Mother! Page #7

The eldest son barely stays on his feet, bleeding from a GASHin his forehead.

HIM:

What have you done to yourbrother!?

Woman rushes in.

WOMAN:

What did you do? What did you do?

The oldest son stumbles out of the room nearly knocking intohis mom.

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OLDEST SON:

(as he leaves)

You did this.

Woman sees her bleeding younger son and screams.

WOMAN:

Wake up!

(to HIM)

Do something, help him!

She rushes to her son. HIM kneels next to the boy.

HIM:

(to Mother)

Towels! Towels!

Mother goes for the towels in the

GUEST BATHROOM:

The back door slams open. She sees the oldest son stumble

out onto the porch and head towards the east.

Mother grabs towels and rushes back into the

GUEST BEDROOM:

The younger brother is losing blood fast. His eyes stare off

into the darkness.

YOUNGER BROTHER:

Father? Father,-

HIM:

(interrupts)

The doctor, go get him.

Mother rushes to the

FOYER:

Man is just getting to his feet.

MOTHER:

Come quick. He’s bleeding!

MAN:

What? What’s happening?

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MOTHER:

He’s bleeding!

HIM enters the room carrying the bleeding boy.

WOMAN:

It’s bad. Really bad.

MAN:

What happened?

HIM:

He’s not waking up.

Man examines his son on the move.

WOMAN:

Careful, don’t drop him.

MAN:

Keep his head up.

HIM looks at Mother as he moves.

HIM:

I’ll call you from the hospital.

MOTHER:

No, no please stay with me.

MAN:

Please, we need him.

HIM:

Lock the doors, I’ll be back as

soon as I can.

MOTHER:

Please don’t leave me.

HIM just looks at Mother, doesn’t say anything and leaves thehouse, leaving her alone.

The sun hangs low in the sky

OUTSIDE:

We see the entire home. Mother alone on the porch. It’s the

first time we’ve seen the exterior. Back at the

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FOYER:

Mother shuts the door. She locks it. There’s blood on the

handle.

Mother goes to the

BACK DOOR:

And locks it. She looks at her hand. It’s bloody. She

looks at the empty house. As night sets in the

KITCHEN:

Mother stares at the disappearing woods. An INSECT knocks

against the window trying to get out. It dies on the ledge

just an inch from freedom. Now in the

GUEST BEDROOM:

She ties back her hair as she stares at the bloody floor.

Later, wearing dish gloves she mops up the blood with rags.

There’s still a stain. She’ll need clean water. She dumps

the rags into a bucket. She carries the bucket into the

GUEST BATHROOM:

Where she empties the bucket in the tub and starts refillingit with hot water. She pulls off a glove, wipes her brow.

She touches the wall, closes her eyes, slips into the

DARKNESS OF HER IMAGINATION

She feels the house, her hands, her feet. The sound of the

running faucet fades away. She feels the house, the house

feels her. She is all of it and she feels it shrinking away.

This alarms her. She opens her eyes back in the

GUEST BATHROOM:

Mother turns off the tap. She moves deliberately into the

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GUEST BEDROOM:

Goes to the bloody floor. She touches it. The wood is

rotten, crumples apart. She grabs a lamp and shines it into

the hole.

She sees something. She opens the hole a bit bigger and seesblood pooled on the back of the basement ceiling.

She heads down into the

BASEMENT:

She flips on the light. Blood fills up the bare bulb and it

bursts. Total darkness.

She’s prepared. There’s a flashlight on a nearby ledge.

She flips it on. Blood drips from the ceiling.

A blood stain stretches out from the hole and travels down

the wall behind the boiler. The same wall she heard noises

from.

The blood forms the outline of a rounded portal, themysterious wall.

She grabs a WRENCH and moves to the blood stain.

She uses the wrench to test the edges of the door-shapeformed by the stain. They are rotten. She pushes on it. It

starts to move. The whole stone piece, the shape of atombstone, opens to reveal a

HIDDEN CELLAR:

A gust of wind blows out. Some dust comes with it.

She peers into the dark room.

Inside is the huge oil tank for the house.

And then, a lone TOAD hops out from the darkness. It hops

towards her. She slides out of the way as it hops into thebasement and under the boiler.

She looks under the boiler. It’s gone. Strange.

Then, she hears GLASS BREAK upstairs. Scared, she listens in

silence. There are footsteps.

Clutching the wrench, she heads upstairs to the

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HALLWAY:

Nothing moves. She peers into the

KITCHEN:

Still nothing. Then she notices the

BACK DOOR:

Is open. She sneaks towards the pantry to get a better view.

Broken glass from a broken pane on the floor. The ceremonial

photo of HIM’s face, ripped into pieces.

Footsteps CREAK behind her. She turns to the

FOYER:

And reveal the oldest son watching her. She YELPS. He looks

at her.

OLDEST SON:

They left you all alone? You do

understand.

He picks up his dad’s wallet, walks out the front door anddisappears into darkness.

OLDEST SON:

Good luck.

After a beat she runs to the

KITCHEN:

To call the police.

911 (ON PHONE)

911, what’s your emergency? What’s

your emergency?

The back door is open. She spins. It’s HIM out of breath.

She runs into his arms in the

PANTRY:

He looks at her.

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HIM:

Are you all right?

MOTHER:

He was here.

HIM:

I know. The police brought me

home. They’ll find him don’t

worry. Did he hurt you?

He hugs her. They take a few breaths.

MOTHER:

No.

HIM:

No? Okay, sit. Let me get you

some water.

He goes into the

KITCHEN:

Brings back the water.

HIM:

Here. It’s okay. It’s all right.

MOTHER:

What happened at the hospital?

HIM:

I was holding the boy’s hand whenhe died.

MOTHER:

That’s awful. Are you all right?

HIM:

I’m exhausted.

He looks at his bloody shirt.

HIM:

I need a hot shower. Will you

come?

She follows him down the

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HALLWAY:

But when she passes the

GUEST BEDROOM:

She pauses.

HIM:

What is it?

MOTHER:

I’ll be up in a minute.

HIM:

You sure?

MOTHER:

Yeah.

Mother goes to the bloody hole in the floor. She pulls a

carpet over it, covering the bloody stain.

By the time she gets up to the

MASTER BEDROOM:

HIM, wrapped in a wet towel, is out cold on the bed.

LATER:

She sleeps. A distant door SLAMS. It wakes her and she sits

up. What was that? HIM is fast asleep next to her.

She hears VOICES downstairs. From the

SECOND FLOOR LANDING

Three STRANGERS in black pass under her. Two females and one

male.

Nervous, she starts to head back for help when she spots Manand Woman enter. He is distraught and leans heavily on the

MOURNER.

MOURNER:

In here?

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WOMAN:

Yeah, straight ahead in thekitchen.

Mother rushes back to the

MASTER BEDROOM:

But the bed is empty.

She turns. HIM emerges from the bathroom, belt open, shirtjust being put on.

HIM:

They came back quick.

MOTHER:

What are they doing here?

HIM:

They had nowhere to go, so I toldthem it would be all right toinvite some friends and family.

I’ll go deal with them.

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