분야
hwp SCREENPLAY BY KEN SELDEN
FIRST DRAFT
FEBRUARY 14, 1998
FADE IN:
EXT. TOWN - NIGHT
The hanging sign says Entering Cherry Falls, Ohio
We see Cherry Falls - A small town in rural Northeastern Ohio. This is
Norman Rockwell land, red barns on dirt roads, a square in the center of
town. But things are hidden here. The barns are locked, the shades are
drawn.
Dissolve to:
EXT. LOVERS LANE
A romantic turn-off used exclusively for parking. A river gushes by.
Crickets chirp. The trees blow in the autumn wind. A single car sits on
the lonely road. The muffled sound of a young couple making out drifts
through the streamed up windows.
INT. CAR
A teenage boys hand is under a teenage girls shirt, gently massaging her
breast. He pulls his hand out from under her shirt and places it on her
bare knee.
As he starts to slide his hand up her leg, she grabs his hand and gently
pulls it away. She places it back on her breast, sliding it under her
shirt.
We pull back. STACY and ROD, two healthy sixteen year olds, are
passionately making out in the proverbial back seat of a big American car.
Rod smiles seductively, kisses Stacy, and places his hand back on her
knee. Once again, she stops him, this time just squeezing his hand
tightly.
STACY
No.
He doesnt give up easy. He playfully wrestles his hand free and slides it
under her skirt. She grabs his hand again.
STACY
I said no.
ROD
But you dont really
mean it.
He struggles to free his hand.
STACY
Yes I do. Keep it in your
pants Rod.
He gives up, aggravated.
ROD
Maybe it wont stay in.
??
STACY
Maybe you better just
drive me home.
He starts the car, glares at her for a second, then turns it off.
ROD
Let me just ask you a serious
question first.
STACY
What?
ROD
Arent you worried you
could die a virgin?
STACY
(sarcastically)
Yeah. Im extremely worried
about that. Its right up
there with global warming.
ROD
On our way home, a drunken
driver could hit us head on
and send us flying through
the windshield. Terminate
us instantly. Wed never
experience what it means to
make love.
STACY
If sheep dont count.
ROD
That wasnt me ...
STACY
I know. Im kidding you.
Chill out.
ROD
Well Im trying to be real
here and youre mocking me.
STACY
(softening)
Im sorry, but youre not
going to die a virgin Rod.
EXT. LOVERS LANE
There is another car around the bend, hidden from sight. Its an old beat
up Imperial from the late sixties. Someone is watching them. Its probably
a psychopath.
INT. RODS CAR
Rod leans in and starts kissing Stacy again.
ROD(cont.)
I dont wanna take that chance.
I want my first time to be with you.
She kisses him back. He slides his hand under her skirt again.
STACY
Stop it.
He doesnt.
STACY
Rod!
ROD
(exasperated)
Youre being unfair.
STACY
Unfair?!
ROD
Yes. Unfair to me.
He begins to overpower her. This is quickly turning into date rape. SHE
STARTS TO FIGHT BACK BUT HE DOESNT STOP. FINALLY, SHE SCRATCHES him
savagely across the face. This catches his attention. He jumps back, cut
slightly, surprised.
She opens the car door and quickly escapes.
EXT. ROAD
She runs away from the car, down the road, very upset.
INT. CAR
Rod catches himself. He looks at his bloodied face in the rear view mirror
and realizes what hes done.
He starts up the car.
EXT. ROAD
Stacy runs down the road alone, still very upset.
INT. CAR
Rod pulls up next to her and rolls down his window.
ROD
Stacy! Im sorry.
EXT. ROAD
She pays no attention to him.
ROD
Please get back in the car, Stacy.
She turns and heads down a path into the dark woods, purposely going where
he cant follow.
INT. CAR
Rod, frustrated, hits the steering wheel and floors it.
EXT. ROAD
As Rods car tears off, down the road, the other car that was parked at
lovers lane drives up and pulls over, lights still off.
EXT. WOODS
Stacy heads deeper into the woods. When she finally stops to catch her
breath and wipe away her tears, she hears someone approaching her.
Suddenly, the footsteps stop. Stacy senses that someone is watching her.
STACY
Rod?
No answer.
STACY
Is that you Rod?
Still no answer. A little frightened, she starts to walk again. Again she
hears the footsteps following her. She stops again. Whoever is out there
stops too. She looks around in every direction.
STACY
Come out Rod.
This SCREAM bull shit aint
gonna work with me!
No answer. Even the birds have stopped chirping.
STACY
(terrified)
Rod? Youre freaking me
out. Games over. I lose.
Come out and well fuck.
She hears the footsteps behind her and quickly turns around. She sees the
silhouette of someone standing a few feet away.
The wind picks up. Stacy realizes it isnt Rod. All she can see is that
whoever is there is carrying a small sledge hammer in one hand and a very
long, jagged, steel nail in the other.
STACY
(in full panic)
NO!
Stacy starts to run. The killer starts after her.
EXT. STACYS
Rod is sitting in his car in front of Stacys house at the edge of the
woods, waiting for her to appear. He checks his watch.
EXT. WOODS
Stacy runs for the edge of the woods but she isnt quite fast e
