House of 1000 Corpses Page #31

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Boom! A LOUD THUMP is heard against the side of the coffin.

JERRY:

That was good babe, just keep doing

that.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.

DENISE:

That's not me. I didn't... I'm not

doing that.

JERRY:

Someone is out there...

(shouting)

...help, we're in here!

DENISE:

Help, help us.

Suddenly, an arm breaks through the side of the coffin.

Another smashes through the top of the lid. The coffin begins

to violently shake. Denise screams.

Another reaches through, grabbing her feet. SMASH! The coffin

is ripped apart and Jerry is pulled away from the destruction.

He lets out a quick scream before disappearing into the

darkness.

DENISE:

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!

INT. FARMHOUSE - LIVINGROOM - NIGHT

The spastic light of TV static strobes across the sleeping

face of Grampa. Beside him, Mother sleeps peacefully.

EXT. BARN - NIGHT

The rain has stopped. Tiny opens the doors to the barn.

He goes inside. He exits a few moments later, dragging a

huge wooden stake. He sets the stake down carefully and closes

the barn doors. He then picks up the stake and drags it away.

EXT. BACKYARD - NIGHT

Behind the farmhouse is a camouflage jungle, an intricate

system of ropes and netting is strung together to hide the

many automobiles beneath.

Rufus moves through the jungle. He stops and begins to remove

the netting from a car, it is Wydell's police cruiser. He

climbs inside the car, puts on Wydell's policeman's hat and

starts the engine. He drives off.

INT. POLICE CAR - NIGHT

Rufus is driving like a maniac through the open farmland. He

turns on the overhead flashing lights.

EXT. FIELDS - NIGHT

The police cruiser twists and turns in the barren fields.

INT. PIT - NIGHT

Denise stands knee deep in the sludge. Broken bits of the

coffin's remains are scattered around her.

DENISE:

Jerry please answer me.

A soft moaning sound is heard coming from the other end of

the pit.

DENISE:

Jerry...

(moving slowly forward)

...is that you?

Denise cautiously makes her way to the bend at the end of

the tunnel. As she approaches, the moaning sound gets louder.

She turns the corner to see:

TWO PALE FIGURES in filthy hospital gowns hunched over a

shadowy object. Denise gasps. They turn towards Denise,

revealing the partially devoured dead body of Jerry.

The two bone-white ghouls are dripping with Jerry's blood,

they stare at Denise, then return to their prey.

Denise screams in horror and runs, turning down another twist

in the underground maze. She turns the corner and runs

straight into SEVERAL SLOW MOVING GHOULS. The ghouls are of

the same deathly white complexion, hair-less with flaked,

cracking skin. Their yellow eyes shine in the darkness.

They reach for her, but she breaks free and continues to run

into the endless stretch of tunnels before her.

EXT. GRAVEYARD - NIGHT

Primitive wooden crosses form a circle around a burnt piece

of land, approximately twenty feet in diameter.

Laying flat in the center is the large stake, Mary's body is

draped across it. Tiny is securing her to the stake with

rope.

INT. POLICE CAR - NIGHT

Through the windshield, we see Baby jumping and dancing in

the fields with several large dogs. She is firing a gun as

she dances.

EXT. FIELD - NIGHT

Baby sees the car and raises her gun. She aims it at the car

driver. She waits, as the car gets closer she sees the face

of Rufus behind the wheel. She lowers the gun and begins to

laugh.

The car stops and Baby climbs into the passenger's seat. The

car drives off.

EXT. GRAVEYARD - NIGHT

Tiny lifts the stake with Mary firmly strapped in place. He

implants it into the ground. Her body hangs like a doll.

Tiny opens a gasoline can and begins splashing gas onto the

stake.

EXT. FIELD - NIGHT

Otis, face painted like a SKULL and wearing a priest's robe,

walks solemnly through the tall grass.

INT. PIT - NIGHT

Denise, waist high in sludge, wanders lost through the endless

tunnels of the pit. In the distance she hears high pitched

animal sounds.

A GHOUL rises up from the sludge behind Denise. It stands

silent. It reaches out a BONEY HAND with long curled

fingernails and grabs her hair. Denise screams and tries to

pull away. The ghoul grabs her with his other hand and pulls

her closer, CLAWING at her face.

Denise fights her way free, but loses her footing and falls

backwards, slipping under the sludge. She quickly resurfaces

and starts to run.

EXT. GRAVEYARD - NIGHT

Otis stands in front of the bound Mary, holding a pumpkin.

Otis places the pumpkin over Mary's head.

Tiny stands behind him holding a lit torch.

EXT. FIELD - NIGHT

The police car drives wildly through the fields.

INT. POLICE CAR - NIGHT

Baby motions to Rufus to steer the car towards the fire.

INT. PIT - NIGHT

A beaten Denise struggles down a long tunnel. She gets to

the end to find that it is a dead-end. Behind her, FIVE GHOULS

move silently towards her, blocking her only exit.

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