puts the Zippo and cigarettes back into his pocket.
DAVID Eddie,look behind the counter over there.
Eddie looks across the room at the end of the counter where you pay for your purchases.
EDDIE'S P.O.V-BEHIND THE CASH REGISTER IS A RACK OF PORNOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES ON THE WALL. ONE OF THE MAGAZINES IS HUSTLER.
EDDIE (smiles) David,I didn't know you were an asshole like my brothers.
DAVID (smiles,nods) Well,I am.
At the biker table,Ripper is ripping a napkin to pieces while Blaze and Razor talk.
RAZOR Anyway,I was standing there drinking my beer, minding my own drunken business,when Greg Hiltbruner just came up for no reason and broke a beer bottle across my face. Can you imagine how hard he had to have swung that thing to break it,bottom first, over my nose? It cut my face,broke my nose.Blood and beer were all over me.
RIPPER I remember that.
BLAZE Where were you when this happened?
RAZOR Detroit.
BLAZE I used to sell pot in Detroit.
RAZOR Oh,yeah? You know Dugan Woods,short guy,green hair? Looks like he fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down?
BLAZE Yeah,I know him.
RAZOR He's an asshole,isn't he?
BLAZE That's putting it lightly.He still owes me like a hundred bucks.
RAZOR I hate that guy.I used to ride with a gang called the K.T.'s in Detroit back in '86...
BLAZE The K.T.'s?
RAZOR Yeah,K.T. stands for Kriminal Trouble. Criminal spelled with a K.
BLAZE That's kind of a juvenile name.
RAZOR I know it is.I wasn't in the gang for six weeks, I don't think. It was boring,we never did anything.
RIPPER I tell you what,back when I rode with the Hell's Angels,that was the most fun,coolest experience of my life. Them Angels are great people. It was unbelieveable how much fun they were.
RAZOR I always wanted to ride with the Angels but I could never catch up with 'em.
BLAZE Anyway,what about Dugan Woods? RAZOR Oh...I can't remember,I lost my train of thought.
Blaze laughs.
Bear gets up out of his booth and walks to the jukebox in the back corner.
At the Bunker/Johnson table,Eddie is looking the arm that got bit.
JAKE What's wrong,Eddie?
EDDIE My arm's throbbing like shit.
Eddie looks up at Tommy,who is watching the waitresses walk around.
We look at Eddie's hands,which are now very hairy.
Eddie's face is also hairier.
JAKE You need a shave,Ed.
Eddie reaches up and feels his face.
EDDIE Yeah,I feel that.
Vince and Nick are paying for their food and drinks at the register.
TOMMY Shit.
EDDIE Just play it cool.
Tommy nods.
Bear walks away from the jukebox.
Vince pays as Nick looks around the room.
NICK'S P.O.V-WE LOOK AT RIPPER,RAZOR,AND BLAZE, WHO ARE STILL TALKING. MORGAN IS DOZING OFF IN HIS BOOTH, LEGS STILL UP ON THE TABLE. WE LOOK AT HIM FOR A FEW SECONDS,THEN WE LOOK BACK AT THE TABLE WHERE THE BUNKERS AND JOHNSONS ARE SITTING.
We switch to a CU of Eddie's face.
EDDIE'S P.O.V-NICK TURNS TO VINCE AND SAYS SOMETHING TO HIM,AND VINCE LOOKS UP AT THEM.
Eddie puts his hand on the butt of his .45.
A record slides into place in the jukebox,and a song starts.
"Hurricane" by Bob Dylan plays as Vince and Nick walk toward the Bunker/Johnson table in slow-motion,their hands on the butts of their guns.
Tommy looks over at Eddie.
TOMMY Eddie.
EDDIE What?
TOMMY You want to start this?
EDDIE We have to.
Eddie,Tommy,and Jake pull their guns out under the table.
Vince and Nick stop a couple yards from the table.
Eddie,Tommy,and Jake stand,guns out.
JAKE Freeze,assholes!
Eddie and Jake walk toward the cops,but Tommy gets his foot lodged between the seat and the table support.
TOMMY Shit.
Tommy struggles hard to get his foot unlodged.
He finally pulls hard and his foot comes unlodged, but he pulled so hard he falls to the floor.
TOMMY Ow,fuck.
EDDIE Tommy,quit clowning around.
Tommy stands up.
Tommy and Jake put their guns everybody,sweeping the room and looking at all of them.
JAKE Nobody move!
Morgan is awake now,and he pulls his legs back off the table.
TOMMY Stay still!
Morgan puts his hands up in the air.
MORGAN It's cool,man...
TOMMY And shut up!
Eddie walks up to Vince and Nick,taking their .44's out of their holsters.
EDDIE Thought you were gonna bust us, didn't ya?
VINCE You're the Bunkers.
EDDIE And you're a genius aren't you?
Eddie puts the .44's in his jacket pockets.
Jake is walking up the row of booths while Tommy leads the cooks and dishwasher out of the kitchen.
The cooks,waitresses,and dishwasher stand infront of the counter,their hands up.
EDDIE How we doin',Tommy?
TOMMY Looks like we got this place pretty well under control.
EDDIE Good. Now while everybody's in plain view, I guess we'll be goin'.
Jake looks out the window.
JAKE'S P.O.V-OUTSIDE EIGHT MOTORCYCLES ARE RIDING AROUND THE FUEL PUMPS.
JAKE Oh,shit.
Eddie and Tommy join him at the window.
EDDIE What now?
EXT. THE GAS STATION-THE EIGHT MOTORCYCLES PARK BY THE GAS PUMPS.THE NINE BIKERS (A WOMAN IS ON THE BACK OF ONE) GET OFF THE BIKES AND LOOK AT THE STATION.
We go into an aerial view that shows how isolated this gas station actually is. All there is around the station is desert. The closest town is two miles away.
INT. THE GAS STATION-WE WATCH AS NEW HAIRS GROW ON EDDIE'S ARM.
JAKE What do we do now,Eddie?
EDDIE We wait until they come in here, control them like these people, and then we leave. David,Laura, get up, because we are leaving soon.
David and Laura stand up and get out of the booth.
Ripper,Razor,and Blaze are looking out the window beside their booth.
RAZOR What gang is that?
BLAZE I can't tell.
RIPPER All I know is they're not the Angels.
EXT. THE STATION-AS THE BIKERS WALK TOWARD THE STATION,WE LOOK AT THEIR BACKS AND SEE THAT ON THE BACKS OF ALL THEIR JACKETS IS A PICTURE OF A WOLF WITH BLOODY FANGS.
They push through the station doors.
INT. THE GAS STATION-THE BIKERS ENTER,STOPPING,LINED UP LIKE AN ARMY.
Tommy,Eddie,and Jake are a couple yards ahead of them, guns aimed at them.
EDDIE Stop right there!
All of the bikers look at the brothers,their skin rippling like there's something underneath it.
The biker's fingernails grow into claws as hair pops out all over their hands.
They all take off their jackets and put them on the back of Ripper,Razor,and Blaze's booth.
Biker #1 walks toward Eddie,his eyes changing into the eyes of a wolf.
JAKE What the fuck's wrong with them?
Biker #1 stands infront of Eddie,looking him over.
BIKER #1 You. You are the one that was chosen to enter our numbers last night. We have come for you.
As the biker talks his teeth turn from normal human teeth to sharp,wolfen fangs.
ECU THE BIKER'S WOLF-LIKE EYES.
ECU EDDIE'S FACE. HE IS STARING INTO THE BIKER'S EYES, DROWNING IN THEM.
The biker lunges forward and grabs Eddie's bitten arm.
TOMMY Hey! Hey!
The biker digs his fingers into Eddie's bite,causing blood to gush out.
Tommy grabs the biker from behind.
EDDIE Fuck!
Tommy pulls the biker off of Eddie and throws him to the floor,shooting him twice in the head.
TOMMY Freaky son of a bitch!
Jake and Tommy look at Eddie's arm.
Bear,Mike,Ripper,Razor,Blaze,Vince,Fran,Duke,Conan, Morgan,Kathy,Sara,David,Laura,and Willam are all in the middle of the room now,standing and watching. They're more afraid of the bikers than the Bunkers.
Jake and Tommy turn around to face the bikers,guns up and aimed.
The bikers are standing there,growling,covered with so much hair you can't see their skin through the fur.
TOMMY Holy shit.
MORGAN What the hell's going on here?
The biker's faces stretch out into snouts and Jake turns to Eddie.
Jake looks at Eddie as we hear the wet sounds of the biker's transforming behind him.
JAKE Eddie.
Eddie's eyes are now like a wolf's.
EDDIE What?
JAKE Your eyes,man. They're just like their's now.
Suddenly a werewolf grabs Jake from behind and throws him across the room.
Jake slams against the jukebox.
"Hurricane" ends and "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin starts playing.
The biker's clothes lay ripped on the floor.
The werewolves,now fully changed,start forward and Tommy and Eddie run from them. For simplicity's sake the werewolves will just be called wolves from now on.
All hell breaks loose as the wolves rush the people.
Everyone runs in their own directions as the wolves attack.
Bear runs around behind the counter.
A wolf jumps and lands right infront of him.
BEAR Oh,shit.
Bear punches the wolf in the face with no effect.
He takes a step back,very scared.
The wolf punches Bear right in the face and he flies backwards across the room,almost hitting the ceiling.
He lands at the back of the room on his feet,then stumbles and falls backwards through the glass doors of one of the refridgerators full of beverages.
David and Laura run into the kitchen area.
Blaze punches a wolf in the face to no effect,then the wolf slashes him across the face with it's claws.
Morgan is running toward the doors when a wolf steps right infront of them.
Morgan turns to his left and another wolf steps right infront of him.
MORGAN Damn!
The wolf grabs him by the side of the head and throws him sideways into a booth.
In the middle of the room Razor is slashing at a wolf with a straight razor when the cooks come running out of the kitchen area with meat cleavers.
RAZOR Stay back!
The cooks tackle the wolf,chopping into it's back with the cleavers.
The wolf howls as the cooks chop into it's back again and again.
The wolf's blood splashes all over the place.
The wolf flings Conan off and he lands on a table, causing it to collapse.
The wolf then turns quickly,flinging Duke through a window.
In the booth he was thrown into Morgan kicks the edge of the table by the wall and it breaks off it's post.
A wolf rushes at Morgan and he raises the table,using it as a shield.
The wolf slams into the table hard,knocking Morgan back against the wall.
EXT. THE BUILDING-THE WINDOW CRACKS IN SPIDERWEB PATTERNS.
INT. THE BUILDING-THE WOLF CLAWS VIOLENTLY AGAINST THE TABLE,PUSHING MORGAN BACK HARDER AGAINST THE WINDOW.
MORGAN Fuck!
He looks over and sees the curtain cord hanging beside him.
He grabs the curtain cord and rips it off the curtain.
Eddie is walking down an aisle in the store section, looking back.
He turns around just as a wolf jumps and lands at the front of the aisle.
Eddie and the wolf come face to face.
EDDIE Son of a bitch.
The wolf slashes at Eddie with it's claws and he steps back,raising his gun and shooting it in the head.
Mike runs past the end of the aisle as Eddie shoots and the wolf's brains explode all over him.
The wolf falls and Eddie steps over it.
As Eddie walks away,the wolf starts doing the same re-form transformation like the wolf in the woods did, but we don't watch it for long.
At Morgan's booth he holds the curtain cord in his hands and kicks the table shield as hard as he can.
The table and the wolf fall to the floor.
Morgan whips the curtain cord at the wolf as it stands.
The cord wraps around the wolf's throat.
The wolf grabs the cord and pulls it hard.
Morgan is thrown through the air and lands backfirst on a rack of peanuts and other stuff.
Tommy ducks behind a rack of comic books.
A wolf steps up on the other side of the rack,looking right at Tommy.
Tommy grabs the rack with one hand and raises his gun with the other.
The wolf grabs the rack and throws it backwards.
Tommy screams as he and the rack fly backwards across the room.
Tommy and the rack slam into a window and break it, falling outside.
EXT. THE BUILDING-TOMMY LANDS ON THE GROUND,SURROUNDED BY BROKEN GLASS AND COMIC BOOKS,THE RACK ON TOP OF HIM.
INT. THE BUILDING-SARA IS BACKING UP FROM A WOLF.
She stops by Mike's booth and grabs his cup of coffee.
She splashes the coffee into the wolf's face and the wolf howls,grabbing it's face with one hand and backhanding her with the other.
Sara flies across the room and slams against the wall.
Fran is hiding in a store aisle,pressed up against one of the racks,shivering and crying.
Suddenly a wolf's arm bursts through the rack right beside her head.
Fran screams.
Four wolves are standing in a cluster but break apart with Eddie walks through their midst.
Conan tackles one of the wolf's as Eddie turns around and shoots it in the side of the head.
The wolf's brains blow out across Conan's face.
It turns into human form and falls,dropping Conan through another table.
Vince and Nick grab one,but it throws Vince onto the counter and Nick falls off onto a trash bin.
Nick and the trash bin fall to the floor,trash spilling everywhere.
Blaze walks up,holding a knife,blood running from the claw slash on his face.
He slashes at a wolf with his knife but the wolf catches his hand in it's mouth and bites.
Blaze screams,stumbling back as the wolf rips his hand off at the wrist.
Blood squirts everywhere as Blaze falls to the floor, screaming,looking at his wrist.
Jake walks up.
BLAZE God,help me!
Jake shoots Blaze in the head.
The wolves back up through the doors.
Morgan steps up beside Jake.
MORGAN What are they doing?
EXT. THE GAS STATION-AS THE WOLVES COME OUT,DUKE TACKLES ONE.
The wolf reaches back and grabs Duke by the shoulders, then throws him to the ground,ripping off his arms.
Duke screams,looking at his shoulders,which are pumping blood all over the place.
The wolf reaches down and lifts Duke up by slamming it's claws into his stomach and lifting him up.
As the wolf lifts him up Duke screams,his guts pouring out onto the ground.
While the wolf is ripping Duke apart,Tommy runs back inside.
INT. THE GAS STATION-TOMMY COMES IN,WIPING BLOOD OFF HIS FOREHEAD.
Duke's head comes flying through a broken window.
It lands at Eddie's feet and Eddie kicks it behind the counter.
Eddie,Tommy,Jake,Laura,David,Morgan,Ripper,Razor, Bear,Mike,Vince,Nick,Conan,Willam,Fran,Kathy,and Sara are still alive,standing around the place. Blaze and Duke were the only ones to die.
DAVID Shit.
BEAR What the fuck was all that?
LAURA Werewolves.
TOMMY Werewolves. Yeah,it was.
RIPPER No way.
JAKE Why not?
RIPPER Werewolves don't exist.
TOMMY How do you know?
WILLAM Monsters don't exist. Our parents told us so.
LAURA Maybe they were wrong.
DAVID Obviously. What else could they be?
EDDIE You want some fucking proof? Just look at me. I'm as hairy as a sasquatch,and look at my eyes! I look like a fucking dog.
MORGAN I don't care what they are. All I know is that they're stronger than shit and I want to kick their asses.
TOMMY That's the kind of mentality we need to survive this.
WILLAM This is so fucked.
CONAN So what do we do now? We can't leave, because they'd kill us before we ever got to a car.
RAZOR Maybe we should board this place up.
JAKE Exactly. Like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Put stuff over the windows and doors.
BEAR We need weapons. If they break in here again I want to be using more than just my fists to fight them.
EDDIE There's weapons in the van we drove here in. But let's check out what we got in here first.
MIKE All I can say is I'm happy we don't need silver bullets to kill them.
EDDIE Shooting them in the head works just fine.
David walks to a booth near the back of the room,the one that was Nick and Vince's.
DAVID Everybody put your weapons on this table so we can check out our arsenal.
Eddie walks up to the table and lays down his .44 and the two .45's.
All the other survivors walk over,all except for Conan.
Morgan puts his curtain cord whip on the table,Ripper puts his knife on the table,Razor puts his straight razor on the table,Jake puts his .44 on the table,and Tommy puts his .44 on the table. Nobody else has any weapons.
EDDIE Well,we haven't got shit to protect ourselves with in here.
Eddie grabs the curtain cord Morgan put on the table and drops it on the floor.
Morgan bends over and picks it up.
MORGAN Hey,I like this thing.
KATHY I saw you try to use it. Didn't look like it worked too well.
MORGAN That's beside the point.
Conan walks up and puts his cleaver and a sawed-off .12 guage shotgun on the table.
Eddie turns around to face the line of survivors.
EDDIE Alright,what I think we should do now is get aquainted with eachother. Name and occupation. I'm Eddie Bunker,serial killer.
JAKE Jake Bunker,serial killer.
TOMMY Tommy Bunker,serial killer.
LAURA Laura Johnson,veterinarian.
DAVID David Johnson,veterinarian.
BEAR Leroy Harmon,friends call me Bear. Truck driver.
MORGAN Morgan Black,biker.
MIKE Mike Paik,salesman.
VINCE Vince Lee,highway patrol.
NICK Nick Mars,highway patrol.
RIPPER Ripper. Biker.
RAZOR Razor. Biker.
WILLAM Willam Slater,dishwasher.
CONAN Conan Phillips,cook.
FRAN Fran Ireland,waitress.
SARA Sara Grandler,waitress.
KATHY Kathy Buchanan,waitress.
EDDIE Ok,now that we all know eachother, we'll have to have a team of men to go out to the van and get weapons. Now,we have seven long range weapons to use out there, but only five of us are going. I think the ones that should go are Bear,Morgan,Jake, Tommy,and me.
DAVID I want to go.
EDDIE No,David,you stay in here with your wife. I don't want to risk your life, because Laura needs you in here. Conan,go get some shells for the shotgun.
CONAN Alright.
DAVID I want to go,Eddie.
EDDIE Well,you can't.
DAVID I have the keys to the van. You can't get in it without me.
EDDIE We'll just have to break a window, then, because you are going to stay in here.
LAURA Don't go out there,David. And give Eddie the keys.
DAVID Shit.
David gives Eddie the van keys.
Conan is behind the counter,kneeling behind the register. On a shelf infront of him is a box of shotgun shells.
Beside Conan's right foot is Duke's head.
Conan grabs the box of shotgun shells,and suddenly the head opens it's eyes.
Conan doesn't even notice.He opens the box and checks to see how many shells there are.
The head hisses,and rolls forward,opening it's mouth to reveal that all of it's teeth are long, wolf-like fangs.
Conan shuts the box and stands.
The head bites Conan on the ankle and Conan falls, screaming.
Conan grabs the head by the hair and pulls it off his ankle,flinging it back over his head.
The head flies through the hole in the wall into the kitchen area.
In the kitchen,the head lands in a pot of boiling oil full of a french fries.
The head sinks to the bottom of the oil,it's skin melting off. Within seconds the head is a skull at the bottom of the bloody,boiling oil.
Back behind the counter,Conan looks at his ankle.
CONAN Shit.
Conan stands and limps out from behind the counter, holding the box of shotgun shells.
Conan walks up to the other survivors.
Eddie,Tommy,and Jake have their .44's,Morgan has a .45, and Bear has the shotgun. Morgan also has his curtain cord.
Conan hands Bear the box of shells.
EDDIE What did you scream for?
CONAN Tension breaker. Just something I had to do.
EDDIE Oh. Well,just settle down.
Bear loads shells into the shotgun.
MORGAN Let's get goin'.I'm ready.
EDDIE Everybody else ready?
BEAR I'm ready.
Bear finishes loading the shotgun and puts the box with the rest of the shells in his shirt pocket.
JAKE I'm ready.
TOMMY So am I.
EDDIE Alright,let's go.
MORGAN Who's first?
EDDIE Since I'm turning into one,I guess I am.
MORGAN Sounds good to me.
The werewolves are standing outside,just a few yards from the door.
MORGAN I wish we were fighting vampires. Atleast they're afraid of crosses.
JAKE Maybe they're afraid of crosses, too...
TOMMY Shit,I never thought about that. I mean,if werewolves are real,one would assume that also means that vampires exist. This is fucking strange.
Eddie goes outside.
EXT. THE GAS STATION-NIGHT-EDDIE LEADS OUT,FOLLOWED BY MORGAN,TOMMY,BEAR,AND JAKE TAKES THE END OF THE SINGLE FILE LINE.
The wolves back away a little bit.
EDDIE You ok back there,Jake?
JAKE Ofcourse.
Bear is looking behind them.
MORGAN Bear,look out!
Bear turns around as a wolf leaps at him.
Bear fires the shotgun and the wolf's head explodes.
The body falls to the ground and Bear pumps the empty shell out of the shotgun.
A wolf lunges at Tommy and Morgan whips it with his curtain cord.
The cord wraps around the wolf's waist and Morgan pulls as hard as he can.
The wolf's legs are pulled out from under it and it falls to the ground.
The wolf starts to howl but Morgan jams his .45 into it's mouth.
The wolf starts to sit up and Morgan fires.
The wolf's brains explode all over Tommy's leg.
TOMMY Shit! Be careful of the splatter.
MORGAN Sorry about that.
The remaining four wolves back away from them.
TOMMY That's right,assholes! You better just step the fuck back!
Jake laughs.
INT. THE GAS STATION-EVERYONE IS WATCHING THROUGH THE WINDOWS.CONAN IS AT ONE WINDOW BY HIMSELF.
EXT. THE GAS STATION-EDDIE REACHES THE VAN AND UNLOCKS THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR.
INT. THE GAS STATION-CONAN TURNS AWAY FROM HIS WINDOW, TURNING INTO A WEREWOLF.
David looks over at him.
DAVID Oh,shit!
The Conan/wolf leaps forward,onto Fran.
VINCE Holy shit!
The wolf bites into Fran's throat,ripping it open.
Vince runs to Fran and the wolf,but the wolf backhands him once he reaches him.
Vince flies across the room,slamming through a window.
The wolf drops Fran's body and looks up at the others, blood dripping from it's fangs.
It jumps forward and lands beside David.
DAVID Fuck!
David grabs a .45 off the table and raises it,but the wolf grabs him by the throat before he can fire.
The wolf lifts David up off the ground.
DAVID Son of a bitch.
David tries to raise the gun to the wolf's head but the wolf's body is too close to his so he can only get it to the wolf's chest.
David's feet dangle at the wolf's knees.
David shoots the wolf twice in the chest,with no effect.
Laura stands up on the weapon table and grabs Ripper's knife.
She slams the knife down into the top of the wolf's head.
The wolf drops David,stumbling backwards.
It claws wildly at the knife at it's head,howling,it's hair falling off.
David raises the .45 and fires,shooting the wolf in the chin. The bullet explodes up out of the top of the wolf's head,along with it's brains.
Blood and brains splatter across the ceiling.
The bloody knife falls to the floor.
The wolf falls.
David stands.
We look up at the spot where Fran's body fell. All that's there is a puddle of blood.
LAURA David,look out!
David turns around and comes face to face with the wolf that was once Fran.
DAVID Fucker!
David raises his gun and the wolf punches him in the face.
David flies backwards.
Razor tackles the wolf from behind but the wolf throws him off.
David lands on the counter then falls backwards behind it.
Razor flies over the tops of all the aisles in the store section and lands infront of the doors on the other side of the store.
Razor sits up,groaning.
RAZOR Fucking werewolves...
David sits up behind the counter.
The gun is no longer in his hands,and he looks around for it.
He looks up and sees that it's in the doorway to the kitchen.
Ripper is now repeatedly punching the Fran wolf in the stomach with absolutely no effect.
RIPPER Come on!
The wolf grabs Ripper by the face.
RIPPER Oh,fuck.
The wolf grabs his head tight,it's claws digging into his forehead.
Ripper screams as blood runs down his face.
The wolf lifts Ripper up by his face and blood pours down onto the floor.
Ripper continues screaming,right up until the point when his skull collapses.
The wolf throws Ripper's body back through an already broken window.
EXT. THE GAS STATION-JAKE AND BEAR HAVE THEIR BACKS TURNED TO THE STATION.
They don't notice when Ripper's body lands on the ground not far behind them.
INT. THE VAN-TOMMY AND MORGAN ARE GETTING THE WEAPONS.
EXT. THE VAN-EDDIE IS STANDING INFRONT OF THE OPEN DOOR.
Tommy comes out,carrying the chainsaw and a shotgun.
Morgan stays in the van,holding two shotguns and a Beretta. He has his back turned to Eddie. He puts the Beretta in his pocket.
MORGAN Damn,you guys were prepared for war.
Morgan turns around.
Eddie is standing infront of the open door,now a werewolf.
MORGAN Oh,fuck.
The wolf that was Eddie jumps in,howling.
Bear,Jake,and Tommy look toward the van.
JAKE Shit!
TOMMY Eddie changed!
Suddenly,the window behind Bear explodes outward, and the Fran wolf lands on Bear's back.
BEAR Fuck! Get it off me!
Bear falls forward onto his knees,dropping his shotgun.
The shotgun slides away from him on the asphalt of the parking lot.
Tommy kicks the wolf.
TOMMY Get off him!
INT. THE VAN-MORGAN IS UP AGAINST THE BACK DOOR, AS THE EDDIE WOLF RUSHES HIM.
MORGAN Fuck!
The wolf jumps on Morgan.
EXT. THE VAN-MORGAN AND THE WOLF COME FLYING THROUGH THE VAN'S BACK WINDOW.
Just as Jake is about to shoot the Fran wolf off of Bear,another wolf grabs him from behind and throws him.
Jake slams against the side of a gas pump.
JAKE Shit!
Jake raises his gun to shoot at the wolf that threw him,but another wolf rushes up from his right side and cho mps down on his arm. Jake screams.
TOMMY Jake!
The wolf jerks on Jake's arm,trying to rip it off.
Over at the van,Morgan stands up,groaning.
The Eddie wolf is standing infront of him.
Bear's shotgun is laying nearby.
Morgan bends down to pick the shotgun up but the wolf grabs him by the head and throws him against the side of the van.
The van rocks back and forth from the force of the hit.
Morgan falls to the ground,coughing.
MORGAN God....
The wolf lifts Morgan up by the throat.
Morgan gags as the wolf lifts him up high.
Jake is screaming as the wolf that bit him continues to gnaw and rip at his arm.
JAKE Let go!
Jake beats the wolf on the back with his gun handle.
The Eddie wolf drops Morgan and he lands on his feet.
The Fran wolf is still on Bear's back.It is holding onto Bear's throat with one hand and Tommy's throat with the other.
The Eddie wolf lunges at Morgan.
Morgan punches the wolf in the face,but,as always, there is no effect.
Morgan steps back,holding his hand.
MORGAN Ow...
The wolf howls.
The wolf suddenly lunges forward again and slashes Morgan across the face with it's claws.
Morgan falls to the ground,three deep slashes across his left cheek.
Morgan rolls over as the Eddie wolf rushes at him.
He stands,picking his curtain cord up off the ground.
MORGAN Come on,asshole.
The wolf runs forward,growling.
Morgan spins under the wolf's right arm,wrapping the curtain cord around it's waist.
The wolf turns around,slashing at him with it's claws.
Morgan ducks under it's arm again,this time flipping it over onto it's back.
Morgan pulls the curtain cord off of it and it bites at his leg.
Morgan jumps back and it stands.
MORGAN You want some more?
Morgan whips the wolf in the face with the cord and it steps back,snarling as it grabs it's snout.
Blood runs from it's nose.
The wolf runs forward and Morgan whips it's ankles, causing the cord to wrap it's legs together and trip it.
The wolf goes sprawling on the ground.
Morgan smiles,pulling his cord off of it again.
MORGAN This is starting to get fun.
Morgan picks Bear's shotgun up.
The wolf stands,growling,and leaps at Morgan.
MORGAN Oh,shit!
The wolf and Morgan fall to the ground,the wolf on top of him.
5/24/2002 12:05:51 AM
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