ANOTHER HARPERSVILLE MASSACRE written by Jeremy Herbert & Wolf Stahl P.O. Box 26119 Fairview Park, OH 44126 (440)552-1650
[email protected] INT. HARPERSVILLE HIGH LOBBY - NIGHT A hand-painted BANNER full of cheer and clumsy penmanship hangs over a TICKET BOOTH made up to look like a RUBIK'S CUBE between two oversized VHS TAPES. It reads, in blinding RED: WELCOME TO YOUR TOTALLY AWESOME HOMECOMING, HARPERSVILLE HIGH! And speckled around the banner, in smaller, bright BLUE: 80s IN '08! The booth sits in humming light at the end of a dark, LOCKER- lined hallway. A nostalgic oasis. All is quiet, save the distant muffle of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine - "RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU." And the almost-silent RUSTLE of EDDIE "THE PRUDE" PRUDEN, sophomore, peeking over a yellow square of the Rubik's cube. His feathered hair gives him away before his petrified eyes. Eddie keeps inching out, standing. His PIANO TIE flops onto the top of the cube, next to a reel of TICKETS and a CASH BOX. But he never stops looking. Flinching. Jolting. Left, right, left. Stops left. His jaw goes slack. His eyes couldn't open any wider. EDDIE Oh my God- Eddie turns to bolt out the CURTAIN at the back, when- The RUSH of something heavy thrown hard. The TEAR of it splitting the Homecoming Committee's hard work. The CRUNCH of a rusty MEATHOOK on a rustier CHAIN catching Eddie through the shoulder blade. Eddie SCREAMS. The chain pulls taut. Eddie SCREAMS louder. The chain goes slack.