Murderland Page #13

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He starts to swim for it. The light turns off and

another light on the other side of the cave turns on.

BRUCE (CONT'D)

F*** ! He's toying with us.

Bruce looks from side to side. Saundra tries to see a

way out too.

SAUNDRA:

Sh*t here comes a crock ! Here it

comes.

Bruce sees this and moves closer to her.

INT. CONTROL ROOM, MURDERLAND

Johnny leans to the edge of his seat.

JOHNNY:

Get ready to hand over that fiver.

INT. CAVE WITH CROCODILES, MURDERLAND - NIGHT

The crock is moving in on Saundra. Bruce pulls out the

pistol and fires it into the water and empties it into

the crock. He sees the blood.

BRUCE:

The crocks will eat him up before they

come after us, let's go.

They all three start to swim for the exit that's open.

The crocodiles all go after the dead crock and start to

feast. The blood keeps them from even noticing anything

else in the water.

INT. CONTROL ROOM, MURDERLAND

Zach reaches out his hand

ZACH:

You were saying ?

Johnny hands over a dirty five dollar bill.

ZACH:

Aren't you going to switch exits on him

again ?

JOHNNY:

Why ? The crocks are all going for the

dead crock. There's no fun in it.

Besides we've got plenty more for them.

The night is young....

INT. DRAGON'S CAVE, MURDERLAND - NIGHT

Bruce is dripping and Saundra is shaking for the first

time yet. Matthew has been shaken since he woke up and

is finding new levels of scared.

This tunnel is about four feet wide and simulates a real

cave. The walls are brown and gray with moss in certain

spots. There are pink and blue lights to give this a

fairy tale look. Fake smoke comes from tiny spouts in

the floor.

We here faint growls from something ominous.

MATTHEW:

What's next Walt ?

BRUCE:

A dragon.

MATTHEW:

So what happened ? Did you have a real

bad theme park experience as a kid and

this is your revenge ?

Bruce stops at a corner.

BRUCE:

(whispers)

Be very, very quiet...

MATTHEW:

(whispering)

Are you hunting wabbits ?

Pan around the three and the camera peeks around the

corner to reveal a .....

Giant animatronic Dragon. It is about thirty feet long,

green with scales all the way down it's long tail. It

has wings in the back and it's head is down low like it

is sleeping. Smoke comes out of it's nostrils as it

groans. The eyes slowly open and close and the head

barely lifts off the ground.

The pink and blue lights shine on it's green skin to

give it a surreal look.

BRUCE:

(whispering)

The room has sound sensors. If you wake

it up, it breathes fire.

MATTHEW:

(whispering)

You were one of those guys that played

Dungeons & Dragons with real swords,

weren't you.

SAUNDRA:

Shhhh !

Bruce makes his way across the room silently. Matthew

tries to go next.

He stops and stares at the dragon. He then keeps moving.

Saundra goes last. From the side of the wall, a trip

wire extends out. She trips and falls.

The dragons head rises. The roar is horrible. From the

mouth starts to breath fire like a flamethrower.

Bruce rushes back and pulls Saundra up forcefully. The

heat is immense.

They all three make it around the corner to a set of

stairs. Bruce rushes them all up the stairs.

BRUCE:

(screaming over the burning

sounds)

Keep moving, keep moving.

Fire fills the last three or four steps. It catches

Bruce on the foot. He winces, but keeps moving.

INT. CONTROL ROOM, MURDERLAND

Zach hands over the five dollar bill back to Johnny

INT. SHORT HALL, MURDERLAND - NIGHT

This is a hallway that physically gets smaller, it's a

perspective warp with black and white swirls painted.

SAUNDRA:

How do we get out of this room ?

BRUCE:

We wait. This is an elevator.

MATTHEW:

An elevator ?

BRUCE:

Yeah, we're about a hundred an fifty

feet below the subway stations. We're

heading a little higher up now.

SAUNDRA:

(to Bruce)

How's your foot ?

MATTHEW:

(imitating her)

"How's your foot" ? This guy tried to

kill us and he put us in this place,

and you want to know how his foot is ?

BRUCE:

It's fine thanks.

MATTHEW:

Why don't you tell us a little about

yourself ?

BRUCE:

Look pipsqueak, I'm having a real bad

day here and we're just starting.

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