Cherry Falls Page #13

KENNY:

That's not why we broke up.

JODY:

You flaunt some slut in my face.

KENNY:

Sharon's far from a slut.

JODY:

And when I finally agree to spread

my legs, you accuse me of treating

you like meat.

KENNY:

Jody, you're only doing this to

get back at your dad. It doesn't

have that much to do with me.

She gets up angry, and starts putting her clothes back on. That was the

wrong note to play. The truth hurts.

KENNY:

Please don't go. Please.

Stay, We'll just talk. Then

go to the party.

JODY:

This party is sick.

She heads to the door.

KENNY:

Jody. Wait.

JODY:

What?

KENNY:

I'm scared. Three kids are

dead. I want to go to this

party.

JODY:

Then go to the party. Run

with the herd Kenny. Just

don't spew out all that 'be

an individual, assert yourself'

crap anymore.

She heads out, very upset.

INT. DRUG STORE

INSERT- A condom slides across the counter. The register rings it up.

A teenage boy is standing there buying the condom. The camera pulls back

to reveal another teenage boy behind him, also holding a condom and then

another and another. All told, the store is completely jam packed with

over a hundred boys, all standing in line, all buying condoms.

CUT TO:

INT. BEDROOM

Sandy is getting ready to go to the party, making herself look as hot as

possible, and she looks hot. There's a knock on the door. She's scared to

answer it, considering how she's dressed. Her dad comes in and sits on the

bed. Sandy turns away from and buttons her top shirt button up.

DAD:

I know where you're going.

SANDY:

(concerned)

You do?

DAD:

Your brother told us.

SANDY:

Daddy....

DAD:

Shh. I'm not going to tell

you not to go.

SANDY:

You're not?

DAD:

No. I couldn't do that.

I have something for you.

He places something on her dresser, smiles at her, and leaves.

She looks at what he's left. It's a condom.

CUT TO:

EXT. STREET

Carloads of kids head toward Cherry Falls, howling out the windows,

guzzling beer.

EXT. STREET

Police cars screech to a stop, barricading the entrances to town,

preparing for the onslaught.

INT. CAR

Brent is driving out of the Indiana town when he sees something out the

window.

EXT. STREET

It's ST. MICHAELS church. Brent pulls over.

EXT. GRAVEYARD

Lisa Sherman's headstone. It's a modern one. Her picture is on it. It's

the same woman as the sketch artist drew.

Brent stares at the headstone, alone in the cemetery, feeling ashamed.

BRENT:

Lisa, I'm so sorry.

INT. SANDY'S LIVING ROOM

Sandy appears at the top of the stairs, decked out, ready for the party.

Her mom bursts into tears. Sandy heads toward the front door. her father

walks up to her and hugs her. Her brother Andy, smirks in the b.g.

Mom cries harder.

ANDY:

Just think of it like she's having

a flu shot. Purely preventive.

Cut to:

INT. HOUSE

A kid raided his parent's liquor cabinet, pouring five different types of

liquor into a pickle jar.

ANOTHER HOUSE:

Another kid raids his parents weed stash, grabbing a handful of buds.

A THIRD HOUSE:

A third kid raided his parents medicine cabinet. Lots of barbiturates in

this house.

MONTAGE - OTHER HOUSES

Kids are climbing out their windows, climbing down trees and sheet ropes,

trying to get out, sometimes being chased and caught by their parents. One

kid is locked in his room, another driven far from town. everyone's

grounded but everyone's going to the party any way.

EXT. WOODS

Kids from other towns park cars at the edge of town and try to sneak into

Cherry falls through the woods.

Police try and cut them off.

EXT. TOWN

Jody pedals quickly down the street. She's going nowhere. She starts to

cry.

EXT. ROADHOUSE

Brent pulls into the roadhouse to look for Tom Sisler. As he walks inside

we notice the killer's Imperial is parked there as well. Brent's in

trouble.

INT. CAR

Mark's car pulls up in front of the party house. Sandy squeezes his arm,

excited. Music blares from the house. They all hop out and head up to the

bash.

EXT. HOUSE

All sorts of kids make their way across the front lawn. They are carrying

pillows, sheets, blankets, anything and everything that will make the wood

floors more comfortable.

One couple runs towards the front door howling.

Another boy pulls his obviously frightened girlfriend into the house,

reassuring her that everything will be fine.

Lots of kids are milling around outside because two big football players

and their dates are guarding the front door. There's a big sign that says

"Couples only". Lots of hooking up is taking place on the front lawn.

EXT. NEIGHBOR'S YARD

Two computer nerds are hidden behind a tree, watching the other kids

arrive. They spot the two homely girls we saw earlier.

NERD 1

There's Jan and Heather.

Let's grab them quick before

someone else does.

NERD 2

Ok.

NERD 1

Hide your laptop here.

NERD 2

No.

NERD 1

You can't bring it.

NERD 2

I'm not leaving it here.

Nerd 2 heads toward the girls, taking his laptop. Nerd 1 follows, pissed

off. They walk up near the homely girls and make eye contact. After

several uncomfortable moments, someone shouts for an upper window.

GIRL IN WINDOW:

Marisa! Find someone fast.

Floor space is almost gone.

This only heightens the uncomfortable ness outside. One of the homely

girls looks at the laptop.

NERD 2

Ever play QUAKE?

HOMELY GIRL 2

What's that?

NERD 2

A computer game.

The four just gravitate toward each other, now 'coupled'. They enter the

house next to each other, all four terrified, none even acknowledging yet

that they're all in danger.

INT. CAR

Ben and Cindy arrive.

CINDY:

(finalizing)

I get all your CDs.

BEN:

Not my imports.

CINDY:

Ok not your imports. All

your other CDS and your

K2 snowboard.

BEN:

That's an awful lot for ten

minutes of beasting?

CINDY:

Don't flatter yourself.

You'll be lucky to last

ten seconds with me Ben.

She kisses him passionately, and gets out of the car. He follows her,

smitten, like a puppy dog.

INT. HOUSE

Kids file through the house, creating floor space, moving furniture,

piling it high.

A keg of beer flows in the corner.

Rock n' Roll blares from all directions. Everyone's excited.

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