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brambles. He races up to the CAMERA and cries out as this

protrusion upon his shoulder becomes more pronounced.

ASH:

Dear God, it's growing bigger!

336THE PROTRUSION SWELLS AND GROWS LARGER.336

It's taking the shape of a twin human head as it emerges from

his shoulder. A head that looks similar to his own, but is Evil

incarnate.

He is now a man with two heads!

337TWO HEADED ASH337

Staggers through the woods like a drunkard, the two identical

heads trading insults, and sharply butting against one another.

338THE BAD ASH HEAD 338

opens it's mouth and bites the nose of the Good Ash head.

339THE GOOD ASH HEAD 339

retaliates by gouging the eyes of the Bad Ash head.

340TWO HEADED ASH340

collapses against a tree. Under the light of the full moon we

see a terrifying sight:

341TWO ADDITIONAL ARMS341

sprout from Ash's body!

342A LEG 342

rips out of his stomach. Another foot POPS out from his back.

343TWO HEADED ASH343

Like a human spider he scurries about the forest floor,

propelled by his four arms and four legs. Suddenly he stands

and SHRIEKS as the EVIL ASH begins to pull away from the first.

He literally splits into two.

344SPLIT SCREEN - WIDE SHOT344

When it's over, there are two ASHES.

GOOD ASH and...

345BAD ASH. 345

They square off beneath the moonlight.

346HIGH SHOT AS THE TWO ASHES 346

circle one another like wolves.

GOOD ASH:

What... are you? Are you me?

BAD ASH:

WHAT... ARE GOO? ARE GOO ME?!! You

sound like a jerk!

GOOD ASH:

Why are you doing this?!

BAD ASH:

Wanna know? 'cause the answers

easy. It's cause I'm the bad Ash,

and yer...

347EVIL ASH 347

Dances a funny jig around Ash. He SMACKS Ash across the face

as he sings:

EVIL ASH:

...Little goody two-

SMACK!

...shoes, little goody two-

SMACK!

...shoes, little good--

348EVIL ASH 348

the shotgun barrel is suddenly shoved into his frame, pointing

at his nose.

BLAMMITY-BLAM!

The blast blows Evil Ash off his feet.

349WIDE SHOT - EVIL ASH - STUNTMAN 349

blown backwards into a double backflip.

350EVIL ASH'S BODY 350

slams against a tree, upside-down. Then slides to the ground,

quite dead.

351GOOD ASH 351

clutching the smoldering shotgun.

GOOD ASH:

Good...Bad...I'm the Ash with the

gun.

352LONG SHOT - ASH 352

staring down at the body of his evil self.

ASH:

I know better than to bury you

whole.

353EXT. MILL WHEEL - LONG SHOT - NIGHT 353

The giant blades of the Mill are illuminated with bright flashes

of lightning. The wind kicks up leaves as Ash throws the body

of his Evil Twin onto a workbench at the base of the windmill.

The giant blades of the mill arc down into frame with a WHOOSH-

WHOOSSH-WHOOSH!

354MONTAGE SEQUENCE: 354

Ash's hand light a torch.

355FRIGHTENED BATS FLY355

from the base of the windmill.

356CHAINS ARE PULLED TIGHT 356

across the body of Evil Ash to secure it.

CLICK. SNAP. CLINK.

357THE CHAINSAW 357

is switched on. It spews a plume of blue exhaust.

358ASH 358

falters for a moment as he stares down at the form of his Evil

twin. He grits his teeth... and lowers the saw to the grisly

task.

359EXT. NIGHT SKY - BLOOD RED CLOUDS 359

float past the moon. We hear the distant WHINE of the chainsaw.

360EXT. GRAVEYARD - NIGHT 360

ASH:

with shovel in hand, drags a bloody burlap bag from the Mill.

Grunting, he pulls the remains of his Evil twin to the base of

an old Oak Tree in the graveyard.

Ash mumbles nervously to the bloodies burlap bag at his feet

as he digs a grave.

ASH:

Now you see what's what. Man's

body is his own personal property.

Don't anybody try to take that

away from him.

361ASH 361

finishes digging and lifts the bloody burlap sack. As he heaves

the bag into the grave, the Evil Ash head spills out.

362INT. GRAVE - THE EVIL ASH HEAD 362

It's eyes pop open! It peers up at Ash from the grave. It

croaks;

EVIL ASH HEAD:

You'll never get that Book. I will

come back for you.

ASH:

Hey, what's that you got on your

face?

EVIL ASH HEAD:

Huh?

363CLOSE SHOT - THE EVIL DEAD 363

It's eyes dart, looking for something on it's face when a

shovelful of dirt is heaped atop it.

364EVIL ASH HEAD - P.O.V. - EYEMO 364

as a shovelful of dirt is heaped atop the CAMERA.

365ASH 365

buries it deep. He raises a crude burial marker high above his

head;

ASH:

(muttering under his

breath)

Rest in pieces.

366ASH 366

backlit by the moon, brings the burial maker swiftly into the

grave. A flash of lightning reveals...

367THE GRAVEYARD 367

in the distance. A burial place of evil. The old mill wheel

GROANS in the gale.

ASH:

This must be it. The cemetery.

368ASH 368

moves toward the cemetery.

369ASH'S P.O.V. - THE CEMETERY 369

In the center, lies a massive slab of black stone.

370ASH 370

draws closer, his teeth chattering as the wind blasts at him.

He glances down to...

371ASH'S P.O.V. - TRACKING SHOT - SKULL 371

sitting atop the ground, leering up at CAMERA with empty eye

sockets. The wind whistles through the empty skull. The jaw

bone drops open with a squeak.

372CLOSE ON ASH 372

His hair is whipped up by the wind. He looks to...

373THE MASSIVE BLACK STONE IN THE CEMETERY'S CENTER 373

backlit by the rising moon, creates eerie beams of light and

shadow.

374ASH 374

arrives at the foot of the massive stone.

375UNDERCRANKED - THE STONE375

Atop it sits... THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.

376CAMERA PANS REVEALING...376

A SECOND BOOK OF THE DEAD!

377CAMERA PANS AGAIN REVEALING... 377

A THIRD!

378CAMERA RACES BACK AT SUPER SPEED TO REVEAL: 378

THREE BOOK OF THE DEAD!!!

379A BAFFLED ASH 379

steps close.

ASH:

Wait. Three books? Nobody said

anything about that. Ha! That

Wiseman was so busy fillin' me

fulla his secret words and phrases

and, and, his... bullshit, he

forgot to mention anything about

that. Like do I take all of 'em

of one or 'em, or what? Well...

He reaches for the first book and opens it.

380ANGLE ON 380

WHOOOOOOSH!!!

To reveal a black hole. SCREAMS ERUPT from the dark abyss of

the Book. It begins to suck things into it.

381CLOSE ON BOOK OF THE DEAD - BACKWARDS MOTION381

dead leaves and mist are sucked into the book.

382ASH - MAKE-UP APPLIANCE 382

Wind hits Ash's face as he feels the suction of the book growing

stronger.

383ASH'S HAND - PUPPET383

is stretched as it's pulled down into the book.

384LONG SHOT - ASH PUPPET 384

Ash's arms stretch down into the book's black page.

385ASH'S PUPPET HEAD 385

stretched and screaming, is also pulled on by the book.

386ASH PUPPET 386

A taffy stretched version of Ash struggles against the pull of

the black hole. He pulls free and snaps the book shut.

387INTERVOLOMETER SHOT - ASH 387

His face vibrates like jello until it finally snaps back to

normal.

ASH:

Woah. Wrong book.

He turns to study...

388THE TWO REMAINING BOOKS 388

ASH:

tries to decide between them. At first he's sure which one it

is. Then, chiding himself for being so easily duped, chooses

the other.

389THE BOOK 389

moves ever so slightly as he reaches for it.

ASH:

Huh.

Ash reaches for it again and the book bites him!

390THE BOOK OF THE DEAD - PUPPET390

Rodent teeth have appeared on the surface of the Book. The Book

flaps it's pages and becomes airborne, flying right at CAMERA

like a bat!

391BATBOOK P.O.V. - CAMERA RIG - UNDERCRANKED 391

Swooping erratically around Ash's head.

392THE BATBOOK 392

shrieking, chases Ash around, pecking at his neck.

ASH:

Dear God, help me... ahhh!!!

The Batbook is pecking at his eyes!

393ASH 393

pulls it from his face and throws it. It lands back on it's

pedestal.

394ASH 394

faces the remaining book. He slowly reaches for it as the wind

kicks up. Ash gently lifts it and turns it over.

395CLOSE ON BOOK 395

It's cover is bound in the dried skin of a man's face! Two empty

eye sockets stare out from it. This is the Book of the Dead...

396ASH 396

bristles in fear.

ASH:

Okay. The words. Say the words.

KLATOO!... VERATA... uh... Uh...

Necta... uh... Nectar...

Necktie... uh...

He hesitates, then calls out boldly.

ASH:

KLATOO... VERATA...

NECTtphhhhhhhhhh...

He deliberately muffles the last word that he can't remember.

The wind stops. It seems to have worked. He looks about with

growing confidence.

ASH:

Okay then.

But he loses his smile as... a LOW RUMBLE is heard on the

soundtrack.

397LONG SHOT - CEMETARY 397

ASH:

A tiny figure among the gravestones which tremble and one by

one are thrust from the earth.

ASH:

Hey, wait a minute. Everything's

cool! I said the words! I did!

398EXT. CASTLE - NIGHT398

A violent storm in the distance. Lightning flashes.

399INT. CASTLE COURTYARD - NIGHT399

A DOOR:

blows open revealing Wiseman John. He looks at the gathering

storm with foreboding.

WISEMAN JOHN:

Something is amiss.

400HORSES IN THE CASTLE GROUNDS 400

WHINNIE in hear. Sheila steps into frame and stare fearfully

out at the storm.

401EXT. CEMETARY - NIGHT 401

ASH runs for his horse, clutching the Necronomicon.

402A BONEY HAND 402

rips up from a grave and grabs his leg!

403ASH 403

falls.

404THE BOOK OF THE DEAD 404

is knocked from Ash's hand.

405ASH 405

reaches for it when a SECOND skeleton hand rips from the ground

and clutches his face.

406THE FIRST SKELETON HAND 406

digs into Ash's mouth. It jerks his face sideways to show

him...

407A GROUP OF SIX ROTTED ARMS 407

that rip from the ground!

408THE SKELETAL HANDS 408

toss Ash to...

409THE ROTTED ARMS 409

grab Ash's head and bang it on a rock. Two of the six arms try

to shake and slap some sense into him. A rotted fist is waved

at him. Another rotted arm backhands him. The arms thrust his

face toward the skeleton hands.

410THE SKELETON HANDS 410

curl boney fingers, clenching them into fists.

ASH:

No.. no more...

The skeletal fists pepper Ash's face with punches.

ASH:

Leave me alone! Leave me aHUUU!

411THE SKELETAL FINGERS 411

last out and snag Ash's tongue between their boney pincers,

shutting Ash up. With his tongue held, he tries to speak again,

but the other skeletal hand slaps him, shutting him up. Both

hands work double-time at slapping him.

412UNDERCRANKED - ASH 412

His face has become a punching bag for the skeletal hands. They

pull his ears and gouge his eyes.

413ASH 413

open his mouth wide with in a SCREAM!

414SIDE SHOT - COLLAPSIBLE SKELETON ARM 414

The boney fist is thrust into Ash's screaming mouth up to the

skeleton's boney elbow.

415EXTREME CLOSE SHOT - ASH'S EYES 415

They bulge as he swallow the arm.

416STOP MOTION ANIMATION 416

A ROTTED ARM:

rips through the ground, punching Ash in the stomach.

417SIDE SHOT - COLLAPSIBLE SKELETAL ARM 417

ASH:

jerks backward, vomiting out the skeletal arm. He tumbles to

the ground.

418THE ARMS 418

reach for him, but he is too fast. He stamps on one of the

skeletal arms, pinning it to the ground.

ASH:

(in a snarl)

Keep you damn filthy bones outta

my mouth.

SNAP! He breaks the boney arm in two and runs away from the sea

of limbs. A bone arm rips from the grave and reaches for the

Book of the Dead but Ash scoops it up first. He leaps over

another set of groping arms that rip from the ground!

419ASH CLIMBS 419

atop the horse. He glances back in fear to see...

420EXT. CEMETARY - OLD OAK TREE 420

The burial site of Evil Ash. A bolt of lightning strikes the

grave marker.

421EVIL ASH'S BURIAL MARKER421

is thrust from the ground. A hand breaks the surface of the

earth.

422EVIL ASH'S BODY PARTS 422

fly up from the grave and assemble themselves into a lopsided,

decayed version of EVIL ASH!

423EXT. MILL - NIGHT 423

ASH:

stares in horror at his evil self. All around, skeletons rip

from the earth and shriek as they come back to life!

424A FEARFUL ASH 424

kicks the horse and rides off.

425EXT. MILL - LONG SHOT - NIGHT425

ASH ON HORSEBACK

galloping back the way he came. In the distance we see the

cemetery. More bodies arise from the ground.

426EXT. WOODS - ASH - NIGHT426

Now far from the danger but still he rides hard.

ASH:

I'm through bein' their garbage

boy. I did my part of the

bargain.

He pats the saddlebag, where the book is and grins.

Now they owe me. Like in the

deal. I want back.

He whips his horse...

HA! GIIDDUP NOW!!

...and rides off into the darkness.

DISSOLVE TO:

427EXT. CASTLE - LONG SHOT - NIGHT 427

ASH:

A tiny figure, rides toward the castle.

428EXT. CASTLE WALL - NIGHT428

GOLD TOOTH and two guards stand atop a tower and shout down to

the gatekeeper.

GOLD TOOTH:

Open the gates. The Promised one

has returned!

429EXT. CASTLE - NIGHT429

THE DRAWBRIDGE:

swings down.

430ASH 430

rides across the lowered bridge and into the torchlight of the

castle.

431INT. CASTLE COURTYARD - NIGHT431

TWO WARRIORS:

hold Ash's horse as he dismounts. There are excited shouts from

the villagers

VILLAGERS:

The stranger has returned! He's

brought the book!

432INT. CASTLE COURTYARD - NIGHT432

ASH:

is led to the THREE WISEMEN.

WISEMAN JOHN:

The Necronomicon. Quickly.

433ASH 433

pours a bucket of water over his head and begins drinking.

WISEMAN JOHN:

Did you bring the Necronomicon!

434ASH 434

slurps down more of the water, averting his eyes from the

Wiseman.

ASH:

Yes. It's just that...

WISEMAN JOHN:

Just what?!

ASH:

Nothing. Here

Ash produces the Necronomicon.

Now send be back. Like in the

deal.

435WISEMAN JOHN 435

takes the book and suddenly goes pale.

WISEMAN JOHN:

No...I sensed something had gone

awry. The book's power. It's gone.

436THE CROWD436

murmurs at this bad news.

437ASH 437

suddenly looks very guilty. Wiseman John turns to him.

WISEMAN JOHN:

When you removed the Necronomicon

from it's cradle, did you speak

the words?

ASH:

Yeah. basically.

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