SCREAM 5: FROM WOODSBORO WITH LOVE (Part 1 of 2) By thorney33

Based on characters created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven.

SCENE ONE: A COPYCATS TAIL The scene begins in a large house, well lit from the outside. There is deathly silence, until it is broken by the sound of a ringing telephone. Footsteps can be heard, and the phone is picked up. The call is answered by an attractive blonde in her early 20s, KIRBY REED (Hayden Panettiere). KIRBY Youve got Kirby. GHOSTFACE Not yet, I dont. Kirby nearly drops the phone in surprise. KIRBY Who is this? GHOSTFACE Dont tell me you dont remember me, Kirby. Its only been a year... KIRBY A year since they died. GHOSTFACE They? Dont make it so impersonal, Kirby. They were your friends. KIRBY Were being the important word. GHOSTFACE And what are you doing home alone on such a big night? KIRBY Im not home alone. My Dads in the next room. GHOSTFACE (laughing) Come on, Kirby. We both know that isnt true. I saw him leave well over an hour ago. Youre all alone...in that big house of yours. Ive been watching you for a while now. Kirby, looking at her watch, gasps. She begins to walk from room to room, checking the windows and doors.

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CONTINUED: KIRBY I dont believe you. GHOSTFACE Oh come on, Kirby. Wheres the trust? Although I guess it was inevitable, trust issues. Especially after the number Charlie did on you... KIRBY (angry) Dont you dare say that name! GHOSTFACE What, you mean Charlie? KIRBY I said dont! GHOSTFACE Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! KIRBY I swear if you say his name one more time... GHOSTFACE Youll what...kill me? Youll have to find me first...before I find you. Though it seems a bit unfair that I have a major advantage... KIRBY Which is? GHOSTFACE I can see you in the kitchen, Kirby.

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Gasping, Kirby hits an odd button on the kitchen bench, and moves out towards the living room. GHOSTFACE Do you want to play a game? KIRBY Im not in the mood. GHOSTFACE I dont care! Ive been waiting for this moment for months and I want to play a fucking game! Who knows, it might even help you live longer. (CONTINUED)

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KIRBY (sighing) Fine...what kind of game? GHOSTFACE You guess where I am. Three guesses only! KIRBY And what happens if I guess wrong? GHOSTFACE Youve seen enough horror movies to know how that story ends. KIRBY And if I get it right? GHOSTFACE Then Ill give you a head start. All good horror movies need a chase scene...youll need to earn yours. You dont want to end up like Jenny Randall or Marnie Cooper, do you? Useless, pathetic victims who didnt even last through the first scene? KIRBY Fine. Ill play. GHOSTFACE Good choice. KIRBY (breathing deep, to herself) Ok...think. If I was a deranged psycho, where would I hide? GHOSTFACE No need to be so rude. Im right here, you know? KIRBY Youre in the closet in the hall. GHOSTFACE Is that your final answer? KIRBY Yes.

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CONTINUED: GHOSTFACE Open it.

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Trembling, Kirby steps forward and opens the closet. To her relief, there is nobody there. She slams the door closed. GHOSTFACE I wouldnt be so relieved if I were you! Thats one wasted guess, bitch! KIRBY Outside...on the front porch. GHOSTFACE Your move. Kirby moves forward and thrusts the door open, and leans out to check. There is nothing to be seen, except a few cars parked across the road. She quickly closes the door and leans against it, scared. GHOSTFACE One guess left...Id be making it a good one unless you want me to drive this knife right through that pretty little head of yours. A small noise comes from the kitchen, as a spoon is knocked to the ground. Kirby, frightened but more aware of the situation, grabs a baseball bat from near the closet and moves slowly towards the noise. KIRBY Youre in the kitchen. GHOSTFACE Wrong! Thats your last guess, bitch. KIRBY Liar... Kirby jumps into the kitchen, and as she does all of the lights in the house go out. After a short silence, the phone is dropped and all that can be heard are Kirbys screams. The screams cut short and there is nothing but silence. From the phone on the floor, Ghostfaces voice continues to ring out. GHOSTFACE (amused) Do you really think this can save you, Kirby? (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: The silence continues. The whole house seems empty. GHOSTFACE Kirby? Id pick the phone back up, if I were you. Dont make this harder than it has to be. A cloaked hand reaches down and picks up the phone. GHOSTFACE Stop wasting time. You dont have much of it left. CALLER (in Ghostface voice) Kirby? Shes not here now, Im afraid. Would you like to leave a message? Outside in the bushes in the backyard, a fully costumed Ghostface stands up in shock, phone in hand. GHOSTFACE Huh? Who the fuck is this? CALLER The last person youre ever gonna see alive! GHOSTFACE Oh, stealing lines from the last one? Thats so original. CALLER Says you...the pathetic copycat, who has so little inspiration for killing that he has to steal somebody elses idea...somebody elses M.O. GHOSTFACE Fuck you! CALLER No, fuck you! Its charlatans like you who demean everything Ive ever worked for. All the blood Ive spilt...it leads to nothing but pretenders like you. GHOSTFACE (realising) Wait a minute. I get it...how stupid do you think I am, Kirby?

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CONTINUED: CALLER I already told you, Im not Kirby. I wont warn you again. GHOSTFACE Nice try, bitch. Get yourself a voice changer and try to fuck with me, hey? Well, Ive got the power here...Ive got the costume...and Ive got the fucking knife! No more stuffing around.

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Ghostface thrusts his phone in his cloak, and runs towards the house with knife brandished. Just as he is at the back door, the curtains fly open. Kirby is thrust upon the glass, screaming. Ghostface jumps back in surprise as a second Ghostface appears behind her, knife covered in Kirbys blood. She falls to the floor and lays motionless, blood pouring out from her chest. GHOSTFACE (shocked, scared) Holy shit! Ghostface turns and flees, jumping the fence into the next backyard, and peering back over. Kirbys body remains, but the door is open and the second Ghostface is gone. He makes his way to the front of the house, and after checking that the coast is clear, runs over to one of the cars on the other side of the road and jumps into the front seat. Fumbling with his keys, he rips off his mask to reveal a male in his mid-40s, JERRY ANDERSON (Robert Knepper). He starts the car, and looks up to see Ghostface standing about 20 yards in front of the car, slowly walking towards him. JERRY (gripping wheel, revving car) Looks like roles have been reversed, Ghostface. Ill play the fucking hero instead. GHOSTFACE (in a highly familiar voice) Now! JERRY Huh? From the backseat, a figure rises and lashes out at Jerry, who begins to convulse and drops down on the steering wheel unconscious, making it go off. The figure quickly checks the mans pulse and grabs the car keys before kicking her way out of the car and stretching herself out. It is DEPUTY JUDY HICKS (Marley Shelton). (CONTINUED)

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JUDY Thank god for that. I thought I was going to be stuck in that position forever. Ghostface approaches her, and takes off his mask, revealing SHERIFF DEWEY RILEY (David Arquette). DEWEY The only position youll be stuck in is as my right hand gal. Nicely handled, Deputy. JUDY You didnt handle it too badly yourself, Sheriff. DEWEY I should be able to by now...thats the fifth one thats tried to get Kirby in the past year. JUDY And maybe itll be the last? DEWEY They never seem to stop, Judy. No matter how much we want them to. JUDY You could talk to her again, you know. DEWEY About moving? You know how stubborn she is. Id be better off not even saying anything at all. JUDY I dont know, Sheriff. You have a way with words when you really need to use them. Dewey, exhausted, falls down onto the side of the road and sits. Looking up at the house, he grimaces. DEWEY I just wish there was a way that we could bring some peace into that poor girls life.

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CONTINUED: JUDY We just did, Dewey. Listen...nothing but silence. Complete peace and quiet. Dewey smiles and nods, then realises. DEWEY Peace and quiet? Jesus!

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He pulls out his gun and runs over to the car. Jerry is gone. Hitting the top of the car in anger, he turns to Judy, who has her gun out almost instantly. JUDY I...I gave him almost full charge! He should have been out for an hour. DEWEY Good to see Ive learned from past mistakes...he wont have gone far. You take that side, Ill take this one. JUDY (nods) Got it, Sheriff. Judy runs to the other side of the road and begins to check the front yards for Jerry. Dewey begins the same task, but comes up empty. Suddenly, he hears a noise coming from the bushes a few houses up. He signals to Judy to follow him, and she quietly trots across the road. The two approach the bush, when a large cat jumps out and scares them. DEWEY Jesus! From behind Judy, Jerry runs up, knife raised and poised to strike the killing blow. Just as he is about to kill her, his phone suddenly rings in his cloak pocket. Judy is fast enough to spin around and shoot him three times, right in the head. He falls to the ground dead, as Dewey spins around, shocked. Back in the house, Kirby drops the phone onto the floor, redial button still shining, and picks up the knife next to it. She smirks as she begins to seductively lick the corn syrup off the weapon. KIRBY (highly suggestively) Amateur... END SCENE.

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SCENE TWO: WELCOME TO WOODSBORO The scene opens at night with a bus driving through the countryside, past a sign that reads Woodsboro - 10 miles. Inside the bus, a class of psychology students are eagerly chattering about the weekend ahead. The middle-aged bus driver (Harry Hamlin) is sitting up front with PROFESSOR STEWART WILLIAMS (Jim Rash), a slight and bespectacled man nervously looking through his itinerary. Behind the two sit best friends MICHELLE BLAKE (Kay Panabaker), a pretty black haired girl, and VANESSA NOEL (Nina Dobrev), an attractive brunette on exchange from Mauritius. One row further back, the slight but confident ADAM CARROLL (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Jamaican-born DANIEL GAYLE (Corbin Bleu) sit flipping through a pamphlet for the weekend. On the other side, TONY SINGH (Danny Pudi) sits, leaning in trying to partake in their conversation. Behind Tony sits STEVE TAYLOR (Todd Lasance), a harsh looking young man, sneakily trying to light a cigarette. Opposite him sits CHERIE STUBBS (Elisha Cuthbert), an attractive blonde with headphones in. ADAM (Reading the pamphlet) The Ultimate Woodsboro Experience. Spend a weekend in the town where the infamous Stab franchise began... TONY Oh, man! ADAM ...with one of the survivors themselves. See you here, love Kirby. DANIEL Kirby? ADAM Yeah, Kirby Reed. Remember? The girl who survived the last time a few years back? DANIEL She survived? Didnt she get stabbed by that crazy Charlie fucker? TONY And left for dead, bleeding outside her house? I mean, logically, if the wounds didnt kill her, then (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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TONY (contd) surely hypothermia...it was in winter...or even a range of infections...or... ADAM Shut up, Tony! DANIEL Hmm. Still seems a little dodgy, though. TONY Yeah. Im not buying it. Ive seen all the Stab movies. You dont survive something like that unless theres something bigger at play. ADAM (rolling eyes) Yeah, well Im sure she faked her death so she can kill us all when we get there! Adam and Daniel laugh, while Tony looks nunplussed. At the front of the bus, Williams turns around, eyes sparkling. WILLIAMS Remember boys, this is a weekend to study the minds of these psychopaths. Not some silly horror movie field trip, ok? Nobody is going to die...if we all work to our optimum! A loud groan comes from everyone on the bus, and Williams scowls as he turns to the front once again. Adam fingers the picture of Kirby on the pamphlet. ADAM (whispers) Spend a weekend...love Kirby...mmm...fuck yeah. Michelle and Vanessa turn around, smiling, and lean over the chair. Tony seems to lean forward more at the sight of Vanessa. VANESSA (thick French accent) Kirby? Who is this?

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TONY (giddily) Oh, our tour guide for the weekend. Survivor of the last murder spree in Woodsboro. Daughter of Suzanne Reed and Phillip Reed, both born and raised in Woodsboro themselves. Blonde hair, blue eyes, approximately 174 centimeters tall... STEVE Overdoing it, freak. Cherie takes out her headphones and leans over the chair. Adam takes the chance to sneak a peek down her top, something which Michelle notices, and smacks him over the head. ADAM Hey! MICHELLE Eyes on the road, please. CHERIE I hope this town is as scary as they say it is. I mean, the Stab movies are pretty messed up. Until the fourth one, anyway. After that they get stupid and repetitive. TONY Thats the problem with horror movies. After a while, all the conventions are so ingrained that they become... DANIEL (smiling) Predicatable. TONY Exactly. You can see everything coming a mile off. STEVE Helps if you have four eyes... CHERIE Shut it, Steve.

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TONY (under his breath) Jerk. ADAM Youre right, though. I mean, if this were a horror movie, something would happen right now. MICHELLE What do you mean? ADAM Come on, Mich. Use your imagination! Bus full of hormone-raged teenagers... CHERIE Speak for yourself, desperado. ADAM ...miles from help, with the creepy professor on their way to the site of multiple murders? TONY Hes right. This has horror staple written all over it. VANESSA Staple? Where is paper? ADAM (giggling) Dont worry, Vanessa. Just wait...and pray. MICHELLE For what? ADAM Mercy. The group pauses, and waits. Nothing happens, and Michelle laughs in relief. DANIEL Yeah, I didnt think so. ADAM Disappointing.

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Suddenly, there is a loud bang from the front of the bus, and smoke begins to pour from under the hood. Michelle screams, and jumps onto Vanessas lap. The bus slowly comes to a stop on the side of the road. STEVE Damn. ADAM Shit. DANIEL Thats whack. They all laugh, apart from Michelle who continues to look terrified. The bus driver stands, annoyed. BUS DRIVER Sorry folks, think the engine has over-heated. Damn fan belts are dodgy in the old 92s. Let me go out and have a look. WILLIAMS Are you sure thats a good idea? BUS DRIVER You forget, Williams, that we are still miles out of Woodsboro. No killer can gut me here! The students all laugh, besides Michelle. He turns the interior lights and headlights off, and straps a small flashlight to his head. MICHELLE (terrified) What are you doing? Put the lights back on! BUS DRIVER And what, run the batteries down while I fix her...are you crazy? This will do me fine...and youre all big boys and girls. Consider this a preview for your long week ahead. The bus driver exits, laughing. He is joined in this laughter by the boys and Cherie. The hood of the bus is lifted, hiding the view of the bus driver from the students. Steve leans over to Tony, and pulls out his iPhone.

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CONTINUED: STEVE Hey Tony...wanna play a game? TONY No...leave me alone, Steve. STEVE What about you, Cherie? Up for a bit of fun? CHERIE Ok. What kind of game are we talking? STEVE (in Ghostface voice on iPhone) Whats your favourite scary movie? Michelle and Vanessa scream, and the boys laugh. ADAM Relax, ladies. Its just an iPhone app. Nothing to be afraid of...until you get your monthly bill. WILLIAMS Settle down back there! Hopefully hes done soon and were back on the road...were meant to meet Ms. Reed in town in twenty minutes!

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There is a moment of silence, and people drift to their own devices. Vanessa gets up and heads to the back of the bus, taking her phone out of her bag. She has a voice message, and decides to check it. VOICE-MAIL (in Ghostface voice) Bonjour, Vanessa. Has anybody ever told you how pretty you are? I bet youve come first in heaps of beauty contests. Well, youve come first in my contest. And your prize? How does a quick and painless death sound? Well, trust me...youve come to the wrong place for that. Ill be seeing you soon, mon cher. The message end, and Vanessa looks more confused than scared. Shrugging, she puts her phone back and sits back down. They seem to be discussing what they would have done if they were in Woodsboro for the murders. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: ADAM All Im saying is that I would have been smarter to G-T-F-Oed out of there, you know what I mean? TONY You do realise that G-T-F-Oed out would equate to get the fuck out out, which makes little to no grammatical sense? STEVE Oh, god! Shut up, nerd. MICHELLE (to Vanessa) Who was that, darl? VANESSA I dont know, I couldnt understand the message. Ill show you later, yeah? MICHELLE Okies. ADAM Well, I did a quiz on FB about this once, and it had me pegged as dying second in a horror flick. Can you believe that?! Me, second! Seriously, if I couldnt outlast most of you useless fuckers, then I wouldnt deserve to live, anyway. TONY (glum) The smart guy never seems to live. Hes cannon fodder after he explains the rules. STEVE Smart guy? Dont you mean the geek? CHERIE Shut up, likely killer. They all laugh, except Steve who looks angry. DANIEL Well, we all know what would happen to me. They all laugh, including Steve.

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ADAM Indeed...a brave man you are, venturing into Woodsboro. STEVE Its been good knowing you, Danny. DANIEL Appreciate it, yall! WILLIAMS Thank God. I think were good to go! The students look to the front of the bus, and the hood is indeed being lowered. However, there is no sign of the bus driver or his light. MICHELLE What the hell? CHERIE Where is he? Whered he go? ADAM Lazy fucker. You just cant find good public transport workers nowadays, I tells ya. CHERIE Shut up, Adam. The bickering is interrupted by the sound of steel on steel; presumably that of a knife on the back of the bus. Cherie, Tony, Vanessa and Michelle scream, and move towards the front of the bus. Tony ends up right next to Vanessa, and smiles in spite of the situation. VANESSA What...what was that? MICHELLE (hyperventilating) Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God... ADAM I dont think it was him for some reason, Michelle. WILLIAMS I guess Id better close the door, then. (CONTINUED)

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Williams gets up and pulls the lever, but the door doesnt close. He goes to close it manually, but a dark figure leaps in and pulls him, screaming, out of the bus and into the dark. Everybody screams, bar Daniel, who jumps out of his seat and out of the door after Williams. DANIEL (yelling) Professor? Professor? CHERIE Daniel, come back! TONY Remember the rules! Two bloodcurdling screams come from outside the bus. Everybody leans up against the windows, but it is too dark to see what is happening. Suddenly, a bloody Daniel runs up to the bus, screaming. He hits the window, and as his screams fall short and he falls to the ground, he points towards the front of the bus. Everybody stops yelling, and comically turn to the front of the bus in one motion. Ghostface stands there, knife in hand. He pulls the door lever, and miraculously, it now works and the door closes. Michelle faints, everybody screams, as Ghostface approaches. ADAM (shielding everyone else) Go out the back of the bus. Hurry. And somebody grab Michelle! Steve pushes past everyone, and tries to open to emergency door, but it seems to be jammed. Tony and Vanessa grab Michelle and struggle to shift her waking form to the back of the bus. The killer is getting closer and closer, until Adam has no choice but to tackle forwards. The two grapple, and Adam seems to have the killer at bay, though knife is still in their hand, until a laugh outside the bus stops them. It is the bus driver, with Daniel and Williams in toe, laughing their hardest. Adam and the rest stare in shock, Adam on top of Ghostface. BUS DRIVER Gets them everytime! Well played, lads. Welcome to the community, everyone. Im Phillip Reed. TONY The Phillip Reed?

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PHILLIP The one and only. DANIEL (laughing) You should see the looks on your faces! MICHELLE (stirring) You...you...you... STEVE You are allowed to swear, Michelle. This isnt PG rated. ADAM (laughing) You fucker. Should have known, youd never have the stones to do that in real life with an actual killer about. DANIEL You fell for it, didnt you? Adam looks down at Ghostface and grins. ADAM While I have you here...Ive always wanted to do this. Adam begins to peel the mask off. ADAM (in Shaggy voice from Scooby Doo) You would have gotten away with it too, if it wasnt for this meddling kid. Ghostface is revealed as Kirby, who smiles dazzingly up at Adam. He melts off her in disbelief, with a massive smile plastered all over his face. KIRBY Welcome to Woodsboro...itll be a Scream. END SCENE.

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SCENE THREE: WINDOW PAIN The scene begins with the bus entering a dark and empty Woodsboro, with only the occasional house lit up. Several poignant landmarks are driven by, namely the Prescott house and the school, which the students look at with interest as they pass. The bus eventually pulls up to two houses that, in comparison to the rest of the town, seem well looked after. They are the old houses of Jill Roberts and Olivia Morris, from Scream 4. The bus pulls up outside, doors open, and the group gets out. Kirby pulls her car up behind the bus, and gets out too. TONY Wow. This is it. Ground-zero. DANIEL It is pretty cool, Ill give you that. ADAM Not quite so cool without the nice overcoat of blood on the walls. Kirby approaches the boys, but Adam does not notice. ADAM All it needs is some gizzards here, a scalp of some blonde hussy there, and wed be... DANIEL Adam, shut up. Adam whirls around and notices Kirby staring at him. He blushes furiously. ADAM Im sorry, I didnt mean to... KIRBY (sharply) Its fine, honestly. Its been two years...Im over it. Kirby walks away and positions herself at the front of the group. DANIEL Over it...sure.

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At this, the boys all smirk to themselves. Tony eyes off Vanessa hungrily, while Steve gives Michelle a sharp smack on the backside. She yelps, and the laughs continue. Cherie makes a face, not impressed by Steves behaviour. WILLIAMS (clearing throat) On second thought, Ms. Reed, I think it might be best if we split up the genders for the weekend. You know, so we can focus on the study ahead of us. KIRBY Whatever you say. WILLIAMS Very good. Steve, Tony, Daniel, Adam...you boys take the house on the left. He indicates to Jill Roberts old residence. WILLIAMS And girls, you take the one on the right. He indicates to Olivia Morris old residence. Despite some grumbling, particuarly from Steve, the groups disperse and move towards their respective houses, bags in hand. Williams grabs his bag and follows the girls towards the Morris house. CHERIE I thought you said we were splitting up the genders? WILLIAMS (deviously) Of course, but even I have seen the Stab movies. I think we know who needs more protection out of the groups, hmm? (CONTINUED)

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Inside the boys house, Adam and Steve are running up the stairs with joy, enjoying the experience of being in a killers house. Tony and Daniel remain downstairs exploring. Kirby quietly follows them into the house, seemingly sussing out her group. Tony shuffles up to her awkwardly, as she is texting and sighing. TONY So...youre the real Kirby Reed? Like the actual Kirby Reed? KIRBY Apparently. In the flesh. TONY Do you mind if I ask you a question? KIRBY Shoot. TONY Why are you still in this town...after everything that happened here, why wouldnt you want to leave? From behind Tony, Daniel approaches, scaring him. DANIEL Youll have to excuse my friend. What he lacks in social skills he makes up for in the company he chooses to hang with. Im Daniel. KIRBY Kirby...charmed. TONY I asked a question... DANIEL (laughing) And this is Tony. And hes in a pushy mood tonight! KIRBY Its a pleasure. And its no problem, I dont mind. Its a fair question. I did want to leave after it happened...but after a while I realised that running from your fears doesnt solve anything in the (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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KIRBY (contd) long run. Thats why I started this tour, in fact. I thought embracing my past would help me move past it. DANIEL And? Has it? KIRBY (mysteriously) No. Not yet. Kirbys phone goes off, and she backs away towards the door. KIRBY Sorry guys, I have to take this. Make yourselves at home, ok? Kirby walks outside, answering her phone as she walks. Daniel walks towards the fridge, and is disappointed to find it empty. He closes the door, revealing Steve standing behind it. Daniel jumps, and Steve laughs. STEVE Honestly, Dan, you didnt see that coming? As we were saying on the bus, this shit should be predictable. Youre gonna need your wits about you if you wanna survive this weekend. DANIEL Survive? Little melodramatic, dont you think? STEVE Just trying to add some excitement to this trip, man. Trust me, itll be as boring as bat shit. Like Williams would take us on a trip thatd turn out fun. DANIEL I dunno...I reckon itll be cool. STEVE Pfft, you would. Always have to see the bright side of everything! I only came for one reason - to get into Michelles pants. For fuck sakes, that girl is tighter than Bert and Ernie.

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DANIEL (rolling eyes) You have heard of waiting, right? STEVE Fuck that, man! I mean, look at me. I could be getting it from anywhere if I wanted. Hell, if I cant get Michelle, Ill get someone else. DANIEL You mean get it from someone else? The two are interrupted by a scraping noise, coming from down a corridor. Looking around, it seems to be coming from the basement door. DANIEL Hello? STEVE Shit, what was that. Adam? DANIEL Tony? Damn...wait here. Daniel approaches the door, which is now definitely shaking. Steve takes a few more steps back, and backs into the counter, which makes him fall to the ground cursing. Daniel creeps up to the door, and swings it open. It is Tony, who yells in shock, as does Daniel, in turn Steve does as well. Tony nearly drops the bottle of Vodka he has in his hands. DANIEL (laughing) Fuck, Ton! Howd you even get down there, man? TONY My little secret...look what I found. Courtesy of the late Roberts family. Steve runs over and grabs the bottle out of Vodka out of Tonys hands, knocking him over in the process. Tony curses as Daniel helps him up. STEVE Boys, weve hit the motherload. What do you say we head over to the girls and share it around, if you catch my drift.

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the girls, who have finished packing, and in the living room to watch a movie, 8. They are giggling excitedly, and the room with popcorn, and sits down calls for quiet, and turns off the light.

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CHERIE Oh come on, Michelle. Wheres your sense of adventure? Were in Woodsboro...the home of modern horror...and were going to watch these movies right. Vanessa and Cherie giggle at Michelles unease. MICHELLE You know I dont like scary movies. VANESSA Then why did you come? MICHELLE I have my reasons... VANESSA (rolling eyes) Steve... CHERIE Jesus Christ, Mich. You really need to start thinking for yourself. You can do so much better than that douche-bag. MICHELLE He is not a douche-bag! CHERIE Ok. But he is a massive dick-head. Michelle gasps, and blocks her ears. MICHELLE Naughty word! Cherie and Vanessa laugh. Silence follows, and the movie begins. The scene shown is a typical Scream/Stab opening, leading up to the blonde actress approaching the door...Michelle already has her eyes behind her hands...when the doorbell rings Michelle and Vanessa scream. Cherie pauses the film. Cherie rolls her eyes and goes to get the door. MICHELLE Be careful! CHERIE OK, Mom.

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Cherie walks towards the door, but before she can open it, her phone rings. Called ID shows Adam. She answers. CHERIE Adam? Whats up? Sick of the sausage fest next door already? CALLER (in Ghostface voice) Im not next door. CHERIE (laughing) Oh sweet, you got the App as well! Look, stop being an idiot and get your arse over here already! Were watching some scary movies and I think Michelles gonna need someone to...cuddle up to. We can kill two birds with one stone; get you laid, and break up her and... CALLER Whos Michelle? CHERIE What? CALLER Whos Michelle? CHERIE Ok, stop being weird. Ive had enough pranks for one night. CALLER I asked you a question, bitch! CHERIE (playing along) Dont call me a bitch, you dick! I wont let you in otherwise...and the real Ghostface will gut you for me! CALLER Why would I gut myself? You arent making any sense. Now tell me...is Michelle the shorter one in the pink pyjamas, or the hot tanned chick with the bun in her hair?

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Cherie looks back at the girls, who are indeed wearing those clothes. She glances out the living room windows from distance, but only sees darkness. The doorbell rings again. CHERIE (calmly) Ok...Adam, Steve, Daniel...whoever this is, Im not falling for it. Ill see ya later. CALLER Dont hang up... Cherie hangs up the phone, and opens the door. There she finds Adam, by himself. He grins, winks, and walks in. CHERIE (slamming door hard) You jerk. ADAM (grinning) What have I done now? CHERIE Screw you! Now come and watch the movie, you dumb fuck. Cherie walks back into the living room, and Adam grins. ADAM Ah, Cherie. When are we just going to get it over and done with? Adam enters the living room, and sits next to Michelle, who smiles at his entrance. Just as Cherie sits down, the doorbell rings again. Cherie sighs and looks at Michelle, who understands and goes to open the door. She opens the door to reveal Kirby. MICHELLE (relieved) Oh, hi Kirby! KIRBY Hi...Michelle, is it? I just got a call from my Dad about the tour tomorrow, so I need to take off to organise a few things...are you guys OK in here? Got everything you need?

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MICHELLE Yeah, I think so! The house is great, good company... CHERIE (yelling out) Hurry up, slag! I want to watch the movie? MICHELLE Well... Kirby laughs, and Michelle grins. KIRBY Ill let you get back to it. Ill see you tomorrow, ok? Goodnight! MICHELLE Thanks so much! Goodnight! Michelle hugs Kirby, who looks surprised. KIRBY (taken aback) Um, OK. Thanks to you, as well, I guess. Well, you have my number, so if anything goes wrong, just give me a call. MICHELLE No problem...but I think well be fine. Kirby closes the door and leaves. Michelle runs back and sits down, and Cherie starts the movie again. ADAM Who was that? Was it Kirby? MICHELLE Yep. ADAM (eagerly) Sweet. Did she ask about me? She didnt say anything about me, did she? CHERIE Shh!

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Adam shuts his mouth, and leans back on the couch. Just as the killer is about to kill the blonde actress, the doorbell rings again. The group lets out a groan of disgust. Adam jumps up to get the door. He opens it without hesitation, revealing Steve, Daniel and Tony proudly showing off their bottle of vodka. TONY Special delivery for three good looking girls. DANIEL Sign here for a good time, please. ADAM (grabbing bottle) The boys have come through! The boys have come through! The next minute is taken up by a montage of the viewing and drinking session, with everybody (bar Michelle, whom Steve teases constantly) having a good time, getting drunk. The montage ends with the reveal of the Stab 8 killer, a skinny brunette who wanted fame and fortune. The credits roll, and Michelle turns the lights back on straight away. VANESSA She wanted to be famous...really? DANIEL Yeah...seems a little soft when you think about the motives in the other film. CHERIE I dont know. Id kill to be famous. TONY (drunk) Forget that...if you look at her fiscal structure...structure...its hugely unlikely that she would have been able to have committed... EVERYBODY Shut up, Tony. Suddenly, the lights flick off and on again, and Michelle screams. It is Professor Williams, standing at the entrance to the room in his flowery pajamas.

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WILLIAMS Alright, everyone...youve had your fun. But its time to hit the hay...tomorrow will be a huge day! Full of psychological significance! The groups complains under their breath, but they do disperse. Steve gives Michelle a kiss and a touch on the backside as he leaves out the front door with Adam and Daniel. Tony drunkenly approaches Vanessa, who is going towards the stairs, waving goodbye to the boys. TONY (slurring) Vaness...can I talk to you...real quick? VANESSA Maybe in the morning, Tony? I really need to get some sleep...we have an early start in the morning, yes? TONY I guess. Vanessa winks and walks back upstairs. Tony looks crestfallen, and walks out and closes the door. Scene cuts to Vanessa, inside the upstairs bathroom by herself, brushing her teeth. There are several dramatic shots, both inside and outside the house, which indicate the presence of somebody else besides Vanessa. Humming to herself, she walks back to her bedroom, which has a small sign which reads Olivia on the front of it. Once inside, Vanessa takes off her top, to get into her pajamas, when there is a sound at the window. Vanessa gasps as another sound occurs; somebody is throwing rocks at the window. Vanessa cautiously approaches, and opens the heavy wooden window, and leans out. It is Tony, below on the grass, still swaying from the heavy night of drinking. TONY But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Vanessa is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill... VANESSA (confused) What?

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TONY She speaks! O speak again, bright angel! For thou art as glorious as this night, being oer my head, as a winged messenger from heaven... VANESSA (giggling) Tony! Its late...and youre drunk! TONY O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied? VANESSA Goodnight, Ton. TONY (yells drunkedly) Vanessa! VANESSA (giggling, dramatically) A thousand times, goodnight. Tony goes to speak again, but Vanessa has already closed the window. She giggles to herself again, and looks back outside longingly. She plays with her hair dreamily, and begins to pull on here pajamas, when her phone rings. The Caller ID shows Private. She answers. VANESSA Bonjour? CALLER (in Ghostface voice) Hello, Vanessa. Enjoy the movie? VANESSA Who is this? CALLER An enemy to thee. VANESSA Im sorry? CALLER Oh come on, Vanessa. I thought you liked Romeo and Juliet?

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VANESSA (grinning) Tony? So you left that weird message! Well talk tomorrow, ok? CALLER So you are Juliet...which means this Tony is Romeo. Doesnt look like a Romeo. But I guess love is blind, isnt it, Vanessa? VANESSA I dont understand... CALLER But wait...if this is the case...that means Ive got it all wrong. VANESSA Got what wrong? Tony? CALLER Well, in the play...Romeo dies first. Vanessa, beginning to feel afraid, looks out of the window. There is no sign of Tony. CALLER But I guess that even classics can be rewritten. Parts recast. New scenes added in. Old scenes cut out. I dont think this new pairing is going to make it as far as the original lovers, do you? VANESSA Who are you? CALLER The question you should be asking is...where am I? VANESSA Merde! Vanessa runs to the door, and opens it. She hesitates at the door when the caller says... CALLER I wouldnt do that if I were you.

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VANESSA Why...why not? CALLER Because Im standing right behind the door. Vanessa, now in tears, slowly builds up the courage to peer out the door. The corridor and top of the stairs is all empty, and appears safe. She puts the phone to her head, but the caller has hung up. Vanessa breaths a sigh of relief, and slowly returns to her room. She closes the door behind her. As she backs into the room, a stone hits the window. She jumps in fright, but then puts two and two together and smiles. She walks back to the window, opens it with some difficulty, and leans out. VANESSA (joyfully) Tony! Again, there is nobody there. Vanessa looks confused. VANESSA Tony? From behind Vanessa, we see the closet door slowly swing open, and Ghostface steps out. The killer slowly approaches Vanessa from behind, who is leaning out further to see into the darkness. Tension builds as Ghostface is now right behind her. Silence. Vanessa begins to back away from the window when Ghostface reaches up and brutally slams the window down on Vanessa, nearly crushing her neck. Vanessa tries to scream, but her voice-box has been crushed. She throws her arms and legs around in desperation but is too immobile due to her situation. The killer quickly raises the window and brings it down again, rendering Vanessa to the brink of death. Finally, he brings it down once more, breaking her neck with an audible SNAP! Hardly a sound is made, besides a whimper, as this happens, with her neck cushioning the window. Her eyes roll back into her head, and blood starts dripping from her mouth. Ghostface opens the window fully, and lifts her body up, admiring her beauty for one last time, before rolling her body out of the window. She falls to the ground almost without sound, as graceful in death as she was in life. END SCENE.

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SCENE FOUR: CATCH A BREAK(FAST) The scene begins in the morning following Vanessas death. Juxtaposing the horrifying scene seconds earlier, Sunshine by Gabrielle is playing, with the scene beginning in Michelle and Cheries room. Michelle is the first to rise; and she opens up the curtains to reveal a bright sunny morning, humming to herself and dancing happily. The light wakes up Cherie. MICHELLE Morning, sunshine! CHERIE (hair messy, grumpy) Ugh. MICHELLE (excitedly) Big day today! You know, I didnt even want to come on this trip, but its kind of exciting, isnt it? Well, especially now its bright outside. Its not as though I was scared or anything, but I kept hearing things in the night. I think thats just because I wasnt in my own... CHERIE (snapping) Look, just dont talk to me until Ive at least showered and had a coffee, OK?! Ive got a killer headache... MICHELLE Oh, fine. Not a morning person, I see. Cherie grabs her toiletries, and heads to the shower. Michelle, still in her pajamas, exits the room and runs upstairs to wake Vanessa. She slows slightly when she gets to the door, tension builds, and she enters the room. Michelle gasps - Vanessa isnt there, and all of her possessions are gone. The bed is immaculately made, and the room appears as though nobody has ever been there. The window is clean, but is open. MICHELLE (loudly, concerned) Hello? Vanessa?

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Michelle looks worried as she goes to close the window. She leans out to examine the grass area below, and it is empty. She looks across to the boys house, and sees Daniel staring at her from the opposing window. Michelle jumps; Daniel smiles, waves, and retreats. Michelle closes the window, which seems to be fine, and retreats back downstairs. She runs into the kitchen and bumps into Professor Williams, who is making breakfast. He turns around in surprise, brandishing a big kitchen knife. Michelle screams and falls to the ground. WILLIAMS Michelle! Good morning. Im glad to see you are enthusiastic for the day ahead! MICHELLE Mr...Vanessa...Room...Gone...Bags...Window... WILLIAMS Oh, silly me. Sorry, my dear. I should have realised that was the problem! MICHELLE The problem? Vanessa is gone! WILLIAMS (sarcastically) Yes, very perceptive indeed. MICHELLE He...he...he must have got her, Professor. We have to get out of here! WILLIAMS We dont need to do anything of the sort! MICHELLE No...you dont understand! WILLIAMS Im afraid it is you that doesnt understand, Michelle. It seems that Vanessas mother has taken ill, and she had to vacate the premises and this lovely town post haste. She didnt want to wake us, nor worry us, and wishes that we all enjoy the rest of our trip.

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MICHELLE (defiantly) I dont believe it. Ness would have woken me. Williams sighs, and pulls out his mobile phone. Hitting a few numbers, he passes it to Michelle. It is a voice message, from Vanessas phone. It is indeed Vanessas voice. VANESSA Hello, Professor. I just wanted to let you know that my mother has been taken ill...Im taking the next bus home, it leaves early in the morning so Im afraid I will have to miss you all to say goodbye. Im very sorry! I hope you enjoy the weekend...and tell Michelle that I love her! The message ends. Michelle, looking sad but no longer shocked, hands back the phone to Williams. MICHELLE Oh. I see...thanks, Professor. WILLIAMS Please, Michelle. Call me Stewart. Professor Williams is my father! Actually...no, hes in plumbing, but still. Smile! You know what they say, with every friend you lose, you have a chance to make a new one! Williams turns away grinning, brandishing his knife, and stabs through a pound of bacon to cook for breakfast. Gradually the rest of the crew come in, the boys lured surely by the smell of bacon. Tony looks decidedly worse for wear, sporting comically large sunglasses. The scene resumes with Steve sitting at the table, somewhat crudely, next to Michelle. STEVE (sniffing) Mmmmm. Nothing like the smell of cooking flesh in the morning to get the juices flowing. Steve winks at Michelle. Cherie and Daniel grimace.

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TONY Hey, wheres Vanessa? WILLIAMS Her mother is sick, Im afraid. She had to go home. Faces fall around the table. Tonys in particular. Daniel notices this, and pats him on the back. Steve looks at them suspiciously. Williams finishes his breakfast, and heads to his bedroom to prepare for the day. TONY (hitting the table in anger) No, no, no! There goes my one chance with Vanessa. I felt a real connection last night...or what I thought a connection would feel like, anyway. ADAM That sucks, man. DANIEL Cheer up, theres always when we get back! STEVE (sneering) I doubt it. She always thought you were a pain in the neck. Tony is visibly upset, and leaves the table. Daniel goes after him. ADAM That was harsh, Steve. CHERIE (angry) Why do you have to be such an ass all the time? STEVE (laughing) I was just kidding around. Nerd-boy really has to get himself a sense of humour. And realistic goals to lose his virginity! He should hook himself some hood rats first. Or a warm batch of mashed potato...in a tube sock.

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Steve laughs. Adam, in spite of himself, grins. Cherie looks unimpressed, Michelle looks neutral, poking around with her breakfast but not eating. CHERIE Hes a nice guy, if you give him a chance. STEVE The guys a born and certified creep. Trust me! Im a good judge of character. CHERIE Dont you need to have character in order to be a good judge of it? STEVE Real funny. I just get bad vibes out of the guy, you know? Plus he kept me up all last night...he must have a serious bladder problem. Musta went to the toilet like five or six times. ADAM After all the booze he sank last night, Im not surprised! MICHELLE Well, Ive always thought that... STEVE (interrupting) See! My baby agrees with me...dont you? MICHELLE (looking at the floor) I guess... Outside, Daniel and Tony are sitting together on the porch of the Roberts house. Tony still seems upset, albeit underneath the sunglasses, and Daniel has his arm around him. DANIEL Thats just Steve. Ignore it, man. Hes always been a jerk. TONY Im not upset about that.

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Tony smiles and takes the glasses off, revealing puffy eyes. DANIEL Already better. TONY Maybe. DANIEL What else is bugging you? TONY This is how it always starts. DANIEL How what always starts? TONY Well, typically the first victim is always a hot female. Gets the viewers interested, you see. DANIEL Victim? Tony, stop acting crazy. She went home for her Mom, OK? Stop reading into things.

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TONY A bus running that late at night? Plothole...plothole...plothole. DANIEL (shrugs) Things work differently in towns like this. Look, if itll make you feel better, why dont you give her a call later. Itll give you a good excuse to get some brownie points with her too. Kirbys car pulls up opposite the Morris house, and Daniel begins to walk back. DANIEL Shes fine, man. Stress less...youll live longer. Tony slowly drags himself up, and walks towards the Morris house. Taking out his phone, he calls Vanessa as he walks. He does not notice as he walks past, but in a bush near the front steps her phones screen lights up, and the phone begins to vibrate. It rings out, and he shrugs, walking into the house. Everyone crowds around the table, when the door flies open again and Kirby walks in. Dressed in professional clothes, there is a look of determination and control about her. Everyone is impressed, including Adam, who chokes on some bacon and begins to cough loudly. Kirby notices this and blushes, and Cherie and Steve laugh. KIRBY Morning, everyone. I trust that you all enjoyed the night. Are you all ready to begin the true Woodsboro experience? The group all respond in their own version of yes. Adam is caught a little speechless, and goes red. KIRBY (playing with Adam) And you? All ready to get going? ADAM (dreamily) Whenever you are... At that moment, Williams enters the room.

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KIRBY All right! Well, now that were all here, the tour begins in ten minutes, people! Well be departing by foot, and remember - try to keep up. This isnt a town that you want to be left behind in. MICHELLE Why? TONY The murders? MICHELLE Oh, right. Sorry, Ms. Reed. KIRBY Its Kirby, Michelle. And its fine...the last thing I want from you guys is any sympathy. After all, these tours are going to be paying my rent from now on! Though I am sorry to hear that Vanessa cant stay for the weekend. MICHELLE (sadly) Yeah, its a real shame. TONY (muttering to himself) You have no idea. END SCENE. SCENE FIVE: GHOST-TOWN The scene begins with an aerial view of a deserted Woodsboro residential street, with the group walking together in the middle of the road. Kirby is leading from the front, pointing out landmarks while the group take notes. Eerie music is playing. We cut to Kirby, mid sentence. KIRBY And on the left we can see the old Barker Street shops, all of which have gone out of business in the past two years.

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WILLIAMS Because of the murders? KIRBY Yes, exactly. DANIEL So what, the owners just packed up and left? KIRBY Yes. After what happened After what happened, something died in the town. It happened after the first murders too, but after a while people came back. All town folk generally do. I think the murders in Windsor College and then L.A. made people realise that the murders werent Woodsboro. The town wasnt the cause of what happened. But after they came back, I think people just gave up hope and left. CHERIE Like, everybody? KIRBY Yep. Its a ghost town now. The only permanent residents we have are either really young, people who come looking to find some action, or whatever. And the really old, who cant get enough of the low real estate prices for their retirement. CHERIE And why did you stay? KIRBY I have my reasons. My parents for one; parent, now. Avoiding the press, which was a hell of a lot easier after Gale Weathers left town. STEVE Plus, leaving didnt save Sidney Prescott from being attacked again.

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CHERIE Shut it, Steve. STEVE You shut it! WILLIAMS Alright! ADAM (to Kirby) Well, I think youre really brave. KIRBY Thanks. Adam blushes, and the group continue to walk. WILLIAMS So, Ms. Reed, where exactly are we walking to? Where is our first port of call? KIRBY I thought the school would be a good place to start. Get a real insight into the education and upbringing of future mass murderers. CHERIE You should see what we get taught. The two girls share a laugh, and walk together in animated conversation. Adam and Tony walk behind the two, Tony taking out his small video camera and hitting a few settings. Steve and Daniel are talking to the left, with Michelle tagging a little behind Steve. TONY (turning camera onto Adam) Pretty cool, huh? The actual town where the original murders took place. Can you imagine, these streets swarming with reporters and cops, running red with the blood of local teenagers? And, well, last time too. But the original murders...thats the mystique, yeah? Adam? Hello?

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ADAM Oh, sorry man. TONY So deep in thought so early? Thats not like you. What were you thinking about? ADAM (looking at Cherie and Kirby) Nothing. Just my perfect night. The two laugh. Kirby looks back at Adam and smiles. Michelle runs up to the two. MICHELLE Um...lets see. Family...friends...music....dancing...punch! ADAM What are you talking about, woman? MICHELLE My perfect night! ADAM Ill bet Steve would disagree. The boys laugh, and Michelle looks confused. Cuts to Daniel and Steve. DANIEL All Im saying man, is that this trip is a chance to reinvent yourself. Trust me, if you keep acting like a dick, youre not going to have anybody left. None of us, certainly not Michelle. Because she deserves better than what you give her. STEVE (chuckling) What I give her? Man, the issue is what Im not giving her. Its a well known horror movie clich that frustrated boyfriends lead to unhappy occurrences. DANIEL Who mentioned horror movies?

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STEVE Oh come on man, its just an example. And were in fucking Woodsboro! If we cant talk about scary movies here, then where can we? KIRBY (overhearing) I used to like horror movies. STEVE Yeah? Looks like we have more in common than first thought, yeah? KIRBY (cold) I said used to. CHERIE It must have been so horrible... KIRBY It was at first. Hell, it was a miracle I even survived. I was lucky though. CHERIE How? KIRBY I had people to help me through it. Speaking of which... The group moves off the road as a single police vehicle, a 4WD, moves down the road towards them. The car pulls up on the side of the road, and Kirby signals the group to stay back. She approaches the car. Dewey is driving, with Judy Hicks in the passenger seat. An unknown girl, of around the students age, is in the backseat. She looks like a younger version of Judy, blonde with crazy eyes. She is CHANTELLE HICKS (Amanda Seyfried), Judys younger sister, and the new rookie police officer. KIRBY Morning Mountain Dew. Deputies Hicks. DEWEY Kirb.

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JUDY Hi, Kirby. Chantelle grunts, she is too busy on her phone. KIRBY Lets cut the formalities, shall we? What do you want, Dewey? DEWEY (examining the group) This is the first batch, is it? KIRBY Yep. The first of many, hopefully. DEWEY You know how I feel about you doing this. KIRBY (rolls eyes) Dont worry, youve made that clear enough times. DEWEY I just dont think glorifying what happened here is a good way of making a living, thats all. KIRBY You mean like Gale did? DEWEY (pained) Please, dont bring her into it. KIRBY Look...you lived it, I lived it too. We all move on in different ways. Mine is by trying to find out why it all happened...yours is by staying in a dead town and making sure all the old ladies cats get down from trees safely. DEWEY (reciting) Im very happy in Woodsboro. As are Judy and Chantelle. Some people just like the quiet town lifestyle...

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CHANTELLE (quietly) Speak for yourself... Dewey looks at a picture of Gale, which is hanging off his rear view mirror. DEWEY ...and some people dont. Judy leans across and touches Deweys shoulder. In the backseat, Chantelle makes a fake vomiting noise which breaks the tension and silence. DEWEY Well...carry on. But remember, if anything goes wrong, were just a phone call away OK? KIRBY I know, Dewey. Ill be fine...but thanks. Looks towards group of students. KIRBY I dont see too many axe murderers in this group. Kirby walks away from the car, and the camera pans to the group of students, with Williams off to the right writing on his notepad furiously. CHERIE Who do you think that was? ADAM Do you guys not read? That was the infamous Sheriff Dewey. You know, the cop that followed the murders around? Not to mention hooked up with Gale Weathers. STEVE Kudos. MICHELLE What do you mean, followed the murders around? STEVE (using iPhone Ghostface app) Wherever he goes, people die. (CONTINUED)

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Michelle yelps, and everybody laughs. Kirby walks back up to the group. KIRBY Sorry about the hold-up. The school isnt too much further, and then the real fun can get started! WILLIAMS The real fun? Who said anything about fun? KIRBY Dont stress, Williams. I promise a highly educational experience for everybody. Cherie laughs, but everybody else looks curious. Everybody looks at Cherie, who seems initially embarrassed, but laps up the attention. She bounds away down the road. CHERIE (joyfully) Come on guys, catch me if you can! END SCENE. SCENE SIX: SCHOOLS OUT The scene begins with a panning shot, rising, of the now defunct school. They cross the lawn area, with the fountain, staying close together as a group due to the eerie feel of the scene. They walk to the front door, where Kirby goes to unlock the door, but it swings open, apparently by itself. Michelle screams, and after checking that there is nobody behind the heavy doors, everyone laughs. KIRBY Welcome to Woodsboro High. The group walk into the front administration area. It is an impressive school, and despite its abandonment, it has clearly been spruced up for the occasion. There is a collection of shots from inside the school, showing how empty the school is, and how eerie this effect is. KIRBY (rehearsed) This was the school where Billy Loomis and Stuart Macher attended, and plotted the original Woodsboro murders, back in 1996. As we know, (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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KIRBY (contd) Jill Roberts and...Charlie Walker...continued this horrific trend, only a few years ago. A place of education and innocence became a place of plotting and scheming for the most horrific crimes this town, and arguably America, has ever witnessed. The group look impressed. Kirby clearly has come well prepared and scripted. Daniel raises his hand to answer a question. KIRBY Yes? DANIEL What exactly is there to see at an abandoned school...if you dont mind me asking. KIRBY Oh, youll see. Youre going to love it. The group walks down the empty corridors, with Kirby pointing out things of interest on the way. Tony films this happily on his camera, and points it towards Cherie. TONY Comments? Thoughts? Feelings? CHERIE Do you always have to record everything, Tony? I look gross on video. STEVE You looked alright on the vid that was floating around on Facebook. Cherie smacks Steve, unimpressed. Tony turns his attention to Michelle. TONY What about you, Michelle? MICHELLE Oh, am I on video? Hi, Mum! Hi, Vanessa! Hope your Mum is feeling better.

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TONY Riveting. Shifting his camera to straight forward, Tony videos Adam and Kirby walking close together, seemingly in deep conversation. He watches them, intrigued, until Kirby stops and turns around outside of a closed classoom door. KIRBY Behind this door lies the heart of the school section of the tour. I warn you, some of what you see in here might be a bit...confrontational. STEVE Nothing I cant handle. Kirby opens the door, and the students gasp. The room is dark, lit only but a few candles on the front desk. There is intrigued silence as the group enters and walks towards them. The candles create an eerie effect, with shadows on the faces of the group. Next to the candles are two photographs. One is of Billy Loomis, and the other is of Stu Macher. Both photos seem to be taken of the boys when they were at the school. Kirby lights some more candles, unbeknownst to the students. She places them on the desk behind the picture, and it reveals a school photo of a young Billy Loomis and Stu Macher. ADAM Wow... DANIEL Amazing. KIRBY Billy Loomis...Stu Macher. Before they were killers, they were just like any of you. Friends, classmates, family...lovers. These pictures represent how madness can spawn from even the most innocent of beginnings. Kirby lights some more candles and places them on the desk behind the picture, and it reveals a collation of childhood images of Billy and Stu. Many of the images show them in a group with more teenagers, one clearly a young Sidney, the others presumably Randy and Tatum. There are even a few pictures of Stu and Casey. There is a reflective silence. Michelle turns away, in tears, and leaves the room. Williams nods at Cherie, who leaves to follow Michelle to comfort (CONTINUED)

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her. When she gets to the corridor, Michelle is nowhere to be seen. CHERIE Michelle? Somebody bumps into Cherie from behind, and she jumps. It is Adam. ADAM Relax...well find her quicker if we split up. You take that way. CHERIE Fine. Cherie walks up some nearby stairs, calling Michelles name. The camera pans to Michelle, who is hiding in the girls toilets, near the candlelit classroom. She is visibly upset at the images she has just seen. Suddenly, the door to the bathroom opens. Michelle instinctively puts her hand over her mouth to silence herself, though tears still fall down her face. Whoever has entered the bathroom moves slowly and silently. Michelle sees shoes underneath the cubicle, and they come to a stop right outside where she sits. She muffles her mouth harder, frightened. She notices that her cubicle is unlocked, but is stuck to the spot. The door swings open, Michelle screams. It is Adam. ADAM Hey...are you OK? MICHELLE What are you doing here? You should be enjoying the tour. ADAM You know me...any excuse to check out the girls toilets. Michelle laughs, but continues to sob. ADAM Whats wrong? MICHELLE They looked so...normal...in the photos. ADAM (shrugging) I guess thats the whole point, though.

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MICHELLE Its so scary. To think that anybody you know could be capable of something like that. ADAM Not everyone is capable of it...but there are some sick fucks out there. We all know that. Hell, once we graduate, itll be our job to weed them out to make sure they cant hurt anyone like they did here. MICHELLE Really? ADAM Yeah. So you have to be strong. Stronger than they were. MICHELLE I dont think Im strong enough, though. ADAM (stroking her hair) You underestimate yourself. There is an awkward pause, and it seems as though they are going to kiss, but Michelle pulls back suddenly. She blushes, and rushes out of the bathroom. Adam leans back and sighs. The scene cuts back to Cherie, who is now upstairs and still walking around calling for Michelle. She looks nervous. She opens a few rooms and finds nothing but a few items which fall out at her and frighten her. As she comes to the last room in the corridor, a noise behind her makes her jump. CHERIE Michelle? Stop it, youre scaring me. The noise gets a little louder, so Cherie thrusts open the door closest and enters the room. She backs into something, whips around. It is a Ghostface costume. Cherie screams. The costume is empty, and hanging off a hook on the wall. Cherie breathes a sigh of relief, when the door flies open. Cherie screams again. It is Phillip, Kirbys father. PHILLIP Jesus! How did you get up here?

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GHOSTFACE The part you were born to play. The victim. You should have picked a better office, Reed. Ghostface hangs up, and Reed drops the phone in shock. Looking around the room, is becomes apparent that the room is the office of ex-Principal Arthur Himbry. From outside, the sound of footsteps can be heard clearly. PHILLIP Fuck! Phillip sprints out of his office, and down the stairs. As he is passing the classroom with the candles, he is stopped by the sound of whispering coming from the classroom. He enters. PHILLIP Kirby? Are you there? The door slams. Phillip muffles a scream. It is just him, in pitch darkness, with the candlelight eerily portraying shadows. A large shadow rises from behind him, the shadow of Ghostface. Phillip notices too late. With a swish, the killer brings the blade down into Phillips chest, and stabs him repeatedly. The scene ends with Phillip moaning in pain and terror, and the killers movements to stab him blow out the candles. The scene ends in darkness, and silence. END SCENE. SCENE SEVEN: DETECTIVE KINCAIDS Outside the school most of the group sit around the iconic fountain. Those missing are Michelle, Adam, Williams and Cherie. They are talking amongst themselves, when Cherie and Williams walk up, with Williams admonishing her for walking off. Adam and Michelle walk out soon after, slightly apart. Michelle is still wiping tears off her face; Tony and Daniel go to comfort her. DANIEL All right, Mich? TONY Tissue? Michelle nods, and wipes her face. Steve is talking to Adam intently, who keeps looking nervously at Williams and Kirby. Cherie walks up to Kirby.

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CHERIE Hey, I bumped into your Dad upstairs. Does he like, work there or something? KIRBY Oh, sorry about that. Hes the brains behind the tour, but hes too stingy to buy somewhere to set up an office, so hes using the school as a base. I hope he didnt give you too much grief. CHERIE (laughs) Its OK. I know how to deal with guys like that. KIRBY Hes such a pain...an epic stickler for rules. But I gotta say, he does trust me. Kirby jangles some keys in her pocket. KIRBY Weve basically got access to all of Woodsboro right here in my pocket. CHERIE Sweet! That could come in handy. KIRBY You have no idea. The girls laugh. Kirby at this point rounds up the group and addresses them. KIRBY OK, everyone! Gather around, please. That ends the first part of todays tour. I trust it was an educational...but emotional...experience for you all. To get a good idea of the minds of these killers, it is important that we get an insight into their lives and upbringing. Are their any questions about the school section?

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STEVE Was anybody ever killer here...in the school? KIRBY Yes. Upstairs, in the Principals office. The Principal himself...the second window on the right, second floor. Kirby points to the window she is referring to. Cherie realises that was the office she was in. She shudders, looks up at the window, but doesnt say anything. ADAM How was he killed? STEVE Just like the Principal in the Stab movie. Sliced and diced by Ghostface. Steve stares at Williams, who looks a little unnerved. As does Cherie and Michelle. STEVE (smiling) It doesnt pay to be an educational authority in horror movies. WILLIAMS Well, fortunately, Steven, this is not a horror movie! There are no more questions, Ms. Reed. Where do we go next? KIRBY Im glad you asked. Because not only is the next port of call a highly significant one for the upbringing of one of our subjects, it was also the scene of the crescendo of the first murders. CHERIE (gasping) You dont mean... KIRBY Yes, I do. The Macher house. Well head back to the houses for lunch, and then drive out there later. Its a short drive out of town. And (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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KIRBY (contd) bring your pyjamas, if youd like. Well be spending the night. MICHELLE The night? KIRBY Itll be fine, Michelle. DANIEL (flexing his arm) Youve got me to protect you. ADAM (meekly doing the same) Me too! KIRBY See? As long as we all stick together, well be fine. MICHELLE (unsure) Ok. ADAM This is going to be wicked! Shotgun the killers bed! The scene cuts to an unknown location, a house, quiet inside, and seemingly deserted. The doorbell rings. Once twice. From outside, somebody yells. The door is bashed down, and several policemen burst in, weapons drawn. They disperse in twos, but the camera focuses on the two than enter the living room together. One of them is DETECTIVE MARK KINCAID (Patrick Dempsey), the other is the one and only DETECTIVE SIDNEY KINCAID (Neve Campbell). They examine the room, guns swinging around, and Kincaid goes to enter the next room when Sidney stops him with a hand signal. Kincaid turns, and Sidney points toward the cupboard. Kincaid opens the door, and a man falls out, and immediately puts his hands on his head. Kincaid puts his gun on the mans head, while Sidney cuffs him. Kincaid smiles, as he radios the other cops to give them the all clear. KINCAID Remarkable! You really have a knack for police work, Sid.

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SIDNEY (smiling) Well, I learned from the best. I get the smarts from you... Out of the basement door, a man jumps out with a gun. Sidney saw this coming, and turns and shoots in one motion. The man is dead - shot in the heart. Kincaid cowers and swears. SIDNEY ...and the grunt from Dewey. KINCAID Jesus! How did you...? SIDNEY After being through what I have over the years, nothing takes you by surprise anymore. Sidneys phone rings. Kincaid is motioned over by a fellow officer, and engages in deep conversation. Sidney answers straight away, and confidently. There is an air of confidence, and almost arrogance, about Sidney. She seems powerful in her uniform. SIDNEY Kincaid. GHOSTFACE Not Prescott? My, my...how times have changed. SIDNEY (without hestitation) Hello, Ghostface. Who is this? GHOSTFACE You know who I am, Sidney. SIDNEY Gale? GHOSTFACE Nope. Destiny. SIDNEY (scoffing) That was lame, even for one of these calls. How did you get this number?

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GHOSTFACE I have connections. Information isnt that hard to find here in Woodsboro, if you know where to look...and who to squeeze. Youd be surprised what you can dig up. SIDNEY So youre in Woodsboro? GHOSTFACE Yes. SIDNEY (laughing) Amateur. Not even pretending to be watching me, or right behind me. GHOSTFACE Its not you Im after...not yet. SIDNEY Then why call me? GHOSTFACE Consider it...an invitation. All good things come to an end, Sidney. And it wouldnt seem right for you to miss the big finale. SIDNEY Finale? What do you mean by that? GHOSTFACE Youll see. Ill be in touch. The caller hangs up. Sidney scoffs and puts her phone away. Kincaid stops talking to the officer and approaches Sidney. KINCAID Who was that? SIDNEY (rolling eyes) Who do you think? KINCAID Again? Another caller? We have to put a stop to this, Sid. We can change your name...we can move...

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SIDNEY (blunt) No. Im over running. And Im proud of who I am, and how Ive survived. They are only pranks, anyway. The only copycats in the last two years have been in Woodsboro. And there is no way Im heading back there again. KINCAID Good, Im much happier now that you are here with me. SIDNEY So am I. Sidney and Kincaid kiss. Sidney walks outside, taking out her phone. She begins to dial Deweys number SIDNEY I just need to check in with an old friend. END SCENE. SCENE EIGHT: THE MESSAGE The scene begins in the Woodsboro police station. From the light outside the window, one can tell it is late afternoon/approaching evening. Once a busy station, it is now comically empty. Dewey is sitting in his office, staring intently at his computer. He is playing chess against the computer, but not well. Outside his office, the large cubicle-filled area is only filled with Chantelle and Judy. Dewey sighs, and returns to his game. Checkmate. The phone rings, and Dewey answers enthusiastically. DEWEY Sheriff Riley, how may I be of assistance? GHOSTFACE Oh, I think you have your part to play...Dewey. Dewey begins to close windows on his computer - chess, solitaire, minesweeper, a youtube clip of Gale reporting, a titty site. He begins the call tracer on his computer. It slowly closes in on the location as they speak.

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DEWEY You know, most of the copycats or pranksters havent bothered with taunting the police. GHOSTFACE Well, maybe its because Im not a copycat. DEWEY A prankster then? GHOSTFACE You could say that. Im not sure if youll find my pranks funny, though. The girl certainly didnt. DEWEY Which girl? GHOSTFACE (menacing) The one I killed last night. DEWEY (taken aback) Im sorry? GHOSTFACE You heard me! A girl is dead...and shes not the only one. DEWEY Who is this? What are you talking about? GHOSTFACE Think, Sheriff. Youve been in this situation before...we both how this narrative is destined to play out. She was just the first of many. DEWEY How do I know you arent just messing with me? GHOSTFACE Sidney was the same when I talked to her earlier. No trust, that woman. Dont make the same mistake she made, Dewey. The same mistakes she is about to make.

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DEWEY So you are the phony who called Sidney today...how did you get her number? GHOSTFACE That is...immaterial. Unimportant. All that is important is that she knows how serious I am. DEWEY And how serious are you? GHOSTFACE Serious enough to know that youre tracking me, Sheriff. Have you pin-pointed me to the school yet? Because you wont find me there. Ill be long gone. But there will be a message. A word of warning...I would heed it, if I was you. Dewey looks to the screen. The location does indicate somewhere on the school campus. DEWEY A message? How do I know this isnt a trap? GHOSTFACE (laughing) Im not an idiot, Sheriff. I know youve survived this before. Four times in fact, it cant be coincidence. Why put myself at risk? Im not one to make mistakes like those in the past. DEWEY Why the hell would you call me, then? DEWEY I want the message passed on. Im sure youll see to that. Id love to stay and chat, but I have business to attend to. The caller hangs up. Dewey looks scared and confused, and slams the phone down. He grabs his hat and gun, and races out of his office. Judy looks up from her paper, and Chantelle wakes from her coma like state.

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JUDY Sheriff? Whats wrong? DEWEY Weve got to get to the school, now! Judy, come with me. CHANTELLE (yawning) And what about me? DEWEY I want you to go to the old Roberts residence. Warn the group to stay inside, and lock all the doors, and to stay together. We may have another killer on the loose. JUDY What? Another copycat? DEWEY I hope so... CHANTELLE (crudely) What? Why would you hope that? DEWEY Because I dont even want to consider the alternative... The scene shifts to inside Deweys vehicle, with he and Judy heading quickly towards the school. Dewey pulls out his mobile and starts calling somebody. JUDY (gasps) Thats illegal! Dewey glares at Hicks, who quietens immediately. Dewey lets the phone ring out, there is no answer. DEWEY Damn. JUDY Who are you trying to call? DEWEY Kirby. I cant get through to her...I thought these kids never put their bloody phones down. (CONTINUED)

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Dewey takes his hat off, and runs his hands through his hair in a concerned fashion. DEWEY I shouldnt have sent Chantelle off on her own. JUDY Shell be OK. Shes a Hicks! Plus, she learned everything she knows from the best cop in town. DEWEY (smiles) And Im not bad either. They pull up in front of the school, in front of the fountain. In the twilight, the water appears almost red. The two draw their weapons and run towards the front entrance. The large doors are wide open. They enter, and stop dead. There is a sound coming from somewhere in the building, echoing due to the emptiness of the building. It sounds like music. JUDY Am I hearing things? DEWEY If you are, I am too. JUDY Its coming from that way. DEWEY (nods) Follow me...have my back? JUDY Always. The two make their way down the corridor, pinpointing the noise coming from the classroom with the candles earlier that day. They open the door and enter. It is still pitch black. The music playing is In The End by Linkin Park. DEWEY What the hell...can we get some lights in here? JUDY I think the switch is over here...

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Judy finds the switch and hits the light. The scene makes both jump back. The body of Phillip Reed is laying on the desk, he has been well and truly gutted, chest open and insides hanging out. On the wall, blood has been smeared in the message "THIS IS NOT THE BEGINNING. THIS IS THE END." CD PLAYER ...but in the end... JUDY (screaming) Oh my God! CD PLAYER ...it doesnt even matter. Dewey turns off the CD player and winces. JUDY (panicked) This is the end? What does it mean? DEWEY I dont know...I got a call from him earlier. JUDY Him? DEWEY Whoever did this. He said he was going to leave a message that he wanted passed on. JUDY To who? DEWEY (full of regret) There could be only one person... END SCENE. SCENE NINE: THE OTHER HICKS The scene begins at sunset, with two cars pulling up to the old Macher residence, a short drive out of Woodsboro. It is the group; they all pile out of the cars and stare at the residence in awe. It is an impressive house, but it also has the added aura of the original killings. (CONTINUED)

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DANIEL Wow...this is cool. CHERIE (nodding) So cool... Tony runs out from behind the two, and begins to point out landmarks in an enthusiactic manner. TONY Look! The actual doorstep where Gale Weathers and Dewey Riley were left for dead by the original killers. And over there! The actual cat-flap where Tatum Riley tried to escape Ghostface in the garage, only to... KIRBY Leave some of the tour for me, wont you? TONY Right. Sorry. STEVE Freak. How do you know so much about the murders, anyway? TONY Its called reading. You should try it sometime. Williams steps in between the two, as Steve curls his hands into fists. WILLIAMS Well, Ms. Reed...this is very impressive, indeed. What is on the itinerary for this evening? KIRBY Well, well start off with a brief tour of the house, and then well move on to the relaxing part of the evening. Dinner by bonfire, and then some more fun after that. ADAM What kind of fun?

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KIRBY (winking) Thats for me to know, and you to find out. Come on, there is heaps to see and not enough time. Kirby unlocks the front door, and turns around. KIRBY Welcome to the Macher house. The scene cuts to Chantelle, who has pulled up in front of the Roberts house. It is dark, later than she should have been getting to the house. The CD player is pumping with Lady Gaga, and she is humming along. She turns off the car and gets out, when the phone rings. Her ringtone is Wannabe by the Spice Girls. CHANTELLE Yo? DEWEY (scolding) Thats Deputy Hicks. CHANTELLE (rolling eyes) No, this is. DEWEY I know that! Look, weve found a body. How are the group? CHANTELLE A body...holy shit-balls! Whos? DEWEY The group, Hicks! CHANTELLE (sarcastically) Well, if you stopped calling me and wasting my time, wed know by now! Chantelle looks at the house, it seems empty. CHANTELLE But it looks like theres nobody here. She rings the doorbell.

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DEWEY You havent even checked yet? You left the station ages ago! What have you been doing? CHANTELLE Driving safely, unlike you. Look, they arent here. What do you want me to do now? DEWEY You shouldnt be outside alone, for one thing. I want you to go home, lock all of the doors, and stay inside. Dont come out for anything...or anyone. CHANTELLE (protesting) What? But Im a cop! And Judy... DEWEY Judy agrees with me. She has experience in this sort of thing, and you dont. Go home, Chantelle. CHANTELLE But... DEWEY Now! Or you can say goodbye to more than your job. Dewey hangs up. Chantelle yells in annoyance, and begins to walk back to the car. CHANTELLE Judy...what a hero. Yeah, right. Chantelle is about to hop into her car when she looks back to the house and notices Vanessas phone lying near the bushes, screen lit up. She runs back and picks it up. She opens the messages, and there is a text message from Michelle. It reads - "Hi! You are missing a cool trip! I hope your mum is ok xx p.s. going to the party murder house tonight, well thats what Tony is calling it, dont worry, the boys will protect me! Talk soon love Mich Xxxxx". Chantelle grins. CHANTELLE Who is the real detective now? Doofus.

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Chantelle gets in her car and drives away, grinning. The scene skips back to the Macher house, where the group have finished their tour. Adam, Kirby and Daniel are in a corner of a paddock near the house working on a bonfire. There is bush not far from them either side and behind. The others are in the kitchen preparing some steaks for dinner. ADAM Ive got to say, that was an impressive tour. I think you have a real future in the industry, Ms. Reed. KIRBY (laughs) Why thank you. Im not sure how long Ill be doing this for. Its just nice to be able to share the whole nightmare with some other people for a change. DANIEL The whole nightmare? Why are you so interested in the first murders? KIRBY My best friend killed people, and then died. Not to mention a guy who I was in class with. I think its not unreasonable to consider myself part of this whole series. DANIEL Series? You sound like Tony. KIRBY Series of murders! Sure, we cant all be as unlucky as Sidney Prescott. But shes not the only one scarred by what happened by people behind that mask. DANIEL I guess. KIRBY I will tell you one thing though. ADAM What?

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KIRBY We really need to ditch the old fart for tonights entertainment. The three look up towards the house. Williams has put on a frilly apron and is prancing around the kitchen. Cherie and Steve are making faces, Michelle is laughing. By this time, a small fire is burning and the three are working to enlarge and contain it. ADAM You make it sound so promising. KIRBY Trust me, it is. I thought we could recreate the night of the murders. You know, a bit of a party? For a bit of fun...and maybe a scare or two. DANIEL Closure again? KIRBY (laughs) Something like that. The only way to get over your fears is by going through them, right? ADAM Yeah, that sounds like something Ive heard in a lecture once. DANIEL You at a lecture? I dont believe it. Your approach to education is the same as Paris Hilton on a bender. ADAM Huh? DANIEL No class. Adam and Kirby laugh at the same time, and smile at each other as they stop. Daniel grins knowingly. The bonfire is roaring, creating an oddly romantic atmosphere. DANIEL Look, I think that the steaks are nearly done; Ill go and give Professor Freak-Show and the others (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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Daniel leaves, and gives Adam a wink as he goes. Adam gives him a sneaky thumbs up. There is an awkward silence as the two are left alone for the first time. ADAM So...whats the plan for tonight? KIRBY (openly flirting) Oh, you know. A trunk full of booze, a group of nearly-teenagers, and a large, empty house? Endless possibilities... ADAM (nervous) Endless? KIRBY Yeah. You never know what could happen. ADAM Really? KIRBY Yeah... Kirby moves closer to Adam, smiling as she sees the effect she has on him. Normally so self-assured and jovial, he is clearly nervous and smitten. KIRBY (whispering) ...anything. Adam suddenly jumps back, giddy with anticipation. He clicks his fingers together, and looks back up at the house. ADAM I think youve just given me an idea of how to get rid of Williams! END SCENE.

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SCENE TEN: TICKETS, PLEASE The scene begins in an unknown house, with the lights are off. The TV is on, with the movie Final Destination 2 playing. Lying on the couch, bottles around her, is Gale Weathers, drunk and barely conscious. The movie builds up to a major point of tension, when the door opens, scaring Gale, who falls off the couch in surprise. It is Sidney. GALE (rubbing forehead) Do you really have to make such an entrance every time you get home? SIDNEY Home? You mean my home. Our arrangement ended weeks ago, Gale. Its time you moved out. GALE (pouring another drink) We talked about this. No husband...no career...no fans...wrinkles! Dark place, remember? SIDNEY You arent helping yourself by staying here. Or me. Im trying to start a new life with Mark! GALE And...as I keep telling you...once I find the inspiration to do something else, I will be out of here...and your perfect little life. SIDNEY Inspiration? You gonna find it by drinking your self to death on the couch watching that crap? Sidney points to the TV, where a boy is crushed by a pane of falling glass. Gale laughs, as Sidney recoils in disgust. GALE This is therapeutic. Watching somebody elses pain is so much easier than dealing with your own.

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SIDNEY Yeah, that sounds real healthy... Sidneys phone rings. It is Dewey. She leaves Gale watching the movie and takes the call in the kitchen. SIDNEY Talking twice in the one day? To what do I owe the pleasure? DEWEY (distressed) Its happening again, Sid. Theres been a murder. SIDNEY (calmly) Who? Sidney opens the internet on her laptop, and goes to an airport website to look at tickets. DEWEY Kirbys father, Phillip. SIDNEY Shit. How is she taking it? DEWEY I wouldnt have a clue. I still havent been able to get a hold of her, she isnt answering her cell. SIDNEY Is she not at home? DEWEY Shes out somewhere with her first tour group... SIDNEY Ah, I remember her telling me about that a few months ago. DEWEY Yes. And I remember her telling me that youd given her your blessing. SIDNEY I dont see the harm in it, Dew. Shes making the most of a bad situation.

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GALE (offscreen) Take that, you slack-jawed piece of shit! Ha! DEWEY I see what you mean. SIDNEY Look, Dewey. Ever since my destroyed Woodsboro, there been more than one copycat around. This one is just a more creative. Youll need help, trust me. cousin have stalking little our

DEWEY (reluctantly) Ok...I could use an extra set of hands and ideas. I contacted the other local stations, but they werent that willing to give up many officers after what happened to Hoss and Perkins. SIDNEY People have long memories when it comes to dead cops. The flight gets in early morning...where can I meet you? At the station? DEWEY Meet me at the school. SIDNEY The school? Im not coming to get nostalgic, Dewey. DEWEY Its crime scene number one. SIDNEY Roger. Ill see you at around nine. Stay safe, OK? DEWEY I just hope Kirby is. SIDNEY Shell be fine. Shes a strong girl. Take care.

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DEWEY Always. Dewey hangs up. Sidney continues to type into her laptop, trying to find tickets. Gale enters drunkenly, and falls into a seat next to Sidney, who doesnt look up. GALE Was that him? What did he want? SIDNEY Police business. GALE Dont give me that. Im a reporter, you know. Ill sniff it out soon enough. SIDNEY An ex-reporter. GALE Has there been another killing? Sidney keeps silent, and typing. Gale peers over her shoulder. GALE Local flights, huh? I thought you two were going somewhere. You got a letter from them in the mail today. SIDNEY (turning around) What? Gale rummages through a pile of letters on the bench, and comes out brandishing a bright yellow letter with the Pan-Air logo. Sidney rips it open. GALE What is it, a surprise from Mark? Another Honeymoon? SIDNEY (confused) Its tickets to Woodsboro. The small airstrip still takes light aircraft...I was about to check to see if we could get into this exact flight.

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GALE Do you think thay Dewey... SIDNEY No, he would have said. GALE Well, somebody wants you in Woodsboro. SIDNEY You too, apparently. Sidney pulls out the third ticket, it has Gale Weathers written on it. Gale jumps up in shock. GALE No freaking way! Who did this? It wasnt Mark, was it? SIDNEY Ive got no idea... Sidney grins, and takes the ticket out, waving it in the air. SIDNEY ...but you did say you needed some inspiration. This is it, Gale! Solving a murder might be exactly what you need to get your mind back into gear. GALE Head back to Woodsboro? With a murderer on the loose? And my ex-husband there? Are you crazy? SIDNEY (grinning) We all go a little crazy sometimes... END SCENE. SCENE ELEVEN: FLAPPING IN THE BREEZE The scene begins with a shot of Chantelle. She has pulled up at Kirbys house, which appears empty. She rereads the text message murder house, and clicks. She drives off in the opposite direction. Outside the Macher household, the group are around the bonfire. Dinner has been eaten, and everyone (CONTINUED)

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looks relaxed. Besides Williams, who is glancing at his watch and mumbling. He gets up, and addresses the group. WILLIAMS Well, thank you for a lovely day and dinner Miss Reed. I think weve all learned a lot, havent we? Well, Im afraid that I need to get some well earned beauty sleep...and I recommend that you all follow closely! Goodnight, everybody! Williams gets up and approaches the house. He selects a single bedroom on the ground floor. He changes into his dorky pyjamas, and is about to get into bed when his phone rings. The caller ID shows Steven Taylor. WILLIAMS Hello, Steven? CALLER (in Ghostface voice) Good evening, Professor. WILLIAMS I dont have time for pranks! Im going to bed, goodnight. CALLER Wait! Williams hangs the phone up, and goes to get into bed. The phone rings again, and Williams answers, annoyed. WILLIAMS Steven, I told you... CALLER This isnt Steve. WILLIAMS You came up on caller ID, young man. And the last time I heard this voice, it was you. Williams walks to the window, and looks down at the bonfire. The whole group is there, bar Steve. WILLIAMS And you are the only one not at the bonfire. This is sloppy, even by your standards.

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CALLER (chuckling) Id look more carefully if I was you, Professor. Williams looks down at the bonfire. Out of the bushes, Steve walks out with no phone in hand. WILLIAMS Look...whoever you are...I dont have time for this. CALLER You dont have time to save innocent lives? WILLIAMS (shocked) Sorry, what? Who is this? What do you want? CALLER I want to play a little game. WILLIAMS A game? CALLER You have seen the Stab movies, everybody has...you know the drill. I ask a question, you answer. Get the question right, your students live. For every answer you get wrong, well, picking them off one by one wont be too hard from the bushes. Williams tries to look past a laughing Steve and Cherie into the bushes. There is a flash of silver amongst the darkness. CALLER Question one...which character did Jamie Lee-Curtis play in the Halloween series? WILLIAMS This is ridiculous...goodnight. CALLER Wrong answer.

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From the paddock, there is a muffled scream. Williams looks down. Steve is looking around confused, as are Tony, Michelle and Kirby. Cherie seems to be missing. Williams hears genuine screaming and cutting noises over the phone. WILLIAMS (yelling) Cherie? Cherie? CALLER Too late, she cant hear you anymore! Time for question two... WILLIAMS What did you do? CALLER Exactly what Ill do to Daniel if you dont answer this question right. WILLIAMS Im going to call the... CALLER Call the cops and I gut these kids right now! Answer my questions...and nobody else has to die. WILLIAMS (terrified) Very well. CALLER Good. Question two...in which country was the film Human Centipede set? Williams paces back and forth, looking down at the kids, who seem to be searching for Cherie in earnest. CALLER Tick tock...tick tock...time is running out for poor Daniel... WILLIAMS Germany! It was in Germany. There is a silence, with tension building.

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CALLER Very good. Why dont we raise the stakes for question three? WILLIAMS (crying) Please... CALLER Get it right...and Ill let you go. Get it wrong...and youll be next. WILLIAMS Next? CALLER Next...question three. How many students can a deranged psychopath gut before their frightened Professor makes it to his car? WILLIAMS (weakly) None? CALLER Wrong answer. You lose, Professor. The caller hangs up. Williams shrieks, dropping his phone in fear. Looking outside quickly, he sees that the bonfire has been extinguished. There are screams outside. Williams runs out into the hall, grabs his keys, and runs to the car. He fumbles with the keys, but eventually manages to start the car. He spins his wheels and drives away as fast as possible. From out of the bushes comes Adam and Daniel laughing, with Cherie following, looking upset. Adam hands Steves phone back to him with a grin. ADAM Nice switch-a-roo, pal. CHERIE (screaming) What the fuck? ADAM Sorry, Cherie. We needed a genuine scream for the Prof to buy it. And by the lack of car-age, Id say he did!

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KIRBY Guess we can get this party started, huh? DANIEL Sounds good to me. Lets get the supplies, huh? STEVE Hell yeah! Steve, Adam and Daniel all race towards the one remaining car. Cherie stands looking angry and upset, and Michelle consoles her. Kirby and Tony grin and walk towards the house. The scene continues with Dewey and Judy in the police car, outside the school. Dewey is still trying to reach Kirby. DEWEY Still nothing...its like she doesnt have signal, or something. JUDY There are several areas on the outskirts of Woodsboro that dont have great coverage with phones...which provider is she with? DEWEY (confused) I dunno...probably Japan? JUDY Can you think of anywhere outside of town that she might have taken the group? DEWEY Yeah, a few. Lets go. Dewey puts the car into gear, and takes off down the street. The scene moves back to the house, with Adam pouring vodka shots and Steve rolling up what is presumably dope. Kirby and Cherie do some shots, with the boys winking to one another. The music is more eerie, and shots from outside the house are used to indicate an evil presence. ADAM This is the life.

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DANIEL That it is. KIRBY So this was it...a party at this house, all those years ago. Lives changed forever. DANIEL Lives ended. ADAM Downer, man. CHERIE (raising glass) To new beginnings! EVERYBODY New beginnings! Kirby smiles and everyone raises their shot glasses. They do the shots, with Michelle coughing loudly afterwards. After a while, Steve pulls Michelle upstairs. Daniel enters a room and comes out holding a guitar. DANIEL Sweet, an old Fender! I learned on one of these...any requests? KIRBY Oh, wow...you play? DANIEL I dabble. ADAM Yeah, like Da Vinci dabbled in art! The dude is amazing. CHERIE (smiles drunkedly) Play something slow. DANIEL Aiit. Daniel swings the guitar over his shoulder and begins to play Wonderwall by Oasis. He plays for a bit until the girls are almost crying, then they applaud. Adam rolls his eyes.

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KIRBY That was awesome! CHERIE So great. ADAM So thats what you do to win the female heart...through music? DANIEL My boyish good looks and natural charm and wit help a bit. The girls laugh, Cherie a little longer than Kirby. Cherie, a little drunk, nods at Kirby, who doesnt understand the message. She does it again, and Kirby is still nonplussed. CHERIE Say...Kirby, didnt you have that thing you wanted to show Adam and Tony in the other room? KIRBY What thing? CHERIE You know...the thing. KIRBY (realising) Oh, yeah...that. Come on, boys. TONY What thing? Is it dangerous? Because Id be much happier staying here if... ADAM Come on, Tony...you social ninconpoop. The three leave the room. Daniel and Cherie are left alone. Friends for a few years, Cherie is only now realising how attractive Daniel is. CHERIE So. You play the guitar. What else have you been hiding from me...us...all this time?

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DANIEL Oh, a few things. We all have our secrets. CHERIE (leaning in) Tell me. DANIEL Well...Im Jamaican. Or my Dad is, at least. I dont normally drink, though I do make exceptions. Im totally into gymnastics...but not in a gay way. CHERIE I certainly hope not. DANIEL Pardon? CHERIE Nothing. DANIEL And what about you? Its funny...weve been in the same college classes for two years now and we hardly know each other. CHERIE (shrugs) I guess it takes a trip like this to make you realise how well you want to get to know somebody. DANIEL And how well do you want to get to know me? CHERIE Well... Cherie leans in to kiss Daniel. Just as he is about to kiss her, he notices headlights approaching from the distance out the window. The headlights get closer, when they suddenly turn off. Daniel stands up, puts the guitar down and walks toward the front door. Cherie looks annoyed. CHERIE Excuse me! What are you doing?

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Daniel exits the front door. Cherie is now alone in the living area. In spite of herself, she is a little spooked. It is dead quiet. Cherie gets up and has a look around the room. CHERIE Figures. Throw yourself at a guy, and what does he do? Run out the front door! Nice work, Cherie. Fuck sakes. In frustration, Cherie slumps back onto the couch. All of a sudden, she hears a phone ring. It seems to be coming from down a dark hallway. Cherie hesitates, but goes to investigate. She follows the source of the sound to a door, when the ringing stops. She puts her ear to the door, but hears nothing. She slowly opens the door, and walks in. It is the garage where Tatum met her death. There is a visible Out of Order sign on the garage door control. The light switch also does not work. After allowing her eyes to adjust to the light, Cherie spots a phone lying in the middle of the room. She bends over and picks it up, it is Williams phone. It has a voicemail from an unknown source. Cherie dials the number and listens to the message. It is short and abrupt. MESSAGE (in Ghostface voice) Behind you. Cherie whips around. Ghostface is standing in the doorframe, staring down at her. Cherie gasps, but controls her emotions. CHERIE Nice outfit. Who is it under there...Adam? Tony? Kirby? Ghostface remains on the spot. A knife is slowly pulled out of the cloak, and he begins to move slowly towards Cherie. (CONTINUED)

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CHERIE Very funny, jokes over! Youre not very talkative, are you? I thought the killer was meant to taunt his victims first... Ghostface suddenly lashes out, and stabs the knife into a spare tire in the garage. The knife is clearly real. Cherie remains calm, still. CHERIE And thats an interesting way to get rid of your anger. Is it you, Steve? Just because Michelle wont blow you doesnt mean you have to do the same to my weekend. Ghostface takes the knife out of the tyre and continues towards Cherie, who is now panicking slightly. CHERIE Ok, please, come on. Cut it out. Youre scaring me. GHOSTFACE (lifts iPhone to mask) ...to death. Cherie screams as Ghostface lunges and narrowly misses Cherie with the blade. There is a mini-fight in which he chases her around the garage, Tatum style, with her throwing objects at him but narrowly missing. Finally, he corners her, and she has no other choice. She jumps down on the floor and tries to wriggle through the cat-flap in which Tatum was killed. Ghostface slowly raises the knife, seemingly amused. Ghostface stabs down just as Cherie manages to make it through the flap, leaving Ghostface looking bewildered. Daniel and Chantelle pull her to her feet, having tugged her through the flap. DANIEL Cherie, whats wrong? We heard screaming. CHANTELLE Is everyone OK? CHERIE (distressed) I was attacked...Ghostface...real...in the garage.

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DANIEL What? Chantelle gets down on hands and knees in an attempt to look through the flap. She cant see anything. She gets back on her feet and stands with her back towards the door. CHANTELLE I cant see shit through there...Ill have to go through the back. What the...? Chantelle is interrupted by a cloaked arm shooting out of the flap and grabbing her leg. It is pulled with such force that Chantelle falls to the ground, screaming, her ankle being pulled into the flap. Daniel and Cherie try to help, but her whole leg is in the garage before they can start pulling. A few stabbing sounds and a look of pain shows on Hicks face, and all of a sudden her leg is released and she is pulled back through the flap. CHERIE Oh, thank God. DANIEL Youre going to be...holy shit! The deep stab wound went straight through Chantelles femoral artery. Bloody begins to shoot out of the wound, hitting Daniel in the face who falls with a yell. Chantelle is clearly bleeding out. Cherie tries to wrap the wound but it is too late. DANIEL No... CHERIE Jesus... CHANTELLE Tell Judy...I loved... Chantelle dies. A new set of headlights begin to come into the distance, as Cherie and Daniel hold each other in tears. Dewey and Judy pull up, and Judy exits the car and runs towards them as Dewey surveys the area, gun drawn. Judy drops to her knees in tears. JUDY (screaming) Chantelle! END SCENE.

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SCENE TWELVE: CRIME SEEN The scene begins in the morning, outside the school. Dewey is leaning against his cop car, when a taxi pulls up. Sidney gets out and runs up to Dewey, hugging him. Gale gets out the other side, hidden behind dark glasses. Kincaid gets out and takes in the Woodsboro scene for the first time. Dewey is surprised to see Gale. DEWEY What is she doing here? SIDNEY I was hoping you could tell me...did you send us plane tickets? DEWEY Tickets? No, why? SIDNEY I didnt think so. Somebody mailed them to our place yesterday, pre-bought. So somebody wants us here... DEWEY (concerned) I shouldnt have called...there was another murder overnight. SIDNEY Another? Who? DEWEY Chantelle...Judys younger sister. SIDNEY No...hows she doing? DEWEY Keeping herself distracted. Shes at the police station with the tour group...well be interviewing them all morning. Kincaid walks up, and shakes Deweys hand. Gale sits down on the pavement and lights herself a smoke, ignoring the group. KINCAID Sheriff.

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DEWEY Mark. KINCAID Another murder already? How can we help? DEWEY Weve got a few officers from the next town over coming later in the morning, and a few forensics too. I was hoping you could interview the suspects, ah, the group, before they get here. You know, keep it between us. KINCAID Got it. DEWEY And Ill get Sid to have a look at the crime scene, get an insiders view on things. KINCAID Agreed. Ill take the taxi to the station with Gale. Im sure she can pull herself together to be useful with the interviews. DEWEY Thanks, Mark. The brief is on my desk for you to go over. Youve got my number, keep me posted on how they go. KINCAID Will do. Kincaid and Gale get back into the taxi, and they take off towards the station. Dewey and Sidney begin walking towards the large doors of the school. SIDNEY You seem tense, Dewey. Even more than normal. Whats wrong? DEWEY You mean besides the murders? SIDNEY You know what I mean.

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The two are now at the crime scene. Sidney does not flinch at the scene; Dewey does in spite of himself. Sidney surveys the message on the wall. SIDNEY Jesus...you werent kidding. Somebody did a real number on this guy...and the message. What do you think it means? DEWEY I was hoping you could help me with that. SIDNEY Well, whoever wrote this clearly wasnt mucking around. See the way the blood is smeared in such a neat fashion? They knew what they were writing, for one. And they werent in a hurry. Which means they knew where everyone else was around them, if, as you say, the group was at the school around them. Meticulously timed. DEWEY (impressed) I gather youve learned a thing or two about detective work from Mark. SIDNEY A few things. DEWEY It was the same last night. Girl killed in the middle of everyone, yet when I got inside there was no sign of the killer. Everybody else was scattered around. Itll be impossible to narrow the list of suspects down unless the interviews or forensics give us something.

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CONTINUED: SIDNEY (studying the wall) The end would suggest no more killings. But Judys sister was killed after this was written. Making it two deaths so far. DEWEY That was the other thing I hadnt told anyone. It may be three. SIDNEY Sorry? DEWEY When I spoke to the killer in the station, he said that a girl had already been killed. We found an unknown phone on Chantelles body, we believe it may belong to the missing person. SIDNEY Any idea whose it is? DEWEY Not yet. It seems to have all of the groups numbers on it, so were hoping its a friend of theirs. Something to pull out in the interviews, you know. Scare one of them if they are the killer. SIDNEY Youve seen these kids...do you think that it might be one of them? DEWEY These deaths started when Kirbys tour started in town. That cant be coincidence, can it? SIDNEY (smiling) Its nice not to be the soul cause for once. DEWEY Dont get too comfortable, Sid. Remember the phone call...the tickets? That was probably this killer. Once we get back to the station, we can try to trace...

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SIDNEY Already tried, Dew. Couldnt trace the tickets back to the source. Whoever sent them through went to great lengths to make sure we couldnt ID them. DEWEY Unusual. SIDNEY Adds to the mystery...the end. DEWEY The end of what, is what Im trying to figure out. SIDNEY (grinning) Well, Sheriff, I say we go and try to get some different perspectives on this message. END SCENE. SCENE THIRTEEN: INTERVIEW THIS The scene begins in the Woodsboro police station, with the group being interviewed individually. Judy is scurrying herself around keeping busy, still clearly upset. Cherie, Tony, Kirby and Michelle are sitting on a seat outside the rooms, with Michelle and Cherie comforting Kirby who is clearly distressed about her fathers death. In one of the rooms, Daniel is being interviewed by the out-of-town cops, the stern and physically intimidating OFFICER WAYNE BRIDGES (Erik King) and rookie OFFICER JEANETTE HILL (April Lee Hernandez). In the other interview room, Kincaid is grilling Adam. KINCAID So where were you at the time of the murder? ADAM As I told the other cops, I was with Kirby and Tony. We saw that Cherie wanted to get jiggy with Daniel, so we bailed for a bit. Gave them some space, you know?

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KINCAID And just to clarify...are you sure that none of you left the porch for even a second while you were there? ADAM I am positive. Ask the others, theyll back me up. KINCAID Dont worry, I intend to. Dont go too far. Adam leaves the interview. We switch to Steve, who is in another room waiting to be interviewed. The door opens and Gale walks in and sits down. Steves eyes nearly pop out. STEVE Holy shit! Youre that reporter lady! Wow...you have aged terribly... GALE (sarcastically) Very perceptive, buddy. Look, Im not a cop or anything, but I really want this murder solved so I can get out of here. Spill the beans. What do you know? STEVE You want out? Scared of a little action, are you love? GALE Cut the crap. Where were you when Chantelle was killed? STEVE (proudly) With my girlfriend. Upstairs. GALE Wow, congratulations. So that took up what...two seconds of your night? What about the rest of it? Steve leans forward menacingly. STEVE We were up there all night.

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GALE All night? STEVE (winking) All night, baby. Gale spins around, and points to Michelle. GALE Is that her? STEVE Youd better believe it. Gale motions to Michelle through the window, who enters the room and sits next to Steve. GALE Id just like to clarify some things with your boyfriends story, Miss... MICHELLE Blake. Michelle Blake. GALE So, Michelle...where were you at the time of the murder? MICHELLE (quietly) I would have been upstairs, with Steve. GALE Are you completely you slipped out to bathroom...or make call...or to, say, innocent girl? STEVE No, we didnt. GALE Im asking Michelle. MICHELLE (unconvingingly) Um. No, I dont think so. Besides... sure? Neither of go to the a phone murder an

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Gale motions towards Judy, who nervously leads Steve out of the room. He is unhappy and shrugs Judy off, and heads towards the toilets. GALE (caring) Now tell me, did either of you leave the room at any stage...honestly. You can trust me. MICHELLE (blushing) Steve did! But only for a few minutes. GALE He did? What time? This is important, Michelle. MICHELLE (upset) I dont know...around midnight? GALE So around the time of the murders, your boyfriend was creeping around the house. Why? MICHELLE (blushing) He needed some thingos. GALE Some...thingos? MICHELLE Some of those things that stop babies. GALE What? Do you mean dingoes or Tori Spellings face? MICHELLE (crimson red) The rubber things.

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GALE (loudly) Condoms? Out in the corridor, everyone looks at the two. Gale groans, and draws the blind, as Adam in particular is laughing hard. Judy looks angrily at him. GALE Juveniles. How long was he gone for? MICHELLE It would have only been a few minutes, I swear. He wouldnt do it, Mrs. Weathers. GALE Its Ms., sweety. Where exactly was he going to find condoms? MICHELLE He said that Adam would have some spares. He said he never uses them. GALE So your boyfriend went downstairs near the time of the murder, and went to find Adam. Did he come back? MICHELLE He came back, but said hed looked everywhere and couldnt find Adam. GALE Adam was on the porch, according to these notes. With Kirby and Tony. MICHELLE (defiantly) Well, he said he looked there. They werent there. And if he said that, then he is telling the truth. GALE The plot thickens...thats all for now. Thanks, Michelle. Michelle gets up, and moves to leave the room.

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Michelle looks confused and joins the rest. Gale leans back on her chair, studying the students. The door opens, and Kincaid enters, closely flanked by Judy. JUDY Please tell me weve got a lead. GALE Nothing concrete yet. But there are several inconsistencies popping up in some of the stories. KINCAID Adam maintains that he was on the porch with Tony and Kirby at that stage of the night. GALE Steve isnt sticking with that story. Says nobody was on the porch when he was looking for some rubbers. KINCAID I think its time we spoke to them as a group. Put them one against the other. See which story holds up the best. And weve got a few aces up our sleeve too, dont we Judy. JUDY (taking out Vanessas phone) Yes we do, Detective. The doors open and Williams comes storming in, past an angry Bridges. He points directly at Adam, who looks nonplussed. BRIDGES Hey! What do you think this is? WILLIAMS (angry) You! Scoundrel! Fiend! Little, obnoxious cretin. (CONTINUED)

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ADAM (amused) Who? Me? WILLIAMS Yes, you! Imagine my surprise when I wake up from what can only be described as my worst nights sleep ever, only to discover that you lot have gone and got yourself locked up! Id expect this sort of behaviour from two year olds, but not from third year college students! Bridges approaches from behind. BRIDGES Sir, I suggest you calm down before... WILLIAMS (yelling) When we get back to campus, Im going to make it my priority to see you thrown out of the College. I will not tolerate! BRIDGES (yelling louder) I said, sit down! Williams yelps, and leaps to the nearest chair. There is a deathly silence as Bridges paces up and down, looking at the students and their Professor. BRIDGES Now you listen to me now, and you listen good. Two people are dead...and nobody is leaving here until I...we...figure out who did it. You hear me? Things are getting serious now...start acting like it. At this stage, Sidney and Dewey walk into the police station. Bridges walks straight up to the two, thrusting his hand at Dewey. BRIDGES Sheriff Riley...Officer Bridges. The girl in there is Officer Hill.

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DEWEY Ah, the back up. BRIDGES Id like to think of us as more than back up, sir. DEWEY Yes, well...we have more pressing matters at hand than arguing about roles, Officer. Sidney walks past the two towards the gaping group, who recognise her instantly. DANIEL Jesus...thats her. TONY Sidney Prescott. The real Sidney Prescott... Kirby gets up and runs to her, throwing her arms around her. Sidney embraces her in a long hug, and stares at the students over her shoulder. SIDNEY Eenie, meenie, miney, mo. DEWEY (to the group) I think its time we all had a talk about this tour. END SCENE. SCENE FOURTEEN: GROUND RULES The scene begins with Adam, Cherie, Daniel, Steve, Michelle and Tony sitting in the conference room of the station around the table. Kirby is outside talking to Sidney, still upset, and Williams seems to be arguing with Bridges and Hill. Dewey and Judy are going over the interview notes with Kincaid. DANIEL Man, this is some crazy shit. STEVE Amen to that.

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CHERIE (angry) And what would you be thinking, huh? ADAM That it was one of us. There is a howl of protest from around the table. DANIEL Thats a bullshit thing to say, Adam. Were friends. MICHELLE We trust each other! STEVE Yeah, man. Even for me, thats a little cold. ADAM Lay off! Im just saying what the rest of you are too pussy to say. I mean, dont you think that Kirby used to think that about her best friend...who turned out to be the last killer? Im just watching my back, thats all. CHERIE Well, at least one person will be. Asshole. DANIEL Cherie, calm down. CHERIE And you! Leaving me all by myself, you fucker! I could have died! DANIEL I didnt know there was some knife happy fruitloop in the house, did I? Fuck! There is an awkward silence, and Cherie weeps silently. MICHELLE (trying to ease the tension) Well...at least we all have alibis, right?

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There is another silence as the group look towards the floor. MICHELLE Dont we? CHERIE Well, Im in the clear...obviously. What about the rest of you? MICHELLE I was upstairs. STEVE So was I. DANIEL I was outside with Chantelle. STEVE And can she verify that, hmm? CHERIE Shut up, Steve. I can. ADAM I was on the porch with Tony and Kirby. TONY Yeah...I guess. ADAM (annoyed) What do you mean...I guess? TONY Go easy on me...I hadnt smoked before...its all a bit hazy. ADAM What did you tell the police, Tony? TONY (guiltily) The truth. ADAM You mean what you just said? Its hazy? Shit, Tony! Are you trying to sell me up the fucking river? Making me look like a fucking liar in my interview isnt what a mate would do. Fuck! (CONTINUED)

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The door swings open, and Kirby, Dewey, Kincaid and Gale walk in. Gale and Dewey seem to be ignoring each other well. The tension in the room is obvious, Adam sits down quickly. Sidney eyes him suspiciously. Williams enters and sits down, as does Judy, who starts to take notes. Outside, Hill takes notes as an annoyed Bridges paces back and forth in the corridor, eager to enter the action. DEWEY Is everything OK in here? STEVE Yeah, just rosy. What do you think? DEWEY Oh, right. SIDNEY Im Detective Sidney Prescott, if you didnt realise already. I hope you wont mind if we all have a chat to see if we can get to the bottom of this mess. MICHELLE (brightly) Sounds good to me! SIDNEY Peachy. Some of you have met my associate, Gale Weathers, and my partner, Detective Kincaid. And you already know the Sheriff. Were here to help, OK? Now...does anybody remember anything about last night that you havent shared in the interviews? There is an elongated silence. SIDNEY Anything at all? There is another silence. Michelle looks at the ground, Cherie wipes her eyes, and Adam looks around the table as if daring anyone to speak. SIDNEY OK, fair enough. In that case, let me share a few things to see if they jog your memory. First off, Mark, can you read the excerpt from Adams statement, please?

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KINCAID Certainly. Well, we were outside smoking some dope for a while, thinking Daniel was giving Cherie the ride of her life by that stage, and thats when we heard a car pull up and that copper screaming. SIDNEY So you claim you were on the porch the whole time after leaving Daniel and Cherie alone? ADAM (defiantly) Yes, I do. SIDNEY OK. Mark, the excerpt from Tonys statement, please. KINCAID I dont know, I dont remember. I think we did go out to the porch for a while, but I dont think we stayed there for long. I hadnt smoked before, and everything was a bit fuzzy. I think Adam might have gone to the toilet at some stage. Adam stares at Tony, who looks at the floor. He is visibly angry. SIDNEY (smug) You can see the disparity, cant you, Adam. Adam stays silent, shaking his head, clearly fuming. He feels betrayed. GALE Well, which was it, Kirby? If you were there, as Adam claims. Kirby looks up. She is still in tears, and has not yet been interviewed due to her grief. KIRBY (sobbing) Its hard to remember. Id been drinking.

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SIDNEY See what you can remember. KIRBY I remember going to the porch..and we smoked some weed...oh God, I cant believe I was so stupid. It was Adam, Tony, and me, like he says. KINCAID Do you remember anybody leaving the porch at any stage? Kirby stares at Adam, who looks forlorn. KIRBY I think he might have left for a few minutes. GALE Long enough to attack Cherie in the garage? ADAM (desperately interjecting) OK! I admit it. DEWEY You did it? ADAM If by it, you mean going number two. I went to the toilet for a few minutes. Are you going to charge me for heeding natures call? KINCAID No. But lying to the police is a serious offence...especially in these circumstances. GALE Why didnt you tell us the truth? ADAM (upset, laughing) Why do you think!? I know how it looked. SIDNEY How it looks.

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CONTINUED: ADAM Right...shit. I didnt do it...I swear, I didnt do it.

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Adam looks down, Michelle taps him on the back in support. Steve looks over at them in annoyance. GALE But that doesnt explain why Steve here says he couldnt find anybody on the porch when he went to find Adam. KIRBY What? He never came to the porch. STEVE Uh, yeah, I did. I just looked out from inside. I didnt actually go outside. Too much effort. TONY I didnt notice anybody inside near us...and Im normally pretty perceptive. STEVE (angry) You were off your head, you cock-muncher! You wouldnt have noticed if Vanessa had come back and gotten on all fours in front of you. TONY Dont you bring her into this! SIDNEY Who is Vanessa? MICHELLE One of our friends who had to leave early. Somethings wrong with her mother. STEVE (sneering) Im sure you can relate, Officer. SIDNEY (sharp) Thats Detective to you. Judy, I think its time to show them.

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CHERIE Show us what? Judy nods and pulls out Vanessas phone. Sidney slides it on the table, resting it in the middle of everyone. Michelle gasps. CHERIE Thats Vanessas phone...why do you have it? MICHELLE Did she leave it behind? Shes always doing that. Silly Vanessa. DEWEY (coughs awkwardly) Yesterday, I received a call from the killer here at the station. Before he sent me to Kirbys father, he said that a girl was already dead. MICHELLE (ignoring Dewey) ...I bet she just dropped it on her way out of the house...she was in a rush, after all. Shes probably waiting at home for... DEWEY We rang her Mothers number on her mobile. She never returned home. MICHELLE (babbling, in tears) ...me to return it. Thatll be it. If her Moms ill, she probably doesnt know if Vanessa is there or not. DEWEY Her mother isnt ill. MICHELLE ...must have meant Grandmother. Shes always getting her English wrong. Thats one of the things I... Cherie moves across, and grabs Michelles trembling hand.

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CHERIE Michelle... MICHELLE ...love about... Michelle bursts out into tears, crying and slamming her fists into the table. Adam and Daniel hold back tears and hug Michelle. Cherie looks numb. Steve looks nonplussed, and crosses his arms. Sidney takes in the scene in an impartial manner. Dewey and Gale look compassionately at the scene. MICHELLE (screaming) No! No, no, no, no, no... DANIEL Michelle, calm down. Breathe. ADAM Its OK. MICHELLE Its not! Vanessa might be dead! The door to the room flies open, and Bridges enters with a piece of paper which he thrusts in front of Sidney. BRIDGES Is, Im afraid. Forensics found some of her blood on the lawn outside of the Morris old residence. And on the window sill. TONY ...shes dead... ADAM Shit... CHERIE Have they found the body? BRIDGES Not as of yet. GALE They will find it...dont worry. STEVE ...whats left of her.

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CONTINUED: MICHELLE (yelling) Shut-up, Steve! Just shut the fuck up! ADAM Steve, seriously. SIDNEY Look, Im sorry about your friend. But there is something more I need you all to look at for me. I need you to look at this for me. Brace yourself, Kirby.

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Sidney pulls out a photo of the Reed crime-scene, complete with bloody message written on the wall. Kirbys hand flies to her face. Adam quickly jumps up and kneels besides her, stroking her hair. Michelle looks at Steve in anger, then towards Adam and Kirby in jealousy. Gale and Bridges watch this with fascination. KIRBY Dad... SIDNEY Ignore the body for now...look at the message. STEVE What does it say? DEWEY This is not the beginning. This is the end. ADAM What does it mean? KINCAID Well, we were hoping you could all help. TONY Well, isnt it obvious? KINCAID If you think you understand it, please, go on. TONY Well, if we look at the murders through a traditional horror movie lens... (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: STEVE ...here we go. TONY (becoming animated) Well, the original Woodsboro murders were inspired somewhat from horror movies. The Windsor College killings showed all of the signs of a horror sequel. The L.A. killings were formulated around the concept of trilogies and a third movie in the cycle. GALE And you know this how? TONY Randy Meeks online blog. His videos have gone viral...the guys a hero. SIDNEY (smiles) Yeah, he was. Go on. TONY Well, the killer is trying to tell us what purpose these killings are meant to be serving. This isnt the beginning, this is the end! The end! GALE The end? TONY The killer clearly wants to end the series...be the final chapter in this horrific tale...the footnote...the bloody finale to end all finales. DEWEY I dont get it... TONY Its simple...after a while, all series run their course. Everything has to end somewhere...and by ending a series, you effectively complete the narratives of the different characters. Whether it be a happy ending or a tragic one.

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KIRBY But horror series dont ever really end, do they? I mean, Halloween H20 killed off Michael, but then they pulled a quick stunt with Resurrection. TONY Well, yes. But if we look at Resurrection as the final movie, remakes ignored, it set itself apart by killing off Laurie Strode. DEWEY It set itself apart? TONY Well, in the final of a long-running series, the main characters can die. Or, if there are numerous recurring characters, at least half of them will die. Its destiny. Gale, Dewey and Sidney look at each other. Gale lingers on Dewey before she looks away. GALE (imitating Sidney) Come to Woodsboro, Gale, itll be good for you. Yeah, right. SIDNEY What else? Tony gets up and walks to the whiteboard, and writes the rules as he says them. He starts with the main characters die. He writes up unfinished story lines resolved. TONY (in his element) OK, lets make a list. If you want to end a horror series, then its important to tie up any unfinished story lines. GALE Unfinished story lines? CHERIE Like Mark?

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CONTINUED: KINCAID Im sorry? TONY Exactly. Bringing back somebody who wasnt involved in the last incident, so to speak, is classic finale stuff. Its nostalgic, and often has something to do with the major twist at the end. KINCAID (amused) And how does my part usually end? TONY Normally? Not well. KINCAID Oh. But what relevance does this theory have... SIDNEY How does this theory help us catch the killer, Tony? STEVE It doesnt. ADAM Oh, ye of little faith! DANIEL What else is there, Ton? TONY Going back to where it all started. GALE What? TONY Homages to the original. Reliving poignant and popular moments from the series. We should be able to predict the kills depending on the order and nature of kills from the past. DEWEY My sister was killed in that damn garage.

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KIRBY And my friend Olivia was killed in the room that Vanessa was staying in, as well. SIDNEY Not to mention that she died early in the piece too. TONY See? The killer is clearly trying to end the series by following this set of rules and precedents. KINCAID Interesting. Lets take five, OK? Kincaid, Gale, Dewey and Sidney leave the room, ushered out by an eager Hill. Bridges stays in the room, eyeing off the group. BRIDGES Im going to sniff you out, you hear me? And all this, this whole station...its going to be mine. Bridges smiles, and leaves the room. Hill remains, awkwardly smiling at the students. HILL Well catch whoever did it...dont worry. She leaves the room, with the students all reclining back in their seats. Williams remains in the corner, oddly silent throughout the whole piece. In the corridor, Gale charges downstairs to have a smoke, and Dewey follows her eagerly. DEWEY Give us a minute, Sid. KINCAID What do you think? SIDNEY The kids theory seems to fit...it certainly ties in with the location and timing of the murders. Not to mention explaining why we were sent those tickets.

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CONTINUED: KINCAID Agreed. SIDNEY What do you think about them? KINCAID Something is wrong, not just with the stories. If we now have the full stories, it could be any of them, conceivably. Bar Daniel and Cherie. Or another copycat is still an option, I guess. But I dont think its likely. SIDNEY The teacher has been awfully quiet. BRIDGES (butting in) As he should be. Arrogant mother fucker. No respect for important police work. KINCAID Yes, thank you. SIDNEY Well get him talking again when we go back in. He knows something, I can feel it. KINCAID Going by the forensics, we have nothing. Its bizarre. We wont have enough to hold them. BRIDGES Special circumstances apply, surely? We cant let these crazies out on the streets. KINCAID Thats not how it works, Bridges. If they choose to leave, we cant stop them. Unless we find something quickly. HILL (calling out) I think I can help!

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CONTINUED: BRIDGES What in the name of God do you think youre doing, Hill? This isnt your equipment to use! HILL I didnt realise I had to fill out an application form...look at what I found on the criminal database. I thought it would be a good idea to do some background on the suspects. The group look at the screen, and Sidney smiles. SIDNEY Good work, Officer. BRIDGES Taught her everything she knows.

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END SCENE. SCENE FIFTEEN: WHATS IN A NAME? Gale storms out of the Woodsboro police station, and tries unsuccessfully to light a cigarette. Looking up at the station, the blinds flutter; as though someone was watching her. The door bursts open and Dewey appears, slightly out of breath. DEWEY Gale...can we talk, please? GALE Ive got nothing left to say to you. DEWEY (joking) Theres a first for everything, then! Gale ignores him and continues trying to light her cigarette. She throws the lighter away in frustration. Dewey sighs, and passes her one from his pocket. She lights the cigarette goes to pass the lighter back. DEWEY Keep it. Since when did you start smoking? Gale ignores him and begins to drag on her cigarette.

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CONTINUED: DEWEY Look, if youre just going to ignore me, why bother coming back? GALE Sidney made me. DEWEY Come on, we both know nobody makes Gale Weathers do something she doesnt want to do. GALE Besides get married, you mean. DEWEY Dont change the subject. GALE Look, there are murders to solve. Isnt that reason enough? DEWEY But you arent a cop...youre not even a reporter any more! I know you, Gale. Better than you ever gave me credit for! You came back because you miss me. GALE I miss you as much as I missed Ghostface, Dwight. Bad memories from the past; thats all you both are. DEWEY Not Dwight...call me Dewey. Please. GALE My days of calling you Dewey are over. Just like my days of living in this stupid town.

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GALE She cant even keep her eyes off of you, not even now. The killer was right about one thing... DEWEY Which was? GALE ...its over. This is the end...of these stupid murders...and of us. DEWEY Where are you going? GALE Away. Sidney can handle it without me, Im sure. DEWEY But... Gale fastens her pace, walking down the street away from Dewey. Sighing, Dewey follows Judy into the station. Dewey catches up to Judy and they enter the corridor to the interview rooms, only to find the students being led out of the station by Hill and a surly looking Bridges. DEWEY Whoa! Where are they all going? KIRBY Home. Sidney said we could, Dew. DEWEY (to Bridges) Is this true? HILL Just following orders, Sheriff. BRIDGES Bloody Feds. Think they can walk all over us regular cops. If it were up to me, wed be running this fucking operation. HILL (quietly) Geez...we get it...

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Dewey walks into the interview room to find Kincaid and Sidney talking to Williams, who looks stressed. Dewey turns to Sidney. DEWEY Sidney, what the hell? Youre releasing them without even talking to me? SIDNEY Yes, I am. It was my call. DEWEY Why? This is my... KINCAID Investigation, we know. But we dont have enough on them, and they dont want to stay here. The best we can do is send them away to somewhere safe with a police escort. Trust us, Dwight. DEWEY I wish everybody would stop calling me Dwight. OK, you can all go! Bridges, Hill...keep in regular contact. I want to know if any of them so much as misses the toilet bowl, OK? HILL Got it. The cops begin to lead the group out of the station. BRIDGES Now were on fucking toilet duty. Dick. ADAM (yelling in distance) Yahoo! Theres not a prison in the land that can hold me! (CONTINUED)

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The officers lead out the group, with Adam and Steve whooping and high-fiving. Dewey pulls up a seat, Judy takes out her notepad, and the interview begins. KINCAID OK, Mr. Williams. Id like you to tell us your version of what happened last night again, if you will. WILLIAMS (impatiently) Fine. Well, as I said the first ten times, I was about to go to bed at the Macher residence when I received said prank call from Stevens phone. Unfortunately, it was one of his more convincing efforts, and I drove back to the Morris house. SIDNEY (amused) And what if the call had been real? Whats your level of duty of care over the students? WILLIAMS I dont think duty of care extends to homicidal maniacs on the loose, Detective. KINCAID And you drove straight back to the Morris house? WILLIAMS (hesitating) Yes. SIDNEY Bullshit. Tell the truth. KINCAID In Daniels statement, he claimed that he went outside to investigate a set of headlights appearing in the distance, then turning off when they got close to the house.

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CONTINUED: SIDNEY (smiling smugly) At first, we assumed that the car would have been Chantelles. But she parked her car very close to the house, around the side, out of sight. She had no reason to turn her headlights off. It was only luck that neither Cherie nor Daniel noticed her driving down. KINCAID Was it you coming back down the driveway, Stewart? Williams leans back, sweating profusely. WILLIAMS Yes! OK, it was me. I got halfway back to the house when I put two and two together. They probably handed the stupid phone around to trick me. So I decided to double back to teach those simpletons a lesson. DEWEY But why did you turn off your headlights? WILLIAMS When I was driving back down I noticed the flashing lights of a police vehicle parked next to the side of the house...naturally, I assumed the worst. I wasnt exactly keen to run headfirst into a killers warpath, you know. KINCAID You do realise that fleeing the scene of a crime like you did can be seen as a sign of guilt? WILLIAMS (defiantly) I do...as much as my students think I am, Im not an idiot, Detective. I am telling you the truth. SIDNEY What would you say if I said that I dont believe you?

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WILLIAMS What? Why not!? KINCAID Were you aware that it was your cell phone used to lure Cherie into the garage? WILLIAMS Yes, but I dropped my phone as a result of the prank call...I said that in my earlier interview. And anyway, if I had my phone then I couldnt have made the call, could I? DEWEY Who did then? WILLIAMS The killer, I presume. It could be any of them...except me, of course. SIDNEY Would you go on the record as saying that you would believe that one of your students would be capable of this? WILLIAMS (hesitates) I guess if I had to. Yes, I would...one of them must have placed the call. SIDNEY (smirking) Mr. Williams, we checked everybodies phones...none of your students placed that call. And Kirby doesnt even have your number. WILLIAMS Well, somebody made the call. Because it certainly wasnt me. KINCAID We think it was. And were going to prove it.

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WILLIAMS (laughing) What are you going to do? Charge me? You have nothing on me! I know my rights! SIDNEY Do you...Professor Blood? WILLIAMS (shocked) Im sorry? SIDNEY Background checks are the darndest things...you never know what theyll show up. KINCAID Why did you never mention thay you used to work at Windsor College? WILLIAMS What matter is that to you? DEWEY The Windsor College? SIDNEY The one and only. Mr. Blood worked there until five years ago, when he was mysteriously released from staff duties... KINCAID And moved interstate, changing his name to Stewart Williams. WILLIAMS Changing names and jobs arent illegal acts, Detective. SIDNEY Oh, we know that. We are just interested in why you would upheave your life like that. WILLIAMS Ex-marraiges...you know how they are...

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KINCAID But you have never been married. WILLIAMS ...unfortunate relatives, always pestering me for money... KINCAID Likely story. WILLIAMS I dont see what my personal life has to do with any of this! SIDNEY Maybe not...but I am just intrigued by your choice of name. Stewart Williams. WILLIAMS How so? KINCAID I assume you are aware of who committed the first Woodsboro murders. Kincaid takes out photos from the school crime scene - an image of Billy and Stu. WILLIAMS Of course...Billy Loomis and Stu Macher. Everybody knows that. SIDNEY Stu, a shortened version of Stewart. And Billy, otherwise known as William. Stu and Billy...Stewart Williams. Dewey drops his pen, and points to Tonys rules on the board. DEWEY Hows that for an homage to the original? WILLIAMS (incredulous) What!? Ridiculous...a complete coincidence.

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KINCAID Stewart Williams, I am placing you under arrest for the murder of Phillip Reed, Vanessa Noel, and... Before Kincaid can move, Judy thrusts Williams hands behind his back and places him in handcuffs. JUDY Chantelle Hicks. Judy leads a shocked Williams out of the room, towards the holding cells. WILLIAMS (yelling) No! Are you crazy?! You have the wrong man! JUDY I dont think so, murderer. Dewey, Kincaid and Sidney all walk out of the interview room and watch Judy lead Williams down the corridor to the cells. DEWEY Ill be honest, Sid. Im impressed. We could have used you back in the day too, Mark. SIDNEY Hes amazing, isnt he? KINCAID As are you. Sidney and Kincaid kiss as Dewey looks uncomfortable. Sidney detaches herself from her husband and gives Dewey a hug. SIDNEY Its over, Dewey. Its actually over. END SCENE. SCENE SIXTEEN: HOME, SWEET HOME The scene begins with a police four-wheel drive pulling up to Kirbys house. The students and the two cops get out of the car and move towards the house. Hill is on the mobile. It is now mid-afternoon and most of the students are tired and disgruntled. Kirby still looks upset, Adam has his arm (CONTINUED)

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around her. Steve and Michelle stand oddly apart, and Michelle continues to look longingly at Adam. MICHELLE Ooh...pretty house! STEVE Big house. With lots of escape routes. CHERIE Very perceptive...jerk. TONY Am I the only one who still thinks this is a bad idea? DANIEL What do you mean? TONY Didnt you listen to what I said back at the station? My last rule...homages to the originals? People were murdered here...just like they were in Olivias room and just like they were at the Macher house...and the school. We might as well put on Ghostface costumes and start stabbing each other now. DANIEL Its over, man. They wouldnt have let us go if they thought we were in any danger. HILL (hanging up phone) And youre not...your Professor has been officially charged with the murders. The students looked shocked, besides Steve who looks delighted. STEVE Sweet! I always knew there was something wrong with that guy. KIRBY (to Hill) So he...he killed my dad?

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HILL Plus Vanessa and Hicks? It seems that way. STEVE So were free to go, right? BRIDGES Youre free to go when I say you are. The Sheriff wants you to be kept here tonight under guard, just in case. DANIEL In case of what? Hes been caught! Were in the clear. TONY (laughs) In the clear? Daniel, you trust too much. Remember the first murders? Two killers...the College murders...two killers. CHERIE And we all know Williams isnt smart enough to pull something like this off by himself...hes such a spaz. ADAM Well, he didnt pull it off, did he? KIRBY Tell that to my Dad. Kirby runs inside angrily, leaving Adam looking guilty. The rest of the group slowly follow. Bridges walks off around the house. Jeanette sits on the porch and takes out her notepad, reviewing her notes from the day. Steve comes out to the front to have a smoke, and sits next to her. BRIDGES Ill do a perimeter check. You watch the front, got it? HILL (quietly) Got it...idiot.

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STEVE (flirting) Whatcha looking at? HILL Some notes I took at the station...what your friend said about the two killers...I dont think its true. Or maybe Im just hoping that. STEVE Id bet your partner would disagree. That dude looks like hed get off shooting one of us. HILL (laughs) He is a little full-on. You get used to it. STEVE I could get used to having you around. You know, youre awful young for a police officer. HILL (blushing) Thanks. Im pretty new to it actually, bit of a rookie. STEVE You must be pretty talented, sending you to a big murder investigation. HILL (enjoying the attention) I just got lucky...after what happened to those cops last time nobody was very fast to put their hands up. Not that the station was going to send anybody of much value...Im just a rookie, and Bridges? I dont think theyd be too upset if he wasnt to come back. STEVE Well, I think youre very brave. And I feel a lot safer with you here now...

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HILL Thats what Im here for...you dont need to worry, though. Weve got the guy locked up. STEVE (stubbing cigarette) ...if he is the real guy. HILL Sorry? STEVE Nothing. I just feel a lot better knowing youll be around me tonight. HILL (smiling) Ill be right outside if you need anything. STEVE Ill remember that. Steve walks back inside, into the living room where Adam, Daniel, and Tony are sitting, playing cards. Steve joins them. STEVE Deal me in, lads? ADAM (dealing) Why were you do talking to her? STEVE Just bonding with our protector. If a killer runs at us with a knife tonight, I know which one of us shell be saving. DANIEL Classy, man. TONY I wouldnt joke about it, Steve. DANIEL Still with the double killer theory, huh?

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TONY Its totally valid. And even if there is only one, does anybody here really think Williams is a killer? An idiot, sure. But hes not a killer. ADAM Isnt that normally how it goes? The person you least expect? TONY Well, thats one way of looking at it. But rules change. In the modern horror movie, unpredictable has become predictable. I mean, why shouldnt the red herring be the killer? Nobody would see it coming. DANIEL (slamming down a winning hand) Like a two-card trick? Speaking off which...bam! Pay up, bitches. STEVE This isnt a movie, geek. Let it go. DANIEL I hate to agree with Steve, but hes right...its done, Tony. We survived. ADAM (clicking fingers) Hey, how cool is that!? We are official Woodsboro survivors. STEVE We didnt even see Ghostface, man! ADAM Dont take this away from me! I mean, this puts us in some pretty exclusive company...Sidney Prescott, Gale Weathers, Dewey...Kirby. STEVE Hey, youve finally got something in common to talk about.

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ADAM Finally? What do you mean? DANIEL Lets be honest, man. Youre a funny guy, but... STEVE Shes a Rolls Royce...youre a broken down Mini Coupe. Adam throws his cards down and points at his crotch. ADAM Hey! Watch the metaphors, shall we? The guys laugh, and continue playing. The scene shifts to Kirbys room, upstairs, with the girls talking. Kirby seems to be coping a little better. MICHELLE Its OK, Kirby. You can let it out if you want. KIRBY (drying eyes) This is so stupid, Im sorry. I wasnt even that close to my Dad...and you guys lost one of your best friends. CHERIE Well be ok...we have each other. MICHELLE And you have us too! KIRBY Im just...so sorry. CHERIE What for? KIRBY This whole tour was my idea! And it led to that psycho coming to town...and killing my Dad...Vanessa...Judys sister. Theyd all be alive if it wasnt for me.

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CHERIE You cant blame yourself for something that somebody else did. And he isnt going to get away with it...well get justice for what he did to your Dad and Vanessa. MICHELLE Hell pay...the asshole. KIRBY (giggling) Michelle! MICHELLE Oh, sorry! KIRBY Its fine...its funny seeing you swear. You know, in a weird way, this is kind of nice. Its been a long time since Ive had friends. If youd be cool calling you guys that... MICHELLE (smiling) I think I could live with that. Kirby looks out the window, and spots Bridges walking around the corner of the house. KIRBY Ill be a hell of a lot happier when were not on house arrest, though. CHERIE Maybe you should see it as an oppurtunity, Kirb. KIRBY What do you mean? CHERIE Im talking about Adam... Kirby blushes, and Michelle forces a laugh. KIRBY (lightly) I dont know what you mean.

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CHERIE Dont play dumb! Look, really good guy...even doesnt want people to Remember how he jumped everyone on the bus?

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MICHELLE (glum) You could do a lot worse. KIRBY Hes not really the kind of guy Id normally go for... MICHELLE And what kind of person do you normally go for? KIRBY Theyre normally serial killers, unfortunately. The girls dont laugh at this joke. CHERIE Anyway, I think you should have a crack. He certainly wouldnt say no. You should have seen his face when he took the mask off you on the bus. He was like a kid at Christmas. KIRBY (dreamily) He does make me laugh. CHERIE Dont let him know that...we wont hear the end of it! The girls laugh. Kirby looks outside again, and spots Steve chatting up Hill again. She rolls her eyes, and goes to close the curtain when she spots a figure in the bushes. KIRBY Who is that? MICHELLE Itll just be that policeman...I wish hed leave, he gives me the creeps. She seems nice, though.

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KIRBY Yeah, I bet Steve agrees. MICHELLE Sorry? KIRBY Nothing. CHERIE Dont let the cops get to you, K. Remember, after tonight, youre a free woman! KIRBY (grinning) Then lets hope I make it through the night! END SCENE. SCENE SEVENTEEN: YOURE TOAST Night-time has fallen in Woodsboro as a drunk Gale walks the empty streets of Woodsboro by herself. Walking past Deweys house, she screams to herself and throws the empty bottle at the house, smashing a window. At the station Sidney, Dewey, Judy and Kincaid sit around completing paperwork. Williams sits in his cell, leaning against the wall in boredom. SIDNEY Tell you the one thing I dont like about this job...the paperwork. KINCAID Well, that should be the last of it. We can take him up with us for processing tomorrow, if youd like. DEWEY I wont argue there. The courts arent even in use here anymore...Bridges and Hill can take him. SIDNEY He made it personal once he put the mask on, Dew. Leave it to us. Dewey anxiously looks at his phone, and then the clock.

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DEWEY Has anybody heard from Gale yet? SIDNEY No...shell be fine, Dewey. Just needed to blow off some steam. DEWEY I think I might go look for her. SIDNEY (yawning) Suit yourself...but chances are shes back at the hotel, curled up with a bottle of whiskey. I might call it a night too. JUDY I can finish up here if you want to go. I cant see myself sleeping much tonight anyway. SIDNEY Are you sure? Im not sure you should be alone right now. WILLIAMS (calling out) Shes not! DEWEY Ill stay. JUDY No...look, you go and find Gale. And you two should go and get some sleep...you had the flight and its been a long day. Ive got things under control here. SIDNEY I dont think... KINCAID Thanks, Judy. I wouldnt mind a rest. Kincaid grabs Sidney by the hand and leads her out of the station. Dewey walks to Judy, and hugs her. DEWEY Ring me if theres any trouble.

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CONTINUED: JUDY Thanks...Dewey. Dewey smiles, and leaves the station. WILLIAMS (calling out) So its just you, and me, huh? Judy opens her drawer, and pulls out her gun. JUDY Yes, it is.

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The scene cuts to the group, who are sitting outside around a table on the porch as Daniel and Steve stand up cooking meat on the grill; with Daniel using a large knife to cut through a large chunk of meat. Adam is sitting down next to Kirby, when he stands up and raises his beer. ADAM Um...I dont know how to say this, but I think somebody has to. This weekend somebody lost their sister...Kirby lost her Father...and we lost a friend. A dear friend. Ness was somebody you could go to with your problems...and she always seemed to understand what was wrong, even if she didnt speak a bloody word of English. The group laughs, and Michelle begins to cry silently. ADAM Anyway, I know well all miss her...Ill miss her. We are the lucky ones...it so easily could have been one of us in that bedroom. Hell, I wish it were me. I would have given that bastard what he deserved...but I dont want to talk about him. Heres to Vanessa...may she rest in peace. Adam raises his beer, and the group do the same. EVERYBODY Vanessa. Adam sits down in tears, and everybody claps. Kirby wipes her face, and holds him close.

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CHERIE Well said, Adam. DANIEL Yeah. Good work, man. ADAM Just saying what were all thinking. TONY Ive been really impressed with your development, Adam. Youve grown as a person. ADAM (opening another beer) Thank you? TONY In this case, its a compliment. People who develop always make it to the end. They are the characters you find yourself getting attached to. As opposed to... Steve, not listening, belches and throws his beer bottle away into the bushes. Michelle looks away, disgusted. TONY Well... Kirby leans into Adam and whispers in his ear, taking his hand and holding it. He grins, and holds hers tight. Steve sits down next to Michelle, who looks disinterested. Steve is already tipsy. STEVE Feel like checking out the house, baby? MICHELLE Not really, Steve. I just want to be around everybody. STEVE Be around me... Steve leans in and kisses Michelle, but she pushes him away. He jumps up, annoyed.

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STEVE Fine, have it your way. Kirby, wheres your pisser? KIRBY (wincing) Down the hall, to the right. STEVE Cheers. Steve leaves the group and walks into the house, shutting the door behind him. Out the front, Bridges and Hill sit in the car without talking, the radio on. HILL You didnt have to be so harsh with those kids today. Bridges ignores her, looking out the window into the darkness. HILL I know its your style, but they just lost a friend...you could try to be a little more compassionate. BRIDGES (snapping) Ive been on the force for nearly twenty years, and youre trying to tell me how to do my job? You should mind your own damn business! Hill looks out her window, shocked at the outburst. Bridges clears his throat, clearly repentant. BRIDGES Look, Im sorry. Ive just been a bit on edge today. HILL Ive noticed. BRIDGES Its just...that Sheriff fucking Riley. HILL What about him? He seemed OK.

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BRIDGES Hes an arrogant, self-serving son of a bitch who isnt fit to run a marathon, let alone a police station. HILL You got all that from today? BRIDGES No, not today. I used to know him...and he didnt even recognize me. Ass. HILL You knew him? BRIDGES I used to work at the very same station as him, right here in Woodsboro. HILL (animated) You never told me that! When? BRIDGES Sixteen years ago. HILL (gasping) But sixteen years ago would have been... BRIDGES Yep...I was here during the first murders. Shit of a time to be a cop, too. Media everywhere, bodies turning up all over the place...it was madness. HILL That doesnt explain why... BRIDGES Burke was in charge...a good cop. I was one of his lead deputies...everyone was saying that after he retired, Id be the next Sheriff in this town.

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HILL And I gather it didnt end up that way? BRIDGES (gripping steering wheel hard) Turns out having a dead sister and your face plastered all over the God damn country helps your career more than years of service and exemplary police work. Who knew? HILL In that case, Ill make sure to make the headlines before I do too much hard work. Bridges looks at Hill, and smiles for the first time. BRIDGES (chuckling) Youre OK, kid. Stick with me, and youll be fine. Hill isnt listening, but looking out of her car window into the bushes. BRIDGES You listening? HILL In the bushes...I think I saw something. BRIDGES I contacted Judy a few minutes ago...Williams is still in his cell. Youre seeing things, Hill. HILL I guess...still, it cant hurt to check it out, can it? BRIDGES You can knock yourself out if you like. But Im warning you, if you get up for every little sound in the night then youll be up and down more than Amy Winehouse. HILL Too soon.

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Hill opens the car door, and slinks into the shadows. Bridges chuckles to himself, and leans back against his seat. Hill enters the bushes, taking out her gun as another twig snaps in the darkness. Spinning around, she thrusts the gun at a figure behind her. HILL Freeze! Hands where I can see em. The figure comes out of the shadow. It is Steve, grinning and swaying slightly. HILL Steve? What the hell are you playing at, hey? I could have shot you! STEVE You wouldnt shoot me. HILL What are you doing out here? It isnt safe. STEVE I wanted to see you. Hill is taken aback, and grins in spite of herself. HILL Oh? STEVE You know, I didnt tell you how cute you were before. Steve walks up to her, and brushes his hand against her face. HILL Really? STEVE Yeah... HILL Well...youre not so bad yourself. STEVE (grins) I know. Come here...

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HILL Why? Steve grabs Hill, and kisses her. She tries to fight it at first, but seems to enjoy it. Steve begins to grope her breasts, and she pushes him off. HILL Hey! What are you doing? STEVE Come on, baby. My girlfriends just that...a girl. I need a woman to keep me satisfied. HILL (shocked) You have a girlfriend? STEVE Yeah...shes just up there, behind the bushes. Naughty, huh? HILL Maybe I should have shot you. Hill takes off back into the darkness, leaving Steve looking disappointed and annoyed. Scowling, he retreats back into the darkness in the opposite direction. Remaining on the porch are Adam, Kirby, Michelle and Cherie. The barbeque seems to be dying down, when Adam taps Kirbys leg. ADAM (whispering) Hey...do you want to come for a walk? KIRBY Sure. Adam grabs Kirbys hand, and leads her around the side of the house to the spacious backyard. Cherie lets out a large wolf-whistle as they do, leading Kirby to grin and Adam to blush furiously. KIRBY So... ADAM Look, Im...well...shit, Im normally good with my words, I swear.

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KIRBY (grinning) Just take your time... ADAM I know what has happened over the last few days have been terrible...but Im glad I came here. Because if I hadnt...I never would have met you. KIRBY Im glad I met you too. Kirby leans in closer, and Adam becomes even more nervous. ADAM And I know this is crazy...but the first time I saw you...when I pulled the mask off your face...I just knew. There is something between us, Kirby. And I want to see what it is. KIRBY So do I. Kirby leans in and kisses Adam, who looks shocked, but begins to enjoy it. The kiss lasts a while, and they slowly pull apart, with both smiling and staring at each other. ADAM Wow. Wow, wow, wow. KIRBY (whispering) Whatever you feel...I feel it too. ADAM (holding Kirby) You should come back with us tomorrow! KIRBY (shocked) What? ADAM Yes! I mean, you dont have anything left here anymore. You should come back to College with me...you can crash in our room, Im sure Daniel wont mind. You can get (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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ADAM (contd) a job...hell, you can enrol! Start afresh with me! KIRBY I dont know if I can just pick up and leave like that... ADAM Give it a chance, Kirby! What do you have to lose? KIRBY Nothing, I guess. But... And how and me. ADAM what do you have to gain? I saw happy you were with Michelle Cherie...how happy you are with Come on...what do you say?

Kirby seems to be considering the offer, and smiles. KIRBY Yes. ADAM (smiling) Yes? KIRBY (ecstatic) Yes! Adam whoops in celebration, then grabs Kirby tight and kisses her again, but harder this time. Kirbys eyes open, looking towards the house, and she pushes Adam off quickly. KIRBY Holy shit... ADAM That good, huh? KIRBY No...its him. Its him! ADAM ...who? Jesus!

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Turning around, Adam jumps back in shock. Standing in the living room, looking through the window towards them, is Ghostface. After a short pause, he turns away and disappears into the house. To Kirbys shock, Adam runs to the back door. To his surprise, it is now locked, and he hits it in anger. KIRBY Adam, what the hell are you doing? Lets get the hell out of here! ADAM All of my friends are in there! We cant just leave them! KIRBY But...was he real? ADAM Sure looked it...shit. Tony was right. Look, you go and get the cops. Ill run around the back and get everyone out safely. KIRBY (scared) But what if theyre already dead? ADAM (tapping his nose) We would have heard screams...and there was no blood on his knife. He hasnt killed anyone yet. KIRBY And what if... ADAM If what? KIRBY Hes one of your friends? ADAM (winking) Come on, Kirby. Have a little faith. Adam turns to run, but Kirby pulls him back and kisses him once more. He leans in and enjoys it, and then pulls away smiling.

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ADAM Go get the cops...Ill be right back, I promise. KIRBY (groaning) Why would you say that!? Adam waves and runs around the corner of the house. runs in the opposite direction towards the cars. We follow Adam, who slows up as he reaches the patio. To his horror, his friends arent there. He instinctively grabs the knife from the table that Daniel used to cut the meat for dinner. ADAM (whispering) Michelle? Steve? Tony? Cherie? Shit! Looking upstairs, Adam sees a shadow moving about in an upstairs bathroom. Seeing the back door is wide open, he breathes deep and walks up the steps and enters the house. Inside, it is dark and eerie, with deathly silence building tension. Adam slowly reaches the foot of the stairs, and begins to climb. Light thumping sounds can now be heard from upstairs. Reaching the top of the stairs, Adam is walking past the bedroom when the door flies open. He muffles a yell and jumps back. To his relief, he sees that Tony and Michelle have jumped out at him, looking relieved themselves. TONY Oh, thank God. ADAM What the hell are you doing in there? MICHELLE (terrified) We were sitting out on the patio...and I saw him, Adam. Hes real...and hes still out there. TONY Well, I didnt see him. ADAM (nodding) I did...shes telling the truth, Tony. Where are the others?

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MICHELLE I dont know about Steve...but Daniel charged off into the bushes to look. TONY He didnt believe Michelle... MICHELLE Neither did you... TONY Not until I saw how scared you were. ADAM Can we argue about who believed who later? Wheres Cherie? TONY She went to the bathroom, I think. She didnt believe Michelle either. MICHELLE (annoyed) Naturally. ADAM OK. Look, I sent Kirby out to get the cops...youll be safer out there than here. MICHELLE Out there?! But...hes...out there! ADAM (winking) Trust me. Have I ever led you wrong before? MICHELLE No. TONY Millions of times. ADAM (grinning) Not this time, Tony. Come on, quickly. Run out to the car, and lock yourselves in. Call Sidney when youre safe and locked in.

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Michelle and Tony take one last look at Adam and move quickly but quietly down the stairs. Adam slowly turns around and makes his way up the hall to the bathroom. Putting his head against the door, he can hear the sound of running water. Somebody is in the shower. ADAM Cherie? Cherie? There is no reply. Adam slowly turns the door knob and opens the door, slinking in. The room is full of steam, and all that Adam can make out if a figure in the shower. It is impossible to tell who it is. The figure in the shower is not moving. Adam gulps and slowly makes his way towards the shower. ADAM (raising knife) Cherie? After again getting no reply, Adam tears open the shower curtain to reveal a naked Cherie enjoying a nice, hot shower. Just as he opens the curtain, he receives a text message. His ring-tone, unfortunately, is the music from the shower scene in Psycho. She turns around and screams, grabbing the curtain and pulling it around herself crudely to cover up her nakedness. CHERIE You creep! You fucking perv! Cherie notices the knife in Adams hand. CHERIE (screaming) Shit! Get away from me! Help! ADAM No! Shh! Dont be stupid, Cherie. Adam throws the knife to the floor, and holds his hands out in protest. CHERIE What the hell is wrong with you...havent you heard of knocking? And can you turn that fucking thing off! (CONTINUED)

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ADAM Oh, sorry. Adam checks his message, and to his shock it is from Kirby. It reads - The cops werent in the car! What the hell should I do? xx ADAM Shit my balls... CHERIE (confused and annoyed) What? ADAM (panicked) Cherie, weve got to get the hell out of here. Its the killer...hes here... CHERIE (eyes narrowed) What do you mean here? ADAM Hes in the house. Michelle wasnt imagining it...Kirby and I saw him too! CHERIE (scared) Are you fucking serious? ADAM Even I wouldnt joke about something like this, come on...lets go! CHERIE Like this? Give me a second. And close your fucking eyes. ADAM Ok, ok! But hurry up... Adam comically closes his eyes as Cherie hops out of the shower, and quickly throws her underwear and short top on. Grabbing her phone and wallet off the sink, she pushes a fold out mirror out of the way. Looking in the mirror, she screams. Adam opens his eyes and turns around, and gasps. Ghostface is standing in the bathroom doorway, with a large knife covered in blood in hand, trapping the two in.

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CHERIE (screaming) No! ADAM Out the window? CHERIE Were two fucking storeys up! And not even I can fit through there. ADAM Shit. Looks like its up to me again, then. CHERIE Adam, dont! Ghostface takes a step forward; but before he can react, Adam dives forward at him and knocks him to the ground. ADAM Quickly! Go! Get everyone the hell out of here! CHERIE And what about you? ADAM Ive got this fucker...go! Cherie doesnt need to be told again. Jumping over the two and narrowly avoiding Ghostfaces swishing blade, Cherie runs down the stairs and out of the house. She runs around the corner to the car, and is relieved to see Kirby inside. Knocking on the door, Kirby opens it quickly and lets her in, locking it behind her. KIRBY What happened? Wheres Adam? CHERIE (crying) Hes in there...fighting the killer. Kirby moves to leave the car, but Cherie stops her. CHERIE What are you doing?

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KIRBY He needs my help! CHERIE (desperately) No! Please...dont leave me here by myself. Please... KIRBY OK...relax. CHERIE Where is everybody else? KIRBY (shrugging) Youre the only other one Ive seen come out of the house. Inside the house, Adam continues to wrestle with Ghostface, who still has the knife in his hand. Adam manages to shoot his elbow out and hit the knife away, but in the process opens himself up for a quick knee to the chest, knocking the wind out of him. Ghostface jumps up to grab the knife, but Adam grabs his foot and twists. He falls to the floor, and Adam jumps over him to get to knife. Unfortunately, Ghostface is too well prepared. He takes another knife out of his cloak and lunges forward, stabbing through Adams hand and pinning him to the floor. ADAM (screaming in pain) Ahh! Fuck, shit, fuck! Adam swings out his left hand to grab the knife, but Ghostface is already on his feet, and stomps on Adams hand. The audible crack of breaking fingers can be heard. ADAM (through gritted teeth) You mother fucker... Ghostface bends over and picks up the second knife, waving in menacingly in front of Adams face. Adam looks up, and Ghostface takes off his mask. We can not see who it is, but Adam gives a pained grin. ADAM No fucking way...youre not getting away with this, you know? Ill see you soon...

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Adam lets out his last ever laugh as Ghostface brings the second knife down with force into the top of Adams head, piercing his skull and killing him instantly. His eyes remain open and his mouth drops open, pouring blood over the floor. Trying to pull the knife out of Adams hand and the floor, Ghostface comically cant manage it. Looking down at Adams body, Ghostface rips off his shirt. Taking his knife, Ghostface begins to carve a message into his exposed back. END SCENE.