waters
of the awesomely cavernous and creepy sewer, softly
surfing its sides.
6 INT. A DARK LAIR--NIGHT 6
The resilient carriage spews from a gaping pipe into a
moat of water that surrounds a vast patch of snow and
ice that is the centerpiece of a dark and mysterious
lair.
The carriage rides a gentle wave onto the sanctuarys
arctic island, into a patch of light. From out of the
darkness of the la
dead on the cobblestones. And as we look UP TOWARD the window, theres nothing there. The pigeons wheel above the plaza. We FOLLOW, finally losing them to the sky. SLOWLY that sky BLEEDS from gray to blue.
And as we PAN BACK DOWN...
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. MARSH - SUNSET
Were no longer in a plaza, but in a vast marshland. Not in the past, but in the present. The sun sparkles over the water. Two silhouet
Dead eyes...
The creature s corpse floats in mid-air. Then the white
fur of the rat explodes in a shower of blood.
HUGE BLOOD SMEARED INCISORS appear, as do the red-slicked
ape- like lips. The gaping bloody mouth bites again into
the rat.
CUT TO:
INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT
In the background we hear Jay Leno s monologue from the
Tonight Show. A small lamp and the glow from a computer
screen illumin
dead handsome. Dressed not that differently from the kids,
in an Izod polo shirt, khakis and boat shoes.
His entrance has an effect upon the audience, particularly upon
the girls.
KAREN and JANELLE, 16, pretty blondes, whisper then giggle.
NICOLE, a dark-eyed beauty, 17 but going on 25, watches Sams
walk, then turns to the girl at her side...
KELLY VAN RYAN, 17, a fully-developed knockout.
NICOLE
tonight.
- Im sure we can all do with less. - Im sure we cant!
I have two growing girls to feed.
Maggie?
Maggie.
Lilly, why dont you say grace.
Who is he?
Called you Magdalena.
Your hair bristles when you lay eyes on him.
He scares me, is all.
- Nobody scares you. - Cant trust him.
Maggie, who is he?
Hes my father.
- I thought your father was dead. - He is.
To me, he is.
I want him gone, Brake.
a while.
You guys, hes dead.
Dont panic. Wipe everything down.
I need three garbage bags, a shovel,
some disinfectant...
...some latex gloves and oregano, go!
Hang on, Sherlock. Hes coming to.
I must be hearing things.
Oh, this is trippy.
Sir, are you all right?
Get back!
Squirrels cant talk.
Hey.
Watch it, genius.
We are chipmunks. Chipmunks.
Chipmunks cant talk either.
Our lips are moving
dead?
- Esteban was eaten!
- He was swallowed whole?
- No! Chewed!
Check the scanning monitor!
Hes got hydrogen psychosis.
Crazy-eye.
Steve, we think
you got crazy-eye.
- Get him out of the fucking water.
- Esteban!
- Esteban! Esteban!
- Whyd you throw it over?
- Esteban! Esteban!
- Its gone.
- Steve!
- Esteban!
Esteban! Esteban!
Esteban!
Was it a deliberate choice
never to show the jaguar shark?
dead and dying
in spirit and body.
But now it is the time
to the glory of Lord
to come to the Earth
as the water covers the sea.
"Now is the time!"
We prophecied these dry bones,
arise!
"Now is the time!"
Speak the word of the Lord!
The word of the Lord
The word of the Lord of Zion
The word of the Lord
The word of the Lord of Zion
The word of the Lord,
the word of the Lord of Zion
Prophecy
water right now.
Uhh! Oh!
Play something!
Do something!
Yes! Ha ha ha!
Come on! Mom! Dad!
Ive got to get out
of the country!
I know youre still upset,
but it wasnt that bad.
Oh, really, Mom?
Was your junior-high graduation
on "Good Morning America"?
What creep would send
Diane Sawyer a video
to embarrass you like that?
Oh.
- Ugh!
What is that?
That is Miss Ungermeyer.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey!
She
dead, Llewelyn.
Well, then Ill tell her myself.
- How much?
- Sixty-nine cents.
And the gas?
Yall getting any rain up your way?
- What way would that be?
- Well, I seen you was from Dallas.
What business is it of yours
where Im from...
...friendo?
- Well, I didnt mean nothing by it.
- You didnt mean nothing?
I was just passing the time.
If you dont want to accept that,
I dont know what else I can