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By Jaime Medina Featuring Stories by Luke and Anthony Medina 30 SPOOKED! By Jaime Medina Featuring stories by Luke and Anthony Medina 30 Foreman Road COLD SPRING, NY 845-2824007 [email protected] EXT. A SMALL TOWN. HALLOWEEN NIGHT. Trick-or-treaters walk the streets, many of them avoiding.... A spooky old house. A group of children approaches the door. BOY#1 I heard this place was haunted! GIRL#1 Then what are we doing here? BOY#2 There’s a light on! Maybe someone’s moved in! BOY#1 Or maybe it’s a ghost! BOY#2 My mother says there’s no such thing as ghosts! GIRL#2 So go ahead and knock! BOY#2 (defiantly) I will! BOY#2 approaches the door, which opens by itself, revealing...... A long, dark hallway. A candlelit table holding a large jar of candy waits at the end. BOY#2 cautiously makes his way down the hall, finally reaching the bowl. He waves the group in. They follow, reluctantly at first. Their fear melts away as they start to fill their bags. Suddenly, the door slams behind them! They begin to panic not realizing that something is watching them. It comes closer....closer......closer AS: The screen goes dark. A VOICE-OVER advises us that..... VOICE-OVER Thriller Theatre will return after a word from our sponsors! 2. INT. 13 HELMS ST. A LIVING ROOM Two kids in Halloween costumes, JASON(9, “jester”) and his sister FREDDIE(11, “Cleopatra”) eat trick-or-treat candy while watching TV. JASON (referring to the show) I never would’ve went in there! FREDDIE That’s ‘cause you’re a chicken! JASON I’m not a chicken! I’m cautious! The cellar door cracks open slowly. A hairy hand reaches out. They do not notice because..... VOICE-OVER Thriller Theatre returns with “Don’t Knock on that Door”! CUT TO: P.O.V the thing in the cellar. As the on-screen monster grabs one of the trick-or-treaters, a pair of hairy hands grabs the kids. Jason lets out a girlish scream as Freddie strikes the creature with her plastic pumpkin. RALPH (in monster mask) Ouch! JASON & FREDDIE Dad! RALPH (pulling off mask) Ha, Ha! I’ve still got it! You guys were scared to death! JASON I knew it was you the whole time! FREDDIE Oh right: that’s why you totally screamed like a girl! 3. JASON Well, you were so scared, you farted! FREDDIE I did not! RALPH (walking away) Here we go again! JASON Yes you did, and I’m gonna tell! FREDDIE Who? He opens the window and spies a group of trick-or-treaters. JASON (to kids) Hey, guys! My sister here just farted! KIDS Ill! Gross! Freddie strikes him with her plastic pumpkin. JASON Ow! Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! ALICE(fat and forty) enters in a Madonna “wedding dress” costume. She struggles with a “BOY TOY” belt buckle. ALICE See what you started, Ralph? RALPH Don’t blame me, Alice! I was just keeping the spirit of Halloween! Something you know nothing about! ALICE (stops struggling w/belt) What’s that supposed to mean? RALPH I mean your costume! You’re not really gonna wear that thing? ALICE Why not? Does it make me look fat? 4. RALPH Er, no! You look...great! But it’s not scary! And Halloween is all about being scary! CUT TO: Jason and Freddie hurling candy like grenades, using the couches for cover. ALICE As if our life isn’t scary enough? Go get your coat! RALPH (moping) Yes, dear. ALICE Ralph! You’re tracking water! RALPH Huh? Where did that come from? ALICE Is there a leak somewhere? NORTON, the family dog, urinates on the floor. RALPH Uh, you could say that. ALICE Norton! Bad puppy! NORTON navigates around the flying candy and exits via the doggie door. He re-enters to retrieve a piece and exits once again. ALICE (CONT’D) (handing Ralph cleaning spray and paper towels) Okay. Kids? Kids! Alice is struck by a flying candy bar. Her eyes light up with anger. She picks up the candy and takes a bite. ALICE (CONT’D) Mmm! Kids? Kids! JASON AND FREDDIE KRUGERT! STOP THAT THIS INSTANT! They freeze in their tracks. 5. ALICE (CONT’D) Your Dad and I wanna go over some things before the sitter gets here. An uneasy cease-fire. RALPH Now Jason, no lighting your sister’s costume on fire this year. JASON I was trying to teach her the “tuck and roll”! RALPH Frederica, there will be no forcing your brother to bob for apples in the toilet. FREDDIE Aw, Mom! ALICE Save some candy for tomorrow! You know my favorites. And I want you in bed by nine! JASON But Ma! The “Thriller Theatre” marathon is on! ALICE And I especially don’t want you watching that garbage! Last year you were scared to use the toilet by yourself! FREDDIE Scaredy cat! JASON Fartbag! FREDDIE Maaaaaaaa! ALICE Listen you two, we’ve gone through four sitters- KIDS (in unison, pridefully) Five! 6. ALICE --this year! No one wants to sit for you guys anymore! They smile with devilish glee. Alice resumes her struggle with the belt buckle. ALICE (CONT’D) I was lucky to get a sitter for tonight! (to Ralph) Where’s the hole puncher? RALPH In the kitchen. She goes to retrieve it. ALICE That reminds me, Ralph. Vicky Skylark will be here any minute- KIDS (horrified) Vicky Skylark?! Thunder booms. Norton begins barking furiously outside. FREDDIE You can’t leave us with her! She’s a witch! ALICE (finding hole puncher) And you’re a couple of little monsters, so you’re even! RALPH What’s wrong with that dog? He checks on Norton through the window. VICKY(18) flies by on a broom, unnoticed. JASON Mom, Vicky Skylark is totally a real witch! She eats kids and everything! RALPH Oh, come on now, kids! (flicks TV off)Your mother’s right! This show is rotting your brains! The doorbell rings. The kids exchange fearful looks. 7. FREDDIE Dad, if you ever want to see us again, don’t open that door! RALPH Now stop that! Vicky is not a- VICKY(18) stands at the door, looking quite witchy, a black cat in one arm, an old book in the other. RALPH (CONT’D) -witch.....(recovering)...Vicky! Did you have any trouble finding the place? VICKY Not at all. My aunt used to live here on Helm Street. FRONT YARD. NIGHT. Norton growls, tugging on a broomstick that lay in the grass. As Vicky enters, she snaps her fingers. The broom rises and zips into the trees, taking Norton with it. CUT TO: INT. THE KRUGERT LIVING ROOM VICKY And you two must be Jason and Frederica! The cat hisses at them. VICKY (CONT’D) (to cat) Now, now, Mr. Crowley! Mind your manners! CUT TO: THE FRONT YARD. A TREE. Norton, climbing out on a limb, reaches for the roof. The limb collapses sending him falling into a pile of raked leaves. CUT TO: 8. THE LIVING ROOM. ALICE (belt affixed) Okay now, kids! I made sure the stove was off and-oh, Vicky! I didn’t hear you come in! Norton walks through the doggie door covered in leaves. He growls and jumps at Crowley, causing Vicky’s book to fall, scattering the loose pages. Crowley and Norton run circles around the living room. VICKY (picking up pages) I’m sorry! I shouldn’t have brought the cat! Alice bends to help her and the belt pops off. She tosses it in frustration. ALICE Don’t worry about it dear! We love cats in this house! Don’t we kids? They shake their heads, violently, “NO” RALPH We have to be back before midnight, Vicky. Our cell phone numbers are on the fridge. You can help yourself to anything inside. Vicky pulls a bag of veggies out of thin air. VICKY Thank you, but I brought dinner with me. RALPH What’s on the menu? VICKY It’s an old family recipe! I’m gonna need the kids to help make it! The kids exchange frightened looks. 9. RALPH Well that sounds fun, doesn’t it kids? CUT TO: Vicky. She flashes Freddie an evil smile, revealing a mouth full of razor sharp teeth. Norton ducks underneath the couch and finds a page from the book. He takes it to Freddie. VICKY Anything else, Mrs. Krugert? ALICE No....oh, yes. Please make sure they don’t watch that horrible “Thriller Theatre!” It gives Jason nightmares! Freddie reads the page. It is a recipe for “Ghastly Gumbo”: broth, carrots, cabbage, eye of newt, troll toenails, dirt from a dead man’s grave and TWO FRIGHTENED CHILDREN. RALPH Okay, kids! Behave yourselves! FREDDIE (holding the page) Mom! Dad! Take a look at this! VICKY Oh, I must’ve missed that one! Thanks! Vicky tries to grab it from Freddie’s hand. She resists. It rips. RALPH Freddie! What are you doing? Apologize! VICKY That’s okay, Mr. Krugert! I’m sure it was an accident! Freddie sees the page magically repair itself in Vicky’s hand. FREDDIE Mom! Dad! Please don’t go! Ralph gives Vicky a grin and a shrug as he exits. 10. ALICE (walking out) Freddie! We’ll be back before midnight! (mouthing the word)BEHAVE! VICKY Okay folks, have fun! And don’t worry..... Vicky lets her hands out by her sides. Her nails are very sharp and long. VICKY (CONT’D) ......they’re in good hands! Lightning flashes and thunder booms as she cackles. The door closes.
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