Freddy’s dead – Final Nightmare
EXT. JUVENILE HALL COURTYARD – DUSK
Jacob is sitting on a bench looking like a beaten man and hating himself for it.
Karen and Scott step out of a door. They watch him for a few seconds. Then Karen walks towards Jacob. Scott stays behind and lights up a cigarette.
KAREN How can you do this?
JACOB Do what? I’m not doing anything.
KAREN Exactly. After all we’ve been through you just throw in the towel. Why?
JACOB Because we’re fucked. The last thing the Dream Police told me was that they needed all our help. Together. Even if we weren’t about to be split up there aren’t enough of us left to make a difference.
KAREN How do you know that?
JACOB I don’t. But, it’s all just too much. I’ve tried so hard and nothing’s worked. I’m spent. I’m wasted. I’m…I’m so tired.
Jacob puts his face in his hands.
JACOB (cont’d) I’ve had enough.
KAREN So you’re just going to give up? I’ll bet that’s something your mother never taught you.
That hit home. Jacob uncovers his face. His ID bracelet dangles from his wrist. He looks at the bracelet. ALICE glints in the setting sunlight. He remembers. Jacob looks up at Karen.
KAREN (cont’d) We still have one night together.
JACOB And we’re not going to waste it.
Jacob stands up.
INT. JUVENILE HALL LOUNGE – NIGHT
Jacob paces back and forth in front of Scott and Karen.
KAREN Scott, we need you.
SCOTT Look, I don’t know what’s going on anymore. Two of my friends die and now you tell me I have to drop into dreamland with you guys to do battle with the dude that did it.
JACOB We’ll have help.
SCOTT Ah, yes. I almost forgot. The Sleepy Squad. Alright. I’ll make you a deal. I told you I wouldn’t believe this stuff unless I saw it. If I understand this correctly, all I have to do is fall asleep and you just whisk me into the action.
JACOB Right.
SCOTT Okay. If that happens, if both of you show up in my dream, I’ll help you out. If nothing happens, then I’ll get a good night’s sleep and laugh at you in the morning.
JACOB Fine. You got a deal. And you won’t be disappointed.
KAREN I’m going to be sleeping in the girl’s dorm. Will you be able to bring me in?
JACOB I hope so. Then I got to make sure we all end up in Springwood.
SCOTT The old stomping ground?
JACOB Yeah. Only right now it’s not a very pretty place.
KAREN What do we do when we get there?
JACOB Play it by ear. And try and stay alive.
A SOCIAL WORKER sticks his head into the lounge.
SOCIAL WORKER Half hour til lights out, everyone.
The kids get up and start for the door.
JACOB Off we go.
SCOTT Into the wild black yonder.
Scott shakes his head as they leave.
INT. KAREN’S DORM ROOM – NIGHT
Karen lies in bed, under the covers. She holds the picture of herself, thirteen years old. She stares at it. Still that missing piece.
Karen puts the picture on a nightstand and closes her eyes.
INT. SCOTT & JACOB’S DORM ROOM – NIGHT
Scott lies on the top of a set of bunk beds. Jacob is on the bottom and already looks asleep.
ON SCOTT
He’s still awake. Maybe he’s starting to believe some of Jacob’s ramblings, because he nervously fidgets in bed.
SCOTT Freddy Krueger. Yeah, right. Years ago some sicko gets fried and now he comes back to stick it to you when you’re snoozing. Stupid bedtime story.
he sighs, looks at his wrist, but his watch isn’t on. Then:
SCOTT (cont’d) Hey, Mr. Creepoid, you still up? (a beat) Yo, Jacob?
There’s still no answer. Scott rolls and peeks over the edge of the bunk bed. And Jacob’s not there.
SCOTT (cont’d) Huh?
Scott sits up, looks around. And FALLS right through the middle of his bed, NOT appearing underneath the top bunk. He just disappears.
EXT. NIGHTMARE SPRINGWOOD – SOUTH STREET – NIGHT
Scott falls out of a tree and lands with a THUD. He groans, slowly gets to his feet and takes in his surroundings.
The road is dark and desolate. The street lights emit a grim brown glow and there are no stars or moon in the sky.
SOUNDS echo through the trees and buildings. Weird MOANS, odd GURGLINGS, eerie WHISPERS, and an occasional unearthly HOWL.
This does not comfort Scott.
SCOTT Oh, this is lovely.
He starts cautiously walking down the sidewalk. SOMETHING flies by with a FLAPPING. Scott ducks. Was it a bird or a bat or what? It’s already gone.
Then a craggy voice calls out from behind a tree.
BUM Hey, buddy?
SCOTT Yeah, what?
Scott is understandably jumpy. The dark figure of a BUM starts walking towards him. Scott backs away.
BUM Can you spare some change?
SCOTT Um, well, let me see…
Scott starts sifting through his pockets, and the BUM steps out into the light.
He has THREE EYES and a HUMP BACK. Scott YELPS.
SCOTT (cont’d) Holy Jesus Christ.
The Bum grins and Scott starts stumbling away, his voice trailing off:
SCOTT (cont’d) I’ll catch you next time, buddy.
The mutant bum belches.
EXT. NIGHTMARE SPRINGWOOD – PARNELL AVE. – NIGHT
Karen rounds a corner. She walks nervously down the middle of the street. There are no cars, and she wants to keep as far away as possible from the houses on either side.
There is a CREAKING sound from one of those houses. Karen turns her head to look.
A craggy OLD WOMAN is rocking back and forth on her front porch. She’s eating something, something stringy and slimy. She munches away with a vacant look in her eyes.
The something in her hands MOVES slightly. The old woman’s meal is still alive.
Karen gags and walks faster. And a PANTING sound is heard, like two dogs. Someone is walking their pet down the sidewalk.
It’s the MUTANT WOMAN from Jacob’s opening nightmare: straggly hair, oozing sores, limping. The source of the multiple paintings is her single dog, all two heads of it.
The mutant woman waves unpleasantly at Karen. Karen whimpers and starts to RUN.
WITH KAREN – RUNNING
She stumbles quickly down the street. We catch fleeting glimpses of other horrors, twisted shapes, bent shadows.
Karen rounds a corner, and SCREAMS when she bumps into someone. It’s Scott, out of breath from his own sprinting.
KAREN Scott! You’re here.
SCOTT Yeah. Fun town. Talk to any of the neighbors, yet? They’re a swell bunch of folks.
KAREN Uh-huh. Real friendly, too.
SCOTT So this is a dream?
KAREN And I’m in it with you. Convinced?
SCOTT Maybe I’m just dreaming bout being here with you. Wouldn’t be the first time.
KAREN Nope. I tired that one already. Doesn’t work. Come on, we have to find Jacob.
Scott nods and they take off down the street. A cat with three tails slithers by.
EXT. NIGHTMARE SPRINGWOOD – MAIN STREET – NIGHT
Jacob is standing motionless in the middle of the road. He stares down into the darkness, a wooden expression on his face.
