"SNAKELAND MUST BE DESTROYED!": SCENE FIFTEEN

* This is a fictionalized account of some shit that actually happened. All the names, locations, etc. have been changed to protect the innocent as well as the guilty. – JG *

HOOVER (v.o.)

Fortunately, some others were harder to convince.

FADE IN:

INTERIOR – MISERY KID’S BEDROOM – NIGHT

The Snake comes tapping at the Misery Kid’s window with its tongue. No response from the Kid, who continues sleeping. More tapping from the Snake. Still no response from the Kid. The Snake bangs his head hard on the window three times. The Kid bolts upright, eyes half-open, hair going in about one million directions. The Snake bobs back and forth.

SNAKE

Use the razor blade. Use it tonight.

The Kid stares at the Snake for several moments.

MISERY KID

Snakes are gay.

The Kid slams back down onto his bed, pulls the pillow over his head. The Snake shakes its head and slowly slithers away.

FADE TO BLACK

"SNAKELAND MUST BE DESTROYED!": SCENE FOURTEEN

* This is a fictionalized account of some shit that actually happened. All the names, locations, etc. have been changed to protect the innocent as well as the guilty. – JG *

HOOVER (v.o.)

There were none of the usual indicators: no

notes, no messages, no strange behaviors.

FADE IN:

INTERIOR – CAROLYN BREWSTER’S BEDROOM – NIGHT

CAROLYN, a pretty 17-year-old, is sleeping in her bedroom. The same soft tapping begins at her window. Carolyn wakes up, goes to the window, opens it. The Snake is there.

SNAKE

Find the gun, Carolyn.

In a kind of trance, Carolyn turns and leaves the bedroom.

CUT TO:

INTERIOR – CAROLYN’S PARENTS’ BEDROOM – NIGHT

Carolyn moves quietly through her parents’ bedroom, where they sleep soundly. Carolyn goes to the closet, opens it and pulls out an old shoebox. She opens the shoebox and pulls out a small revolver. Carolyn takes the gun and walks out of the room.

CUT TO:

INTERIOR – CAROLYN BREWSTER’S BEDROOM – NIGHT

Carolyn walks back into her bedroom with the gun, waiting at the window for instructions. The Snake weaves back and forth hypnotically.

SNAKE

Use the gun, Carolyn. Use it tonight.

Carolyn walks away from the window, OFF SCREEN. There are some clicking sounds, then a gunshot, and a thud as Carolyn’s body hits the floor. The Snake slithers away. Moments later, Carolyn’s MOTHER and FATHER run into the room, flick on the lights and begin to scream.

FADE TO BLACK

"SNAKELAND MUST BE DESTROYED!": SCENE THIRTEEN

* This is a fictionalized account of some shit that actually happened. All the names, locations, etc. have been changed to protect the innocent as well as the guilty. – JG *

HOOVER (v.o.)

Right after that, the suicides started.

FADE IN:

INTERIOR – TIM DANVERS’ BEDROOM - NIGHT

TIM, an athletic 17-year-old, is lying on his bed reading Sports Illustrated. Various pennants and posters of sports figures line his bedroom walls. There is a very soft tapping at his window. Tim hears it, looks over, sees nothing, shrugs it off. The tapping begins again. Tim gets up, moves closer, looks out the window. There is a SNAKE there, on the windowsill, tapping at the glass with its tongue. Tim lifts the window, seemingly in a trance. The Snake speaks to him in a whisper.

SNAKE

Where are the pills, Tim?

Tim gets back up, turns around, leaves the bedroom.

CUT TO:

INTERIOR – BATHROOM – NIGHT

Tim flips on the bathroom light. In the medicine cabinet mirror, instead of Tim’s reflection, is Rand Myers.

RAND and SNAKE (as one)

Use the pills, Tim. Use them all.

Tim opens the medicine cabinet. He picks up a prescription bottle, opens it and begins pouring the pills into his mouth, dry swallowing frantically.

CUT TO:

INTERIOR – TIM DANVERS’ BEDROOM – NIGHT

The Snake is still at the window, body weaving back and forth hypnotically, regarding the empty room. After a moment, it slithers off the windowsill and away into the night.

FADE TO BLACK