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Halloween: The Series 1X05
By aragorn_8
Halloween: The Series
Episode 5: The Black Cloud
We open to a picture of a full moon, followed by the sound of a wolf howling. It is obviously late-night as we pan down to a mysterious dirt road, where a car is speeding along at a steady pace. It pulls to a stop outside an old Victorian house, which looks silent, but almost as if it is watching everything. Two men, one slender and fit, the other overweight and munching on a candy bar, get out of the car. The slender man (KIP JINETT) looks over at the overweight man (WENDELL LONG).
KIP: This is it. The house of the damned.
WENDELL: Yep. Every town has one.
KIP: Not like this one. Come on. Let’s get inside. Quick. Put down that infernal chocolate bar and grab the camera. We’re going to get our Pulitzer Prize.
Wendell quickly does as he is told and they head towards the house. We cut to inside the house, where they enter to see a freshly-kept home. Candles are illuminating the hallways. Wendell starts quivering in fear.
WENDELL: I want to go home, Kip. I don’t like haunted houses.
KIP: Quit your whimpering. The legend behind this house is nothing more than that. A legend. The townspeople probably set these candles up.
WENDELL: Still, we’re trespassing. I don’t like it.
KIP: You are such a buffoon.
Suddenly, the door slams shut behind them. Kip and Wendell turn and look scared. Wendell runs over to the door and tries to open it. It is locked.
WENDELL: Oh, my God!
KIP: Calm down! It was probably just the wind!
GIRL’S VOICE: You shouldn’t be here.
They turn to see a little girl with dark hair. She is wearing a night gown and holding a teddy bear in her hand. Kip looks at her.
KIP: Little girl? Who are you?
GIRL: My name is Crystal.
KIP: Crystal, tell me. Are your parents home?
CRYSTAL: Yes, but they aren’t aloud to talk. None of us are aloud to talk.
KIP: But you’re talking to me.
CRYSTAL: I’m sorry. I have to go. The Dark Cloud is coming.
KIP: Dark cloud?
CRYSTAL: He’s coming. I can’t let him find me talking to you.
Suddenly, the candles in the entire house go out in unison. Kip looks around. Crystal is suddenly gone. Wendell cries out in fear.
WENDELL: That wasn’t the wind!
KIP: Dear God, man! Get ahold of yourself!
Suddenly, a black cloud forms behind Kip. Wendell looks on in fear. He screams at the sight of something behind Kip.
WENDELL: No-o-o-o-o!
Kip turns. Wendell flashes a picture as we cut to outside the house. We hear the loud screams of two men inside and then suddenly silence. The candles relight and the house glows from inside. A hand is seen moving a curtain.
‘The Halloween Theme’ begins to play as the camera rises up over the town of Haddonfield. A Jack-o-Lantern appears, an evil grin on it, and the titles come up:
HALLOWEEN: The Series
The music becomes a very rock and roll-like and various images from the series fly up. The cast characters are named as Tommy Doyle, Debra Loomis and Lonnie Elamb.
Inside the car are TOMMY DOYLE (driving), DEBRA LOOMIS (passenger seat), and LONNIE ELAMB (back seat).
DEBRA: What’s the name of this town again?
TOMMY: Crossville, Illinois.
DEBRA: Why exactly is it so important that you had to drag us out in the middle of the night?
TOMMY: Two men disappeared investigating a nearby house.
DEBRA: So? People disappear all the time. It doesn’t necessarily mean that Michael Myers is behind it.
TOMMY: But they don’t always disappear in houses owned by Strode Realty, either. This picture was printed in the paper as the last picture Wendell Long took inside the house.
Tommy hands it to her. She looks at it to see Kip Jinnett with a look of fear on his face as a black cloud is hovering behind him. The distorted facial features of a man can be seen in the cloud. Lonnie leans up and looks at it over Debra’s shoulder.
LONNIE: Looks like bad photography to me.
DEBRA: As if you know anything about good photography.
LONNIE: Actually, I think that’s a picture of Debbie. This man is obviously running in fear for his life from her horrid self.
DEBRA: Did we have to bring him?
LONNIE: You didn’t have a choice. I invited myself. Remember?
DEBRA: You’d have to.
TOMMY (cutting them off): I did some digging once I saw the picture. This little town claims to be haunted. Coincidence?
DEBRA: The whole town is haunted?
TOMMY: Well, just the one house mostly. A couple and their two children lived there. I’m not really sure on the story behind the house’s history. The newspaper didn’t go into it. Just said that people tend to disappear in the area when they come to look at the house.
LONNIE: What exactly does this have to do with Michael Myers?
TOMMY: I don’t know. Maybe nothing. The Strode Realty coincidence can’t be overlooked. The figure in the picture is covered in black, much like our assailants at the warehouse a while back.
LONNIE: How can you tell? It could be an illusion of some sort. Maybe they started a fire in the fire place and forgot to open the chute. Everything doesn’t have to be ghosts and goblins, Doyle.
TOMMY: This is serious, Lonnie.
LONNIE: THIS is a bad episode of Scooby Doo. Wake me when it’s over.
Lonnie leans back and goes to sleep. Debra looks over at Tommy.
DEBRA: Don’t let him bother you. I’m with you on this.
TOMMY: Thanks, Debra. I have a feeling I’m going to need all the help I can get.
We cut to a shot of an Irish-like tavern, inside the town of Crossville. The name on the sign reads it as ‘The O’Haire Pub’. Tommy, Debra, and Lonnie come walking up from the parking lot.
DEBRA: Do we really need to ask directions in here?
Lonnie looks around. They are out in the middle of the woods. Nothing else is in sight except for some trees, blowing in the wind.
LONNIE: Got any other suggestions? Besides, this is my kind of place. These are my kind of people.
DEBRA: You think I want to see a room full of people like YOU?
LONNIE: I think you’d KILL to be in a room where everyone was like me.
DEBRA: That just shows how big of an idiot you really are.
LONNIE: Don’t insult me too much, Debbie. I’m starting to get turned on.
TOMMY: Oh, brother.
They walk into the bar. Once inside, several people are seen at various tables. No pool tables. No juke box. Just people sitting around drinking. It is extremely quiet, except for a few people talking in various places. Everyone looks around, staring at the visitors from out of town, as if offended they are even there. The bar becomes completely silent. The trio feels awkward. Everyone goes back to talking, but still watching as the trio walks towards the bar, where a big, burly bartender with the name tag reading BUD BOGGS stands, eyeing them suspiciously.
DEBRA: Where’s the restroom?
BUD (extremely sarcastic): Under the sign that says ‘Rest rooms’.
He points to the far corner of the tavern, where the entrances are. Lonnie and Debra look over and then back at Bud.
LONNIE (sarcastic): Thanks. Reading the signs. Now that was going to be the tough part after you pointed to them. Saved me a trip back here. Thanks so much. If I forget how to hold my organ, can you come in and help me?
DEBRA: Lonnie, come on.
LONNIE: Never mind. She’s going to help.
DEBRA: In your dreams.
Debra leads Lonnie towards the rest room. Bud looks at Tommy with a stern glance.
BUD: Your friend is a riot.
TOMMY: He thinks he is. Listen, I was wondering if you could give me directions.
BUD: Where are you headed?
TOMMY: I’m looking for the Freeman house.
Bud shoots Tommy a glance, almost as if offended, but scared at the same time.
BUD: Sorry. I can’t help you there. Don’t know where that is.
TOMMY: What? Surely you know where the Freeman house is. This isn’t a big town and it’s been all over the papers.
BUD: Sorry.
Tommy hears annoying laughter coming from a table. He turns and sees a woman (named MONICA) laughing. She is in her mid-thirties with black hair. She is dressed all in black and is carrying a stuffed crow on a perch. She turns to the crow.
MONICA: Do you hear that, Crow? He wants to go to the Freeman house.
She laughs again.
TOMMY: What’s so funny? Why are you talking to that dead bird?
MONICA: No one goes to the Freeman house! They all know what happened up there.
TOMMY: What happened up there?
Monica laughs as hard as she can.
MONICA: Hahahaha! You fool! That house bleeds with sorrow! Oh. Pain and the agony of the damned! Crow! Caw! Caw!
She holds up the crow, acting like it’s flying and goes running out the front door, cackling. Tommy shakes his head, frowning, and turns back to Bud.
TOMMY: Are you going to help me or not?
Bud just stares at him, unconcerned, not uttering a word. Tommy looks around the tavern. Everyone has their focus on him. He notices no one is talking.
TOMMY: What’s wrong with you people?
No one speaks. Tommy starts feeling uncomfortable and backs up a little.
TOMMY: You people are weird, and very impolite.
Tommy bumps into someone behind him. He turns to see a blonde, huge, muscular man, dressed in a sheriff’s outfit, who looks very angry. His name is Sheriff DOBY KLEIN.
DOBY: Don’t go up there! You hear me? No one is allowed to go there!
TOMMY: I was invited!
DOBY: Consider the invitation rescinded! I am the law of this town!
Doby pushes him against the bar.
DOBY: This is your only warning! Go back to where you came from! Forget you ever saw this place! You aren’t welcome here! You understand?!
Lonnie and Debra return from the restroom. They stop when they see Tommy cornered at the bar.
LONNIE: See what happens when you leave the guy alone for one second?
DEBRA: Hey! Let go of him!
Doby turns and looks at her angrily. He walks over to her.
DOBY: Listen to me, lady!
DEBRA: No!
She points her finger in his face. He jumps, backing up.
DEBRA: You listen to me, you big oaf! You leave my friend alone! You hear me!
Doby looks scared.
DOBY: Sorry, ma’am.
DEBRA: Now, go away!
DOBY: Sorry.
Doby turns and exits, pouting. Lonnie looks over at Debra.
LONNIE: You ought to register that finger as a lethal weapon.
DEBRA: He was just a big overgrown bully.
LONNIE: What would have happened if he hadn’t been?
DEBRA: You would’ve jumped in to save me and gotten squashed.
Lonnie tilts his head a frowns as Debra walks over to Tommy. Lonnie looks confused for a second and then follows Debra over to Tommy. Tommy looks over at Bud behind the bar.
DEBRA: What was that about?
TOMMY: Nobody here wants to help us. We’re going to have to find the house ourselves.
Tommy angrily walks out of the pub. Debra looks over at Bud.
DEBRA: Why won’t you help us?
BUD: I serve drinks. I don’t give directions.
LONNIE: Not a big multi-tasker, huh?
BUD: I’m warning you. If you go to that house, you’re asking for nothing but trouble.
LONNIE: Stick to serving drinks, Bud. If we want advice, we’ll write to “Dear Abby”.
Lonnie glares at Bud before he and Debra turn and follow Tommy out the door. Doby comes back in and up to the bar.
DOBY: What are we going to do?
BUD: We’re going to stop them.
We cut to the car, where Tommy is waiting, having pulled out a map. He is going over it as Lonnie and Debra arrive.
DEBRA: Find it on the map yet?
TOMMY: Yeah, but it would help extremely if I knew where we were NOW.
LONNIE: We’re at The O’Haire Pub, Doyle. Can’t you read?
Debra slaps Lonnie’s arm.
TOMMY: You know, if you could be serious for one second, maybe we figure this out.
LONNIE: Oh, yeah. Something goes wrong, and it’s Lonnie’s fault. Well, guess what? You’re the one that got us lost, junior. Maybe you’re the one who should pay more attention to where he is driving.
TOMMY: Is that so?
LONNIE: Yeah. That is so.
TOMMY: You’ve done nothing but make a joke out of this whole trip. If you didn’t want to come, you should have stayed home.
LONNIE: Oh. I’ll bet you would have loved that. You two would have been all alone out here on your little honeymoon vacation.
DEBRA: What? Honeymoon? What are you talking about, Lonnie? This isn’t a pleasure trip.
LONNIE: Oh. I know how guys operate. Give me a break.
TOMMY: You’re being ridiculous, Lonnie.
DEBRA: Besides, what difference does it make to you?
LONNIE: I don’t care one way or the other. Do whatever you want to do.
DEBRA: Yeah. You don’t care about anything but yourself. Right?
LONNIE: That’s damn perceptive of you, Debbie.
DEBRA: Will you STOP CALLING ME DEBBIE?!
LONNIE: Why? That’s your name? I’m not going to call you Mrs. Loomis, if that’s what you’re getting at.
DEBRA: Oh, you make me want to scream sometimes.
TOMMY: Are you two done? We still have to figure out where we’re going here.
Suddenly, a loud cackle is heard behind them. They turn to see the Monica, still carrying her stuffed crow around, laughing.
MONICA: I can take you to the Freeman house.
TOMMY: You know where it is?
MONICA: I know everything about this town. I grew up here.
DEBRA: Why will no one else help us?
MONICA: They live in fear. All of them. We’re not scared. Are we, Crow?
Monica laughs as if the Crow said something.
MONICA: We can take you to the death house.
TOMMY: Death house?
MONICA: Bad things happened there once. Very bad things. You would be crazy to go there.
LONNIE: Lady, we’re not the ones talking to our dead birds.
MONICA (to her bird): Crow, don’t let THAT one bother you. He doesn’t know what kind of a bird you really are.
LONNIE: Yeah, I do. He’s a dead one. Can we go now?
TOMMY: How will you get back?
MONICA: I am from this land. I am not an intruder. He will not harm me, so we will fly high in the clouds back to our home.
LONNIE: I’d say you’re probably high in the clouds on something, anyway.
MONICA: Curse you, you heathen!
LONNIE: What did you call me?
MONICA (to her bird): Yes. I know, Crow. I don’t like him, either.
DEBRA: Neither do we.
TOMMY: No one does.
LONNIE: You guys are agreeing with a dead stuffed bird! I’m getting in the car. You guys are freaks.
Lonnie opens the door and gets in the back seat. Tommy and Debra smile at each other.
MONICA: My name is Monica, and this is Crow.
TOMMY: I’m Tommy, and this is Debra. The heathen is Lonnie.
MONICA: Crow doesn’t like him! Crow says he will not share a seat with him!
Lonnie pokes his head out the window.
LONNIE: Hey, Crow.
Monica turns with Crow. Lonnie extends his middle finger in Crow’s direction.
LONNIE: I think I’ve got one of your relatives here.
Lonnie smiles big and sits back in the car as Monica pulls Crow away from him.
MONICA: Don’t listen to him, Crow. He’s evil.
DEBRA: Uh, I’ll share the back with Lonnie…this time.
Tommy smiles and they all get into the car.
We cut to a few minutes later. The car is coming down a path, leading to a two-story home in the middle of the country. It looks as if no one is home. They come to a stop outside the house. They all emerge from the car, looking up at the place. A brief lightning flash lights up the area.
DEBRA: It doesn’t look like anyone’s home.
TOMMY: I don’t understand. The Freemans still live here. Right?
Monica laughs loudly. Lonnie looks over at her, clearly annoyed.
LONNIE: What in BLUE HELL are you laughing at?
Monica laughs again. Lonnie looks over at Tommy.
LONNIE: Can I kill her? We can dispose of the body. No one will know.
DEBRA: Lonnie, you need to be more tolerant of people.
LONNIE: Okay…Debbie.
Debbie glares at Lonnie, but decides against saying anything. Debra walks up to the door with Lonnie close behind. Monica follows with Crow, as Tommy scans the yard. The moon is out enough just to light the clear area outside the house. Trees line the yard all the way around. It looks as if this house is the only thing in these woods. Suddenly, a figure in white catches Tommy’s eye. He scans back over and sees a woman with brown hair (JANE FREEMAN) staring at him from the trees with an emotionless, pale face. A lightning flash lights her up clearly for a brief second. Tommy’s eyes widen and he turns to the others.
TOMMY: Guys. There’s someone out there.
Tommy turns back around, but the figure is gone. He gets chills as he looks around. Lonnie and Debra return, followed by Monica and Crow. Debra has a piece of paper in her hand. Thunder is heard.
DEBRA: Who is it?
TOMMY: She was there. I saw her. It was a woman.
The other three look around. Lightning flashes.
DEBRA: There’s no one out there, Tommy.
TOMMY: I promise you. I saw someone.
MONICA: The house plays tricks. It revels in your fear.
Tommy is barely paying attention, looking for the woman he knows he saw. Thunder echoes through the night.
TOMMY: Yeah. Uh, huh.
DEBRA: The door was open.
MONICA: Hehehe. Don’t get too comfortable. It’s not safe in there.
LONNIE: I’ll grab the bags.
Lonnie goes back to the trunk, grabbing Tommy’s keys on the way, and unlocking it. Tommy and Debra go inside the house as Monica smiles at Lonnie. Lonnie looks up at her.
LONNIE: What are you so happy about?
MONICA: The fear that I know you will feel when you go inside.
Monica laughs loudly as she walks into the house. Lonnie shakes his head.
LONNIE: Psycho.
He grabs some bags and turns to go in the house. He hears a loud bang, looking up. In the attic window, he sees a teenage girl with blonde hair banging on it. She mouths “Help me” through the glass. Lightning lights up the area and Lonnie is so startled that he drops the bags. He looks around for the others, but they are inside the house. He looks back up. The girl is gone.
LONNIE (to himself): Get ahold of yourself, Lonnie.
He grabs the bags and goes inside. We cut to Tommy, Debra, Monica, and Lonnie inside, minutes later. The house is neatly furnished.
TOMMY: I don’t know about you guys, but I’m beat. I’m ready to turn in. You think we can make it through the night?
DEBRA: We survived a vampire and an axe man. We can survive this, I’m sure.
Lightning flashes. A man can be seen looking through the window, unseen by any of the characters. It is Earl Freeman, Crystal’s father, with a zombie-like stare on his face and a gash in the side of his head, blood running down the side of his head.
TOMMY: Yeah. I’ll catch you guys in the morning.
As Tommy passes the window, Earl’s face disappears.
DEBRA: Good night.
Tommy walks up the stairs, leaving Lonnie, Debra, and Monica together. Monica sets Crow down on a table and smiles at them.
MONICA: Just a matter of time before you run screaming. Just a matter of time.
She laughs, waltzing into the other room. Debra looks at Lonnie.
DEBRA: She’s starting to get on my nerves, too.
Debra walks into the room after her, leaving Lonnie standing there. Lonnie looks over at the stuffed crow on the table. He smiles. In the room, Debra walks over to Monica.
DEBRA: If it’s so scary here, why are you here?
MONICA: The evil doesn’t want me.
DEBRA: What evil?
MONICA: That you will have to find out on your own.
DEBRA: It would be easier if you told me why I should be scared, and why no one in this town would help us.
MONICA: It is not my place.
Suddenly, they hear Lonnie yell.
LONNIE: Oh, man!
Monica and Debra immediately get up and run into the other room, where Lonnie is looking towards a nearby doorway.
DEBRA: Lonnie, what is it?
LONNIE: I heard something in that room. I think there’s something in there.
DEBRA: Are you sure?
LONNIE: Yeah.
MONICA: Go check it out. He’s after you, not me.
LONNIE: You think I’m scared?
MONICA: You WILL be!
Lonnie creeps towards the door. Debra and Monica stay close behind him as he pulls out one of his hand guns. He turns to them when they reach the door.
LONNIE: If there’s something in there, run out the door and get out of here.
Debra nods. Lonnie moves up and kicks the door open, pointing his gun into the room. Monica and Debra look into the room. Their eyes widen. Monica lets out a blood-curling scream. Lonnie starts laughing uncontrollably. We pull back to reveal Crow, dangling from a rope, as if he hung himself.
LONNIE: I don’t think Crow could handle the fear.
Lonnie laughs again as Monica runs quickly over to Crow, trying to get him down.
MONICA: I’m here, Crow! Don’t die on me!
Lonnie laughs again as she unties Crow and hugs him tightly. Debra can be seen trying to hold in laughter.
LONNIE: He seemed a little depressed in the car. I guess he just couldn’t take it anymore.
Debra laughs.
MONICA: Curse you people! Curse you all!
Monica holds Crow tightly and runs out of the room, yelling. Debra shakes her head.
DEBRA: That was pretty mean. Funny, but mean.
LONNIE: Now that my work is done, I’m going to bed, too. Want to join me?
DEBRA: In your dreams. I’d rather sleep with the bird.
LONNIE: Maybe that’s why he killed himself.
DEBRA: I don’t think so. If anything, that would give him a reason to live.
LONNIE: That’s quite an ego you have there. That good in the sack, are we?
DEBRA: There is no ‘we’ in the sack.
LONNIE: Not yet, anyway. There will be once you admit your true feelings for me.
DEBRA: The only feelings I have for you are disgust and annoyance. Go to bed…far away from me. Good night.
Debra exits, leaving Lonnie smiling. Suddenly, a noise is heard banging on the wall, a banging noise, as if someone ran into it. Lonnie looks towards the noise.
We cut to Tommy’s guest bedroom, where he is fast asleep. He turns over on his back. As he does, he opens his eyes briefly. Standing at the foot of his bed is Crystal. She is staring him in the eyes. Tommy jumps, startled, and falls out of bed. He quickly turns around and sees nothing. The girl is no longer there. He shivers.
TOMMY: Shit.
We cut to Lonnie, who walks over to the wall, where he heard the noise. He hears a loud moan, looking up into the mirror. Behind him stands Earl Freeman, who seems to be bleeding from the head. Lonnie quickly turns, but there is no one there. He checks the mirror again. The man is gone. Lonnie breathes heavily, scared.
We cut to an upstairs hallway, where Debra is walking. Suddenly, she hears running footsteps coming from the attic. She looks up at the ceiling. The running is heard again, followed by a child’s laughter. Debra freezes in her tracks. She turns, getting ready to run, but collides with Tommy. She lets out a scream.
DEBRA: Jeez! You scared me to death!
TOMMY: Debra, I saw something again. A little girl was watching me sleep.
DEBRA: I thought I heard someone running in the attic.
TOMMY: I heard it, too. You want to check it out?
DEBRA: Not really. This is creeping me out, Tommy.
TOMMY: Something’s not right here. I’m going up to the attic. You go get Lonnie and get the car ready. If there’s something up there, we’re going to have to make a hasty exit.
DEBRA: Okay. Be careful.
TOMMY: Always.
Debra exits as Tommy goes towards the attic door. We cut to Lonnie, who is strolling through the house. It is quiet as he walks into another room, inching towards the front door. Suddenly, the phone rings. Lonnie is startled by it. He slowly walks over and picks up the phone, speaking into it.
LONNIE: Hello?
VOICE: Get out of my house! Now!
LONNIE: Bite me.
Lonnie hangs up the phone. But, then he notices something that sends a shiver through him. The phone is not even connected to the wall! Then, a voice calls out.
VOICE: Lonnie. Are you there?
Lonnie pulls out his gun and walks towards the voice. Suddenly, Debra appears. Lonnie points the gun at her on reflex.
DEBRA: Oh. There you are.
Lonnie lowers his gun.
LONNIE: There’s some strange shit going on around here.
DEBRA: Tommy wants us to get the car ready. We’re leaving.
FEMALE VOICE: Lonnie, I se-e-e-e you.
Lonnie and Debra turn at the sound of the voice.
LONNIE: Uh, please tell me you’re a ventriloquist in your spare time.
FEMALE VOICE: Debra, we need you. Please help us, Debra.
LONNIE: That’s it. We’re out of here.
DEBRA: No argument there.
They immediately walk over, grab their bags, and open the front door. Monica is standing outside by the car, holding Crow. She laughs as Lonnie and Debra walk out of the house.
LONNIE: Oh, great. The hyena is still here.
DEBRA: Monica, what the hell is with this house?
MONICA: You can’t leave. You haven’t finished what you are here to do.
She laughs as Crow suddenly bursts off his perch, very much alive, and flies at Lonnie. He caws loudly as he starts pecking at Lonnie, who tries to cover up.
LONNIE: What the hell?!! A-a-a-h-h-h-h!
Monica laughs loudly as Crow tries to bite pieces out of Lonnie, who shields his face, falling to the ground to protect himself.
DEBRA: Lonnie!
MONICA: Crow doesn’t like to be played with!
We cut to the attic. Tommy enters, slowly looking around. He hears a child’s crying, echoing through the house. He walks towards the crying. He goes around the corner, past some old boxes. He sees Crystal Freeman. She looks up at him through tears.
TOMMY: Hey, little girl. What’s wrong?
CRYSTAL: He won’t let us leave.
TOMMY: Who won’t let you leave?
CRYSTAL: The dark man. He comes with the black cloud.
TOMMY: What are you talking about?
CRYSTAL: Oh, no. The black cloud is here. Gotta go. Bye.
Crystal gets up and runs away, crying. Tommy gasps in amazement as she disappears into the wall right before his eyes. Behind him, a black cloud has formed, spreading across the room. Tommy turns and sees it, gasping in amazement. Through the black cloud we start to see a shape form, slowly forming a man. Tommy watches as before him stands a man with long, flowing black hair, dressed in black from head to toe. In his hand, he holds a machete at his side. Tommy’s eyes widen as he looks at the man’s angry face. Tommy’s head twitches. He closes his eyes, trying to block out the sight. When he opens his eyes, The Dark Man is standing right in front of him.
TOMMY: You’re not real. You are not real!
Tommy closes his eyes.
TOMMY: God help me!
Tommy opens his eyes and the room is empty. He quickly bolts for the attic stairs and takes off through the house. We cut back to outside, where Crow is still attacking Lonnie, who is swatting at him.
LONNIE: Get this mongrel off of me!
DEBRA: Get your bird away from him, Monica!
MONICA: The evil one must pay for his sins!
Monica runs over and starts laughing at Lonnie being attacked by a raging crow. Debra gets angry. She runs over and grabs Monica by her hair, slinging her backwards against the car. Monica howls in pain. She looks at Debra with anger.
MONICA: You bitch!
Monica tries to slap Debra with a right, but Debra blocks her arm and back hands Monica across the face. Monica covers her face shoves Debra backwards to the ground. Debra looks up angrily at her.
DEBRA: That’s it!
Debra stands and charges Monica, ramming her and tackling her to the ground. They start throwing lefts and rights at each other as Lonnie rolls around on the ground with Crow. Lonnie pulls back and swats Crow with a right, sending him back a little. Lonnie quickly pulls out his two hand guns and fires, blowing Crow to bits, sending feathers flying everywhere. We cut to the front door of the house. Tommy is seen charging towards the doors.
TOMMY: Get in the car! Hurry!
Suddenly, the doors slam shut before he gets to them, and lock themselves in place. Tommy yanks on the handles, trying to get them open, but they won’t budge. We cut back outside to see Debra rip Monica’s shirt off, revealing her undergarments. Lonnie sits up and watches them. Monica rips at Debra’s clothing as well. Lonnie smiles, enjoying it.
LONNIE: Cat fight!
We cut to inside the house. Tommy tries to open the doors, but they won’t budge.
TOMMY: Lonnie! Debra! Help me get out of here!
Suddenly, the black cloud starts forming behind him again. Tommy stops yanking on the door and turns around.
TOMMY: Oh, shit. Guys, what are you doing out there?!
We cut to a shot of Lonnie, who is engrossed in watching Debra and Monica fight. Debra yanks Monica up and decks her with a hard right. Monica falls to the ground and doesn’t move. Lonnie stands and claps for Debra.
LONNIE: Winner and still diva champion, Debbie Loomis.
DEBRA: DEBRA Loomis, or you’re next!
LONNIE: You promise?
Then they hear Tommy banging on the door. They turn.
LONNIE: That sounds like Tommy.
DEBRA: He’s yelling for us!
Lonnie and Debra charge towards the front door. We cut to inside, where the Dark Man is standing behind him, holding his machete. Tommy turns. The Dark Man yells and charges with the machete. Tommy moves and the knife goes through the front door. On the other side, Lonnie and Debra see the blade, inches from their faces.
LONNIE: Whoa!
We cut back to inside as Tommy grabs a chair and nails the Dark Man with it. The chair shatters, but the Dark Man is unfazed. Dark Man swings the knife at Tommy’s head, but Tommy ducks and rams the Dark Man into the wall. Tommy springs upwards with a roundhouse right, connecting with Dark Man’s jaw. The Dark Man swings the knife again, but Tommy jumps back, falling to the ground. A gunshot is heard and bullet comes through the lock on the door. The Dark Man turns at the sound. Tommy rolls around and turns towards the door as it bursts open from a kick by Lonnie. Lonnie and Debra enter. Tommy looks back, but the Dark Man is gone.
DEBRA: What happened?
TOMMY: I don’t know what the hell is going on!
LONNIE: Simple. Stuffed birds are attacking us. I’m seeing dead guys in mirrors, girls in the attic, and the only saving grace of my night was when Debbie here got her shirt ripped off.
DEBRA: At least I didn’t get beat up by a bird.
LONNIE: That wasn’t any ordinary bird. That was a demon bird.
DEBRA: Whatever. Tommy, let’s get out of here. Now.
TOMMY: Okay.
Lonnie helps Tommy stand. They turn to leave, but Monica is blocking their path. The door shuts behind her as she enters, not even touching it.
TOMMY: Get out of our way.
MONICA: Sorry. We’re not finished yet!
Lonnie points his guns directly in Monica’s face.
LONNIE: Get the hell out of our way or someone’s going to be carrying around a stuffed Monica on a stick.
MONICA: I hate you!
Suddenly, the Dark Man appears out of nowhere, grabbing Lonnie’s gun. He pulls back and swings the knife. Lonnie ducks under it, but Monica runs and rams Lonnie from behind. Monica drives Lonnie back, swinging with lefts and rights, yelling and screaming as loud as she can. Lonnie fends off the blows, backing up as he goes. Tommy springs out of the corner as the Dark Man swings the knife at Debra. He misses as Tommy and the Dark Man fall to the ground. Debra runs towards the door. We cut back to Monica, who is swinging wild lefts and rights at Lonnie, who is blocking all of them. She screams like a banshee. Lonnie shoves her away, but she comes back at him, still screaming and swinging. Lonnie is annoyed and shoves her again. She comes back again.
LONNIE: Oh, well. I tried.
Lonnie does his last resort and decks Monica with a right, sending her with a thud to the ground.
LONNIE: Bitch.
We cut to Tommy and Dark Man struggling for machete. Debra throws open the front door. She is startled as Bud Boggs and Sheriff Doby Klein enter. Bud carries a strange-looking crossbow.
BUD: Get back!
Debra moves as Bud fires a shot from a gun into the Dark Man, but it’s not bullets that come out. It’s a crucifix. It lodges itself into the Dark Man’s chest. He yells and disappears into thin air, leaving a pile of black dust. Lonnie walks back into the room, exhausted.
LONNIE: I suppose it would be too much to ask who that was.
TOMMY: As long as he’s gone, I don’t care.
DOBY: He’s gone.
BUD: We told you not to come up here, but you did it, anyway. You stupid kids never listen.
DEBRA: It would help if you people would tell us what went on here.
BUD: Fine. Ten years ago, a man named Ramon Juliano, known for being into Satan-worship, broke into this very house, held the Freemans and their two daughters hostage for hours. He raped the women and tortured the husband by making him watch, not to mention the physical hell he put him through. After he was done, he killed them all. When the police showed up, Ramon told them he wasn’t happy with the torture he gave them in life. He said he was chasing them into the afterlife to torture them there, too. He then slit his own throat.
DEBRA: That’s horrible.
BUD: In the past ten years, several people have come up here, and several have claimed to have seen Ramon, killing anyone who entered the scene of his death, looking for anyone to torture. They say he chases the Freemans around the house in the spirit world. Those reporters didn’t get it and now they’re gone, just like you would have been.
TOMMY: That’s who we’ve been seeing? The Freemans? And the man with the knife was Ramon?
DOBY: That’s what everyone says.
BUD: About five years ago, people started disappearing after coming up here. This town has been convinced for years that this place is haunted, so no one ever comes up here anymore, except for Ramon’s widow, who claims she visits him often.
Lonnie looks back at Monica.
LONNIE: Let me guess. Bird girl was married to this nut bag.
BUD: Yeah. She claims her husband speaks to her through the stupid stuffed crow she carries around. Everyone knows she’s crazy, but we thought she was harmless.
TOMMY: If you had only told us the story-
BUD: You would have come up here looking for him, anyway.
DEBRA: I don’t know about you guys, but I’m ready to get out of this town and never look back.
LONNIE: For once, I agree with Debbie.
Debra glares at him.
TOMMY: Thanks for saving us, Bud.
BUD: You wouldn’t have been in trouble in the first place if you had listened to me.
LONNIE: Bitch, moan, bitch, moan. Guys, let’s blow this pop stand.
TOMMY: I’m all for that.
Tommy, Debra, and Lonnie exit the house as Sheriff Doby starts arresting the unconscious Monica. We cut to inside the car, minutes later. Tommy is driving as they are moving down the path away from the house.
TOMMY: Where to now, guys?
DEBRA: I don’t care, as long as it is far away from here.
LONNIE: I think Debbie was wanting to stop off at a strip bar to finish what she started here.
DEBRA: You wish.
LONNIE: There’s that ego again. That thing is getting out of control. You need psychiatric help. You should counsel yourself or something.
DEBRA: Counsel myself? That would be so totally moronic.
LONNIE: I know. I wouldn’t put anything moronic past you.
DEBRA: Do you like getting on my nerves?
LONNIE: Yeah. It’s pretty much what I live for.
DEBRA: That’s pathetic, just like you.
LONNIE: Which is code for, “I’ve got it bad for Lonnie”.
As they continue their banter, Tommy glances in the rearview mirror. He sees the Freeman family standing outside their house, watching Tommy drive away. The looks on their faces are still emotionless, almost as if they feel great sorrow for Tommy.
TOMMY: Guys, I see the Freemans.
Lonnie and Debra turn. They see them, staring at them. Crystal is crying.
DEBRA: The little girl looks sad.
LONNIE: I wonder why. They’re free.
DEBRA: What if they aren’t?
LONNIE: How would they not be? You saw the guy turn to dust.
DEBRA: Yeah. I guess I did.
LONNIE: Or were you too busy stripping down to notice anything else?
DEBRA: You seem to have a fixation on me stripping.
LONNIE: Don’t flatter yourself. Any guy wanting to see you strip would have to be hard up.
DEBRA: Maybe you were too busy smacking around that woman to notice. Does woman-beating run in your family?
LONNIE: That was no woman. That was a she-beast. Besides, I’ll bet you would like the rough stuff.
DEBRA: Oh, God. Would you please shut up?
LONNIE: Make me.
DEBRA: Make you?
LONNIE: I’ll bet you can’t.
TOMMY: Would you two children be quiet? We just came from a very bad situation. There’s no telling what else we’re going to run into while we look for Michael. This is only the beginning, guys. We all need to work together and stop squabbling.
LONNIE: She started it.
TOMMY: I’m serious. As each day passes, I’m getting more and more afraid of what we’re going to find next, or some cases, what is going to find us.
Lonnie and Debra are quiet as they think about his words.
We cut to inside the house, where Sheriff Doby Klein and Bud Boggs help Monica Juliano stand.
DOBY: Well, Monica. It looks like you’re going to pay for the sins of your husband.
MONICA: Don’t count on it.
She smiles, as behind them, a Black Cloud begins to form. Monica laughs as Bud and Doby turn. We cut to a shot of the outside of the house. Lightning flashes as we hear the screams of agony come from inside the house. ‘The Halloween Theme’ plays as the CREDITS ROLL.
Special Thanks to MysterioMan007.
Look for next week's episode: The Angel of Death
4/17/2002 6:46:49 PM
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