Paranormal Activity Page #7

RESUME SCENE:

ATHENA:

The herbalist is a heavy dude.

COLLIN:

Is this something like what you did

in the barn with Delila?

ATHENA:

Could we just try it please?!

INT. BASEMENT/JOSH’S HOUSE --SAME DAY

Barbara, growling as she tries to shoulder down the door but

it won’t budge. Defeated, she descends the steps to the

basement floor and snarls in frustration. Then she hears

something, FOOTSTEPS coming from above. She tracks the sound

with her eyes.

INT. DEN/JOSH’S HOUSE --CONTINUOUS

Adam crossing, plunking down in front of the TV. He watches

for a bit, and then he hears Barbara, an unsettling bovine

thrum in her voice.

BARBARA (O.S.)

Adammmm....oh Adammmmmmm...

On Adam, uh-oh...

INT. PCI --SAME DAY

Athena, Josh and Collin gathered around a tall BEAKER OF

WATER. Athena adds the dried Laccophilia to the water.

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ATHENA:

Rehydrate the Laccophilia...

The Laccophilia drift down in the water, gradually coming

alive as they descend. They look like tiny tadpoles.

JOSH:

They’re coming to life!

Athena puts some worms in the beaker.

ATHENA:

Versus Delila’s worms...

A SERIES OF SHOTS

The presence of the worms excites the Laccophilia. They

swirl around the worms and start savagely consuming them.

COLLIN:

They’re like piranhas. They’re

eating the worms alive!

JOSH:

But will the same thing happen

inside a living body? This is my

wife we’re talking about.

COLLIN:

Yes, they could very well attack

the tissue around them and eat

Barbara’s stomach lining or chew

through her intestines or --(off

Josh’s look) Sorry.

JOSH:

We’ll have to test it on Delila.

ATHENA:

You guys pack up. I’ll get the van.

JOSH:

Athena? (she hesitates) Nice work.

Athena smiles and rushes out. The guys start gathering the

equipment they’ll need. Collin stops, looks at Josh.

COLLIN:

Is this why you hired a witch?

This kind of situation?

JOSH:

I hired her for a lot of reasons.

EXT. (FLASHBACK) HILLSIDE OVERLOOKING CEMETERY --SAME NIGHT

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Young Josh, still watching the Witch. She’s standing on a

crypt, staring off into the night sky, waiting. And now

another WITCH comes gliding into view, landing near the

first. Then ANOTHER comes walking through the headstones,

and then ANOTHER sails into view...and then ANOTHER...and

then ANOTHER...a coven.

INT. DEN/JOSH’S HOUSE --SAME DAY

Back to the present. Adam has a pillow over his head. He’s

trying to shut out the sound of his mother’s voice.

BARBARA (O.S.)

Adammmm?...Aaaadammm....mommy is

calling youuuuu....

INT. PCI VAN --SAME DAY

Josh, Collin and Athena, Josh driving fast. His cell RINGS.

He answers:

JOSH:

Hello?

JIM (V.O.)

It’s Jim. Delila’s going to get out

of the stall. I’ve got to shoot

her!

JOSH:

No, don’t shoot her!

INTERCUT:

EXT. DAIRY FARM --CONTINUOUS

Jim talking on his CELL, watching Delila ramming the stall

gate, the hinges giving way.

JIM:

I’ve got neighbors with kids! If

somebody gets hurt --

JOSH:

If you shoot her we can’t test the

Laccophilia!

JIM:

Test the what?

Delila gets her horns interlocked in the gate, gives it a

mighty shake. The hinges snap, the gate about to come off.

JIM:

She’s getting out!

Jim drops his cell, grabs the deer rifle...

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ON JOSH:

yelling into his cell.

JOSH:

Don’t shoot her! Don’t shoot her!

From the cell he hears: BANG! BANG!

JOSH:

Oh no --

RESUME DAIRY FARM

Ellen is driving the TRACTOR towards the stall, the motor

BACKFIRING (the bangs) As Delila pushes the gate down, the

tractor pushes it back in place and holds it there, Delila

held in for now. Elated, Jim waves his hat.

JIM:

Yeee-ha! That’s my girl!

Ellen beams. Jim picks up his cell.

JIM:

We’re okay. We didn’t shoot her.

JOSH (V.O.)

Thank, God!

INT. UPSTAIRS BEDROOM/CAL’S PLACE --SAME DAY

Apres sex. Danni on the raggedy futon, blanket pulled up

around her. Cal in his underwear, going through the pockets

of her jeans.

DANNI:

I don’t have more money, Cal. I

spent it on gas for your car!

CAL:

We gotta buy booze for the party.

Frustrated, Cal throws her jeans at her. Then:

CAL:

What about your parents?

DANNI:

What about them?

EXT. DAIRY FARM --SAME DAY

XCU --HYPODERMIC DART

liquid filled, swimming with Laccophilia.

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New angle. Collin loading the dart into the M-PAC; Josh,

Athena, Jim and Ellen looking on.

JOSH:

Go ahead.

Collin aims at Delila and fires.

the air and sticks in her haunch.

The dart whizzes through

She bellows.

JIM:

Now what?

JOSH:

We wait.

EXT. (FLASHBACK) CEMETERY --SAME NIGHT

Young Josh watching the coven of Witches. There are about a

dozen of them, in their 20’s and 30’s, not hideous-looking

but a witchly gleam in their eyes. They’re doing a strange

dance, circling around a crypt. One of them makes some

especially wild gyrations, her face revealed in a shaft of

moonlight. It’s Rachel, Josh’s Mom.

YOUNG JOSH:

Mom!

Shocked and terrified, Young Josh stumbles back, loosening

some rocks which roll down the hill.

THE WITCHES:

react to the sound, stop their dancing, alerted. One of

them sees an indiscernible figure (Young Josh) retreating

into the treeline. She points, lets out an ungodly SCREECH.

A SERIES OF SHOTS

The Witches chase Young Josh through the dark woods, howling

and caterwauling. As the sequence concludes, Young Josh

arrives at the edge of a SWAMP. He looks back, can see the

Witches coming. He thinks a moment, then picks up a ROCK and

throws it, skipping it across the water.

MOMENTS LATER:

The Witches arrive at the edge of the swamp. They can see

the RIPPLES in the water left by the skipping rock. They

move off in that direction but Rachel remains, looking

around, sensing something. Panning down, we can see Josh

underwater, face up, pinching his nose and breathing via the

straw he was using to drink the chocolate milk. He’s looking

right at Rachel. On his terrified eyes...

EXT. JOSH’S HOUSE --THAT NIGHT

Back to the present.

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BARBARA (V.O.)

I know you’re out there Adam and

I’m going to keep calling you and

calling you and calling you...

INT. BASEMENT/JOSH’S HOUSE --CONTINUOUS

Barbara at the door, talking relentlessly. She’s struggling

to stay in control of herself, rage growing, her voice an

octave lower.

BARBARA:

...and if I have to do this all

night and all the next day and all

the next night I’ll keep going and

I’ll never stop calling you until

you open this --

ADAM (O.S.)

Mom?

INTERCUT:

INT. HALLWAY/JOSH’S HOUSE --CONTINUOUS

A worn down Adam at the basement door.

ADAM:

I’m here.

BARBARA:

Adam, let me out.

ADAM:

Dad said not to.

BARBARA:

Mommy doesn’t want to be locked in

the basement, Adam.

ADAM:

But Dad said --

BARBARA:

Open this door right now!

Adam dithers, then starts to remove the hockey stick bracing

the door shut.

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