Intruders

Intruders

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(RAIN PATTERING)

(JUAN SPEAKING SPANISH)

The shadow monster woke up.

It saw the boy

in the pot and said:

"Mmm. I'm starving."

"I'm going to eat you up."

So the monster opened

his mouth wide and...

swallowed

the little tailor whole.

The boy fell

and fell into a dark cave

filled with slime...

Is that it?

That's all

I could come up with.

Well, you'll think

of something tomorrow.

Let's go to bed.

But I'm not sleepy and I

haven't finished it yet.

I know, sweetie, but Mommy's

tired from working all day

and she needs to sleep.

Here, I'll carry you.

God, you're heavy!

Your story needs an ending.

Let's see if I can help.

Let me think...

Remember the scissors the

tailor had given his son?

Well, suddenly he remembered

he still had them.

He took them out

and started cutting.

Snip, snip, snip...

Snip, snip, snip...

(GROWLING PLAYFULLY)

(LAUGHING)

And the monster shouted:

"Ouch!"

"Who's cutting me?"

And the little tailor...

I know, I know!

The boy cuts his way out,

makes himself

a monster-skin coat

and the arrows couldn't hurt him any more.

I'll finish it right now.

You're going to sleep or you'll

be tired in the morning.

Mom...

We'll get the little boy out of the

monster's belly in the morning.

Don't shut it, Meow is still outside.

He might want to come in.

No dreaming

about monsters, okay?

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(CAT MEOWING)

(MEOWING CONTINUES)

Come!

Come!

(CAT MEOWS)

(SHUSHING)

(CLAN KING)

(FOOTSTEPS)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(LUISA CHOKING)

(LUISA GROANING)

(CONTINUES CHOKING)

(GRUNTING)

Leave her alone, monster!

(GASPING FOR BREATH)

(LUISA COUGHING)

(GASPING)

(LUISA YELLING)

Let him go!

(DOOR SLAMS CLOSED)

(DOOR SLAMS OPEN)

(GRUNTING)

(JUAN YELLING)

Mommy!

(HOLLOWFACE RASPING)

(JUAN SCREAMING)

Mommy!

(SCREAMING)

(GRUNTING)

(SCREAMING)

(GASPS)

Mommy, Mommy!

There, there...

It's over, sweetie.

There, there...

The monster came in

through the window.

It wanted to take me away.

It was... It had no face.

There's no monster in here.

It was only a nightmare.

It was only a nightmare.

Don't worry.

It's over.

What if he comes back?

If he comes back, close your

eyes and count to five.

When you open them,

he'll be gone, you'll see.

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

FRANK:
I'm going to call her.

She is driving me crazy.

I can't stop

thinking about her.

Oh, I'm sure Carol would

be very happy about that.

F*** off.

You're not an angel.

Don't tell me

you never thought about it.

(CHUCKLING) Listen, mate, I'm

very happy with what I've got.

I mean, what could be so wrong

with a bit of

no-questions-asked,

harmless fun with

a filthy stranger

to spice up your love life?

Just as long as Carol

doesn't find out.

And if she does?

I'd deny it, wouldn't you?

Listen, mate, if I were you,

I'd just get it out of the way

and tell her everything now.

(LAUGHING) F*** off!

Come on!

(MACHINE WHIRRING)

Keep an eye on Frank.

I have to call my daughter.

SUSANNA:

She is just very lonely.

DAVE:

She must miss you.

Yes, she does. She misses me very

much, but my brother's there, so...

Send them my love.

I will. That's nice

of you, thank you.

Yeah, I know, she is old.

(DOG BARKING)

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING

ON EARPHONES)

(PHONE SIGNAL INTERRUPTING)

Hey, Dad.

Where are you?

JOHN:
(ON PHONE) Sorry, sweetheart.

I'm still at work.

I'm gonna be another hour.

That's too bad. Grandma

made me her famous cake.

Yeah, don't tell me,

chocolate, jam in the middle

and fake cream on top.

(LAUGHS)

Is Mum there?

Can I talk to her?

Sure.

Dad wants to talk to you.

Hey, baby.

Yeah. Okay.

Mia, it's so good to see you.

(CHUCKLING)

MIA:

Where is Winnie going?

Yeah? Okay,

love you, too. Bye.

(WINNIE MEOWING)

Hey, Winnie, where are you?

Winnie, where are you?

(MEOWING CONTINUES)

(PURRING)

(GRUNTING)

(MEOWING)

Where are you going?

What have you found?

MIA:
"Hollowface woke up because

someone called his name."

"After many, many

years, he was free."

"He wasn't young or old,

or ugly or handsome."

"He had no shape, he

didn't even have a face."

"He remembered a boy with a

face that looked like him."

"Hollowface had

to find the boy."

"He had to

find his face."

"Until one night, Hollowface

finally found a face to steal."

"It was a little boy

staring out of a window."

"Hollowface wanted

the boy's face"

"more than anything

else in the world."

"Without a face,"

"he had nothing."

"So he devised a plan."

"First,"

"he'd separate the boy

from his parents."

"Then he'd take him

back to his lair."

"He'd rip off his face

and wear it himself."

"That way,

everybody would love him."

"The next night,"

"Hollowface

dressed up as a man"

"and went back

to the boy's house."

"He ran up

the wall quickly."

"He slipped

through an open window."

"He found the boy's room

and slipped inside."

"The boy was sleeping."

"Hollowface moved

closer and closer,"

"and closer."

Continue, Mia.

That's all I have.

You haven't finished it?

I didn't know how to.

It's not bad.

You've hooked your audience and

left us with a cliff-hanger.

Try to finish it for next week.

Well, we are all

looking forward

to finding out what

happens next, aren't we?

(BELL RINGING)

MIA:
See you later.

Oh, what time is

the party again?

Okay, bye!

See you.

Hey!

You're late.

Sorry.

Who is she?

(LAUGHS)

You're sweaty. Come, you

have to do the cake.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Hey, birthday girl!

Daddy!

Happy birthday.

It's a teddy bear!

We got you something else, too.

Wow, thanks.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

It's so cool!

I've wanted one

of them for ages!

Great.

Oh, yes.

You know, it's actually an

antique, it's nearly 50 years old.

An old

teddy bear. Cool.

I love it, Dad, really.

So, how old are you again?

Nine? Ten?

Dad.

Four?

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Okay, guys.

It's time.

ALL:
(SINGING)

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Mia

Happy birthday to you

(SCATTING)

(ALL CHEERING)

Whoo!

MIA:
Hollowface woke up because

someone called his name.

After many, many

years, he was free.

When Hollowface

came out of his lair,

the people looked

right through him.

It was like he was in visible.

He saw people in the street,

talking and kissing.

And he knew that, without a

face, no one could love him.

Hollowface kept hunting for

a boy to steal his face.

He looked everywhere, in

every window of every house.

Until one night, he found a

house with a child inside.

And an open window.

(MOANING)

He crept through the rooms

and down the corridor,

where he saw a girl

who was still awake.

So he crept closer, and closer.

And he forgot all about

hunting for the boy.

Now, Hollowface

wanted the girl's face

more than anything else

in the world.

So, he devised a plan.

He would hide in the

dark corner of her room

and wait for her to go to

sleep, and then he would...

(DOOR CREAKING)

(GROANING)

I really want one.

One?

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