Poltergeist Page #16

A look of horror crosses Diane’s face.

DIANE:

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?

TANGINA:

I’M GOING IN AFTER HER!

DIANE:

SHE WON’T COME TO YOU. LET ME GO.

TANGINA:

YOU’VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE!

DIANE:

NEITHER HAVE YOU!

TANGINA:

I NEVER WANTED TO! I STILL DON’T!

Diane steps into the room, blasted back by two several GUSTS

OF WIND aimed specifically at her.

Steve has already started to tie the rope around his own

waist. He’s decided to go.

TANGINA:

YOU CAN’T. WHO’S GOING TO HOLD THIS

END?!

Steve realizes it’s true. Diane pulls the rope from Steve and

secures it around her waist. Steve ties two clove hitches and

faces his wife.

DIANE:

(above the wind)

I LOVE YOU!

STEVEN:

I LOVE YOU!

They kiss, part, and Steve and Tangina get a hold of the end

of the rope.

Dr. Lesh runs into the storm and helps to hold.

88.

TANGINA:

NO, NO! GO DOWN AND HELP RYAN PULL,

BUT ONLY WHEN I SAY SO! ONLY WHEN I

SAY!

Dr. Lesh runs downstairs and Diane takes one look back at

Steve.

DIANE:

DON’T LET GO, YOU GUYS!

STEVEN:

NEVER!

ANOTHER ANGLE - CLOSET AND DIANE

She moves into it... the light swallowing her. Tangina

watches the calibrations and stops feeding when the

indications are that Diane is in the center of the infinite

void.

126 INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 126

Dr. Lesh runs around in back of Ryan and takes hold of the

taut rope. They wait without breathing.

.

127 INT. CHILDREN’S BEDROOM - NIGHT 127

Tangina is back in her trance. Sweat beads across her brow,

only to be blown into horizontal rivulets by the eighty miles

an hour interior wind.

STEVEN:

HOW WILL WE KNOW IF SHE’S GOT HER?

Tangina doesn’t answer... she starts her irregular breathing.

STEVEN:

WHEN WILL WE KNOW?

(he looks back at her)

HEY!

TANGINA:

(starts to speak)

CROSS OVER, CHILDREN! YOU ARE ALL

WELCOME. ALL WELCOME. GO INTO THE

LIGHT. THERE IS PEACE AND SERENITY

IN THE LIGHT.

89.

STEVEN:

(wildly betrayed)

YOU SAID NO!! YOU SAID TO STAY OUT

OF THE LIGHT!!

Tangina’s trace doesn’t include Steve. She does not hear him.

He thinks she is leading his family into the light and

beyond.

Steve panics and starts to pull the rope back.

STEVEN:

DIANE!! CAROL ANNE!!

Tangina snaps out of her trance to find Steve withdrawing the

rope with all his might. She lets out a SCREAM.

TANGINA:

STEVEN, NOT YET!! RYAN. RYAN,

PULL!!

Steve gives one more tug and a flash of electrical energy

explodes from the closet. A LOW GROWL is heard from the

light. The GROWL HITS THE LOWER SOUND REGISTERS AND THE

ENTIRE ROOM SHAKES FROM ITS VERY FOUNDATIONS.

INT. CLOSET

THE FACE OF THE BEAST EMERGES FROM THE CLOSET LIGHT. FACE IS

THE ENTIRE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE OPENING.

THE HEAD EMERGES, SMASHING THE DOOR FRAME.

Steve freezes at the sight and SCREAMS for the first time. He

drops the rope and...

130 INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 130

Ryan takes his cue and pulls. Dozens of electrical discharges

blossom in midair and there is a primal CRY. A CRY OF BIRTH!

RYAN AND DR. LESH PULL THE ROPE.

.

DIANE, HOLDING CAROL ANNE IN HER ARMS, EXPLODES FROM THE AIR

AND FALLS INTO THE CENTER OF THE LIVING ROOM.

131 INT. DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM - NIGHT 131

Steve carries Diane who still holds Carol Anne. Both are

crying and not aware of their surroundings.

90.

They are covered from head to toe in a jellied substance,

pink and red, that oozes down Steve’s legs to the floor,

leaving a trail behind.

Steve turns on the water and puts Diane and Carol Anne into

the tub. Ryan follows him behind with his portable table

video equipment. The water quickly turns into a bright pink

as the jelly substance dissolves and foments like bubblebath.

132 INT. BATHROOM - TUB - NIGHT 132

CLOSE - STEVE IS CRYING

CLOSE - DIANE’S EYES OPEN

CLOSE - CAROL ANNE’S EYES OPEN

CAROL ANNE:

Hi, Daddy.

DIANE:

Thank God. Oh, thank God.

Tangina and Dr. Lesh lean against the door, exhausted.

TANGINA:

This house is clean.

FADE OUT.

FADE IN:

133 EXT. CUESTA VERDE ESTATES, PHASE ONE - DUSK 133

The title card “Two Weeks Later” FADES ON then OFF.

134 INT. DINING ROOM - THE FREELING FAMILY - DUSK 134

The Freelings are moving. Bekins boxes are stacked all

around, and packing lists lie on the kitchen counter. The

entire family has gathered in front of a large roast. E. Buzz

sits by Robbie. They are bowed in prayer, holding hands.

ALL:

Bless us, oh Lord, for these thy

gifts which we are about to

receive.

STEVEN:

...and for bringing serenity back

to our home.

91.

ROBBIE:

Rub-a-dub-dub. Thanks for the grub.

Yeah God!

Everybody LAUGHS. Diane, with an enormous amount of gray in

her hair, reaches into her purse, almost as an afterthought

and takes out an envelope addressed to the Freeling family.

.

DIANE:

This came in the mail this morning

from Tangina. She’s in Acapulco.

Diane passes a color Polaroid around the table.

CAROL ANNE:

Who’s that with Aunt Tangie?

135 INSERT - CLOSE ON SNAPSHOT 135

Tangina is standing against the sun and surf in a muu muu.

Beside her is a good-looking, normal-sized man in his early

thirties. If you didn’t know Tangina was a midget you’d think

the man was nine feet tall. There is writing accompanying the

photo which Diane reads.

136 INT. DINING ROOM - FREELING FAMILY - DUSK 136

DIANE:

This photograph just goes on to

prove that we grow things bigger in

Texas than anywhere else in the

world.

DANA:

Mom, I’m going to the Roxy with

Kirk and Franklin.

DIANE:

It’s a school night.

DANA:

It is not, it’s Friday.

DIANE:

(laughing)

Right. Right, I guess your mother

is getting old.

STEVEN:

Just her hair.

92.

DIANE:

(mock protesting)

Well I like it.

STEVEN:

I can lend you some of my Grecian

Formula.

DIANE:

I like my hair like this. It’s very

distinguished.

Diane finishes the letter.

DIANE:

She wants to know how our therapy

is coming and says there is no

better road to a normal life than

through the love we have shown for

each other...

ROBBIE:

Carol Anne gots more sweet potatoes

on her plate.

STEVEN:

You can have seconds. Finish firsts

first.

DIANE:

...and thinks moving is a good idea

even if the house is clean. You’re

still seeing Teague tonight, aren’t

you?

STEVEN:

Yeah, he’s coming by at nine. We’ll

probably go to the club.

CAROL ANNE:

(teasing Robbie)

Looky-loo. Looky-loo. Looky, looky,

looky-loo.

ROBBIE:

Looky-loo to you too. Looky-loo are

you-who. Looky, looky, looky-loo..

DISSOLVE ON A:

CHORUS OF HAPPY:

TEASING:

93.

137

EXT. POV OF FREELING DRIVEWAY - NIGHT 137

LATER:

Through the lace curtains, Steve climbs into Teague’s Bronco

and they pull away.

137-A

INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 137-A

Diane watches him leave and walks up the stairs to the upper

bedroom.

138

INT. UPPER HALLWAY - NIGHT 138

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