Eight Legged Freaks Page #14

INT. MALL -ACCESS STAIRS -NIGHT

Norman leads the survivors down the tight hallway.

WADE:

Where are you taking us?

NORMAN:

To Shangri-la.

INT. MALL -BASEMENT POT ROOM -NIGHT

Norman leads the survivors into a basement room full of

pot paraphernalia. Hookahs. Weed growing in hydroponic

units under battery powered lights. Psychedelic posters.

NORMAN:

You aren’t going to arrest me for

this are you?

SAM:

Not today.

The group can hear SPIDERS BASHING at the upstairs door.

WADE:

(to Norman)

Oh great! Now you’ve trapped us!

Chris moves to the bottom of the stairs.

CHRIS:

We should be able to hold them off

for a little while.

Suddenly a loud BANGING ERUPTS on the wall behind them.

ASHLEY:

They’re coming through the wall!

The group tightens up. Back to back. Ready for the end.

Suddenly a human hand punches through the wall.

CHRIS:

What the hell?

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80.

CONTINUED:

Bret Hale rips through the drywall. Filthy but alive.

Standing in a horizontal mine shaft. He sees Sam’s gun

pointed right at him.

BRET:

I didn’t touch her! I swear!

Sam looks at Ashley.

ASHLEY:

Don’t waste your bullets.

Wade embraces his son.

WADE:

I thought you were a goner, boy!

Chris steps to the opening for a closer look at the mine.

CHRIS:

We can get out this way!

ASHLEY:

Aren’t the spiders in there?

MIKE:

Not until daylight.

The BANGING on the upper door gets more INTENSE.

Norman grabs a flashlight and a bunch of battery powered

grow lights from his weed farm. He passes them out to

the group.

Chris takes the flashlight and leads the way into the

mine shaft. Bret is shocked as the others follow him.

The group uses the grow lights, and flashlights.

BRET:

You’re going back in there?! Are

you all crazy!?

WADE:

Come on, Bret!

BRET:

No way! I’m not going!

Bret is alone in the room as the upper DOOR IMPLODES and

spiders flood downstairs. Bret dives through the

opening.

81.

INT. MINE TUNNEL -NIGHT

Bret runs past Sam and Chris. Sam FIRES her SHOTGUN at

the first spider that enters the tunnel. Her GUN CLICKS

DRY. She un-holsters her PISTOLS and FIRES.

CHRIS:

Cover me!

SAM:

What are you going to do?!

Chris uses the machete to cleave into the tunnel’s upper

support beam. More spiders come into the tunnel. Sam

FIRES desperately. Chris keeps on hacking.

SAM:

Hurry!

Sam’s GUNS CLICK DRY. Spiders charge. Chris swings the

machete hard. The ROOF COLLAPSES onto the attacking

spiders.

Chris and Sam leap back. Landing in a heap. Clouds of

dust swirl around them. They are tangled up for an

awkward beat. Their faces just inches from each other...

SAM:

Hold that thought.

They manage to disengage and move on.

INT. MINE TUNNEL -NIGHT

Chris and Sam move toward the bobbing lights of the few

remaining survivors.

WADE:

We’re trapped again!

CHRIS:

At least they can’t follow us.

SAM:

Which way do we go?

CHRIS:

I think we’re in one of the old

tunnels.

SAM:

Can you get us out of here?

CHRIS:

Don’t worry, Sam.

Chris takes point with the others following nervously.

82.

INT. MINES -JUNCTION -NIGHT

A boarded-up shaft entrance. Suddenly the WOOD

SPLINTERS. Chris and the others bash through. They file

into a slightly more open area with two branching

tunnels. The place is stacked from floor to ceiling with

barrels of toxic waste.

CHRIS:

I don’t believe it...

Mike recognizes the BioHazard warning label he saw on the

barrel in the drainage ditch.

MIKE:

I’ve seen one of these before!

ASHLEY:

What are they?

CHRIS:

Toxic waste.

SAM:

Where did you see it, Mike?

MIKE:

The creek where Joshua gets his

spider food. There was one in the

water.

Chris starts toward the sloping tunnel.

CHRIS:

We can get out this way!

BRET:

No, we can’t.

(turns to Wade)

Isn’t that tunnel blocked off,

Dad?

Chris and the others look at Wade.

WADE:

Uh... yeah... he’s right. We

can’t get out that way.

CHRIS:

You did this?

WADE:

I knew you’d never sell... We’re

under my property so...

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83.

CONTINUED:

SAM:

You put all of us at risk.

WADE:

I didn’t have a choice! I was

broke! They gave me a hundred

grand!

Sam punches him. Knocking Wade to the ground.

SAM:

I think our lives are worth a

little more than that.

CHRIS:

We’re wasting time.

Chris heads toward the only exit available. The others

follow. Wade staggers to his feet. Stumbling after

them.

INT. MINE TUNNEL -NIGHT

Chris leads the group down a tunnel. They come across

bits of vintage mining gear. A string of old light bulbs

runs along the roof into both tunnels.

CHRIS:

One end of these lights should be

connected to a generator. That’ll

be near the entrance.

They continue down the tunnel. Entering...

INT. MINES -TARANTULA DEN -NIGHT

A large cavern. Animal carcasses litter the ground.

Some human remains. Dead pets. Dead ostriches.

WADE:

My birds! You see, Sam? I wasn’t

lying! That’s what I can put on

the insurance form... giant

spiders!

ASHLEY:

Ewww ... what’s that smell?

The others are reacting strongly.

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84.

CONTINUED:

Methane.

gas.

CHRIS:

This cavern is full of

ASHLEY:

What does that mean?

CHRIS:

One spark and we’re all dead.

Norman swallows his glowing joint.

Chris shines his flashlight on a pile of mummy bundles.

MIKE:

That’s what I was talking about,

Chris. Presents from the male

tarantula to the female.

BRET:

So the female’s around here?

Bret looks around nervously.

The group moves closer. They sine their lights on a

horrifying sight. Joshua’s corpse is a deflated flesh

balloon. Yellowed teeth sneer from a shattered skull.

He’s completely desiccated. Every ounce of liquid

drained away.

Mike hides his eyes. Ashley comforts him.

SAM:

That one just moved!

Chris runs over and slices it open with his machete. The

web comes away to reveal a human hand.

CHRIS:

There’s somebody in here!

Chris cuts away more web as the other survivors help.

They finally reveal Gladys.

CHRIS:

Gladys!

The woman’s body begins to spasm.

CHRIS:

Gladys, please...

(to the others)

Can anybody help her?!

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85.

CONTINUED:

Suddenly Ashley pushes her way forward.

ASHLEY:

Her breathing is shallow. She’s

going into arrest.

Ashley proceeds with CPR. Just like she saw on TV.

Suddenly Gladys snaps out of it. Gasping for air.

CHRIS:

It’s okay. It’s okay.

Gladys starts to get a grip. Trying to focus on Chris.

From this angle Chris look like he has a golden halo.

GLADYS:

Am I... dead?

CHRIS:

You’re okay.

GLADYS:

I’m not in heaven?

CHRIS:

No...

GLADYS:

Then what’s with all the gold?

Gladys points behind Chris’s head to the wall of the

cavern. The group turns their lights on it. The

reflection is dazzling. Veins of gold criss-cross the

cavern walls.

Gold! Gold!

everywhere!

WADE:

Look! It’s

Is it real?

SAM:

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