Beetlejuice Page #29

CATHY:

That sounds great. We

were so lucky to move into

this house.

She leaves. ADAM and BARBARA are not very happy.

ADAM:

What do you think Beetle

Juice has in mind?

BARBARA:

I don't know, but he

promised not to hurt Cathy.

He's just going to scare

them enough to drive them

out.

ADAM and BARBARA look at each other. Both come to the same

conclusion.

BARBARA (cont)

That means Cathy will go

too. (Beat) Are you

thinking what I'm thinking?

ADAM:

You know I am. It's been

like having a child of our

own. I think we better find

Beetle Juice.

BARBARA:

To keep Cathy, I would

even put up with Delia

Deetz.

ADAM:

I think it'll be fine.

All we have to do is tell

him we've changed our minds,

and that he should go back

wherever it was he came

from.

A that moment, though the windows are closed, a CHILL WIND begins

to blow though the attic.

BARBARA and ADAM look at one another with misgiving. Behind

them, the pages of the manual begin to flutter wildly.

INT:
LYDIA'S ROOM -- NIGHT

The album of photographs lies open on the bed, displaying some

grotesque image.

BEETLE JUICE / DANNY DEATH has LYDIA in a firm embrace and is

dancing her towards the bed. LYDIA doesn't want to go.

She hears the NOISE OF THE WIND in the attic above.

LYDIA:

What's that noise?

BEETLE JUICE / DANNY DEATH

It's just the wind.

LYDIA:

We have to go downstairs

now. It's almost time for

the ghosts.

BEETLE JUICE / DANNY DEATH

But I have a little friend

I want you to meet first.

LYDIA is shocked.

LYDIA:

Danny!

BEETLE JUICE / DANNY DEATH releases LYDIA and steps back. He

opens his fur coat, smiling. His shirt buttons pop, one by one.

Through this opening wiggles a small, very much deformed version

of BEETLE JUICE / DANNY DEATH himself, attached at the trunk to

Danny's chest. This parasitic monstrosity flops backwards, and

hanging upside down, leers and grabs for LYDIA.

Screaming, LYDIA stumbles for the door.

EXT:
PARK IN MODEL TOWN -- NIGHT

It's Before the Storm in the model town. The mechanical clouds

swing crazily across the sky. One of them comes loose and

crashes (in a way that clouds don't usually crash) into the city

hall. The wind blows mighty and whistling through the town.

BARBARA and ADAM are tied to a park bench. They are wrestling

uselessly with their bonds.

ADAM:

I know he's going to

do something awful.

BARBARA:

We've got to get loose

and find a way to stop

him.

ADAM:

I wish we'd never dug

up that grave.

Suddenly, the hear the CLICK OF NUMEROUS HIGH HEELS on pavement,

and in a moment they are surrounded by Horned Whores of BEETLE

JUICE's brothel. The Whores are wearing cloth coats drawn

against the wind, and they're carrying small cardboard suitcases.

They surround the park bench, and stare at ADAM and BARBARA.

EXT:
TENT -- NIGHT

The wind, blowing hard against the material of the tent, has

driven the guests inside the house. Inside, the employees of the

catering service are clearing up.

CATHY is walking among the plundered tables with a small plate.

She speaks to one of the workers.

CATHY:

What kind of food do

squirrels like to eat?

EXT:
MODEL PARK -- NIGHT

The HALF DOZEN WHORES have released ADAM and BARBARA. ADAM and

BARBARA are massaging their wrists.

WHORE #1

We're getting out of here,

and you better come with us.

This whole town's gonna

blow. At midnight.

BARBARA:

Beetle Juice. I knew it.

ADAM:

What do you mean, this town

is going to blow?

WHORE #2

Beetle Juice is gonna destroy

your house, and everything and

everybody that's in it -- and

that includes Hicksville here.

ADAM:

How do you know this?

WHORE #3

That's what he always does.

He's cute, but he's the most

malevolent spirit in the

universe.

BARBARA:

But he came here to help

us. We got him through the

manual.

The WHORES roll their eyes at BARBARA and ADAM's naivte.

WHORE #4

He tricks you. You were

supposed to get Swallowtail.

A HONKING HORN sounds, and a delapidated Greyhound bus pulls up

in front of the park.

WHORE #1

That's our bus. Are you

guys coming or not?

ADAM and BARBARA look at one another.

ADAM:

No. We have to stay and pro-

tect that family downstairs.

The WHORES pile onto the bus. They lean out of the windows and

wave to ADAM and BARBARA.

WHORES:

Good-bye. Good luck.

etc.

The bus takes in a cloud of diesel fumes, turns a corner, and is

lost to sight.

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