Cherry Falls Page #7

JODY:

NO?!

There's a sound on the phone. Sandy's brother ANDY has picked it up.

SANDY:

Andy! I'm on the phone!

INT. DOWNSTAIRS AT SANDY'S

ANDY, Sandy's thirteen year old brother is on the line.

ANDY(ON THE PHONE)

I just wanted to offer my

services to Jody.

SANDY:

Your services?

ANDY:

I'm willing to help save her life.

Jody, if you want to come over right

now. We could slip up into the attic for

a few minutes. There's an old mattress

up there...

SANDY:

MOM!

Andy hangs up laughing.

INT. JODY'S

Jody chuckles but all of a sudden the line goes dead.

JODY:

Hello?

Jody tries to call back but the phone isn't working. This spooks her. The

doorbell rings downstairs. Now Jody is more than spooked. She's SCARED.

She goes to the window to see who it is.

EXT. HOUSE

Someone is standing in the shadows below. All Jody can make out is that

it's a woman.

INT. STAIRS

Jody, dressed only in her nightshirt, cautiously heads downstairs to the

back door.

INT. BACK HALLWAY

JODY looks through the back door window.

EXT. BACK DOOR

There's someone in the shadows.

Jody opens the door a crack.

JODY:

Yes?

KILLER(O.C.)

Are you Jody?

Once again, a woman's voice.

JODY:

Yeah.

KILLER(O.C.)

I'm Kenny's Aunt Lisa.

JODY:

Kenny's aunt?

KILLER(O.C.)

Yes. He asked me to come over

and talk to you.

Jody senses something is off.

JODY:

On what side of the family?

KILLER(O.C.)

His mother's side.

JODY:

His mother's an only child.

Jody suddenly gets it and tries to slam the door closed but the killer is

too fast, sliding a hand and foot in, pushing her way into the house.

Jody fights to push the door shut but she can't. The killer is stronger.

The killer's hand gropes for the lock latch.

Jody frantically looks around for a weapon and spots an electric

screwdriver sitting in the back pantry. She grabs for the screwdriver with

one hand as the killer pushes harder.

Jody drills the killer's elbow.

The killer screams and lets go. Jody slams the door shut, double locking

it.

INT. FRONT HALLWAY

Jody runs to the front hall and double locks the front door.

INT. LIVING ROOM

Jody picks up a phone but it's dead downstairs too. She looks around.

EXT. HOUSE

She notices a shadow move across the back window. The killer hasn't left.

The killer seems to be following her.

INT. FRONT HALL CLOSET

Jody grabs a baseball bat from the front hall closet. The killer's shadow

appears outside.

INT. KITCHEN

Jody runs into the kitchen, grabs a knife. The window above her breaks.

The killer is right outside.

INT. DINING ROOM

Jody runs into the dining room, not sure where to go. Suddenly the window

breaks there. The killer is stalking her from the outside.

INT. HOUSE - MONTAGE

THE HOUSE is under siege and Jody is trapped in it. She runs from room to

room, turning the lights out but windows break wherever she goes. It's

terrifying.

INT. FOYER

Suddenly there is a silence. Jody stops running. She realizes that the

killer must be climbing in somewhere. Jody isn't sure what to do.

She hears something in the family room.

INT. FAMILY ROOM

Jody enters. She sees the killer's shadow cross the window. She runs out.

INT. HALLWAY

Jody creeps through the dark house, unsure where to go.

INT. DEN

Jody creeps back into the den. The killer doesn't seem to be there either.

The window is broken. The curtains flap in the breeze. She moves toward

it, wondering whether it's safe to climb out. She looks in the mirror.

In the mirror, Jody can see the killer's shoes peeking out from under the

drapes. The killer's in the room. The drapes start to move.

Jody turns around and swings the bat, hitting the killer squarely in the

head, sending her to the ground, pulling the drapes down.

INT. HOUSE

Jody tears for the front door.

INT. FRONT HALL

Jody's too nervous to unlock the front door.

She hears the killer coming so she tears up the stairs.

INT. STAIRCASE

Jody scampers up the staircase but she's not fast enough. The killer grabs

her leg through the wooden slatted banister starts pulling her off the

staircase, breaking the wooden slats.

Jody grabs one of the jagged slats and rams the sharp end into the

killer's hand, freeing herself.

INT. STAIRS

Jody charges up the stairs and into the bathroom.

INT. BATHROOM

Jody closes the bathroom door and locks it.

The killer starts kicking it in.

INT. BATHROOM

Jody opens the small bathroom window to climb out on the roof.

The door starts to splinter.

Jody tries to wriggle her way out but it's tight.

Behind her she hears the door splintering open.

EXT. ROOF

Jody squeezes through and grabs hold of the chimney, using it to pull

herself out.

INT. BATHROOM

The killer's hand grabs Jody's leg just as Jody's pulling herself free.

The killer closes the window on Jody's leg, trapping it inside. Out comes

the razor.

EXT. ROOF

Jody fights for her freedom, tugging at the chimney, kicking and

screaming:
All of a sudden she feels a surge of pain. She screams and

kicks with all her might, freeing herself, her momentum sending her

rolling down the roof. She rolls off the roof, barely grabbing hold of the

gutter, hanging from it.

The gutter starts to break.

Above her she can hear the killer coming out onto the roof.

The killer's silhouette hovers above, ready to grab her.

Jody knows she has no choice.

Jody lets go of the gutter.

EXT. BACKYARD

Jody falls twenty feet to the ground below.

JODY:

Help!

Jody smashes to the ground.

EXT. NEIGHBOR'S

A neighbor hears the clatter and comes running out to see what's going on.

EXT. BACKYARD

Jody lies still on the ground.

EXT. ROOF

The killer, still in silhouette, looks down from the roof.

EXT. BACKYARD

Jody's neighbor runs over to help her.

Jody rolls over, still groggy.

Jody looks up to the roof.

EXT. ROOF

THE KILLER IS GONE.

EXT. BACKYARD

Jody looks back down at her bloody leg. There is a 'V' carved into it.

CUT TO:

EXT. HOUSE

Later that night. Police cars are lined up outside the house.

INT. HOUSE

Police are scouring the house. Jody is trying to sup some hot chocolate

but her hands are still shaking.

JODY:

It was a she.

BRENT:

Are you sure?

JODY:

She said she was Kenny's aunt Lisa.

Her mom comes in with a bottle of cognac, ready to pour a little into

Jody's cup.

BRENT:

What are you doing?

MARGE:

This will relax her.

BRENT:

She's underage.

Brent motions towards the cops, his co-workers, who are scurrying around

the house. Mom gives Brent a dirty look and pours just a spot into Jody's

glass. Sandy enters. She sees Jody and runs to her.

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