Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Page #12

JASON'S POINT OF VIEW (EFX)

Wayne's body is NOW ON FIRE...AND THE BLAZE IS SPREADING

THROUGH THE ROOM.

INT. BRIDGE - SAME TIME

as Sean makes up his mind, flipping several toggle

switches.

INSERT - AUTO PILOT COMPUTER

as Sean flips the last toggle and a green light

illuminates, indicating the AUTO PILOT is in effect.

RETURN TO SHOT:

SEAN:

It worked...we're back on course!

Sean feels his confidence instantly rejuvenated. Miss Van

Deuten immediately embraces him. But a fraction of time

later:

TIGHT ON FIRE ALARM BUTTON

Jason's fist SMASHES the alarm button...

INT. BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

...and a LOUD SIREN cries out across the entire vessel.

The blood drains from Sean's face.

MCCULLOCH:

What's that?

SEAN:

The fire alarm...

VARIOUS ANGLES ON BOARD SHIP - NIGHT

as the shrieking alarm assaults the main deck, hallways

and corridors, giving Julius, Miles and Wayne deep

pause for thought.

INT. RENNIE'S STATEROOM - SAME TIME

as the alarm bombards Rennie's ears like everybody

else's. She hurries to her curtained porthole window,

working up the energy to look outside. Rennie gets a grip

on them, FLINGING THEM OPEN. The DECK HAND'S CRAZED FACE

IS GAZING BACK AT HER. Rennie screams; a second later he

hurries off.

INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT

as McCulloch tears open a cabinet door labeled EMERGENCY

FLARE GUN. The siren continues to blast.

MCCULLOCH:

Can you shut that damn thing off??

Sean moves to a bank of switches, his eyes darting around

for the appropriate switch. Miss Van Deusen sees

McCulloch remove the FLARE GUN from the cabinet.

MISS VAN DEUSEN:

We already thought of that -- nobody

could possibly see it in this storm...

MCCULIACH:

There's only one person who needs to

see it. And I'm going to find him.

MISS VAN DEUSEN:

What about the fire??

MCCULLOCH:

I doubt very much that one even

exists.

MISS VAN DEUSEN:

What are you talking about?

MCCULLOCH:

Use some common sense! Setting off a

fire alarm causes panic...the same

kind of panic caused by suggesting

Jason Voorhees is on board.

(resolved)

Enough is enough.

He marches out the door. Sean finds the alarm kill

switch, flipping it. The excruciating siren vanishes. He

grabs a pair of rain jackets, tossing one to Miss Van

Deusen.

SEAN:

We have to get everybody together just

in case the fire's for real.

Sean heads for the door, shoving it forward.

EXT. DECK - ON DOOR

as it slams open...and JULIUS steps out, not Sean, from a

different deck door. TRACK with him as he treads along

the side of the ship, skeet rifle raised.

JULIUS' POINT OF VIEW

walking past the lifeboat stations, the wind and

precipitation battering the small boats. With no warning,

AN OBSCURE FIGURE LEAPS OUT, GRIPPING AN AXE.

JULIUS:

shoves the gun stock into his shoulder and takes

instantaneous aim...but he doesn't shoot. He slowly

lowers the rifle.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

as MILES lowers the axe. They've just scared the sh*t out

of each other.

MILES:

I'll take the upper deck.

Julius nods. They separate. Neither boy notices the

smoke which is starting to emerge from a deck vent...

INT. POWER ROOM - NIGHT (EFX)

Filled with black smoke. The fire is spreading

dangerously close to a series of hoses attached to a fuel

pump, leading to tanks below. A sign over them reads:

DANGER - FUEL TANKS.

EXT. DECK POOL - NIGHT

--steaming and far from calm as the weather blitzes it.

Miles appears, climbing a ladder to the upper deck level.

POINT OF VIEW THROUGH LADDER

Someone is spying on Miles from below, watching his every

step.

EXT. UPPER DECK - CONTINUOUS

as Miles arrives, axe raised. He pauses to regard his

surroundings, then moves on. RACK FOCUS TO FIND JASON

RIGHT BEHIND HIM, having followed Miles up the stairs.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

Only darkness and rain for a beat, then Miles

materializes, curving around the gargantuan smokestack.

He passes us and we SWING AROUND, now looking at the back

of his head. He takes three more steps and JASON STEPS

INTO THE FOREGROUND. Miles senses his presence and JERKS

AROUND, RAISING THE AXE, BRINGING IT DOWN ON JASON'S

HEAD...

...but Jason easily grabs the axe handle before it makes

contact, flinging it away.

EXT. LOWER DECK - ON JULIUS

He's pacing along when a clattering noise from above

makes him stop. Suddenly MILES' AXE THUDS INTO THE

MAHOGANY DECK NEXT TO HIS FOOT. Julius gazes at it,

jerking his head upward.

JULIUS:

Miles??

His answer is a LOUD CRACK OF LIGHTNING. At the same

time:

RUNNING WITH MILES

He's scrambling as fast as he can across the slippery

deck as the monster relentlessly pursues him.

JASON'S POINT OF VIEW

He's having no problem catching up to the defenseless

teenager.

EXT. DECK STAIRS - SAME TIME

as Julius zooms up them to aid his comrade.

EXT. RADAR MAST - NIGHT

as Miles slides up to the mast and begins scaling it. He

glances downward and sees:

MILES' POINT OF VIEW

Jason is right at his heels.

MILES:

slips on a rung, regains control, and continues upward.

He makes it three more steps, almost at the uppermost

point when JASON GRABS THE BACK OF HIS COAT, TEARING HIM

OFF THE MAST.

STUNT FREEFALL:

Miles cries out as he FREEFALLS BACKWARDS, somersaulting

and twisting like he's doing one of his better dives...

CLOSE UP - MILES' FACE

...Empty space for a half-second, then MILES' FACE JOLTS

INTO FRAME with a look of ultimate agony. Something has

abruptly stopped his fall. Something quite fatal.

EXT. DECK - ON JULIUS

coming around a corner, stopping dead in his tracks, his

stomach wrenching as his eyes fall on:

MILES (EFX)

...who is staring right back at him with dead pupils.

MILES HAS BEEN HORRIBLY IMPALED OM A SHIP FLAGPOLE.

JULIUS:

doesn't get the chance to grasp the reality of it because

JASON'S HAND GRIPS HIS SHOULDER, SPINS HIM AROUND AND

SLUGS HIM SQUARELY IN THE FACE. The force of it sends the

boxer REELING BACKWARDS OFF THE RAILING...

EXT. STORMY OCEAN (TANK)

...and Julius SPLASHES INTO THE ROUGH SEA. He's quickly

swallowed by the torrential waters.

INT. RENNIE'S STATEROOM - NIGHT

as Rennie's HAND jiggles her doorknob again, confirming

that it's locked tight. RISE to find her desperate face;

she begins furiously pacing and we DOLLY BEHIND HER

...but Rennie stops cold upon hearing:

YOUNG JASON (O.S.)

Hhhhelp....me....

Rennie whirls into a CLOSE UP, staring with disbelief at:

YOUNG JASON (EFX)

...who is standing on the oval rug in her stateroom, his

hands reaching out to her. But then comes the

inexplicable:
THE OVAL RUG TURNS INTO LAKE WATER AND

JASON SINKS INTO IT. He's drowning in the middle of her

room, choking on murky water.

YOUNG JASON:

Hhhhelp me....I'm drowning...

RENNIE:

stands frozen, feeling herself drawn to him like a

magnet. She crawls to the edge of her rug, which is now a

deep lake, and extends her arms to him.

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