Beetlejuice Page #30
- PG
- Year:
- 1988
- 92 min
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ADAM:
I don't know how we're
going to fight him.
We don't even know to get
out of the model.
BARBARA thinks a moment, then looks up the hill to their house.
BARBARA:
I think I know. Come
on.
She gets up and walks briskly across the grass, in the direction
of their home.
INT:
KITCHEN -- NIGHTIt looks wrecked. The ARTIST from earlier staggers into the
kitchen, with another victim in tow. The victim is drunk, and
knocks over a glass on the counter. It smashes it on the floor.
The ARTIST heads for the laundry room, but when she tries to open
the door, it's slammed shut again, and from inside comes
CHARLES's voice.
CHARLES (o.s.)
It's occupied.
Family conference. DELIA, CHARLES, OTHO, and LYDIA. DELIA is
comforting a weeping LYDIA.
LYDIA:
It was horrible. Oh God,
it was the worst thing
I've ever seen in my life.
CHARLES:
IRS agents do not punch
people in the stomach. I
just know it.
OTHO:
Delia, I looked in the closet
upstairs. It's empty, but
there was a gray wig and a
flowered dress on the floor.
DELIA:
But I know that woman
was dead.
The family simultaneously come to the same conclusion.
LYDIA:
It's the ghosts.
INT:
CATHY'S ROOM -- NIGHTCATHY is kneeling on the floor at the side of her bed. Beside
her is a plate heaped with fancily-cut raw vegetables.
She reaches beneath the bed, and pulls out the box with the
squirrel inside.
CATHY:
Please be all right.
She opens the lid of the box.
is the SQUIRREL FROM HELL. It is a snarling, foaming beast with
BEETLE JUICE's COLD YELLOW EYES.
Before CATHY even has the chance to scream, IT LEAPS.
CUT:
DELIA:
Oh God, you don't they'd
hurt Cathy, do you?
LYDIA:
But they like her!
CHARLES:
She's a little girl.
LYDIA:
I'll go look for her.
DELIA:
Are you all right?
LYDIA:
I'm okay. We have to
find Cathy.
LYDIA leaves.
DELIA:
(To Otho) How are you
on exorcisms?
OTHO:
I know a few things we
could try. But I'd
suggest that you get
the guests out of here
before midnight.
INT:
ATTICFramed in the attic, we see the model town bathed in artificial
moonlight. The tiny figures of ADAM and BARBARA are silhouetted
as they cross the bridge.
CLOSER --
ADAM and BARBARA race across the bridge, and up the hill that
leads them to their house. The wind is blowing in their faces.
ADAM:
Even if we get there on
time, we have no idea how
to fight him.
CU:
DELIA's water clock. It is five minutes to midnight.CHARLES is herding guests into the living room. DELIA has taken
up a space on the stairs.
DELIA:
Listen people, I have an
announcement to make.
It's difficult for DELIA to get anyone's attention.
DELIA:
LISTEN! I'm sorry, but
Charles and I are going to
have to ask you all to
leave. As quickly as
possible. Believe me, it's
for your own good.
GUEST #1
Delia, this is a very cheap
way to build suspense. Where
are the ghosts?
BARBARA and ADAM mount the steps. The house appears completely
dark. ADAM peers in one of the windows.
ADAM:
It's completely dark inside.
I don't think this is going
to work.
BARBARA:
There's nothing else to do.
She pulls open the front door, and they step inside.
ADAM and BARBARA enter at the back of the crowd of guests, while
DELIA continues to try to persuade them all to leave.
DELIA:
See, the two ghosts love this
house as much as we do, and
they'll to do anything to drive
us out.
Groans from incredulity from the crowd.
DELIA:
Somebody might get hurt.
Really.
BARBARA:
They don't know about Beetle
Juice. They think it's us.
SCREAMS from upstairs.
DELIA and CHARLES look up in fear.
CHARLES:
That's Lydia.
GUEST #2
hokier.
LYDIA, full of terror, appears at the top of the stairs.
LYDIA:
Oh God, Delia. Hurry.
It's Cathy.
CHARLES #3
Is this cheap or what?
DELIA and CHARLES run upstairs, leaving the grumbling guests.
ADAM:
What has he done to
Cathy?
NEW ANGLE ON THE CROWD OF GUESTS --
They are parted like the Red Sea as an unseen ADAM and BARBARA
push through them in order to get upstairs. For the guests, this
is the first ominous indication that something may actually be
very wrong.
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