Friday the 13th Page #19

BILL's eyes are closing. He jerks himself awake, then starts

to doze again.

The bulb overhead grows yellow, orange, and then goes out.

BILL snaps awake. He grabs a flashlight by his feet and flicks

it on.

BILL:

Oh, sh*t....

He goes to the ping-pong table where he has placed some

lanterns. He fires up a Coleman and places it on the pong

table.

BILL checks on ALICE, makes sure she's asleep, then exits,

carrying his rifle and a battery-operated fluorescent lamp.

HOLD on ALICE's peaceful face as she slumbers.

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113 EXT. GENERATOR SHED - NIGHT

The rain has lessened a bit. BILL approaches the shed with his

fluorescent lamp and rifle. He has the rifle at the ready.

CU on his hand on the door handle. He pulls it open.

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114 INT. GENERATOR SHED - NIGHT

The generator stands there quietly. BILL comes into view,

spraying the interior with lamplight.

In the FG a broken sparkplug which BILL does not see immediately.

It has been smashed by the blow of a hammer.

BILL goes to the gas tank and unscrews the top. He looks

in--there is enough gas. He puts the cap back on.

Then his eye catches something. He looks at the broken plug.

He shakes his head and looks around for a wrench to fix it. He

puts the rifle down on the floor of the shed.

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115 INT. BIG MEETING ROOM - NIGHT

ALICE sits up into the CAMERA, startled and afraid.

ALICE:

Bill?!

She gets her bearings and looks around. Stands up. She looks

at the bulb overhead. Pulls its string. No light.

She sees the lanterns which have been placed around.

ALICE:

(continuing)

The generator...

Now that she has figured out where Bill must be, she relaxes a

little. Smiles. She goes to the mantelpiece, takes the lantern,

and walks into the kitchen.

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116 INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT

ALICE puts down the lamp and goes about filling a big old tea

kettle with water. She puts it on the stove and pops on a

burner and prepares two cups of instant coffee.

Impatient and curious, she walks to the front door of the cabin

and looks out.

ALICE:

Bill? Bill?

The calm which she had grasped a few moments before is beginning

to desert her.

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117 INSERT:
Whistling tea kettle on the kitchen stove.

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118 INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT

ALICE takes the kettle off the flame.

The whistling stops abruptly. ALICE pours water into the two

cups. She stirs the coffee.

Unable to contain her impatience any longer, ALICE picks up her

lantern, grabs a slicker, and heads out the door.

CUT TO:

119 EXT. MAIN CABIN AREA - NIGHT

ALICE walks very quickly around the side of the cabin, headed

for the generator shed.

ALICE:

Bill!

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120 EXT. GENERATOR SHED - NIGHT

The door to the shed is closed. ALICE looks around and then

puts a hand on the hand. In CU we see the hand pull. The door

doesn't budge.

REACTION SHOT:
ALICE decides to pull harder.

She puts down her lamp and uses both hands and tugs. She pulls

until she finally wrenches the door open. The lamp casts long

shadows upwards.

The generator sits silent.

ALICE leans into the shed to look.

The CAMERA TRACKS very slowly around behind her so that we can

see behind the right-hand corner of the building. As we clear

the edge, we see something hanging from a rope which runs down

from a branch above.

The something turns slowly in the wind. It is BILL--dead--in

a travesty of the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, shot with arrows.

ALICE comes out of the shed, distraught.

ALICE:

Bill?

She closes the door, and turns in the direction of the body.

REACTION SHOT:
ALICE. She is riveted with horror, unable to

move or turn or run. The SOUNDTRACK screams with the THEME,

the insistent STINGER, a shriek and a thunderclap.

ALICE finally gives voice to her terror--again and again. She

turns, leaving the lantern, and runs back towards the main

cabin.

ALICE:

(continuing)

Help! Help!

CUT TO:

121 INT. MAIN CABIN - NIGHT

ALICE bursts through the front door into CAMERA.

ALICE:

Jack! Marcie! Help me!

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122 INT. BIG MEETING ROOM - NIGHT

ALICE races to the coffee table, looking for BILL's machete.

It is not there.

ALICE:

The knife!

She gets down on her hands and knees to look for it.

LOW ANGLE:
as she scrabbles on all fours. Nothing under the

couch.

ALICE gets back up and rushes to the ping-pong table to get the

lamp.

Just as she reaches the table--which is more or less against a

window--a figure swings, pendulum-like, into the glass,

shattering the pane in the window opposite ALICE.

It is BRENDA, long-since dead, dripping wet, white-faced.

ALICE sees her, turns and runs as fast as she can for the front

door.

ALICE flings open the wooden door and runs into a rain-suited

figure.

ALICE screams. The figure holds ALICE in a strong grasp.

When ALICE focuses, she sees a kindly woman in her early

forties. She is strong, fairly tall, and very nice-looking.

This is MRS. VOORHEES. She wants ALICE to stop shrieking long

enough to tell her what the matter is. ALICE sobs incoherently,

pointing back to the rear window.

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