The Nightmare Before Christmas Page #19

LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL

Uh-oh.

They high-tail it out of there. Oogie Boogie is on his way...

>>>>> OOGIE BOOGIE'S SONG.

Oogie Boogie is an enormous shapeless sack, bulging with creepy-

crawlies. He rolls and oozes rather than walks.

As Oogie Boogie's song concludes... a SHAPELY FEMALE LEG (that we

recognize as Sally's), wearing a high, high heel and exposed up

to the garter, eases seductively into view outside the jailhouse

doorway.

When there isn't an immediate reaction, the toe taps impatiently.

Oogie hears...

OOGIE BOOGIE:

Huh?

He turns and spots the beautifully turned leg. The leg kicks a

can-can, once, twice...

OOGIE BOOGIE:

Ooo la la...

He chuckles to himself and slathers. Relishing the anticipation,

he rolls ever so slowly toward the enticement at the doorway...

leaving his prisoner completely behind.

CUT TO:

EXT. OOGIE BOOGIE'S JAIL. CHRISTMAS EVE/SAME TIME.

Meantime, the REST OF SALLY hops on her remaining leg around the

outside of Boogie's jail to the

BACK.

She peeks through the tiny, barred window to SEE

INSIDE:

where Santa Claus bucks in his chair, desperate to escape.

SALLY:

(whispers)

Sandy...

He whips around and is about to holler.

SALLY:

(cuts him off before

he can yell)

Ssh. I'm here to help you.

SANTA:

(whispered with all

the force of

shouting)

Get me out of here!

Sally reaches in through the bars, straining to touch Santa

Claus. He tries to move the chair toward her, but, try as he

might, he can't. He is ready to burst with frustration.

SANTA:

It's no use...

SALLY:

You discourage too easily.

Just hang on.

She pulls off both her arms -- the left yanks the right out of

the socket, popping the stitches, and the right yanks the left.

Santa swallows his scream of horror as Sally's unattached arms

crawl through the bars and into the cell with him.

ONE ARM:

scuttles to his ropes and begins picking at the knots while the

OTHER ARM:

scoots out of the cell, behind Oogie Boogie -- who still oozes

toward the leg at the door.

CUT TO:

EXT. MILITARY INSTALLATION. CHRISTMAS EVE/SAME TIME.

The BIG GUNS fire into the night sky.

CUT TO:

EXT. STARRY, STARRY NIGHT. CHRISTMAS EVE/SAME TIME.

Far below, the guns fire. Jack mistakes the artillery for

fireworks.

JACK:

Doesn't that look fun, Zero?!

They're celebrating! They're

thanking us for doing such a

good job!

Zero yaps happily and, nose in the air, swings gleefully back and

forth in the harness at the head of the sleigh -- narrowly

missing being blasted to smithereens by a well-guided MISSILE.

It was only the exuberant swinging that saved him. His eyes

goggle. He bristles mid-air and begins to flail.

JACK:

(calls down)

Whoa! Careful down there, you

guys! That was a pretty close

shave!

(reassures Zero)

It's okay, boy... Head higher.

Zero regains control and flies up.

The explosions below blast on.

CUT TO:

INT. OOGIE BOOGIE'S JAIL. CHRISTMAS EVE/SAME TIME.

Santa's own hands are now free, attacking the rest of the knots

that bind him while Sally's stray hand picks the lock on the cell

door. In a moment, he is free. In another moment, the door

swings open.

Grabbing Sally's arm, Santa lumbers out the door toward freedom.

Only Oogie Boogie himself stands in the way.

OOGIE BOOGIE:

has just reached the door. Sally's crawling hand has almost

reached him.

Making lascivious noises, Oogie Boogie peeks out to see what the

body that belongs to such a gorgeous leg might possibly look like

and is surprised to find nothing there... no body at all...

OOGIE BOOGIE:

Huh?

It dawns on him that he's been had. Roaring, he wheels around --

only to see that Santa is loose and coming toward him. He roars

louder and starts forward to set things right when...

SALLY'S HAND,

the one that had been tailing him, leaps up and pulls the end of

a thread on the sack that is Oogie Boogie's shapeless body. The

thread pulls out, LEAVING A GAPING OPENING IN OOGIE BOOGIE...

Oogie Boogie wails as

HIS GRUESOME CONTENTS IMMEDIATELY FLY, CRAWL, SLITHER, WRITHE,

JUMP OUT. THE BAG ITSELF COLLAPSES TO THE GROUND, EMPTY.

SILENT.

THE REST OF SALLY

-- torso, head, one leg -- hops into view from around the corner.

SANTA:

grabs up Sally's arm still holding the string and is about to

sweep up her other leg and the rest of her when there is a

SUDDEN ROAR:

behind him -- OOGIE BOOGIE RETURNED TO LIFE. The empty bag opens

up and with the SUCTION from hell SUCKS SANTA AND SALLY inside.

BLACK.

CUT TO:

EXT. STARRY, STARRY NIGHT. CHRISTMAS EVE/SAME TIME.

Jack and his ghostly team now frantically but successfully dodge

a barrage of missiles... only in the next instant to suffer a

DIRECT HIT and

EXPLODE!

The explosion is huge, fiery.

CUT TO:

EXT. HALLOWEENLAND. CHRISTMAS EVE/SAME TIME.

The explosion is being simulcast to the group of Halloween

townspeople in the witches' cauldron.

They gape at the fireball in confusion and disbelief.

The Mayor turns away... ever the politician... his two faces

compete to be the first to speak -- one of them wins.

MAYOR:

I knew this Christmas thing was

a bad idea... I had a feeling

in my bones...

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