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[previous | bottom] ACT TWO
FADE IN:
13 INT. MOTEL ROOM - DAY 13
Back in Twist and Syren's room and we see the team all
present and accounted for.
Twist's giving Syren that kind of look, as she is using her
iPod and tapping away at the random tune that is playing at
the moment.
JULIE
Okay. Here's what we'll do. I pose
as a medical examiner from out of
town, with my trusty assistant.
Julie waves her hand to Danyael, who grins slightly. This
gets a raised eyebrow from Twist.
JULIE (cont'd)
Twist, Diego and Syren, go take a
look round the crime scene in the
woods and see what you can find.
(beat)
Oh, Twist? Try not to draw too much
attention to yourself. Remember
what happened last time.
TWIST
(rolls her eyes)
What's with people thinking I
create new problems everywhere I
go? I'm way too fly for that.
(beat)
Besides, what do you know what
happened last time?
Julie just gives her a knowing smile.
JULIE
That's it, guys. Let's move out.
As the team begin to head off, we cut to:
14 EXT. MAIN STREET - AFTERNOON 14
We are back at the murder scene. The scene is sealed off with
crime scene tape and we see two policemen guarding the crime
scene.
They appear to be in a animated conversation, that is until
Twist, Diego and Syren show up.
Twist walks up with a confident smile, looking like she owns
the place.
TWIST
Hey there, boys. What's going on
here?
The two policemen look at each other, shaking their heads,
before quietly chuckling.
POLICEMAN #1
Nothing that should interest you
about this town, other than wanting
to get through it without stopping.
Twist turns to Diego and Syren with smile. She looks back at
the policemen placing her hand on her chest.
TWIST
What's with the telling the out of
towners to move along through your
neck of the woods?
(beat)
I'm writing a paper for college on
isolated towns and their relevance
to horror movie legends. Seems when
I found out about this town, I may
have hit the nail on the head.
The two policemen exchange glances before shaking their heads
again.
POLICEMAN #2
Best you leave now, young miss.
This is a serious investigation,
and you don't want to be caught up
in the middle of it.
POLICEMAN #1
As for your link to horror
movies... Best you forget about
those piles of garbage and do
something more productive with your
life. Go. Forget this town.
(leaning closer)
It doesn't concern you.
(looking to the others)
Your friends included.
Twist folds her arms and humphs in frustration. As Syren
stands by passively, Twist sees Diego a short distance away.
He appears to have found something of interest.
TWIST
Come on, Syren. Let's go and see
what tall, dark and sexy wants.
This little remark elicits a tiny chuckle from the blind team
member, as they walk away from the crime scene.
We stay on the two police who watch the trio with interest.
POLICEMAN #1
(whispers)
Think they know?
POLICEMAN #2
Here's hoping they don't find out.
Or we'll be finding some more
bodies real soon...
CUT TO:
15 EXT. WOODS - NEXT 15
We are further away from the crime scene towards the woods
themselves.
Diego is squatting down just before a path that leads deep
into the woods. He is touching the ground in certain places,
moving stones and checking the leaves and brush on the
ground.
TWIST
Find anything of use? Because
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum sure
didn't want to tell me anything...
DIEGO
(without looking up)
That would be because they were
doing their job. Anyway, I've found
something that could be of
interest. It's through there.
Diego points down the path into the woods themselves. We get
a real sense of claustrophobia as the old trees loom up and
crowd in over the path.
Twist looks in the direction of where Diego is pointing and
gives a little smile.
TWIST
Guess we're going hunting after
all, huh? Maybe I shoulda brought
my best hat.
As Twist and Diego share a smile, we cut to:
16 INT. MORGUE - SAME TIME 16
Julie is standing in front of a counter with Danyael by her
side. She is wearing a white coat with a medical ID from her
days back at Osborne's Lab, hoping that her request will be
granted.
The morgue attendant, a bored student, is reading a Stephen
King novel. He stops and looks up at Julie and Danyael.
MORGUE ATTENDANT
Can I help you?
JULIE
Good afternoon. My name is Dr.
Julie Kingston, and this is my
assistant, Danyael. We received a
call about a murder in this town,
and I'm here to do the autopsy.
She smiles briefly at the student, who looks back with
feigned interest. He squints at Julie's credentials, and
shrugs his shoulders.
MORGUE ATTENDANT
Yeah, whatever. The body is in the
back room. Should be okay, all the
equipment is there...
He goes back to reading his novel, as if Julie didn't exist.
She smiles again and grabs Danyael who is grimacing at a
rather vivid crime scene photo.
17 INT. MORGUE - BACK ROOM - NEXT 17
Julie has the body on the examining table and is examining it
more closely. Danyael is wandering around the room, before
coming to the table and leaning over.
DANYAEL
(wrinkles nose)
You know, I could never get over
the fact that a dead body can smell
like that.
Julie pauses in her examination and stares at him.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
I... oh, don't get me wrong. I know
I'm very much dead. But... it just
kind of... it really creeps me out,
especially since when some of our
kind really go for that kind of,
you know... thing.
Julie pauses momentarily, before shaking her head and
continuing her examination. She lifts the unidentifiable
human's arm and examines the bite marks more closely.
As we close in on the arm, we can clearly see the half chewed
areas of flesh. The bite marks do look a little familiar.
JULIE
This is definitely someone or
something with a taste for human
flesh... if it were a vampire, and
therefore something we could
probably handle, it would be more
obvious.
DANYAEL
Yeah, kind of like the lack of
blood and that vampires don't
really go for the whole 'eat the
whole body' thing. Although, I have
heard, on occasion, they-
JULIE
(grimacing)
Danyael! I really don't want to
know! Keep your mind on the job.
DANYAEL
(nodding)
Yeah. I can see how that can be a
little gross. God, I'm starting to
sound like Twist...
Julie laughs a little. It the first time in a while we hear
her laugh.
JULIE
Oh, I think that you'll be safe in
that respect. Twist is in a league
of her own.
She shows Danyael the arm, so he can get a closer look.
JULIE (cont'd)
Notice the bite marks? Don't they
look a little familiar? The spacing
and pattern of the teeth marks
resemble human dentistry.
Danyael looks closer and slowly nods his head.
DANYAEL
You not suggesting that this could
be a human doing these things? It
would much easier if it were some
kind of monster...
JULIE
(shaking her head)
Unfortunately, yes. That's my
hypothesis at this point in time.
Humans feeding on humans. You know
what that means, don't you?
DANYAEL
(beat; penny drops)
Oh. Oh...
The moment is broken, when Julie's cell rings. She flips it
out to answer it.
JULIE
Yeah? What did you find?
(listens)
Uh huh. That pretty much confirms
what we found here.
(listens)
Okay. We'll meet back at the motel.
I just want to go back there and
gather supplies.
(listens)
We'll work out what we'll do next
then! You're so impatient, Twist!
She hangs up the phone and turns back to Danyael.
JULIE (cont'd)
Twist and the others found a mass
grave with other human remains.
(beat)
Danny, my boy, now we're dealing
with cannibals.
DANYAEL
Oh great. As long as we don't bump
into Leatherface or that cooky
family from the Hills Have Eyes,
I'll be fine.
Julie smirks as she covers the body over, and the two of them
leave the room. On that we cut to:
18 EXT. WOODS - NIGHT 18
The team are huddled together near the mass grave that Twist
and the others found earlier. Twist is rubbing her hands
together and blowing on them. She huddles closer to Diego for
warmth.
TWIST
Why in the Britney Spears is it so
damn cold? Whose crazy idea was it
to do a stakeout in the middle of
the night?
DANYAEL
That would be your crazy idea.
Twist shoots him a glare, still rubbing her hands.
TWIST
Well! I didn't see you come up with
something better!
As the two continue their conversation, Diego turns to watch
Julie who is staring intently at a spot between the trees.
A closer look shows that she isn't really staring at
anything, but more staring off into space, again. It's the
same look she gave her coffee cup earlier that morning in the
diner.
DIEGO
Julie, are you feeling okay?
She shakes her head slightly, snapping back to reality and
looks back at Diego.
JULIE
Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?
DIEGO
It's just that you seem...
preoccupied.
JULIE
Just thinking. I get the feeling
that we're not going to see
anything tonight.
She gets up, almost ready to leave. From the look on her
face, she rather be anywhere but there.
DANYAEL
Oh, and another thing - vampires
don't feel the cold! So why are you
complaining?
TWIST
'Cause it makes me feel better!
Haven't you learnt anything yet?!?
We close in on Syren, who has her eyes closed. A low
murmuring musical note can be heard from her. She suddenly
opens her eyes and stands up. She is facing in a particular
direction, west of the grave site.
SYREN
I'm sensing something from that
way. I... can't make out what it
is, but there is definitely
something there...
As if on cue, we hear strange noises from deep within the
woods. The sound very much like twigs SNAPPING.
JULIE
(taking out her gun)
Come on, let's split up and see if
we can find out more.
She runs off into the woods, before Diego can say anything.
Danyael has taken Syren and they are making their way towards
the spot she sensed the presence.
Twist grabs Diego and they go off into another direction,
before we cut to:
19 EXT. WOODS - CONTINUOUS 19
Julie is another part of the woods. The night time sounds
from the woods are minimal, and other than that, the silence
is too deafening.
We hear a RUSTLING in the brush to Julie's left. She stops
and points her gun in that direction.
She carefully walks around the tree with her GUN raised.
As she moves closer, she gets a glimpse of a clearing ahead.
She moves closer, and finds an OBJECT on the ground. As she
bends down to get a closer look, she senses someone behind
her.
We switch to Julie's POINT OF VIEW. We can see an UNKNOWN
FIGURE come into view, brandishing an object that resembles a
weed killer dispenser.
A fine MIST sprays from the dispenser into the camera!
The screen blurs as we fall back on the ground with Julie as
she is knocked out by GAS from the unknown assailant.
Back to scene. Julie is unconscious on the ground, her gun by
her side.
The figure picks up Julie's gun and places it in her
backpack. The figure then puts the backpack on and grabs
Julie's arms, DRAGGING her deep into the woods.
We stay on the scene, faintly hearing the others, as Julie
and her attacker are long gone, we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
20 INT. UNKNOWN ROOM 20
Open on a pair of closed eyes. As they flutter open, we PULL
BACK slightly to see Julie's face.
She shakes her head groggily, trying to breathe, but finds
that her mouth is taped up with duct tape.
Her eyes widen as she struggles to move, but finds she is
trussed up on a MEAT HOOK, hanging from it by her bound
wrists like an animal that has been freshly killed!
Switch to her POINT OF VIEW.
The room we are in is some kind of meat locker. It is dimly
lit by an series of air vents on the side wall.
As we pan around, we can see a row of similar meat hooks,
some are empty, but very much stained with blood. There are
other meat hooks that have more BODIES hooked on them.
What makes it worse, is that these bodies have parts missing
and clearly visible bite marks, as if they've been half
eaten, frozen ready for the next main course!
ON SCENE:
Julie is breathing heavily as she takes in her macabre and
morbid surroundings. She slowly calms down, knowing that
panicking will do her no good at all.
Looking up above her, at the meat hook, she tries to think of
a way to loosen her bonds.
She shakes her wrists up and down, trying to lever the rope
off the hook, without success.
She spies a footstool on its side. Reaching out as far as she
can with her feet, she tries to grab the footstool and bring
it closer to her.
Close in on the footstool. We see Julie's foot, inching ever
so closely to it. Julie GRUNTS as she puts as much effort she
can able into this torturous exercise.
Finally, she manages to snag the stool, and labouriously
begins drags it closer to her.
The only sounds we can hear are Julie's heavy breathing and
the stool SCRAPING along the ground of the meat locker.
She manages to get the stool near her feet, and lifting
herself up slightly, she rights the stool on its legs, and
drags it over, so she can stand on it.
Breathing a sigh of relief, she then gets up on the stool.
She tries to unhook herself, only to find the rope itself has
been tied to the meat hook.
Even though Julie's mouth is gagged, we can make out that she
has just CURSED profusely.
She stares at the hook thoughtfully, before an idea comes to
her. She manoeuvres the rope as much as she can towards the
pointy end of the hook.
Now that she is standing on the stool, she has a better
posture to move, and slowly but surely begins to SAW the rope
holding her.
The sounds from her are starting to become more and more
frantic, as the rope breaks little by little.
She catches a glimpse of the half eaten body near her and
stops with a muffled GASP!
Close up of the unidentified male, whose facial expression
was one of abject terror.
Shaking her head to get her bearings, and clearing her mind.
She resumes her task of sawing the rope off the meat hook.
Close up of the meat hook. We can see the rope is nearly
frayed to the point of Julie being able to snap it off.
She pauses, now that she is so close to escape. She takes a
beat to rest her sore arms, and begins to start again, but
stops when she hears a strange sound.
Focus on the DOOR to the meat locker.
The camera does a close up of the bottom of the door. We can
see a small sliver of light from the other side of the door.
A SHADOW passes by the door!
Julie freezes. Her eyes widening at who or what might be on
the other side of the door.
As we close in on Julie's terrified face, we cut to:
21 EXT. WOODS - DAWN 21
We are at the site of the mass grave, with the team gathered
around.
Syren has her eyes closed, trying to sense where Julie may
have disappeared to.
Danyael is looking a little anxious, not just about Julie
being missing, but the impending dawn.
TWIST
(yelling)
Julie! JULIE! Can you hear us? If
you're hurt, let us know where you
are!!!
(beat)
Or you could continue yelling at
yourself, Twist, especially if
she's out cold and can't hear
you...
She punches the side of her leg in frustration. She turns to
Danyael who is looking more and more worried.
DANYAEL
Twist, you know how gung ho she's
becoming. One minute she's all
mopey and not wanting to be
bothered. The next she's all Lara
Croft, wanting to kick some ass.
It's not good for her, and we're
gonna have to sit her down and try
to talk to her about it before she
gets herself killed!
Twist looks at him and sighs. She silently nods. She snaps
her head up when there's a RUSTLING noise from the within the
brush.
Twist raises DUGGAN, ready for action. Danyael stands by with
his weapon, a short sword.
Syren still stands by passively, apparently not bothered by
the rustling noise.
Suddenly, Diego appears. Twist and Danyael breath a sigh of
relief.
DIEGO
(off their looks)
You were expecting someone else?
Twist rolls her eyes, as Diego walks up to them. She hugs him
slightly, making Danyael feel a bit uncomfortable. Then she
PUNCHES him on the arm.
TWIST
That's for scaring us, baumgartner!
Couldn't you whistle or something?
How do we know you aren't the thing
that took Julie?
DIEGO
Because the thing that took Julie
isn't a thing at all. It's a human.
(beat)
The only other tracks besides that
of normal animal life you'd expect
out here are human tracks.
DANYAEL
Julie said the attackers were
cannibals. That makes them human,
remember?
TWIST
(rolling her eyes)
Yeah, I remember! I'm not
completely stupid, ya know!
(beat)
And don't answer that!
She turns around to look at Syren, who has appeared to
finished whatever she was doing, and is looking back at the
team.
SYREN
Why is it that the talking always
becomes arguments?
DANYAEL
Oh, that's because Twist...
But Danyael doesn't finish what he says as Twist PUNCHES him
in the arm.
A nervous beat.
DANYAEL (cont'd)
(looking at Twist)
Anyway... it's almost dawn, and, oh
look... a wonderfully, clear blue
sky...
He stops and looks at Twist momentarily. She looks up briefly
and finally gets the gist.
TWIST
Hells Bells! Unless you want a KFC
Twist, I'm out of here!
(to Diego)
Are you and the songstress going to
be okay finding our wayward leader?
Syren raises an eyebrow at Twist's little remark.
DIEGO
(looking at Syren)
I'm positive we can manage
something.
(beat)
Go. The two of you can't help us
during the day...
Twist kisses Diego briefly on the cheek and salutes Syren,
who obviously can't see it. Twist shakes her head.
TWIST
Man, I've got to stop giving Syren
visual gestures...
DANYAEL
(grins)
Come on. Let's get out of here.
Diego can take care of Syren, and
he'll find Julie in one piece,
you'll see.
As Twist and Danyael head off out of frame. Diego takes Syren
by the hand. She resists slightly, prompting Diego's
attention.
SYREN
I can feel her. It's bad, and we've
got to help her.
(beat)
I don't like this place, it's...
She shivers slightly. Diego takes her other hand and squeezes
them gently.
DIEGO
Do not fear, senorita. I feel the
bad energy about this place as
well.
(beat)
We will find Julie and leave this
cursed place. Come on, let's follow
the trail I believe may be Julie's.
As Diego and Syren disappear into the brush. We stay on the
scene. The trees blow gently and the woodland silence is a
little too eerie.
We focus on the rising sun, as we cut to:
22 INT. MEAT LOCKER 22
Back to where we left off with Julie frozen in fear. We focus
on the door once more.
We close in on the door handle, as it SQUEAKS in movement.
The door handle opens all the way, and the door gradually
opens out.
The room on the other side of the door resembles some kind of
cellar. From Julie's prone position, she is unable to see
much, let alone the PERSON who opened the door.
Her breathing becomes erratic as she suspects the worst.
A tense beat.
The open door still remains devoid of life, until a little
GIRL wanders into frame.
She stares at Julie with child like wonder, a slight smile on
her face.
We focus on the little girl. She appears unwashed, her face
is grimy and her hair is all straggly. She is wearing a
filthy looking dress that has several holes in the hem. A
long time ago, the dress may have been white, but no amount
of bleach would bring back the brilliance it once had.
The girl continues to stare at Julie with an obvious
interest.
Julie has an idea. She makes facial gestures to the little
girl. Even kicking her leg, in order for the girl to come
closer.
As Julie tries to coax the girl to help her escape. The girl
looks at Julie, then the foot stool.
We close in on her face. That child like wonder is still
there, but there appears to be something else behind her
interest.
Slowly the girl ENTERS the meat locker and walks up to Julie.
Julie tries to smile, then gestures to the girl to help her
escape the meat hook.
The little girl looks up at the meat hook, she looks at
Julie, then looks at the foot stool.
She looks back at Julie, smiling all the more widely. We can
see her teeth are YELLOW and crooked.
Julie gags a little at the sight of the girl's wide smile and
attempts to gain composure.
Suddenly, the little girl KICKS the foot stool from beneath
Julie!
Julie drops from the lack of space beneath her feet, causing
the rope to SNAP off the hook.
She lands heavily on the ground, looking up at the girl.
Switch to Julie's POINT OF VIEW.
We can now see the girl is far from smiling now. A truly
malevolent expression is clearly across her face.
The girl begins to SCREAM, and launches herself at Julie, who
attempts to protect herself as the girl starts punching and
scratching her!
Julie manages to get a hold of the girl, but she opens her
mouth and now we can clearly see that her teeth aren't just
yellow, but are FILED into SHARP POINTS!
Julie's eyes widen in horror - and the girl clamps down on
Julie's arm and BITES down hard!
The shock of being attacked, then bitten by this little
wildcat is too much for Julie. She tries to get the upper
hand, but the little girl seems to be very much in control.
Suddenly, two OLDER MEN come into the locker, one GRABBING
the little girl by the hair and DRAGGING her away.
She is still screaming her lungs out, the tell-tale sign of
blood on her mouth. One of the older men holds her in a bear
hug and walks out of the locker backwards. The girl continues
kicking and screaming as they disappear.
Julie stares in wide-eyed horror at the sudden and dramatic
change of character the little girl showed.
She then stares up at the remaining older man, who is staring
back down at her with an evil grin.
MAN
Huck! My baby sister can sure play
them, can't she, miss?
He leans closer to Julie, who closes her eyes and tilts her
head away from the man.
MAN (cont'd)
(menacingly)
But she ain't the worst one here,
not by a long shot...
He laughs evilly, as he grabs some more rope and ties Julie
back up again. Julie looks at him with fear, anger and
unbridled hate.
The man picks her up and tosses her over his shoulder. He
gets up and walks out the meat locker.
We stay in the meat locker as we see Julie's scared face, as
she is over the man's shoulder.
Still laughing, he SLAMS the meat locker SHUT, forcing us to:
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