Halloween H20 Page #9

CARTER:

Probably just a couple of kids

playing a Halloween prank.

BLAKE:

Tee-peeing a house, yes. A bag of

burning sh*t on a porch, maybe.

Digging up tombstone? I don't

think so.

Carter shrugs his shoulders, take a drag off his cigarette.

CARTER:

I'm going to bed.

Carter heads back to his car. Blake runs after him...

BLAKE:

That's it?

CARTER:

Care to join me?

BLAKE:

Come on, Carter. You know it's

Michael.

CARTER:

What do you want me to do, put out

an A.P.B. on a man in overalls

wearing a white mask dragging a

headstone?

BLAKE:

Yes.

CARTER:

Sweet dreams, Blake.

Carter climbs into his car, heads for home...

CUT TO:

INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Keri tosses and turns in her bed, unable to exorcise the

demons from her mind... eyes wide open, watches the moonlight

cast the shadows of dancing leaves on the ceiling above her...

Then, the shadow of something altogether unnatural appears

above her...

THE SHADOW OF A MAN

hair tattered and tousled by the wind.

ON Keri lying frozen in fear, eyes unblinking.

THE SILHOUETTE:

grows larger, nearly engulfs the entire ceiling... then

suddenly disappears from view... the dancing leaves return.

CLANK!

A noise from outside her window. FOOTSTEPS quickly make

their way around the house...

Keri jumps out of her skin, holds her breath...

A JIGGLING SOUND emanates from the living room, as if

someone's trying to get in through the front door...

Keri jumps out of her bed, slides a metal box out from under

the bed... pulls a SMITH AND WESSON from inside... heads

for --

INT. LIVING ROOM

Keri moves silently through the hallway into the living room,

gun at the ready... hands trembling... eyes locked on the

front door as --

THE DOORKNOB:

slowly twists and turns... the SHADOW of a man behind the

curtain of the window flanking the side of the door.

KERI:

raises the gun... uses both hands to steady her aim... her

breathing becoming more shallow with each passing second...

THE DOOR:

swings open revealing...

JOHN:

house key in hand... busted.

KERI:

lowers the gun, fights back in tears...

John closes the door... if he's surprised that his mother's

pointing a gun in his face, he doesn't show it...

KERI:

Sh*t, John! What the hell were

you doing out there?!

JOHN:

Nothing.

KERI:

You're kidding with that answer,

right?

JOHN:

I just went for a walk. It's no

big deal.

KERI:

Wrong. There are rules in this

house and you're going to follow

them whether you like it or not.

JOHN:

Or what? You're gonna shoot me?

KERI:

It's an option.

JOHN:

Well, maybe if you'd let me live

in the dorms, I wouldn't have to

sneak out to spend time with my

friends.

KERI:

Oh, so now it's my fault?

JOHN:

Just forget it...

John storms down the hall, disappears into his bedroom...

slams the door behind him.

CUT TO:

INT. BEDROOM - MINUTES LATER

Keri enters the room, passes by the window... glances out

into the night and sees --

THE SHAPE:

standing between sheets that blow in the clothesline.

KERI:

closes her eyes, takes a deep breath... opens them... now

both the Shape and the sheets blowing in the clothesline have

VANISHED.

CUT TO:

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