Ed Wood Page #5

The dogs BARK louder.

BELA:

Shh! I'm coming! I will feed you!

ED:

Well... I guess I should go. Perhaps

we could get together again?

BELA:

(he shakes his hand)

Certainly. But now the children

of the night are calling me.

Bela smiles and steps inside. The door closes.

CUT TO:

INT. DOLORES'S APARTMRNT - DAY

Dolores is in her 1950's kitchenette, making a green jello

mold. Ed bursts in, euphoric.

ED:

Sweetie, you won't believe it! I've

got the most incredible news!

DOLORES:

(excited)

You got the job?!!

ED:

Huh?!

(confused)

Oh, uh, no, I didn't get the job.

But something better happened!

DOLORES:

Better than not getting a job?

ED:

Yeah! I met a movie star! Somebody

really big!

DOLORES:

Who? Robert Taylor?!

ED:

(annoyed)

No! A horror movie star!

DOLORES:

Boris Karloff!?

ED:

Close! The other one!

DOLORES:

You met Basil Rathbone!

ED:

Oh, the hell with you. I met BELA

LUGOSI!

DOLORES:

I thought he was dead.

Ed's eyes pop.

ED:

No! He's very alive. Well... sort

of. He's old, and frail -- but he's

still Bela Lugosi! And he's really

nice.

DOLORES:

Boy, I can't even remember the last

time he was in a picture.

ED:

It's a shame. He's such a rest

actor, and nobody uses him anymore.

DOLORES:

So did you get his autograph?

Ed calms down. He smiles beatifically.

ED:

No. It wasn't like that at all. It

was just the two of us, and we were

talkin'... and he treated me like --

a friend...

CUT TO:

INT. STUDIO WAREHOUSE - DAY

Ed is back in the plant department, arguing with his boss.

RUDE BOSS:

He's a bum.

ED:

No he's not! Do you realize how much

money he made for this studio over

the years? "Dracula"! "The Raven"!

"The Black Cat"!

RUDE BOSS:

Yeah? Well now he's a junkie. He

don't deserve to work.

ED:

That's not true --

RUDE BOSS:

He's so great, you hire him.

ED:

(defensive)

Well, uh, if I could I would...

The guy takes a mocking face and struts out. Ed glares.

CUT TO:

EXT. BELA'S ROUSE - NIGHT

It's Halloween night. CHILDREN in trick-or-treating costumes

parade up and down the streets. Through Bela's window, we see

him and Ed watching TELEVISION -- a small fuzzy screen in a

huge console.

INT. BELA'S HOUSE - SAME TIME

ON THE TV, one of Bela's old '30s horror films plays. Bela's

evil character is hypnotizing somebody: His eyes stare the

famous stare, then his hand does the famous hypnotic gesture.

ON ED AND BELA:

They are entranced. The men drink beers in silence. Bela's

TWO DOGS lie at his feet.

ON THE TV:

The old movie suddenly stops, and VAMPIRA appears on the TV

screen. Vampira, 25, is the sexy "Creature Feature" hostess,

a pale ghoul slipped into a tight black dress.

She leers in front of a corny fog-shrouded set. There is a

pumpkin, a broomstick, and a sign reading "Happy Halloween."

VAMPIRA (on TV)

Ooo! Those eyes! He gives me the

willies! The only thing scarier than

him is this guy I dated last week:

Charlie from Pittsburgh. Boy, talk

about the living dead...

ON THE MEN:

Ed is disgruntled.

ED:

Ugh! I hate the way she interrupts

the pictures. She doesn't show 'em

the proper respect.

BELA:

(glued to the TV)

I think she's a honey. Look at those

jugs.

Ed LAUGHS. Bela waves his arm and starts doing his hypnotic

hand gesture at the TV.

BELA:

Vampira! You will come under my

spell! You will be my slave of love.

ED:

(fascinated by Bela's hand)

Hey Bela, how do you do that?

BELA:

You must be double-jointed, and you

must be Hungarian.

(back at the TV)

Vampira, look at me! Stare into my

eyes.

Ed joins Bela in this activity. The two of them wave their

arms spookily at the TV.

Bela becomes fatigued.

BELA:

I am getting tired. I need to take

my medicine.

ED:

Do you want me to get it for you?

BELA:

No thank you, Eddie. I'll be

alright.

Bela smiles. He gets up, shuffles across the room, and steps

behind a curtain. Ed is puzzled. Bela's thin arm appears and

draws the curtain tight. We hear mysterious CLANGING, drawers

opening and closing, and then silence.

Ed sits, waiting.

Behind the curtain, something DROPS. We hear a muffled "Sh*t!"

Ed is getting worried. But then the curtain whips open, and

Bela bounds out, grinning. He's a bundle of energy.

BELA:

I feel better now.

AT THE DOOR:

The doorbell RINGS. Kids SHOUT "Trick or treat!" Bela jumps

up gleefully.

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