Sleepy Hollow Page #13

Killian lunges, jamming the skewer into the Horseman.

The skewer comes through the Horseman's back. The Horseman

swipes with the flat of one axe -- pounding Killian aside.

Killian hits the wall, bashing his head. Hits the floor.

INT. KILLIAN'S HOME, WHITE ROOM -- DAY

Beth kicks a carpet to reveal a trap door.

INT. KILLIAN'S HOME, KITCHEN -- DAY

The Horseman pulls the skewer out of his body, throws it. He

goes to lift Killian by the hair with one hand, brings back

the axe in the other...

INT. KILLIAN'S HOME, WHITE ROOM -- DAY

At the trap door, Beth lowers Thomas to stairs leading to the

cellar. Thomas is crying.

BETH:

Don't let him get you.

THOMAS:

Mommy...

BETH:

You hide now... go...

Beth closes the trap door, frantically replacing the carpet.

The room's door flies open and the Horseman strides in,

carrying Killian's severed head. Beth shrieks.

The Horseman steps forward, knocks over the magic lantern.

INT. KILLIAN'S HOME, CELLAR -- DAY

Beth's SCREAMS are abruptly CUT OFF. Her BODY is HEARD

HITTING the floor above. Thomas crosses the cellar,

stumbles. He scurries into the shelter of a wheelbarrow

propped against the wall. FOOTSTEPS are HEARD.

INT. KILLIAN'S HOME, THE WHITE ROOM -- DAY

The Horseman's hands place Killian's and Beth's heads in a

sack, cinching the sack shut.

INT. KILLIAN'S HOME, KITCHEN -- DAY

The Headless Horseman enters, bends to retrieve the battle

axe he left. He stands. Pause.

INT. KILLIAN'S HOME, CELLAR -- DAY

Thomas' trembling hands pull the wheelbarrow closer. QUIET.

He tries to control his sobbing.

INT. KILLIAN'S HOME, KITCHEN -- DAY

The Horseman turns, falls to his knees. He starts to chop at

the floor with both axes. CHOPping, CHOPping, CHOPping...

making quick work of it...

INT. KILLIAN'S HOME, CELLAR -- DAY

A hole appears in the ceiling as debris falls.

Thomas looks up, terrified. He gets up to run away...

The Horseman's arm shoves through above, grasping Thomas and

yanking him up.

EXT. KILLIAN'S FARM -- DAY

Brom rides from the forest, charging across Killian's field.

At Killian's house, Daredevil rides up as the Headless

Horseman walks out with his sack of heads. The Horseman ties

the sack to the saddle and leaps up.

Brom puts his reins in his mouth, raising his rifle.

The Horseman heads away, past the barn, as Brom gains.

Brom aims... FIRES!

BOOM -- the slug EXPLODES, blowing the Horseman off

Daredevil. Daredevil keeps going. The Horseman's smoldering

body is left "face down."

Brom halts his horse. He climbs down, pleased.

The Horseman moves.

Brom backs away, satisfaction diminishing.

The Horseman gets on his knees.

Brom falls to one knee, begins reloading. He fills the gun

from his powder horn.

The Horseman stands, unsheathes his sword and turns. The

blast has blown apart his uniform at the chest and shoulder,

exposing rotten flesh and maggot-infested muscle.

Brom readies his ramrod, jamming powder in the barrel.

The Horseman charges.

Brom stands, pulling out the ramrod. The Horseman is on him.

Brom swings the rifle, blocking. Sparks fly.

The battle is on, with Brom fending off the Horseman's sword

with the gun -- CLANK -- CLANK -- CLANK.

ACROSS THE FIELD, Ichabod and Gunpowder break into the open.

UP THE FIELD, the Horseman makes a backhanded swing. Brom

goes down, his rifle sent flying.

Brom rolls to avoid as the Horseman slashes.

Brom flees. The Horseman pulls and throws a knife...

THWAP -- the knife imbeds in Brom's thigh.

The Horseman runs towards Brom.

Ichabod closes in, pulling an unlit lantern off his saddle.

Brom tries to get up, bends to extract the knife.

The Horseman, mid-run, changes his sword grip, blade down.

He plants one foot on Brom's back, raising his sword, about

to skewer...

Ichabod arrives full gallop, SMASHES the lantern into the

Horseman -- knocking the Horseman off Brom.

AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST, Theodore and Glen arrive on

horseback. They hold a moment, watching.

Brom runs, limping, to the barn, goal in sight: farm

implements propped there. Brom grabs SCYTHES with long

curved blades, one in per hand.

The Horseman rises.

Ichabod turns Gunpowder and leaps off, runs to Brom.

The Horseman moves towards them, hefting a battle axe in his

free hand. Ichabod steps up, pistol aimed, furious.

ICHABOD:

For what it's worth...

FIRES -- the bullet rips through the Horseman's stomach to

reveal putrid innards as he keeps advancing.

At the forest, Theodore looks to Glenn, turns and flees.

Brom steps up, scythes ready. He and the Horseman go at it.

Brom blocks axe and sword, catching and deflecting blows.

At the forest, Glenn follows Theodore away.

Ichabod grabs a long handled SICKLE.

Brom swings the scythes. The Horseman avoids.

Ichabod moves to the side, looking for an opening. He swings

the sickle. The Horseman blocks.

The Horseman battles both at once, catching blows...

countering every strike, METAL RINGING.

Brom catches the Horseman's sword in one scythe, holding it

off. Catches the axe handle in the other scythe.

The Horseman flatfoot KICKS Brom's chest, sending him down.

Ichabod swings the sickle blade...

Hits the Horseman, the blade embedding to the hilt.

The Horseman drops his axe and grasps the sickle, jerking...

The sickle handle SLAMS Ichabod's, knocking him away.

Ichabod crawls, tries to shake off the blow.

He looks up. The Horseman staggers, spastically trying to

pull the blade from his body.

Brom limps to Ichabod, yanks him to his feet.

BROM:

We cannot win this.

They head towards the forest.

Behind, the Horseman extracts the sickle, throws it. He

strides after them, picks up his axe on the way.

EXT. RIVERBANK -- DAY

Ichabod and Brom stumble down a hillside. Brom points.

BROM:

There...

They run to a DOCK at the edge of a wide, rapid river. They

jump into a FLAT BOAT barge.

BROM:

Go to the front and guide it.

Ichabod goes. Brom uses a scythe to slash the ropes.

Ichabod picks up a GUIDE POLE. The barge lurches, set free.

Ichabod struggles to push the boat out. it moves swiftly,

caught in rain swollen current.

Brom looks back. No Horseman. He leaves the scythe and

moves to the front, hefting another pole to help guide.

BROM:

Let's see him catch us now.

Ichabod looks to the shore. Horror.

ICHABOD:

Look.

LIGHTNING ILLUMINATES -- ahead, the Horseman stands on the

bank with Axe and sword. Daredevil near.

BROM:

We'll pass right by the son of a b*tch.

Ichabod and Brom push with the poles, trying for speed.

At the bank, the Horseman walks directly to the water...

Just as he takes a step onto the water, the rain churned

surface TRANSFORMS -- instantly BECOMING a SHEET of ICE...

SPREADING and supporting the Horseman as he advances.

ICE SHOOTS OUT ahead of him, towards a point in the river

where it will intercept the barge.

BROM:

My Christ...

The Horseman's ICE BRIDGE engulfs the barge, HALTING IT.

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