The Grudge Page #14

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110 INT. KAREN’S APARTMENT - LIVING AREA - DAY 110

THE WALL by Karen’s computer desk is now covered with WEBPAGE

PRINT-OUTS:
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS of TOSHIO and his parents,

KAYAKO and TAKEO; MATTHEW and JENNIFER; PETER; and

DETECTIVES NAKAGAWA and IGARASHI, plus reports on THE EARLIER

INVESTIGATION.

In the center of it all is a picture of The House.

ON THE DESK is a PRINT-OUT: the newspaper article about

Peter’s death, with the photo of his CONDO. Below the photo,

Karen has written the number ‘224’.

We hear the sound of RUNNING WATER -- it’s the shower. We

drift away from the desk and towards the bathroom...

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111 INT. KAREN’S APARTMENT - BATHROOM - DAY 111

Karen is in the shower. She stands there, glassy-eyed, as

the water runs over her. She’s looking at ---

HER REFLECTION in the mirror. It fogs up, obscuring the

view. This snaps Karen out of her trance.

She rinses her hair and squeezes some shampoo into her hand.

Starts a nice lather.

FROM BEHIND:
Karen works the shampoo into her scalp. But,

as she does, we see something...

... A PALE HAND BURIED UNDER HER HAIR, as if someone is

behind her, with a hand on her head.

Karen’s fingers brush the hand. She CRIES OUT and turns ---

there’s no one there. She’s alone.

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114 INT. KAREN’S APARTMENT - LIVING AREA - DAY 114

There’s the sound of the front door UNLOCKING and Doug

enters, carrying a bag. He closes the door behind him and

walks in, turning the corner -

-- finding Karen, looking a bit dazed, standing right there.

He’s startled, but quickly recovers:

DOUG:

I come bearing gifts.

Karen smiles weakly. She takes the bag and enters the

kitchen. He watches her go, worried. Then he notices --

HER DESK. Doug walks over, looking at the printouts she’s

taped to the wall. And the photo of The House in the center.

Bewildered, he sits down, leaning forward and taking a good

look. His eyes stop on the picture of TOSHIO.

Doug turns to see Karen staring at him from the kitchen.

It’s an awkward moment: he’s concerned, but doesn’t know

what to say. And neither does Karen.

Finally she approaches, looking at Toshio’s picture:

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KAREN:

That’s the boy who was there

yesterday. In that house. But

this boy, he’s -

Her voice trembles, her fear showing through.

KAREN:

-- he’s supposed to be dead.

A beat. Karen’s eyes plead with Doug.

KAREN:

I saw him, Doug. I talked to him.

He told me his name. A boy who was

killed by his father three years

ago told me his name.

Doug looks away, shaking his head.

KAREN:

You don’t believe me.

DOUG:

How can I believe you, Karen?

Karen’s face darkens. Before she can retort -

-- the phone RINGS. As Karen walks across the room to answer

it, Doug starts reading the newspaper article.

KAREN (INTO PHONE)

Hello?

She listens. Her face slowly drops.

KAREN:

(almost a whisper:)

What?

She numbly lowers the phone. Doug turns to her, seeing that

something’s very wrong.

Snapping to life, Karen walks to the desk, picking up the

photo of Peter and Maria’s condo and a map of Tokyo.

Doug puts a hand on her shoulder. She finally looks at him.

KAREN:

Alex and Yoko are dead.

Doug, surprised, doesn’t know what to say. Karen doesn’t

give him a chance to figure it out:

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KAREN:

(intense:
)

There’s something wrong with that

house, Doug. Something really bad.

(re:
Peter’s photo)

The boy in that house, he had a

photo of this man. He died on that

same day three years ago. I need

to talk to his wife... widow. If I

can find out what happened, or

if... maybe -

DOUG:

Maybe, what?

Karen pulls away, making for the door. Doug follows.

DOUG:

I’m concerned about you going out

while you’re so upset -

KAREN:

You don’t understand. I have to,

Doug.

DOUG:

Why?

KAREN:

Because I’ve been inside that

house, Doug. Don’t you get it?

I’ve been inside!

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A beat. We see the resolve come over Karen’s face. She

reaches out and touches Doug tenderly.

KAREN:

I love you. But I have to go.

She leaves.

Doug, troubled, turns back to the desk.

He looks up at the wall, tracing a finger over the photo of

The House. Beneath it, is the address...

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115 EXT. CONDO BUILDING - DAY 115

The same building from the newspaper clipping. Monolithic

against a cloudy, bleak sky.

Karen stands before it, staring up at it.

Then she walks to the intercom and looks at the directory,

finds ‘M. Kirk’. She activates the intercom and dials the

number. It rings a few times, and then a voice picks up:

MARIA (INTERCOM, IN JAPANESE)

Yes?

KAREN:

I’m looking for Maria Kirk?

MARIA (INTERCOM)

Who is this?

KAREN:

My name is Karen Davies. I’m a

student at -- I’m sorry to bother

you, but I was wondering if I could

ask you a few questions.

A long beat. Karen stares at the intercom.

KAREN:

Ms. Kirk?

MARIA (INTERCOM)

Questions about what?

KAREN:

I’m here because... I need to speak

with you about your husband.

When Maria’s voice comes back through the intercom, she

sounds different, shaken:

MARIA (INTERCOM)

Leave me alone.

KAREN:

Maria -

MARIA (INTERCOM)

Please.

Karen stands there for a moment. Then, as she walks away -

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CLICK. The electronic door lock disengages behind her.

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116a INT. PETER & MARIA’S APARTMENT - DAY 116a

The front door opens. MARIA (early 30s) has changed from

when we first saw her -- she wears a revealing outfit, and

her natural beauty now smolders beneath the surface.

She regards Karen warily.

MARIA:

I’m late for work.

KAREN:

I just need a couple minutes.

Maria finally steps aside, letting Karen in.

The APARTMENT is small, and completely unkempt. The kitchen

is a mess, clothes lie everywhere.

MARIA:

(sarcastic:
)

Make yourself at home.

Karen looks for a place to sit. She decides to stand.

Maria sizes her up. A beat. Then:

MARIA:

Well?

KAREN:

Your husband, Peter. Three years

ago he...

She trails off, in delicate territory.

MARIA:

He what?

KAREN:

He killed himself.

Maria eyes her blankly. Then she turns to look at something

o.s. Karen follows her gaze ---

to the open door of THE BEDROOM. And THE WINDOW beyond.

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KAREN:

(almost ashamed:
)

I’m... sorry.

Maria turns back to her, sadness on her face. Then:

MARIA:

Thank you.

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