Scott and Karen head for the front door.
EXT. FOSTER HOME – DAY
A coroner’s van, a fire chief’s car and the now familiar mob
of suspicious neighbors are gathered around the front of the
house as the stretcher with Wesley’s body is put away. A
small van marked ROSEDALE GENERAL HOSPITAL pulls up and Jacob
jumps out of it.
Jacob’s face turns grim as a tearful Karen runs up to him,
Scott following.
JACOB
Who?
KAREN
Wes…
JACOB
Oh my God. It’s started.
SCOTT
He fucking burned alive.
KAREN
They said he fell asleep smoking.
SCOTT
And we all know that can’t be.
JACOB
I already told you how it would happen.
Mr. Ross appears behind the three teenagers, a wasted look on
his face.
SCOTT
Don’t start with that shit.
JACOB
It’s not shit.
DAVID
C’mon, kids. Everyone inside. Now.
David leads them back to the house as the coroner’s van pulls
away.
INT. KITCHEN – DAY
Jacob, Scott, Karen and Gina stand around in various states
of utter shock as David tries to console them.
DAVID
We have to be strong.
He puts an arm around Karen and reaches out to put the other
one around Gina, but pulls away at the last minute when she
starts to flinch.
DAVID (cont’d)
We need to pull together and help each
other. Mrs. Ross is upstairs in bed.
She’s pretty messed up. We need to help
her deal with this.
SCOTT
He would never touch a cigarette. You
know that.
DAVID
We don’t know anything until the
authorities are finished with their
investigation. In the mean time, no work
for tomorrow – three day weekend. But
Monday, it’s back on the job. Jacob
wasn’t covered in our health plan and his
little stint at the hospital cost us a
bundle. We have to work together or we
might lose this place. Okay?
The kids all nod, but not convincingly. They care more about
Wesley than the house.
INT. WESLEY & JACOB’S BEDROOM – DAY
Jacob closes the door. All the kids are here. Gina
absentmindedly plays with some of Wesley’s things.
JACOB
When I was put under, Freddy was
released. I know this because I dreamed
it.
SCOTT
And that dream was real?
JACOB
Yes. Wesley was his first victim.
SCOTT
Aw, man…
JACOB
You said it yourself. How could it have
been a cigarette?
KAREN
And how could he…dire that way and not
wake up?
GINA
(mockingly)
Maybe the “authorities” will figure it
out.
SCOTT
I’m sorry. I just can’t buy into this.
JACOB
Call me crazy…but I think he’s after
Rosedale. The whole place. In my dream
he said something about needing a few
souls to get the job done. I think he has
to kill in order to get the power to suck
in a new town.
SCOTT
You are crazy.
JACOB
Thank you. There’s more. There are…
other people in there. In the
nightmares.
KAREN
Like him?
JACOB
No. Different. There are three of them.
They’re dressed in black. They have
powers like Freddy, but they seem to be
on our side.
KAREN
Who are they?
JACOB
Well, you gotta hang in there with me on
this one. They call themselves… the
Dream Police.
Scott actually laughs.
SCOTT
This is too much.
GINA
You mean…like cops?
JACOB
I guess.
KAREN
Where are they from?
JACOB
They’re kids that Freddy killed years
ago. THEY don’t even know how they got
there. But they’re somehow patrolling
dreamworld to put a stop to Krueger.
SCOTT
Then why haven’t these guys done the job
already?
JACOB
They say they need help. I don’t know
what or why…yet.
SCOTT
I can tell you who needs help.
JACOB
Hey, I’m trying to save all of us.
SCOTT
I won’t believe it until I see it.
Jacob is crushed that he’s not getting through to them.
JACOB
By then it’ll be too late. It was too
late for Wesley.
The kids stare emptily at Wesley’s earthly possessions.
EXT. FOSTER HOME – FRONT PORCH – NIGHT
Jacob and Karen sit on the steps. Across the street we can
see window curtains part as Mr. Hopkins sneaks a wary peek.
KAREN
They’re going to use all this to shut us
down.
JACOB
I know. It’s my fault.
KAREN
You going to try to run away again?
JACOB
It’s too late for that. I have to stay
and try and put a stop to it.
KAREN
I’m sorry. It’s all so hard to accept.
JACOB
I wish I could convince you of the danger
you and the others are in.
KAREN
I’ve been in danger before. THAT I can
handle.
JACOB
This is worse than anything you can
imagine.
KAREN
I wouldn’t be so sure about that. Come
on. Let’s go inside.
She stands up.
INT. KAREN’S ROOM – NIGHT
Jacob and Karen lie in bed, clothes on, cozy. Not sexual.
She stares at the ceiling while he listens.
KAREN
She was great. Loving. Supportive,
caring – everything a mom should be.
Except she had one fatal flow: my father.
You see, she was raised at a time when
they still had the “obey” part in the
wedding vows. He was always jealous.
She couldn’t talk to another man without
him thinking she wanted to go to bed with
him. He never hit me. But the things he
did to her…and she would always just
take it. She never fought back. He’d
get drunk and…she’d tell people she
just fell down or something. Then one
night…I was thirteen. Something
happened. My mom suddenly wouldn’t take
it anymore. Something made her say
enough is enough. She hit back. Tat
only made it worse. I watched as he hit
her over and over. Then he knocked her
down the stairs. She broke her neck.
And when y father saw what he’d done – he
finally became human. He cried over her
body for a while, then went into the
garage and blew his brains out with a
shotgun. To this day I don’t remember
what that final straw was. The shrinks
say I’ve blocked it out of my memory.
There’s no one else alive who knows what
really happened. I have dreams about it
sometimes, but there’s always that blank
spot. A missing piece.
She stops and closes her eyes. Jacob closes his eyes for a
second also – feeling her pain.
DIFFERENT ANGLE
Jacob opens his eyes and touches Karen’s arm. She finally
turns to him.
JACOB
I’m sorry.
KAREN
I know nightmares are real, Jacob. I
know.
JACOB
So did my mom. She taught me a lot about
dreams.
KAREN
Like what?
JACOB
She told me that a lot of people have
special dream powers. I inherited some
from her – and some I have all to myself.
She showed me how I could link up with
other people’s dreams – to actually be
inside with them.
KAREN
That sounds wonderful. But…I don’t
know…
JACOB
A little hard to imagine, huh?
KAREN
Yeah. I’m sorry.
JACOB
I can convince you.
KAREN
How?
JACOB
Easy. We’re doing it now.
Jacob smiles, gets up and walks over to the bedroom door.
Karen is confused.
KAREN
What do you mean?
JACOB
I mean we’re dreaming. You and me.
Together.
He opens the bedroom door. And there’s a FOREST OUTSIDE.
Karen is a little scared at first, totally blown away by
what’s happening. But then she stands up and smiles.
JACOB (cont’d)
Want to go for a walk?
Karen steps up next to him and they walk through the doorway
into daylight.
EXT. FOREST – DAY
Shafts of sunlight filter through as leaves flutter down from
the towering trees and Jacob and Karen step out of the
bedroom door.
KAREN
I don’t believe it.
JACOB
It’s true. We’re really doing it.
KAREN
But what if I’m just dreaming of you
telling me that?
JACOB
We’ll compare notes when we wake up.
Then you’ll know.
Karen looks around. Then she giggles. She likes this a lot.
Karen suddenly runs away into the trees like an excited
little girl. Jacob frowns.
JACOB (cont’d)
Karen. Wait.
He heads off after her.
AMONGST THE TREES
Jacob runs. Karen jumps out from behind a tree and laughs.
JACOB (cont’d)
You have to be careful.
KAREN
Did you bring us here on purpose? Can
you go anywhere you want?
JACOB
Sometimes. It’s not as easy as linking
up, though.
KAREN
Wow, I never knew…
She starts wandering off again. Jacob follows her.
KAREN (cont’d)
You know what I like to do in my dreams?
She ducks behind a tree. And comes out suddenly dressed as a
sharp BUSINESSWOMAN. Jacob is slightly taken aback.
KAREN (cont’d)
I like to be other people!
Jacob grins as she steps behind another tree – and a FIREMAN
walks out in her place. Jacob is really taken aback this
time.
KAREN (cont’d) (as fireman)
I can be anybody I want.
JACOB
Show off.
Karen slips past another trunk and comes out as a tall
VOLUPTUOUS REDHEAD.
KAREN (AS REDHEAD)
When things get bad it helps to be
someone else. I use it to protect
myself.
The redhead walks seductively towards Jacob. He raises his
eyebrows as she slinks right up next to him – her ample
cleavage inches away from his nose.
KAREN (cont’d) (as redhead)
What do you think?
JACOB
I think I like you the way you always
are.
He smiles.
DIFFERENT ANGLE
And now Karen is herself again. They’re still very close.
JACOB (cont’d)
Much better.
They look like they’re about to kiss… but Karen suddenly
sees something that grabs her attention.
KAREN
Look!
Jacob turns as Karen runs over to ANOTHER DOOR. It’s not the
one to the bedroom. It just hangs there in space between two
trees.
KAREN (cont’d)
I wonder where it goes?
She reaches for the knob and opens it.
JACOB
Karen, no!
But she’s already stepped through. Jacob runs up to the
doorway and it SLAMS in his face. Jacob tries to open the
door. It doesn’t budge. He keeps twisting the knob to no
effect.
JACOB (cont’d)
Karen!
Jacob starts to pound on the door as we:
CUT TO:
INT. KAREN’S HOME – KITCHEN
Sixties style decore, appliances that look about twenty-five
years old — not the Foster Home kitchen at all. Karen is
standing in the middle of the room, completely disoriented.
She walks across to a counter top where she finds a framed
picture.
It’s a picture of HER, Karen, age thirteen. Karen sets the
picture down and quickly walks back to the door she came in.
INT. KAREN’S HOME – LOWER HALLWAY
Karen steps out of her old kitchen expecting, hoping to be
back in the forest again. Nope. She blinks. Then she
starts to walk down the corridor.
More pictures on the wall this time. One of a WOMAN and
another of a MAN (Karen’s MOM and DAD).
Karen’s sure of it now. She’s home. The center of her worst
nightmares. She creeps along to the main stairs. And that’s
when the NOISES begin. A thumping from upstairs. A CRASH,
like something hit the floor above. More thumping,
repeatedly and then human MOANING, the sound of pain.
Somebody is getting beaten.
KAREN
Oh no…
Something is twisting deep inside the girl. Her face goes
shallow as she slowly shuffles around to the foot of the
stairs…and starts to climb them.
ON THE STAIRS
Karen goes up, step by painful step, as the sounds of the
BEATING increase in their intensity. Every hit seems to
touch Karen as she flinches. She’s afraid to go on – but
can’t seem to stop.
INT. KAREN’S HOME – UPSTAIRS HALLWAY
Karen slowly heads for a door at the end, nervously reaches
out for the knob.
INT. KAREN’S PARENT’S BEDROOM
Karen opens the door. What she thought she was going to see
was bad enough – but this is worse:
Freddy Krueger is in the middle of the room. In front of him
is a giant human-sized version of an inflatable punching
doll, the kind little kids hit that keep bouncing back. But
the doll doesn’t have the image of a clown on it.
It’s a flattened wrapped-around version of KAREN’S MOTHER, a
pitiful beat-up look on her plastic face.
Freddy SMACKS the doll – it falls to the floor – and just
bounces back up. And now the face on it has a NEW BRUISE.
THWACK! He hits it again, CACKLING with glee. Swoop,
bounce. More bruises develop. Krueger looks at Karen.
FREDDY
Welcome to Romper Room!
BAP! BOOOOING! The face on the punching doll changes again,
it’s even sadder now. And it’s looking at Karen.
KAREN
Why are you doing this?
FREDDY
Don’t you remember?
ZING! Krueger whips up his finger knives. SWOOP! he RIPS
them through the plastic doll. SISSSSSssss. The doll starts
to deflate. SKREEEEeeeee. The escaping air sounding like a
human SCREAM. Freddy turns to Karen.
And a HAND reaches out from behind her and pulls her out of
the room.
INT. KAREN’S HOME – UPSTAIRS HALLWAY
Jacob pulls Karen away from the door and slams it shut. He
grabs her hand.
JACOB
Come on!
They turn to run down the hallway, and it’s CHANGED. There
are now NO DOORS and NO STAIRWAY. The only way out is the
bedroom door they just closed. They stop and Jacob turns to
Karen.
JACOB (cont’d)
Wake up!
KAREN
What?
JACOB
You heard me. I said wake up!
KAREN
How? This is my old house. How did I
get here?
He begins to shake her. She is confused and disoriented. A
CRASH is heard at the bedroom door. FREDDY’S COMING.
And Jacob HITS Karen. Nothing major. It’s a good slap,
nonetheless. She stares at him unbelievingly. He WHACKS her
again.
KAREN (cont’d)
Why are you doing this to me?
JACOB
This is a dream! You have to get out of
here. I’m not hurting you, only he can
really do that! Wake up now!
SLAP! Karen’s getting angry. She doesn’t know what she’s
supposed to do. KA-BLAM! Freddy blasts through the door in
a shower of splinters. He sees them and grins.
FREDDY
Gettin’ kinky, huh?
Jacob turns to Karen, raises his hand. KA-BLAM! Something
blasts through the wall across from them. It’s POWER COP.
CRASH! The other wall explodes. BLADE appears in the
rubble.
BOOM! A piece of wall falls down at the end of the corridor.
SOUND COP steps through.
Karen looks at all this nonsense, then at Jacob.
KAREN
I think I get it now.
She closes her eyes and DISAPPEARS out of Jacob’s hands. The
DREAM POLICE stand in the hallway. Freddy just puts his
hands on his hips and LAUGHS at them.
Then Krueger lays his arms flat on his sides, takes a deep
breath and begins to INFLATE. His body expands, his clothes
and skin stretch and flatten. The bottom half of him getting
fatter.
He turns into a giant FREDDY PUNCHING DOLL.
Power Cop jumps in front of the plastic horror and lets loose
a devastating swing. POW! The Freddy Doll swings back and
BOUNCES right up again.
POW POW POW POW POW! The big Dream Cop pummels away at the
Krueger toy as it slaps back and forth between the floor and
his fist until SHINK! Two knives appear in Blade’s hands and
SWOOP. She swings them out.
RIP! The Freddy Doll tears, air blasting out in a grating
SHRIEK which screeches and hisses until it becomes:
Freddy’s LAUGH. The red and green plastic flutters to the
ground as the evil guffaws fade away and we:
CUT TO:
INT. KAREN’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
Karen shakes Jacob awake. His eyes open. They stare at each
other for a few beats, then Karen frowns.
KAREN
You hit me.
JACOB
Are you hurt?
KAREN
Um…no.
JACOB
If he had done it, you’d be dead.
Karen is confused. She doesn’t know what to make of all
this. She looks at a clock. It’s late.
KAREN
You better get back to your room. We
don’t want anybody to get the wrong idea.
JACOB
(smirks)
Or the right one?
Karen finally relaxes. She smiles and playfully pushes him.
KAREN
Get out of here.
Jacob reaches under a pillow and pulls something out. It’s
the framed photo of Karen, age thirteen – from her dream. He
hands it to her and she looks at it in astonishment.
JACOB
That’s something else my mom taught me.
He gets up and goes to the door, turning back to her.
JACOB (cont’d)
Don’t sleep.
KAREN
No. Not tonight.
She holds the picture tightly- staring at it with those
faraway eyes.
INT. FOSTER HOME – UPPER HALLWAY – NIGHT
Scott comes out of the bathroom in his night clothes, the
toilet flushing in the B.G. He goes into his room, but stops
at the doorway when he hears Karen’s door open.
Scott ducks behind his door as he watches Jacob leave Karen’s
room and head for his own. Scott frowns. His is not
pleased.
INT. FOSTER HOME – DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY – DAY
David Ross is sifting through some mail when a heated
conversation in the kitchen catches his interest. He stops
to listen.
IN THE KITCHEN
Karen is finally convinced, Jacob and Scott are looking like
they’re ready to punch each other, and Gina looks scared.
KAREN
I’m telling you, this Freddy guy is for
real.
SCOTT
And I’m telling you a dream is a dream.
KAREN
Jacob was in there with me.
SCOTT
And where else was he with you last
night?
JACOB
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
KAREN
I have the picture in my room if you want
to see it. He brought it out from the
nightmare.
SCOTT
Or from your hope chest. I bet your bed
isn’t the only thing he’s been into.
KAREN
That picture was destroyed years ago.
JACOB
You better watch your mouth, pal.
SCOTT
I’m the last person you want to start
fucking with.
JACOB
Go ahead and be a tough guy, Scott.
Krueger will cut you to pieces before you
can even flex a muscle.
GINA
Will you two stop it! You’re scaring the
shit out of me.
KAREN
You should be scared.
Mr. Ross enters the room, none too pleased.
DAVID
Alright. What’s going on here?
SCOTT
Join the fun. Jacob and Karen were just
telling us about their new excuse to
sleep together.
JACOB
Nothing happened between us last night.
SCOTT
You mean in plain old reality, right?
DAVID
Okay, everybody. Out. Jacob and I are
going to have a little talk. Now.
Scott, Gina and Karen grudgingly leave the room. David turns
to Jacob.
DAVID (cont’d)
Your days are numbered here, buster.
JACOB
I’m sorry, but…
DAVID
Hey, I don’t know what kind of shit
you’re shoveling to these kids, but it’s
going to stop. My Good Samaritan
instincts have their limits. We’ve had
enough tragedy around this place. We
don’t need you making things worse with
fantasies.
JACOB
You don’t understand
DAVID
And I want you to stay away from Karen.
Jacob starts to get defiant.
JACOB
It’s a free country.
DAVID
This isn’t America, it’s my house. I’ve
been checking up on you. You have no
record with the police or the state or
any of the runaway groups. You’re the
invisible kid. And if I sense even a
little bit more trouble-making from you,
you’re going to vanish from here. Got
it?
JACOB
Yes, sir.
David catches his breath. He looks like he wants to say
more, but doesn’t have the energy left. He just walks out of
the room leaving a frustrated Jacob.
EXT. FOSTER HOME – NIGHT
Mr. and Mrs. Ross are getting into their car. The engine
starts and they drive away.
INT. JACOB’S ROOM – NIGHT
Jacob sits in bed, staring into space. Karen quietly enters
the room, carefully shutting the door behind her.
She sits down next to him. Jacob looks at her with weary
eyes.
JACOB
You’re supposed to be off-limits to me.
KAREN
It’s okay. The Ross’s have gone to a
council meeting and Scott’s in his room.
We should be safe for awhile.
JACOB
Wonderful.
KAREN
Jacob, what are we going to do?
JACOB
I’m going to go to bed soon.
KAREN
Now you WANT to sleep?
JACOB
I have to find the Dream Police. I think
I’m somehow their link to all this. They
only seem to appear when I’m around. You
woke me up before I had a chance to talk
to them last night.
KAREN
I’m sorry. I was scared.
JACOB
your fault. I have to ask them what
we’re supposed to do to help them. And
maybe I can protect Gina while I’m in
there.
KAREN
What about Scott?
JACOB
He’s on his own.
KAREN
Oh…
JACOB
I don’t mean to be cold,but we’ve done
everything to convince him. Gina’s too
scared to understand. I think Freddy
will go after her next.
KAREN
What should I do?
JACOB
You have to stay awake.
KAREN
That’s not going to be easy. I’m half
asleep already.
JACOB
You have to try.
She nods her head quietly. Then
KAREN
I’d better get out of here.
JACOB
Okay. Be careful.
KAREN
YOU be careful. I’m not going anywhere.
She kisses him quickly on the cheek. He needed that. Karen
gets up and quietly leaves. Jacob yawns
INT. GINA’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
Gina sits on her bed in her night clothes. She holds a deck
of cards in one hand while she plays solitaire on her bed
sheets.
She flips a card from her deck: A black nine. She puts it on
top of a ten. Another card. Queen of diamonds. She lays it
on top of a king of clubs. Gina yawns. Takes another card.
It’s the Freddy of Spades.
Gina frowns. Freddy Krueger’s image stares up at her from
the card. She looks at her stacks. There’s no place to put
this one. She starts flipping through the deck of cards,
trying to see if there are any more Freddys. That’s when a
HAND RIPS UP through the bed and grabs her arm.
Gina SCREAMS, pulls away from the hand’s grip and jumps back
up on the bed. And ANOTHER HAND shoots up from a pillow and
grabs her shoulder. Gina twists.
RIP. TEAR. GRAB. More hands appear out of the mattress,
lunging for any part of Gina’s body as she SHRIEKS from their
touch. And Gina jumps out of bed.
She leaps to the other side of the room, bumping against her
dresser drawers. Turns to her bed.
SWOOP. The multiple hands disappear down into the mattress.
There is a quiet beat as she catches her shivering breath.
Then a half-dozen ARMS AND HANDS pop out from the drawers
next to her. Latching indiscriminately. Some grabbing her
legs and arms. Some grabbing more intimate parts.
Gina SCREAMS. Pulls away from the dresser. Yanks a few
drawers out as the hands vanish and she spins over to another
wall.
Where the wall ERUPTS with outreaching arms all around her.
Two grab her hair. Three on each arm. Her legs are pinned.
Gina shrieks and yells and flays her arms. Beating the hands
with her fists as two grabs her breasts viciously. She
starts kicking as one particularly perverse hand BURNT AND
SCARRED, pops out between her legs. Aiming right for her
crotch and in an incredible show of strength, the girl pulls
away from the horde.
Gina heads for the door. CRASH. Hands blast up from the
wood floor. She leaps around them. CRASH. More hands try
to block her way.
Gina jumps around like she’s in a mine field made of hot
coals. She finally reaches to door and flings it open.
INT. ELEVATOR
Gina hits the lift’s opposite wall having expected it to be a
hallway. The elevator’s doors close on her bedroom and she
turns to see:
Freddy. A razor finger poised over the elevator’s buttons.
He smiles politely.
FREDDY
Going up?
Gina is shocked and speechless. She backs away into a corner
like someone trapped in a closet with the devil. Which is
exactly what she is.
Rising past the terror is Gina’s realization that everything
Jacob’s been saying is true.
FREDDY (cont’d)
At your service.
He punches one of the buttons and the elevator LURCHES. Gina
grabs onto a wall as the lift races up and Freddy actually
begins to WHISTLE nonchalantly.
GINA
You’re not real!
FREDDY
Ah, but who is?
The elevator begins to slow.
FREDDY (cont’d)
Fourth floor. Overpopulation.
The elevator stops. The doors begin to open. Gina leaps for
the way out. But she’s blocked.
Blocked by PEOPLE. They fill the entrance to the lift and
start to pile in. All kinds of people: businessmen, nurses,
plumbers. And they’re all ZOMBIES.
Vacant expressions fill their dark hollow eyes as the zombies
keep coming in. Pushing Gina back into the elevator.
Filling it to capacity and beyond.
The doors close and the elevator starts to move up. Twenty
bodies are crammed into the tiny enclosure, smashed together,
surrounding the poor teenager, drool oozing out of their
mouths, breathing down her neck. SMASHING her so hard she
can’t even yell for help. Gina turns her head.
WESLEY is pressed up next to her. A very dead look on his
face. Begin squeezed by the zombies around him. One of his
eyes POPS out of its socket.
Gina finds the breath to scream and scream and scream.
FREDDY (cont’d)
Eight floor – the morgue.
The elevator doors open and the mass of zombies starts to
spastically pile out. Gina, having only been held up by the
crushing bodies, falls to her knees as the last of the
monsters exit the lift. She breathes in ripping gasps like
she’s having a coronary. But she sees the open door. And
Gina jumps for the exit.
Freddy grabs her shoulder and pulls her back violently. Gina
falls to the floor again as the doors shut. Freddy waves his
fingers down the row of buttons and stops above the very
bottom one. This button doesn’t looks like the others.
It’s in the shape of a little heart.
Freddy turns and gives Gina a frighteningly serious look.
FREDDY (cont’d)
Time to go down, Gina.
He presses the heart button. And the floor disappears. Gina
falls SCREAMING into blackness as Freddy hangs in mid-air and
LAUGHS.
INT. HONEYMOON SUITE
Gaudy colors, mirrors, a cheesy heart-shaped bed. Gina’s
body drops down, unexpectedly softly, landing on the fluffy
satin sheets.
she’s dressed in a skimpy piece of bright pink LINGERIE. She
moans and tries to sit up.
And four snake-like strips of satin swoop out from under the
bed and quickly wrap around each of her limbs, pulling her
down and yank her tight.
She’s trapped. That’s when the door to the room opens and in
walks an incredibly huge FAT MAN. He barely fits through the
door as he closes it behind him. Puffy cheeks, permanent
seat, dirty fingernails, and a lecherous smile.
Gina’s eyes widen.
FAT MAN
Hi there, princess. Your mom’s told me
all about you.
Gina SCREAMS as he approaches her, the ground actually
shaking from his weight.
FAT MAN (cont’d)
She said you’re even better than she is.
He looms above her, now. Starts to unbutton his shirt to
reveal a hideous mound of hairy stomach flesh. Gina is
repulsed.
FAT MAN (cont’d)
Aw, come on. I’m really a nice guy. You
know what they say. Inside every fat
person…
RIP! Krueger’s finger blades JUT out of the abdomen ad start
tearing a huge SLIT up the front of his body. The Fat Man
starts to fold back as Freddy’s head pops out of the front.
FREDDY
…is a maniac trying to get out!
Freddy steps out of the Fat Man, sluffing the bulbous remains
aside. He towers over Gina. That creepy serious look on his
face again.
FREDDY (cont’d)
Now it’s time for YOU to put out, Gina.
Gina gasps in horror as Krueger moves in. But then a KNOCK
at the door.
ROOM SERVICE (O.S.)
Room service?
FREDDY
Huh? I didn’t order anything…
Freddy frowns and walks over to the door. He turns back to
Gina.
FREDDY (cont’d)
Maybe its complimentary champagne!
Krueger opens the door. On the other side is a dinner cart
and a waiter behind it. The waiter is JACOB.
CRASH! Jacob shoves the dinner cart into the room and into
Freddy’s gut, shoving Krueger across the room into a tumbled
heap. Three EXPLOSIONS OF LIGHT BURST into the room. The
Dream Police materialize.
Freddy jumps up growling. Power Cop grabs him from behind.
Blade leaps over to the bed and in a FLASH of steel, releases
Gina from her satin bonds. Jacob yanks Gina off the bed and
pulls her towards the door.
JACOB
Come on!
Freddy jumps out of Power Cop’s grip and the Dream Police
surround him as the two teenagers bolt out of the room.
INT. HOTEL HALLWAY
Jacob pulls Gina along as the hotel room door SLAMS shut by
itself. Gina yells at Jacob.
GINA
Let go of me!
She squirms out of Jacob’s grip and bounces away from him
like he has the plague. CRASHING is heard from the hotel
room. A violent battle is under way. Jacob pleads with
Gina.
JACOB
I’m here to help!
He holds out his hand to her. Gina shivers, than looks into
Jacob’s sincere eyes. SOUNDS of destruction continue behind
the door as the girl battles with her worst fear. Finally
Gina takes Jacob’s hand.
GINA
Let’s get out of here.
They start running down the corridor – together.
INT. HONEYMOON SUITE
The entire room is filled with SWIRLING DUST and SMOKE,
completely obscuring everything from sight. As the sound of
BREAKING FURNITURE and grunting fighters echoes, a few pieces
of debris bounce into view.
And then there is SILENCE.
The dust settles and the smoke dissipates. The DREAM POLICE
stand alone in the rubble of a totally trashed room.
POWER COP
Where’d he go?
SOUND COP
I thought you had him.
BLADE COP
Shit…
Krueger has escaped.
HOTEL CORRIDOR
Jacob runs, Gina trailing behind him, the two of them trying
to find a way out. They pass a door.
The door SLAMS open and Freddy reaches out, grabs Gina and
yanks her into the room. The door BANGS shut.
Jacob twirls around and runs towards the door.
And the door DISAPPEARS. Nothing but flat wall remains as
Jacob hits it. He starts banging his fist against the side
of the corridor.
JACOB
No no no no!
The Dream police run up next to him. Jacob spins around
angry.
JACOB (cont’d)
He’s got Gina!
SOUND COP
Stand back.
Everyone backs off. Sound Cop opens his mouth. BOOM! An
almost visible sound wave bursts forth from his lips and
CRACK, a huge hole is punched in the wall.
The Police leap into the hole, quickly followed by Jacob.
INT. HOTEL ROOM
This one’s pretty normal. Maybe the business suite. And
it’s EMPTY except for a heart-shaped box of candy in the
middle of the bed. Jacob and the rest of the Police watch as
Blade picks up the box and opens it. Dozens of COCKROACHES
pour out onto the floor. Now Jacob’s really pissed.
JACOB
You let him get away!
SOUND COP
It’s difficult.
POWER COP
He’s been at this longer than we have.
BLADE COP
He can do anything.
SOUND COP
But we have to catch him in the act to
get him.
JACOB
What…there are rules to all this?
SOUND COP
They’re not rules.
POWER COP
It’s just the way it is.
BLADE COP
Jacob, we need you to bring the rest
together.
JACOB
The rest? You mean the kids at the home?
BLADE COP
Yes. We need as many of you as we can
get. And you must bring them to
Springwood.
JACOB
How?
BLADE COP
You have the power to link your dreams
with other’s. Dream of Springwood, then
bring the rest with you.
SOUND COP
Living souls are what he thrives on.
Living souls are what we need to help
stop him.
POWER COP
Before it’s too late.
BLADE COP
Before he takes everyone.
SOUND COP
And every THING.
Jacob just shakes his head.
INT. LIMBO
All is BLACK. Except for Freddy and Gina. He has her from
behind, his hands locked on her shoulders.
FREDDY
Ah…alone at last.
Gina cries horribly like a person who knows death is seconds
away. Freddy wraps his arms around her, hugging her.
And he KEEPS wrapping his arms. They STRETCH and elongate,
wrapping once around his body and then around her’s again.
And then again. Freddy’s rubber limbs curl around and around
an around Gina’s quivering body. Spiraling up and down.
Encircling on all sides on every part of her, touching and
grabbing her EVERYWHERE.
Until Krueger’s arms cover her entirely. Gina whimpers.
FREDDY (cont’d)
Touching, isn’t it?
And he starts to SQUEEZE. Gina gags as Freddy’s snake-like
embrace TIGHTENS around her, draining the life out of Gina’s
body.
INT. JACOB’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
Jacob wakes with a start as the entire house around him
shakes.
JACOB
Gina!
Jacob jumps out of bed.
INT. FOSTER HOME – UPPER HALLWAY
Jacob dashes down the corridor. Karen comes out of her room.
KAREN
Is it an earthquake?
JACOB
No. It’s Freddy.
They run to Gina’s room and fling the door open.
INT. GINA’S BEDROOM
The RUMBLING of the house has stopped. Gina’s in bed, her
tongue sticking grotesquely out from the corner of her mouth,
her skin completely blue. Jacob and Karen run to her to try
and help.
Gina’s already dead. But Freddy’s not quite done with her
yet. Jacob and Karen watch as Gina’s chest CAVES IN. Karen
SCREAMS.
EXT. FOSTER HOME – EARLY MORNING
The coroner’s back, the neighborhood gawks. Jacob, Karen and
Scott sit on the front steps in a daze.
But this time there are police barricades up. In another
part of the front yard we can see Mr. and Mrs. Ross with a
social worker, MR. SILVERMAN. Mary Ross is crying while her
husband David is having a heated argument with Silverman.
The kids watch on gloomily.
The social worker leaves as Mr. Ross walks over to the kids.
Mary walks right by them and into the house – to broken up
over something to talk.
DAVID
Pack your bags, kids.
JACOB
You’re kicking us out?
DAVID
No. They’re taking you away. They say
it’s for your own good.
KAREN
They can’t do that.
DAVID
Yes, they can. They consider Mary and I
possibly unfit to act as foster parents.
They’re going to find temporary homes for
you until this mess is straightened out.
I’m so very sorry.
Karen runs up to David and hugs him desperately. He holds
her.
KAREN
No, please.
DAVID
They’re not calling it an accident this
time. They don’t really know what to
call it.
Karen lets go. Scott stands up.
SCOTT
What’s going to happen to us?
DAVID
You’ll be alright.
KAREN
What’s going to happen to you?
DAVID
I don’t know. They’re thinking of
pressing charges.
JACOB
Aw, Jesus…
DAVID
Come on. A car from juvenile hall will
be here in an hour.
He leads them up the stairs.
EXT. JUVENILE HALL – DAY
A sign reads: ROSEDALE YOUTH CENTER.
INT. OFFICE – DAY
Mr. Silverman, the social worker, is talking to the
teenagers. Karen and Scott look understandably worried.
Jacob looks like the world just ended for him.
MR. SILVERMAN
I’m sure most of you know how this works
already. You’ll be assigned new foster
homes tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow
morning the police will be talking to you
regarding the matter at the old house.
KAREN
What about it?
MR. SILVERMAN
Anything you know.
SCOTT
Are we considered suspects?
MR. SILVERMAN
You’ll talk to the police about that.
Don’t worry. We’ll all try and work this
out.
KAREN
Will we be able to go back to the Ross’s?
MR. SILVERMAN
I don’t know. You’ll have a place to
stay in the mean time.
KAREN
Will we be together?
MR. SILVERMAN
No. We don’t have anybody willing to
take more than one person. I’m afraid
you’ll be split up.
SCOTT
Great…
MR. SILVERMAN
Hey, you can visit each other. You’ll be
in the same town.
JACOB
If it’s still here.
Silverman frowns at that last comment as the kids get up to
leave.
INT. JUVENILE HALL CORRIDOR
The teenagers walk glumly out of the office. Jacob is still
strangely silent, not making eye contact with anyone.
KAREN
Jacob, what are we going to do?
JACOB
Nothing.
KAREN
What do you mean, nothing?
JACOB
It’s over. We’re finished. He’s won.
Jacob walks on ahead of them. Karen is flabbergasted. She
stops and just stands there with Scott. The two of them
watching Jacob walk away.
SCOTT
Looks like your hero just gave up.
And Karen still can’t believe it.
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.
