Scream Page #23

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Gale leans in the van, grabs the camera from Kenny's hand,

and throws it in her bag. She gives Kenny a wink.

INT. KITCHEN

CLOSE ON a microwave. Popcorn POPS inside. CAMERA WIDENS TO

REVEAL...

Sid, Stu, and Tatum moving about the kitchen, preparing a

junk food feast. Other TEENS pop in and out. Randy appears

amongst them. He carries an armful of videos.

RANDY:

I thought we'd make it a BLOCKBUSTER

night.

He lets the videos splatter across the kitchen counter. Stu

and Tatum dive in.

STU:

I thought everything was checked

out.

RANDY:

I had 'em hid in the foreign section.

Sidney peruses the videos.

SIDNEY:

THE FOG, TERROR TRAIN, PROM NIGHT --

How come Jamie Lee Curtis is in all

these movies?

RANDY:

She's the Scream Queen.

STU:

With that set of lungs -- she should

be.

TATUM:

(to Sid)

Tits -- see.

INT. LIVING ROOM - FEW MINUTES LATER

The party is going strong. Ten maybe fifteen people stand,

sit, lean. Some crowd around the floor in front of the

television. Randy is taking a vote.

RANDY:

How many EVIL DEAD'S?

(hands go up)

How many HELLRAISER'S?

Hands go up. BICKERING AD-LIB, etc.

The doorbell RINGS. Stu goes for it.

STU:

I got it. Tatum get me a beer. They're

in the fridge in the garage.

TATUM:

What am I? The beer wench?

STU (O.S.)

Hey, guess who's here? It's that

chick from INSIDE STORY?

They look up the hallway to see Dewey and Gale standing in

the foyer.

TATUM:

Sh*t, Dewey!

Everyone perks up, eyeing Gale.

TATUM:

What is she doing here?

DEWEY:

She's with me. I just wanted to check

on things.

The GUYS in the room are drooling over Gale. Including Stu.

TATUM:

So you did -- now leave... and take

your media muff with you.

Tatum takes off for the kitchen.

Gale has quickly become the focus of the party. All eyes are

on her.

SOME TEEN:

I watch your show regularly.

STU:

This must be big news to be on INSIDE

STORY.

GALE:

Huge.

ANOTHER TEEN:

Wanna interview us?

RANDY:

We could be like two grief stricken

students and we'll say really nice

things about our good friends who

were slaughtered senselessly.

STU:

I can cry on cue.

Gale eyes the bookshelf above the television.

GALE:

Maybe later?

Suddenly, Gale starts to COUGH.

GALE:

Can I trouble you for some water?

STU:

How 'bout a beer? Randy -- get the

lady a beer.

RANDY:

You get it.

Gale slips the camera from her bag -- hits the ON switch and

holds it behind her... waiting for the right moment.

BACK IN FOYER:

SIDNEY:

Have they found my father?

DEWEY:

Afraid not.

SIDNEY:

Should I be worried?

DEWEY:

Not yet.

INT. KITCHEN

Tatum is alone in the kitchen. She empties popcorn into a

bowl, then pulls open the refrigerator... looks quickly,

then remembers...

She moves through the adjoining laundry room to the...

INT. GARAGE

The kitchen door opens and light floods the darkened garage.

Tatum stands in the doorway searching for a light switch.

She finds a button and hits it. BRRRRMMM! The electric garage

door starts to rise. Wrong switch. She hits it again and it

closes.

She finds another switch. CLICK. A small lightbulb overhead

comes on, barely lighting the large two car garage, leaving

pockets of shadows along the wall.

Tatum spots the refrigerator against a far wall and heads

for it, not seeing the kitchen door, quietly, slowly, closing

behind her, sealing her off from the rest of the house.

Tatum stumbles to the refrigerator and throws it open. Its

light casts a glow across her face.

CRASH-BOOM!

Tatum jumps, spinning around just in time to see a cat escape

through a large pet door that's built into the garage door.

She smiles at her jumpiness.

Tatum loads up with as many beer as her hands will carry and

heads back to the kitchen.

At the kitchen door, she juggles the beer, reaching for the

knob. It's locked.

TATUM:

SH*T!

She KICKS it with her foot several times.

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