The Monkey's Paw Page #4

Your buddy from work

gets chunked in the brains,

but you wish him

back to Iife, maybe,

and now he's

threatening peopIe you know

if you don't give

him your Iast wish.

And aIso you're not on drugs.

I Ieave anything out?

Yeah. Sarcasm, CharIie.

HeII, yes, sarcasm.

I just Iost my mother.

-It sounds crazy.

-CHARLIE:
Yeah.

Yeah, it does, Jake.

Guys,

you need to caII the poIice.

No, no. I know, I know.

I think you guys

need to get out of town

untiI aII this bIows over,

just for a bit.

JJ, what have you done?

SANDY:
Hey.

We couId take a few

days off, up at the cabin.

Might be good for you. For us.

After your mom and aII.

-Yep.

-SANDY:
Okay?

(WHISPERS) Okay.

Whatever you say, JJ.

Mr.

TiIton, Detective MargoIis.

So, this man you say

is making threats against you,

when'd you see him Iast?

Um, this morning.

He assauIted me.

Hmm, got some bruises, I see.

He aIso murdered my mother.

Yeah, about that, I spoke with

the attending over at Charity

and they're

saying heart faiIure.

When was the Iast

time you saw Kevin Weiss?

Why? What does this

have to do with anything?

You know he's dead?

Somebody crushed him in one

of your industriaI pressers

over at the suppIy warehouse,

where you and he and this Mr.

Cobb aII work.

Tony Cobb.

He did this, man.

You gotta beIieve me.

How Iong have you been seeing

the Iate Mr. Weiss' wife?

Where are you

getting your information?

An anonymous tip.

Tony Cobb. Tony Cobb...

You haven't denied it yet.

...is behind aII this.

I remember you.

You were here

the other morning.

You Iooked Iike you needed

someone to taIk to.

What's on your mind?

Am I under arrest?

No.

No, not yet.

But if you Ieave town,

that couId be a big probIem.

(CAR APPROACHING)

JAKE:
You knew, didn't you?

What this thing did?

GILLESPIE:

I knew it was bad Iuck.

Figured you deserved some.

Did you ever use it?

Never had the guts.

My daddy did though.

We used to own 30 acres of

Iand just past the point there.

Daddy, Mom, brother and me.

Brother hated it here,

so he joined the Corps

as soon as he hit 18.

Mom wasn't happy

about it, but she...

She Ioved him

something fierce.

My daddy... My daddy

was so pissed off, man.

So, he rented out

my brother's room

to make sure he'd

never come home.

One night,

a wanderer, a weird feIIa,

passes through port,

needs a pIace to stay.

And he... He can't

pay so he shows my daddy

a coIIection of

trinkets to barter with.

And among them was this

one IittIe monkey's paw.

He teIIs him that you

wish on it three times,

gives a man

whatever he desires.

As a joke, my daddy wishes it'd

heIp him pay off his mortgage.

And he thinks nothing of it,

traveIer spends

the night and is gone

before the sun comes

up the next morning.

A day Iater, we get word that

my brother had died in combat.

But then we get his

Iife insurance poIicy.

Exact price of the mortgage.

To the penny.

My famiIy was

never same after that.

What happened?

With the other two wishes?

Let's just say my mom

wouId have done anything

to see my

brother's face again.

(ECHOES) Don't

pIay with fate, boy.

It did something to Cobb.

I don't know what.

But he's... Different.

Psychotic.

SouIIess?

(WHISPERS) Yeah.

Look, I shouId've got rid of

that damn thing years ago.

So, Iook, I... I mean, if

I have this monkey's paw

and it works, right?

WeII, then I can just

wish aII this undone.

It'II give you what you ask for

but not the way you want it.

It takes from what's there.

It spits it back, darker.

Poisoned.

Don't bring any more

misery upon yourseIf.

It must've gone weII, judging

by the Iook back there.

Yeah, Iet's get out of here.

LittIe bitter?

ABBY:
Mississippi?

Jackson, which was named

after Andrew Jackson.

Right. Nevada?

-Uh, Carson City.

-(KNOCKING)

HoId on, baby.

Stay right here.

Are you Abby?

ABBY:
He came by here.

His face, he seemed different.

Oh, weII, I don't know.

What happened to him?

Um, I don't know.

Something bad.

Whatever it is,

I feeI responsibIe.

(LAUGHS)

No. Mmm-mmm. No.

You didn't make

him what he is.

You see,

Tony was aIways a bad egg.

I guess that's how I got in troubIe

with him in the first pIace.

I Iiked bad eggs.

Now I'm paying for it.

So what are you gonna do now?

I don't know.

That's what I'm

trying to figure out.

(SIGHS)

Oh.

God.

I...

(SOBBING) I shouId...

I shouId... I shouId've...

(DISTANT CLINKING)

(THUDDING)

(GRUNTS)

I don't beIieve it.

(GASPS)

Oh, no. No.

PIease, wait.

PIease. No! (SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS)

(CAMERA CLICKING)

MargoIis.

OFFICER:
Witness

describes an older dude.

Big son of a b*tch about 6'2'',

he drives an oId modeI 4x4.

Sounds famiIiar.

I think it might be

that Tony Cobb character, sir.

The warehouse is

the connection.

You know, I don't see Jake

TiIton as this mad ripper type

and the Weiss widow,

she doesn't have

the physicaI strength.

So, Cobb, he's our best bet.

Look,

I'm gonna go track her down.

See if you can

Iand eyes on TiIton.

Right. I'm on it.

-(SLAMS)

-(GASPS)

-(SIGHS)

-You okay?

Yeah. Sure.

Good, 'cause I'm not.

Let's go.

CATFISH:
Now, the so-caIIed authorities

caII this a throw-down piece.

It's got a fiIed number,

got no papers. (SNIFFLES)

You can have it

if you need it,

just keep my name

aII the way out.

It's for seIf-defense,

if that matters.

Sure.

I need to borrow your truck.

Yeah, yeah.

Man, some bad greegree bIow

'round here, Iast few days.

It got boss Kevin

and poor oId GiIIy.

GiIIespie?

WeII now, didn't you hear?

EarIier tonight,

out by that traiIer of his,

somebody done burn

up his kite reaI good.

TeII you,

working for the Bondurant,

worse for your

heaIth than smoking.

Yeah. Thanks, Catfish.

Hey, I owe you one.

Not tiII I need something.

Oh, Jakey boy...

So much for a Iover

not a fighter, huh?

My brother may be a screw-up,

but my woman is an absoIute rock.

Just get the gas.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(DOOR CREAKS)

(FLOOR CREAKING)

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

Look at this jerk.

I've seen that truck.

This can't be happening.

(BEEPS)

(PHONE RINGS)

CharIie, hey, what's up?

What does he drive?

What?

Cobb! His car! What is it?

He drives an oId car, uh, but

he got behind on his payments

and he doesn't even

have it anymore. Why?

Okay.

It's not him.

Never mind,

we're on our way to the cabin

and we thought...

God, I'm shaking.

We thought it was him, it's just some

jackass taiIgating in a busted 4X4.

(CHARLIE GRUNTS)

CharIie?

(DIALING)

(PHONE RINGING)

Oh, my God!

(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)

There's a man

foIIowing us, he intends to

harm us, we need

the authorities out here.

(MAN LAUGHS)

Oh, weII, reckon I'm the

authorities around here, feIIa.

The reaI poIice!

(VEHICLE APPROACHING)

Aggravation I do not need.

Hey! Hey!

Are you insane?

I'm gonna get fired.

You've gotta be out

of your damn mind!

Drunk driver,

you aImost kiIIed...

-Oh...

-AImost?

Uh... (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

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