Eight Legged Freaks Page #15

Chris checks it out.

CHRIS:

Jesus... it’s the mother lode...

He was right. My dad was right...

Chris helps Gladys to her feet. They share an emotional

look of recognition.

GLADYS:

So were you.

(CONTINUED)

86.

CONTINUED:

Wade chips away at the gold.

WADE:

Get as much as you can!

Bret looks at Ashley.

BRET:

Nice work, Doc.

Ashley acknowledges him. Bret chips gold with Wade. Sam

puts her hand on Ashley’s shoulder.

SAM:

You saved my life.

Ashley smiles.

Gladys leans over to Norman.

GLADYS:

Have you got a smoke, kid?

NORMAN:

The man says this cavern is full

of highly flammable methane gas.

I smoke to get high, not to die.

SAM:

Spiders!

The group sees a cluster of normal-sized tarantulas

scuttling out of the shadows.

NORMAN:

What’s the big deal?

Norman steps on the closest one, grinding it under his

boot. He stomps around, crushing as many as he can.

Mike watches this curiously. Taking a look at one of the

squashed bodies.

MIKE:

I think you should stop.

NORMAN:

Why?

MIKE:

They don’t have hair. They aren’t

fully grown tarantulas.

Chris and Sam look over.

(CONTINUED)

87.

CONTINUED:

MIKE:

They’re giant babies!

Norman freezes. He hears SOMETHING MOVING around in the

dark. And then a spine chilling... GROWL.

Chris reacts to the noise. He can guess what’s coming...

The FEMALE TARANTULA steps out of the shadows. Consuela

has grown to be as big as a Volkswagen MicroBus. By far

the largest spider we’ve seen yet. Covered in hair.

Massive eyes. Her two fangs are the size of machetes.

Mike’s eyes go wide at the sight of his old nemesis.

MIKE:

Consuela.

CHRIS:

Consuela?

The fur on Consuela’s back seems to undulate. There is

something weird there. A lot of weird things. In

fact... her entire back is littered with hundreds of baby

tarantulas.

As Consuela advances, she flicks several dart-sized

quills off her belly right into Norman. A dark stain

spreads across the drug dealer’s shirt.

NORMAN:

Bummer...

Consuela pierces Norman with her fangs, holding him

tight. Babies flood of her back and onto the doper,

chewing him to pieces like ravenous piranhas.

CHRIS:

Go!

The group flees toward the opposite end of the cavern. A

male tarantula drops down to block their escape. Sam

BLOWS it away. Wade and Bret are still chipping away

bits of gold.

CHRIS:

Leave it!

WADE:

So you can keep it all!? Hell no!

Wade gets a nugget off the wall. He only has a

nanosecond to admire it before Consuela suddenly looms

behind him.

(CONTINUED)

88.

CONTINUED:

BRET:

Dad!

Bret reaches out toward his father. Wade reaches for

him. Consuela’s fangs suddenly protrude from Wade’s

chest and he’s hauled backward. The tarantula flings

Wade into the cave.

CHRIS:

Bret, come on!

Bret runs after the others. But he sees Consuela firing

more quills at the group. Directly at Ashley. Bret

leaps into harm’s way. He’s turned into a pin cushion.

ASHLEY:

Bret!

Ashley goes to his side.

BRET:

I’m sorry I...

Bret dies. Sam drags Ashley away from him.

INT. MINES -NIGHT

The survivors flee along the tunnel. Chris jumps up to

rip down the string of light bulbs from the ceiling.

SAM:

We have to get out!

CHRIS:

This is our chance to kill them

all.

Chris smashes the bulb at the end of the strand.

CHRIS:

When the power comes on, the bulb

will ignite the methane and torch

them!

SAM:

Where did you get an idea like

that!?

Chris looks at Gladys.

GLADYS:

I blew up the kitchen.

(CONTINUED)

89.

CONTINUED:

CHRIS:

Keep going up the tunnel. There

should be a generator at the exit.

Start it up and await for my

signal to throw the switch.

SAM:

And the toxic waste...

CHRIS:

Will be buried under tons of rock!

Go!

SAM:

What about you?

CHRIS:

I need to set the fuse as close to

the spiders as I can. That should

give us time to get clear.

Sam and Chris share a brief beat. And then Chris pulls

down the lights, dragging them back toward the

tarantula’s den.

SAM:

He has a cute butt. Don’t you

think?

GLADYS:

U.S.D.A. choice.

INT. MINES -TARANTULA DEN -NIGHT

Chris comes through with his light bulb fuse. Consuela

and her babies are feasting on the bodies of Bret and

Wade Hale.

Chris finds a vent in the ground. He sprinkles dust over

it to identify a faint draft.

CHRIS:

Bingo.

He positions the shattered light bulb beside this gas

jet.

INT. MINE TUNNELS -NIGHT

Mike helps Gladys up the tunnel. Sam and Ashley are

behind. Suddenly a male tarantula steps out of the

shadows, separating the groups.

(CONTINUED)

90.

CONTINUED:

MIKE:

Mom!

SAM:

Keep going!

Sam and Ashley flee down another tunnel.

INT. MINES -TARANTULA DEN -NIGHT

Chris finishes preparing the booby trap. He gets up to

leave. Only to find Consuela coming toward him.

CHRIS:

I hate spiders.

Chris runs out of the cavern.

INT. MINE TUNNEL -NIGHT

Chris bails out of the cavern and starts running.

INT. MINE TUNNELS -NIGHT

Sam and Ashley flee the male tarantula. Sam stumbles

over something on the ground. It’s Bret Hale’s lost

motorcycle. Ashley looks back and sees the tarantula

coming after them.

ASHLEY:

Hurry!

Sam lifts the MOTORCYCLE upright and climbs on. She

STARTS it and REVS the ENGINE. Ashley leaps aboard. Sam

accelerates along the shaft, away from the spider. The

bike’s headlight illuminates their path.

The male tarantula scurries after the bike.

Sam rides the motorcycle along the shaft. Ashley hangs

on tight. They’ve put some distance between themselves

and the male tarantula. A dead-end looms before them.

Ashley screams as her mom stops on a dime and does a 180.

Sam rides back the way they came, heading straight toward

the male tarantula. Ashley looks over her mother’s

shoulder at the giant spider coming in the opposite

direction.

ASHLEY:

Oh sh*t.

(CONTINUED)

91.

CONTINUED:

Sam lifts the bike into a wheelie as the tarantula nears.

SAM:

Banzai!

With perfect timing, she brings the front wheel down hard

onto the tarantula’s back. Crunch! The spider is

roadkill. Sam steers them down another tunnel.

EXT. MINE TUNNEL EXIT -NEAR WADE’S RANCH -DAWN

Mike and Gladys gather at a generator just shy of the

tunnel exit. Mike tries to start the generator. It

won’t catch.

MIKE:

It needs gas!

GLADYS:

There’s a ranch!

Gladys heads over toward Wade’s ranch.

INT. MINE TUNNEL -DAWN

Chris runs along the tunnel. Consuela charges after him,

Chris reaches up, smashing more light bulbs as he runs.

EXT. MINE TUNNEL EXIT -NEAR WADE’S RANCH -DAWN

Mike is at the generator as Sam and Ashley ride up on the

motorcycle.

MIKE:

It needs gas!

Sam tips over the motorcycle, trying to get gas out of

the tank. It’s clear this is not going to work.

ASHLEY:

Hurry!

INT. MINE TUNNEL -DAWN

Chris runs. Smashing light bulbs. Consuela close

behind.

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