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Synopsis: Cherry Falls is a 2000 American satirical slasher film directed by Geoffrey Wright, and starring Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, and Michael Biehn. The plot focuses on a small Virginia town where a serial killer is targeting teenaged virgins. After being submitted to and rejected by the MPAA numerous times, the film was never picked up for theatrical distribution and was purchased by USA Films, who telecast it for the first time on July 29, 2000.
Production: USA Films
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2000
92 min
730 Views


EXT. WOODS

Stacy's right hand is raised above her head and placed, palm out, against

a tree trunk.

EXT. WOODS

Rod searches for Stacy, his flashlight jaggedly cutting the darkness.

EXT. WOODS

The huge nail, extremely sharp and jagged, is placed in the center of

Stacy's outstretched palm.

The hammer is pulled back, aimed at the head of the nail.

EXT. WOODS

Rod stops and frantically looks around, knowing he's fighting a losing

battle.

ROD:

Stacy?!

EXT. WOODS

The hammer descends on the nail.

Stacy screams out in pain, even through the gag, as he hand is nailed to

the tree.

EXT. WOODS

Rod hears her muffled cry and runs toward the sound.

Stacy's left hand is now placed up against a different tree.

Another nail is readied.

Stacy tries to free her nailed hand but it's useless. She goes into shock.

Rod's flashlight continues to cut through the night. His feet trample

fallen branches. Suddenly, he stops. He's found her.

Stacy is stretched out between two trees, gagged, one hand nailed to each

tree. She almost looks crucified.

Rod, starts toward her, not sure what to do. He looks into Stacy's

terrified eyes. She's looking behind him.

Rod quickly turns around but he's too late.

A knife comes plunging down toward Rod's chest.

Stacy frantically tries to free herself but she only succeeds in ripping

her palms on the nails.

Rod falls to his knees, blood streaming from his chest and mouth.

Stacy can't even react anymore, she's so horrified.

The killer's hand rips open Stacy's shirt and feels her soft ripe stomach.

Stacy looks down, terrified of what the killer has planned.

A small but extremely sharp razor attached to the end of a pencil is

placed up against Stacy's bare stomach. The killer's hand grips it like

it's an ordinary pencil.

Stacy's eyes grow abnormally wide as the carving starts. She's never

experienced such pain.

Blood drips to the ground.

Dissolve to:

EXT. NIGHT SKY

The full moon looks down on the town.

EXT. CUL DE SAC

Another romantic turn off. A view from the top of a hill overlooking the

sleepy town. A lonely car sits there, the sound of a teenage couple making

out drifting through it's steamed up windows. It's almost a repeat of the

first scene.

INT. CAR

The boy pulls his hand from under the girl's shirt and unsnaps her jeans.

She pushes his hand away but he puts it right back, wriggling a finger

down into her pants.

JODY MARKEN, a pretty all-American sixteen year old girl, strong willed

but still innocent, stops kissing her boyfriend KENNY, trying to hold him

off. Kenny is also sixteen. He's thin and a bit shaggy, but very cute

nonetheless. His hair is shoulder length, his stare intense. He takes

himself seriously, all rebel.

JODY:

Cut it out.

KENNY:

Why?

JODY:

I was supposed to be home

fifteen minutes ago.

KENNY:

So? You're already late.

A few more minutes won't

matter.

He slides a second finger into her pants. She closes her legs, making his

probing much more difficult.

JODY:

I got to get home.

KENNY:

F*** your curfew. Most

sixth graders can stay out

later than you.

He starts kissing her again.

JODY:

Kenny....

She pulls his hand out of her pants. He stares at her for a second,

completely exasperated. He sits up and starts the car.

EXT. CUL DE SAC

The car squeals away.

INT. CAR

Jody and Kenny drive home, not talking.

He pulls up in front of her house.

KENNY:

You know, maybe we ought to

start seeing other people.

JODY:

What?

KENNY:

Jody, we've been going out

for over a year. I love you

but I'm all out of patience.

Jody doesn't know what to say. She didn't expect this.

EXT. MARKEN HOUSE

Jody gets out of the car, very upset. Kenny takes off, not even waiting to

see if she gets inside safely, leaving her all alone on the dark street. A

car backfires in the distance. A nearby noise startles her. Something's

behind the garbage cans. She heads quickly up the driveway, disappearing

behind the house.

INT. MARKEN'S HOUSE - BACK FOYER

All is quiet in the house. The back door opens. Jody tiptoes up back

staircase.

INT. MARKEN'S HOUSE

Jody appears on the second floor. It's a family house, politely decorated

and immaculately clean. She quietly creeps down the hallway toward her

room. As she passes her parents' room, she looks down. She's relieved that

no light is coming from under their door.

INT. JODY'S BEDROOM

Jody creeps into her bedroom and quietly shuts the door. She's made it.

She sits on the bed to catch her breath.

Something moves in the corner of her room. Jody jumps, scared.

Someone is sitting in her rocking chair.

BRENT:

It's almost ten o'clock.

JODY:

Daddy you scared me!

BRENT:

You're grounded Friday night!

JODY:

What? I WAS AT SANDY'S I JUST

LOST TRACK OF TIME.

BRENT MARKEN gets up and heads to the door. He's a big man, 45 years old,

well built. He's dressed in a tree-shirt and jeans.

BRENT:

Your curfew is 9:30 and you

know it, little miss.

JODY:

It won't happen again.

BRENT:

You said that two weeks ago.

JODY:

Dad ! Most of my friends can

stay out until 11 on school nights

and 1 on weekends!

BRENT:

They're not all the sheriff's daughter.

Goodnight.

He leaves. Jody is furious. She lies down on the bed to stew. She might at

well have stayed out. The phone in the hallway rings. She leaps up.

INT. HALLWAY

Jody runs up to the phone but waits for it to ring a second time before

picking it up. She crosses her fingers, praying it's Kenny.

JODY:

Hello. (beat) One second.

(to her dad)

Hey Adolph, it's the station!

Brent comes out and picks up the phone as Jody heads back to her room,

disappointed.

INT. BEDROOM

Jody flops on the bed.

BRENT(O.C.)

Hello. (beat) What?

INT. HALLWAY

Brent it shocked.

BRENT:

Where?

MARGE MARKEN, Jody's mother, comes out of the bedroom, sensing something

terrible has happened. Marge is a couple of years older than Brent. She's

a bit lifeless, a pretty woman who's whole life is her daughter and a

bottle of Peachtree Schnapps.

BRENT(CONT'D)

I'm on my way.

INT. JODY'S

Jody sits up on her bed, also sensing something big has happened.

INT. HALLWAY

Brent buttons up his shirt.

MARGE:

What happened?

BRENT:

Two kids were found mutilated

in the woods. Lock the door

after me.

Brent grabs his gun belt and heads down the stairs.

Jody appears. She and her mom share a concerned glance.

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Ken Selden

Ken Selden is a writer and director, known for Cherry Falls (2000), White Lies (1997) and Cruel Justice (1999). more…

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