Eight Legged Freaks Page #16

CHRIS:

Start the generator!

92.

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

MIKE:

He’s coming!

ASHLEY:

Hurry, Mom!

Sam has dumped some fuel into the generator. She tries

to start it. It won’t turn over.

INT. MINE TUNNEL -DAWN

Chris ducks as Consuela fires quills at him. He keeps

going.

INT. MINE TUNNEL EXIT -DAWN

Sam sees Chris at the bottom of the tunnel. She tries to

start the generator again but it refuses to cooperate.

CHRIS:

Throw the switch!

SAM:

I don’t have any power!

ASHLEY:

Yo, Mom!

Sam turns as Ashley throws her the STUN GUN. Sam catches

it and brings it down to the light bulb cable... ZAPPING

it.

INT. MINE TUNNEL -DAWN

As Chris runs, the light bulbs illuminate sequentially,

traveling past him into the cavern.

INT. MINE TUNNEL -DAWN

A broken light bulb sparks. The filament ignites the

gas-filled tunnel. A ball of flame spreads throughout

the mines.

INT. MINES -TARANTULA DEN -DAWN

A huge column of flame blasts into the chamber. All the

gold is illuminated. Consuela’s babies are burned like

popcorn.

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

Sam looks back to see Chris running toward her. Consuela

is on his heels. The glow of a fireball is right behind

them.

SAM:

Come on!

Chris looks over his shoulder at Consuela and the flames.

SAM:

Chris!

Chris makes it to Sam just ahead of the conflagration.

EXT. DESERT -NEAR WADE’S RANCH -DAY

Sam and Chris dive out of the mine opening. A pillar of

flame shoots out behind them. Ashley and Mike are

nearby. The town is visible just a mile away.

EXT. TOWN -DAY

The spiders retreat from daylight. Scuttling back into

the buildings. Heading down into the mine shafts.

INT. VARIOUS MINE TUNNELS -DAY

The chain reaction spreads through the mines. Jets of

flame blast up tunnels.

Torching any unlucky spiders looking for a home.

Rupturing the very earth around them.

EXT. DESERT -NEAR WADE’S RANCH -DAY

The EARTH BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY.

ASHLEY:

Earthquake!

CHRIS:

No! It’s a chain reaction! The

whole valley is going to blow!

MIKE:

We’ll never get out in time!

Gladys drives up in Wade’s humvee. Cigar in mouth.

(CONTINUED)

94.

CONTINUED:

GLADYS:

Let’s get the f*** out of here!

The survivors pile into the truck as the town begins to

BLOW UP in the distance.

Chris is just about to climb aboard when... A webline

shoots out of the nearby mine shaft. Consuela lives!

The spider is charred and bloody. But she’s primed for

revenge.

Chris is yanked off his feet and hauled toward her. He

fumbles for his machete and hacks at the webline.

Cutting himself free just before getting impaled on

Consuela’s fangs.

Consuela knocks away Chris’s machete and lunges down at

him. Chris kicks her belly with both his feet. Consuela

begins to shudder. Jagged cracks appear in her charred

carapace. Chris kicks and tears at the failing armor.

He thinks he’s harming the tarantula, but he’s actually

helping it!

Mike and the others watch from the humvee.

MIKE:

Oh no... she’s molting!

Consuela’s blistered shell cracks as she shrugs the

damaged skin away from her body. Chris is amazed to see

the spider has grown a full size larger and become

totally rejuvenated!

Consuela comes after Chris. He defends himself with the

machete.

Shining steel makes contact with the dripping fangs.

Once again Consuela punts away the machete. She prepares

the death blow. It looks like curtains for Chris.

MIKE:

Consuela! No! Bad! Bad

Consuela!

The massive spider stops in shock. Chris looks back to

see Mike has returned.

TARANTULA POV:

The familiar multi-perspective spider vision. The

tarantula seems to recognize Mike.

95.

BACK TO MIKE:

He throws his Cassiopeia PDA at the spider’s face...

Chris uses this moment of confusion to grab his machete

and drive it deep into the spider’s unprotected

abdomen...

The tarantula screams.

Chris leaps up and runs, scooping up Mike. They dive

into the back of the humvee.

Consuela tries to follow but is mortally wounded. She

collapses in the dust. The TOWN EXPLODES in the b.g.

The earth itself begins to collapse.

INT. HUMVEE -DRIVING ACROSS DESERT -DAY

Gladys accelerates as the town sinks in the distance.

BUILDINGS EXPLODE. Jets of flame burst upward. The mall

is sucked into the widening pit of collapsing earth. The

humvee is just a cart length ahead of a wave of crumbling

desert.

EXT. HIGHWAY -DAY

The humvee reaches open road. The survivors watch out

the back as Prosperity disappears into a massive

sinkhole.

EXT. HIGHWAY/INT. HUMVEE -MOVING -DAY

The group sits in a long beat of abject shock. And then

Chris looks down to see his tight pants have finally

ripped.

CHRIS:

I really need some pants that fit.

The group smiles. Happy to be alive.

MIKE:

Look out!

Everyone looks to the road ahead. A familiar bunny

rabbit hops across the highway. Gladys HONKS and swerves

to avoid it.

EXT. HIGHWAY -DAY

The bunny gets clear as the humvee drives away toward

safety.

(CONTINUED)

96.

CONTINUED:

The rabbit continues its trek for a moment, and then is

grabbed by a large trap-door spider.

FADE OUT.

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