Ouija Page #14

The pole keeps moving... out of view. .

Isabelle finally finds her phone, sits up -- and something

doesn’t feel right. She looks out her window to see -

-- THAT HER CAR NOW SITS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

INTERSECTION. Moved here without her even feeling it..

ISABELLE:

What... the...

And as she turns back to the front, Isabelle sees something

written in the condensation on the windshield -

H I !F R E N D .

Totally frantic, Isabelle turns. Looking out every window

into the empty intersection. Who the hell did that?!

She hits the windshield wipers, desperate to get rid of that

finger written message. !The wipers squeeak back and forth

against the glass -- but the letters remain. .

Isabelle reaches out and runs her hand across the words and

to her horror... it wipes away.

It was written on the inside of the car!

Her eyes shoot to the rear-view mirror. Checking the back.

Nobody there. Just her coat laid across the back seat...

...but something starts to move under her coat.

Isabelle keeps her eyes glued to the mirror. Doesn’t dare

turn around. She keeps watching in disbelief and horror as a

FIGURE takes form under her coat.

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Isabelle FUMBLES with the door but she can’t get out. Stuck

in the car. She shoots another glance to the rear-view -

-- as a HEAD emerges from under the coat. Can’t see a face.

Just a dark awful shape.

Isabelle struggles with her door. SCREAMING. Unaware that

lights are rising on her from the opposite direction. A fast

approaching BLARE OF A HORN.

Isabelle turns -- squints into the BLINDING LIGHT -

-- SMASH! Her car is literally SWEPT OUT OF FRAME! We hold

forever on the sudden empty space of the intersection... as

the night falls quiet again.

INT. LAINE’S CAR - NIGHT

Laine and Sarah drive. Urgent. Sarah’s on the cell phone.

SARAH:

Trevor’s not answering.

LAINE:

Isabelle’s probably still closing

up -- I already texted her. When

we get there we’ll try everyone

again.

FLASHING LIGHTS slowly rise across their faces. Laine brings

the car to a stop. Both sisters looking out the windshield.

EXT. ROAD - NIGHT

Laine’s out of the car. Sarah close behind. Laine starts to

hurry toward the red spinning lights. Remnants of the

accident coming into view. Broken glass on the road.

EMERGENCY VEHICLES. Isabelle’s SMASHED CAR. Laine moves

faster, and now sees -

-- a SHEET COVERED BODY on a stretcher... loaded into the

back of an ambulance.

Laine stops in her tracks. Shattered.

LAINE:

No... no... this isn’t happening.

Laine staggers back from the scene. Sarah stands on the

road, crying. Beside herself.

Laine can barely breathe. Slowly spinning. Wishing

something could make sense to her right now.

There’s a BUZZING sound in the tall grass on the side of the

road. Something glowing.

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Numb... Laine walks toward it. Reaches down into the

grass... and finds Isabelle’S CELL PHONE. Flung from the

vehicle during the accident.

A smear of blood across the screen: 1 MISSED TEXT - LAINE

Laine starts going through the phone. Anything that can help

her find out what happened. She looks at the recent PHOTOS.

Scrolls through them. Fun shots. Lots of pics of Isabelle

and Laine being silly. Then Laine stops.

It’s the photo of the MENU BOARD at the restaurant, the

message from earlier that night -

LAINE (CONT’D)

Finish game.... .

PULL UP FROM LAINE AND SARAH ON THE ROAD... the red lights

sweeping across them with a creeping menace and we go --

BLURRY PIXELS OF LIGHT. VOICES. PULLING BACK -- we see that

it’s the VIDEO of Laine and Debbie playing the Ouija in

Debbie’s room.

INT. LAINE’S ROOM - NIGHT

Very late. Laine sits at her computer. Watching the

footage. Still numb from Isabelle’s death.

ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN -

DEBBIE:

Is Blake ever going to actually ask

me out -- or will he just keep

sending me naughty texts?

Both girls have their hands on the planchette. !It starts to

move -- jerky.

LAINE:

Okay. You’re being a spaz.

DEBBIE:

That’s not me -

LAINE:

-- Yeah, right.

Laine stops. Rewinds. Watches that moment again. The JERKY

FAMILIAR MOVEMENT OF THE PLANCHETTE. She rewinds again.

Playing those few seconds over. Watching closely. It’s

clear now that Debbie’s not moving the planchette.

There’s a STRANGE BLUR on the screen. Laine enlarges the

video image on her computer. CLOSER. There’s Laine’s hand,

Debbie’s hand -- and a THIRD GHOSTLY HAND also visible.

Touching the planchette.

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Laine freezes the image, thunderstruck by this new

understanding.

This was the actual first moment of contact with the

spirit... and she was part of it.

CLOSE ON A DOOR. !We don't know where we are. !Someone

knocks. !Beat. !Footsteps on the other side. !Click. !The

door unlocks and opens a bit. !It's Laine's grandmother NONA.

Looking now with concern at -

-- LAINE IN THE HALLWAY. !Her eyes pleading for help.

INT. NONA'S APARTMENT - DAY

Early morning. !Laine and Nona sit across from each other.

NONA:

This is about the talking board...

the one that was in your room.

LAINE:

Yes.

NONA:

What have you done?

LAINE:

Something very bad. !I didn't

listen to you.

NONA:

And Sarah... she's part of this as

well?

Laine nods -- 'yes, both of us.'

Nona takes a heavy breath. !Her words come carefully -

NONA (CONT’D)

Most of us -- our spirits -- move

on when we die. But for some, they

remain very close to this world.

If one of the living decides in

their heart to reach out and find

someone on the other side, a

connection can be made to that

place. !But to use such means can

be a danger. !You may knock, but it

is uncertain who will answer.

There are some spirits trapped in a

place of darkness and anger...

forever seeking a way back into our

world. It is possible that this

entity you have been speaking with

is someone who was evil in life...

and now evil in the afterlife.

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It's almost too much for Laine to take in..

LAINE:

What can I do?

Beat... Nona reaches out and takes Laine's hands.

NONA:

Walk backwards in your footsteps --

to the beginning. There you can

return things to where they were.

(beat)

You have opened a door to this

other side, now you must close it.

EXT. HIGH SCHOOL - DAY

Front of the school. The flag sits at half-mast against a

gray morning sky.

INT. HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY - DAY

At Isabelle’s locker. A BUNCH OF STUDENTS have gathered.

Many flowers placed in the hallway. Notes taped to the

locker. The air heavy with the grief and shock of the death

of another student.

Laine and Sarah approach. Trevor's already there. !He seems

lost in his shock, unraveling. !Laine steps close to Trevor.

Just for him to hear -

LAINE:

-- I was going back through a video

of me and Debbie with the Ouija. I

had no idea... that all of this

started when Debbie and I played

together that last time.

(beat)

I’m going to fix this, Trevor.

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