Freddy vs. Jason Page #10

CRAZY OL' COOT

Like dig up Jason Voorhees --

that's what!

Everyone in the car takes a sharp breath -- cold

busted! Then they start saying "No! No!" and shaking

their heads innocently in a big performance that

wouldn't fool a stick.

JESSE:

(looks at Meagan)

Jesus... why would anyone do that?

CRAZY OL' COOT

I dunno... but people do.

STORMIE:

Been dug up a few times already,

has he?

CRAZY OL' COOT

More times than I care to remember.

MEAGAN:

Well, we're just doing an article

for our high school newspaper about

the dangers of breaking into

cemeteries at night. You know,

stuff that can get you hurt...

The ol' coot scans the foursome again closely as he

acquiesces.

CRAZY OL' COOT

Well... okay... as long as you're

not going up there to do something

stupid.

(pointing)

Take this road up about a mile and

make a left at the ol' saw mill.

That road will take you right on

in... Eternal Peace Cemetery --

can't miss it.

Jesse is already standing on the gas, leaving the

ol' coot standing in a cloud of smoke and dust.

EXT. ETERNAL PEACE CEMETERY - NIGHT

Headlights skew across a rusty iron gateway -- ETERNAL

PEACE CEMETERY -- illuminating a sign: TRESPASSERS

WILL BE SHOT!

Meagan, Jesse, Stormie, and Erwin enter the shadowy

cemetery carrying lamps with shovels over their

shoulders. As they search through the cemetery,

Meagan asks:

MEAGAN:

What's the story on Jason Voorhees

anyway?

STORMIE:

Where have you been? Jason was that

guy who ran around in a hockey mask,

chopping up camp counselors, duh?

MEAGAN:

I knew that. What I mean was why?

ERWIN:

It started a long time ago, back in

the fifties, when Jason drown at

Camp Crystal Lake. His mother went

berserk and started killing the

counselors.

STORMIE:

She got her head chopped off by one

of the girls she was trying to kill!

ERWIN:

Right. And then Jason came back from

his watery grave to get revenge.

JESSE:

He came back from the grave?

ERWIN:

Yeah. Chopped up a number of people

before they finally caught up to him.

MEAGAN:

What happened to him then?

ERWIN:

They killed him.

JESSE:

How can you kill somebody who's

back from the grave?

ERWIN:

Not very well apparently. Jason

keeps coming back to life and

chopping people up. It's a never

ending cycle of terror up here at

Crystal Lake -- a real problem.

MEAGAN:

Why does he keep coming back to

life and killing people?

ERWIN:

They say he's looking for revenge

on the camp counselor who murdered

him as a child. Jason just happens

to go about it in the socially

unacceptable way of hacking through

every teenager he finds until he

gets the right one.

(spots grave)

Here it is...

Erwin shines his light on Jason's grave.

ANGLE ON TOMBSTONE -- JASON VOORHEES. Born:1945.

Died:
1953.

Beneath the death date, crudely scratched into the

stone:
1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, etc.

Jesse and Erwin start digging.

ELLIPSIS -- cemetery statues watching them dig.

Stormie and Meagan take their turn. Then... Jesse

hits something solid.

Hands brush away the remaining dirt, exposing the

coffin below. Jesse takes a sharp breath and then

jams a crowbar under the lid -- forcing it open.

The casket lid cracks open a bit when -- SSSSSS! --

noxious gas escapes. Everyone covers their mouth

and nose, suppressing the urge to hurl.

Then roaches... hundreds of roaches.

Meagan and Stormie run off, screaming, batting at

their hair and clothing. Jesse rolls around on

the ground. Erwin sighs, plucks a roach off his

shirt, and calmly eats it.

CUT TO:

EXT. ETERNAL PEACE CEMETERY - A SHORT TIME LATER

Meagan and Stormie stand just outside the grave,

holding the light and a can of bug spray. Their

hair is up, covered in plastic shower caps. Duct

tape around the cuffs of their pants. They aren't

taking anymore chances with bugs.

Jesse and Erwin open the casket. Everyone recoils

at the stench. Then they shine their lights inside

-- nothing but rotting chunks and a broken hockey

mask.

CUT TO:

The kids putting several plastic trash bags full of

Jason into the trunk of Jesse's car and slamming

the lid closed.

Everyone piles into the car, exhausted.

In the back, Erwin picks his nose, unaware that

Stormie is watching him, her mouth gaping in horror.

Erwin becomes aware of Stormie's sickened scrutiny

and pulls out his finger, presenting it to Stormie.

ERWIN:

Look... the boogerman!

(laughs)

Get it?!

Stormie slaps his hand away.

STORMIE:

Get back, you nasty-ass bastard!

Ug! I thought I had seen the last

of those when my brother graduated

third grade!

ERWIN:

We just dug up a rotting corpse and

you're worried about a little snot.

Jesse looks over at Meagan, curled up in a ball

beside him. She purrs:

MEAGAN:

I'm exhausted... wake me when we

get back home.

ERWIN:

Uhhh... better not fall asleep --

we've still got a lot of work to

do and Freddy's out there... waiting.

This news sobers everyone up immediately.

STORMIE:

Well, that means we've all got to

stay awake!

JESSE:

Duh?!

MEAGAN:

I know! We'll sing a song!

(starts singing)

Row! Row! Row your boat, gently down

the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily,

merrily... life is but a dream. Come

on, everybody!

Meagan leads the none-too-enthusiastic group in another

chorus of "Row Your Boat" as Jesse's car roars off into

the night.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. LONELY ROAD - NIGHT

Meagan is leaning up against the door, murmuring softly

to herself as she drifts off to sleep:

MEAGAN:

...merrily, merrily, merrily,

merrily... life is but a dream.

In the back seat, Erwin is nuzzled between Stormie's

breasts, sucking his thumb. Both are fast asleep.

Jesse stares at the road ahead, his own eyelids

drooping. The car starts to weave.

ANGLE OUT WINDSHIELD -- we flash past Freddy holding

a cardboard sign by the side of the road: WILL KILL

FOR FOOD.

Jesse shakes his head -- nah! He tries to concentrate

on the road, his eyelids falling once more.

Jesse's car zooms past a billboard. Behind the bill-

board -- a highway patrol car, a radar gun sticking

out of the driver's window.

CLOSE ON RADAR GUN as Jesse's car passes in the back-

ground, the red digits cascading up.

Freddy, now dressed as a highway patrolman, sits behind

the wheel. The radar gun's display is reflected in

his mirrored shades. It reads: KILL THEM.

FREDDY:

Shouldn't dream and drive.

Freddy starts the car and pulls out, but what comes

out from behind the billboard isn't a patrol car --

it's Freddy's NIGHTMAREMOBILE -- big chrome pipes

belching HELLFIRE.

ANGLE IN JESSE'S REARVIEW MIRROR as Jesse's eyelids

close and his head nods forward, revealing the night-

maremobile closing from behind fast.

The nightmaremobile runs up to the back of Jesse's

car just an inch from the bumper. Freddy moves one

of the dozen of levers on the dash.

CLOSE ON FREDDY'S HOOD ORNAMENT -- a small version

of Freddy's glove. It extends out towards the back

of Jesse's car, one of the tiny knives inserting into

the trunk lock and turning with a slight CLICK. The

trunk lid opens.

ANGLE INSIDE TRUNK -- the plastic bags with Jason's

remains are moving! Freddy works another level and

the tiny glove slits each bag. The various pieces

of Jason (hands, boots, intestines, etc.) crawl out

of the bag.

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