Friday the 13th Page #23

ALICE raises the skillet again to strike. She crosses

carefully to MRS. VOORHEES and pushes her gently with her foot,

the way she might poke a dead animal in the roadway.

ANOTHER ANGLE:
MRS. VOORHEES lies totally inert. There is a

small puddle of blood under her head.

ANGLE ON ALICE:
She relaxes, puts down her weapon and crosses

slowly out of the room.

CUT TO:

135 EXT. LAKE - NIGHT

The moon comes out from behind a cloud. ALICE pushes a canoe

into the water and paddles, as rapidly as her tired body will

permit, out in the lake to safety.

CUT TO:

136 EXT. LAKE - NIGHT

Exhausted, ALICE puts her paddle across her lap and falls

forward, slumped across a thwart.

CUT TO:

137 EXT. CAMP - DAWN

The first rays of sunlight streak the sky from beyond the

horizon, promising a hot and sunny summer's day. The birds are

up, foraging for food.

As the CAMERA scans the peaceful scene, we see the sky

reflected in the calm waters of Crystal Lake. The canoe

holding ALICE is drifting in big slow circles across the

surface of the lake.

CUT TO:

138 EXT. LAKE - DAWN

ALICE lies, in MCU, in the canoe, sleeping. She has not

changed her position since collapsing a few hours before. The

water laps gently against the side of the canoe. Very slowly,

she wakes. She opens her eyes.

The canoe has drifted into the shade of some enormous tree

boughs that overhang the edge of the lake.

They shade ALICE from the bright rays of the sun. The canoe

rocks gently. ALICE is still, listening to the sound of the

lapping water.

Suddenly there is a blood-curdling scream, a MUSICAL STINGER,

and the screen is filled with the flying, whirling form of MRS.

VOORHEES, who leaps from the overhanging boughs into the canoe,

barely missing ALICE's slumped form!

The canoe immediately overturns and both MRS. VOORHEES and ALICE

try to find their footing in the shallow water. MRS. VOORHEES

is covered in mud and blood. She sees ALICE struggling to get

up and move toward her, brandishing her blood-spattered machete.

ALICE turns, sees MRS. VOORHEES coming. ALICE grabs a paddle

floating near her.

MRS. VOORHEES pushes the canoe to one side, wading through the

waist-high water as fast as she can. She screams with rage.

Her face goes through a horrifying transformation. From her

mouth comes the VOICE OF JASON.

JASON (Lipsync)

Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!

ALICE can't move fast enough to get away from MRS. VOORHEES,

who is slashing the air with her big knife trying to hit ALICE.

ALICE slips, falls in the water, gets her footing back and has

to turn and block the blow of the machete with the paddle,

using it like a staff to ward off the blow. The machete cuts

the paddle nearly in half. MRS. VOORHEES raises the knife for

another blow and ALICE lunges for her knees and succeeds in

throwing MRS. VOORHEES into the water. The machete flies out

of her hand and lands in the water. The two women roll in the

water. MRS. VOORHEES is trying to strangle ALICE, her hands

stretching to reach around her throat. They roll over and

under the water. We cannot see who is winning.

Suddenly MRS. VOORHEES finds her footing and stands up, looking

for ALICE. She is screeching madly.

JASON (Lipsync)

(continuing)

Kill her, mommy! Kill her, mommy!

ALICE shoots up out of the water holding the machete, and in

one, wild swing, decapitates MRS. VOORHEES, whose head flies

off into the water.

The body stands for a minute, then falls heavily into the lake.

ALICE drops the machete into the water and starts to wade to

shore.

CUT TO:

139 EXT. CAMP ROAD/SIGN - MORNING

ALICE walks slowly down the road away from the camp. We hear

the sound of a car approaching. Now it comes into view. It is

a state vehicle, black and white, with an emblem on the door

that says "State Department of Health and Safety". There are

two middle-aged bureaucrats inside.

ALICE waves down the car, which pulls up beside her.

1st INSPECTOR

Good morning, miss.

2nd INSPECTOR

(Leaning across the front seat)

Are you all right, ma'am?

ALICE:

Help me.

The CAMERA PANS BACK while the two men get out of their vehicle

and come around to help ALICE.

CUT TO:

140 EXT. CAMP - MORNING

LONG SHOT of the camp with the sun sparkling on the waters of

Crystal Lake. The canoe lies half sunken in the shallows. One

paddle drifts in the current. The lake has swallowed its secret.

ROLL CREDITS.

Rate this script:3.0 / 1 vote