Poltergeist Page #7
- PG
- Year:
- 1982
- 114 min
- 2,100 Views
CAMERA STARTS TO MOVE IN. Going beyond Steve to his hands at
work as he lifts the last layer of mayhem off Carol Anne’s
favorite pink blanket.
There is a folded lump beneath it. The lump doesn’t stir.
Diane covers her mouth and hyperventilates as Steve gently
removes the fuzzy blanket and...
IT IS THE CLOWN DOLL, SMILING UP AT THEM OUTRAGEOUSLY.
STEVEN:
She’s not here!
DIANE:
(turning and calling)
Carol Anne!
Dana goes to the shattered window and calls out.
DANA:
I’ll check the kitchen!
STEVEN:
Don’t go in there! I’ll check it.
You look in your room.
DIANE:
I’ll go!! Look in the bathrooms!
CLOSE - ROBBIE
Robbie’s expression never changes as everyone pushes past him
on the run. He slowly walks to the closet and looks in.
ROBBIE’S POV
The clown.
Steve swings into the room. The television set is on but the
local transmitter must be out. There is only static snow.
STEVEN:
Carol Anne!!
No answer.
35.
59 INT. DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM - NIGHT 59
Dana opens the door.
DANA:
Carol Anne! Carol!
She walks over to the shower stall and suddenly parts the
curtains. There is nothing inside.
.
60 INT. MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT 60
Diane passes the TV. Snow, but no transmission. She checks
the bed, the closet, the bathroom, becoming more frantic with
every dashed hope.
DIANE:
Oh Jesus Christ Almighty. Carol
Anne!
STEVEN:
This is crazy. I’ve looked
everywhere.
DIANE:
(suddenly realizing)
Oh my God. The swimming pool!
Everyone breaks running. Again passing Robbie in the hall.
Robbie turns into his mother’s room. The SOUND OF TV STATIC
and blue video glow growing stronger with every step.
61 EXT. BACK YARD POOL EXCAVATION - NIGHT 61
Dana, Steve and Diane race to the edge. The rain has softened
the edges and Dana’s feet slide out from under her. She
starts to fall when Diane grabs her wrist, Dana simply
dangles above the deep end, filled with two feet of rainwater
and mud. Steve slides down the steep muddy shoot from three
to nine feet and plunges his hands into the quagmire.
He finds nothing.
62 INT. MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT 62
CLOSE ON ROBBIE:
The blue TV light flattens Robbie’s features, accentuating
his lingering catatonia.
36.
The TV HISS is growing steadily and Robbie starts to register
something. From the back of his eyes, awareness regains
awareness that shifts to terror. Robbie opens his little
mouth and produces a low MOAN that slides relentlessly to the
upper registers of primal release.
ROBBIE:
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MOMMY!
MOMMY!!!
63 EXT. POOL EXCAVATION - NIGHT 63
CLOSE ON DIANE:
She almost has Dana pulled out when the SOUND reaches her. A
preferential instinct forces Diane to let go. Dana falls four
feet into her father’s arms.
63-A INT. STAIRS/UPPER HALLWAY - NIGHT 63-A
Diane is already inside the house and heading down the hall.
.
64 INT. MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT 64
Robbie is stationed not six inches from the nineteen-inch
screen, hysterical, holding his hair in his fists. Diane
grabs him up and locks her eyes to his.
DIANE:
What is it?! Oh my Christ, what is
it?!!!
The STATIC HISS is almost unbearable. Through it all we can
still make out “the voice”.
VOICE:
Mommy...
Diane frantically searches the room.
DIANE:
Carol Anne! Where are you?!
Diane puts Robbie down and runs in a wide circle looking. The
HISS is everywhere. E. Buzz growls at the TV.
VOICE:
Mommy...
Diane is hysterical now. The first time we’ve seen her lose
control.
37.
DIANE:
I’m here, baby! Oh God, baby, I’m
here!
CLOSE - ROBBIE
Walking to the TV screen again.
ROBBIE:
Mommy. Here! Here!!
Diane turns to look. She freezes, and only the rivulets of
perspiration move across her. Diane doesn’t even breathe.
Carol Anne’s voice is heard again, buried deeply behind the
horizontal blurring, the electron bombardment, the swirls of
snow and noise.
VOICE:
I can’t see you. Mommy. Where are
you?!
Her eyes roll white, her head lulls and we
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
(3 DAYSLATER)
65 INT. DR. LESH’S OFFICE - U.C. IRVINE 65
Three banks of cold fluorescent purr down from the ceiling.
CAMERA PANS DOWN, past rows of metal bookshelves from which
reams of notes, files and textbooks hang in no organized
manner. Finally, the view STOPS on DR. MARTHA LESH, Professor
of Psychology at the University of California at Irvine.
Wearing a purple afghan to hide the urge for jelly beans and
souffles, Norm looks up from her questionnaire and takes off
her reading glasses. She is sixty-one and full of pep. Next
to her are two long-haired graduate students, TAK and RYAN.
.
DR. LESH
Who are the members of the
household involved? What are their
ages?
38.
STEVEN (O.S.)
(monotone)
Diane, my wife, she’s 31. Uh.. 32.
My oldest daughter, Dana, 15.
Robert, my son, he’s 9. And Carol
Anne...
(trails off)
DR. LESH
Yes... Carol Anne...
Dr. Lesh writes five years old on the form.
DR. LESH
Has there been any publicity about
the events?
STEVEN (O.S.)
Absolutely no. Uh uh.
DR. LESH
Can you be reasonably sure of not
letting any get started?
STEVEN (O.S.)
It’s the last thing in the world we
want.
DR. LESH
Would your family welcome a serious
investigation of the disturbances,
by someone who could make firsthand
observations?
ANGLE - STEVE FREELING
His eyes are dark shadows and the unflattering light features
the patches of stubble and parched lips. He speaks in hoarse
whispers, viewing these surroundings with great suspicion.
STEVEN:
Dr. Lesh. We don’t care about the
disturbances... the pounding... the
flashes or the music. We want you
to find our little girl.
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
39.
INT. FREELING HOME - STAIRWAY - UPPER HALLWAY - DAY
Dr. Les is mounting the stairs, followed by her two
associates, TAK and RYAN. Steve is in the lead while Robbie
keeps his distance in the rear.
STEVEN:
I should warn you we’ve had to lock
off the room from the rest of the
house. Robbie sleeps with us now.
Dana, our oldest, spends a lot o
time with... with friends.
DR. LESH
How many disturbances have you
recorded in this room?
STEVEN:
We don’t go in there any more.
RYAN:
We’ll record any psychotronic
energy or event.
DR. LESH
Ryan filmed an extraordinary
episode during a case in Redlands.
.
RYAN:
A child’s toy, small matchbox
vehicle, rolled seven feet across a
linoleum surface. The duration of
STEVEN:
Seven hours for what?
RYAN:
For the vehicle to complete the
distance. This would never register
on the naked eye, but I have the
event on the time-lapse camera.
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