Friday the 13th Page #3

The OIL MAN gives her a boost up and then climbs aboard the rig.

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12 INT. OIL TRUCK - DAY

As the truck pulls away, we see RALPH through the windshield,

standing at the edge of the road. He is angry and upset now.

He pats his rats.

The OIL MAN shifts, looks over and smiles. His two front teeth

are missing on top.

OIL MAN:

Must be the fourth time somebody's tried

to reopen that place.

ANNIE:

Camp Crystal Lake?

He nods.

OIL MAN:

Something always happens up there.

He turns on the radio in the cab and we hear the DJ again.

DJ (V.O.)

...of bed. I'm gonna count to three and

then you better get up. It's 7:24. A

beautiful day. Weatherman Dr. Jim says

it's gonna be a nine point five day.

Here's Meatloaf from the Bat Out of Hell

album.

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13 EXT. RURAL ROADS - DAY

The oil truck thunders along the road.

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14 EXT. RURAL CROSSROADS - DAY

The oil truck has stopped. ANNIE stands alongside the driver's

side.

OIL MAN:

Don't let the spooks getcha, Annie.

ANNIE smiles.

ANNIE:

No sweat. Thanks a lot for the lift.

He nods and shakes his head with the sense of what might have

been if he were thirty years younger. He puts it in gear and

roars off.

ANNIE looks around and sees an old gas station. It is closed.

There's a sign which reads: "No Gas 'Til Sat." A mangey dog

sits on the stoop watching ANNIE.

ANNIE kneels down and calls the dog. The dog comes. ANNIE

pets him and then heads off up the road.

The dog watches her go.

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15 EXT. RURAL HIGHWAY - DAY

ANNIE is beginning to get worried about the time. It's hot and

she's late.

She looks up.

From her POV a Jeep barrels along the road towards us.

ANNIE puts out her numb.

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16 INT. JEEP - DAY

From the DRIVER'S POV, we see ANNIE waiting for a lift. The

DRIVER, unseen, shifts down until ANNIE is alongside. The

Jeep, an uncovered model, stops. ANNIE smiles a big delicious

smile at us as we sit in the DRIVER's seat.

ANNIE:

Hiya! I'm headed for Camp Crystal Lake.

Can you help me out?

Apparently the DRIVER nods, because ANNIE beams at us. She

tosses her pack in the back and hops aboard. The DRIVER

accelerates.

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17 EXT. RURAL ROADS - DAY

The Jeep roars along the road. The sun and shadows keep us

from seeing the DRIVER.

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18 INT. JEEP - DAY

Still in the DRIVER's POV, the CAMERA watches as ANNIE looks

around, admires the woods, the Jeep, the day. Things are going

her way.

ANNIE:

I can't remember being this excited

about anything. I want to be a teacher

when I finish at Southern State. I

guess I've always wanted to work with

children. I hate it when people call

'em kids. Sounds like little goats.

The forest outside the speeding Jeep is deeper and signs of

civilization have all but disappeared. ANNIE still turns and

looks at the CAMERA when she speaks to the DRIVER.

ANNIE:

(continuing)

The job market for teachers is supposed

to be the pits these days, but I don't

care. When you have a dream as long as

I have, you'll do anything...

A look of surprise passes ANNIE's young face.

ANNIE:

(continuing)

Wasn't that Camp Crystal Lake? Just

back there?

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19 EXT. RURAL ROADS - DAY

In the FG the sign for Camp Crystal Lake. In the BG, the Jeep

roars off into the distance.

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20 INT. JEEP/DRIVER'S POV - DAY

ANNIE:

(frightened, confused)

I think we better stop... Please stop...

Please! Stop!

The Jeep's speed increases.

ANNIE:

(continuing)

Please!

ANNIE grabs for the ignition key, but the DRIVER's hand darts

out and slaps ANNIE away. We see that this hand is missing its

little finger!

Panicked, without any other recourse, ANNIE looks about her and

then leaps from the moving Jeep, aiming for the relatively soft

underbrush alongside the narrow road.

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21 EXT. ROADSIDE - DAY

ANNIE lands, rolls, is upended, scratched by brambles, and

flips. She scrambles to her feet and starts running towards

the camp.

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22 EXT. RURAL ROAD - DAY

The Jeep stops, turns quickly, heads back for her.

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23 INT. JEEP - DAY

From the DRIVER's POV we see ANNIE run, looking back in fear.

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24 EXT. ROADSIDE - DAY

ANNIE's feet pound the hard-packed dirt. She looks over her

shoulder to see the Jeep. The sun flares on the Jeep's

windshield, keeping us from being able to see any details of

the DRIVER.

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