Friday the 13th

TIERNEY

Roger. Acknowledge receipt. Estimate arrival time fifteen minutes. How copy?

Tierney has jammed on his brakes and swung the car around.

DISPATCHER #1 (V.O.)

(filtered)

100%. I'll tell 'em you'll be there in fifteen minutes. Out.

Tierney bangs the mike down on the holder. He stops the car.

TIERNEY

Have to drop you here, Steve.

STEVE

Sure.

Steve gets out quickly.

STEVE

(continuing)

Good luck.

TIERNEY

Another coincidence.

STEVE

Yeah.

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EXT. RURAL ROAD – NIGHT

Steve turns as the cop's car door slams. Tierney peels out on the wet road.

CLOSEUP as Steve watches the lights grow dim in the distance.

ANOTHER ANGLE
 

As Steve turns and jogs the other way. Low thunder rolls in the distance.

CUT TO:

EXT. GIRL'S CABIN – NIGHT

Bill and Alice have made their way to Brenda's cabin. From the outside they can see the Coleman lantern burning on the table within.

ALICE

Brenda? Brenda? You there?

There is no response. The CAMERA stays in a MEDIUM CLOSEUP of Alice as she and Bill cross up the stairs and into the cabin.

CUT TO:

INT. GIRL'S CABIN – NIGHT

The SHOT continues on Alice as she looks about the empty cabin. Finally she stops, looking down. The CAMERA continues to hold on her face.

ALICE

Bill.

Bill crosses over to Alice. They are both looking down, past the CAMERA LENS.

 
ANOTHER ANGLE: WE SEE WHAT THEY SEE
 

The bloody hatchet left on Brenda's pillow.

ANGLE on Bill and Alice: (as before). Their faces are serious.

ALICE

(continuing)

What the fuck is going on here?

CUT TO:

EXT. Jack'S CABIN – NIGHT

The rain slants down as Bill and Alice make their way towards Jack's cabin. They go to the door. Bill knocks.

BILL

Jack?

ALICE

Marcie?

BILL

Hey, guys!

Bill opens the door to the cabin.

CUT TO:

INT. Jack'S CABIN – NIGHT

The door opens at us. We see the silhouetted figures of Bill and Alice. Bill flips on the light switch.

The cabin is empty. Jack's backpack lies on the bed, the contents neatly laid out.

CUT TO:

INT. CAMP BATHROOM – NIGHT

It is dark inside. The door slams open at us as Bill and Alice make their way inside.

ALICE

Marcie? Brenda? Jack?

Bill walks slowly towards the row of toilets and showers.

ALICE

(continuing)

I think we should call the police, Bill.

Bill, who was just about to open one of the toilet stalls, nods and turns back to Alice.

BILL

Okay.

They exit. There is a beat... and then a slickered shape passes between us and the night sky light which comes through the windows. The shape is dragging something.

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EXT. OFFICE CABIN – NIGHT

Alice and Bill are on the porch of one of the cabins. To the left of the door is a small sign that reads: "Office." Bill tries the door, but cannot open it.

BILL

Sucker's locked. Who's got the key?

Alice ignores the question, bends down beside the cabin and comes up with a short 2x4. She crosses to the door and smashes through one of the window panes. She puts her arm through the broken glass, unlocks the door and enters. Bill follows.

The CAMERA continues to watch them from outside the cabin. They turn on a light and cross to a phone on Steve Christy's desk. Bill picks up the receiver, listens, clicks the switch on the desk set several times.

BILL

(continuing)

It's dead. Try the pay phone.

ALICE

Do you have a dime? A quarter?

BILL

No. There must be some in the desk somewhere.

They fumble through the desk to find some change. Bill finds some in the postage drawer. He then crosses over to a pay phone mounted on the wall. The CAMERA moves to the cornice of the building where the phone line exits. It follows the link up the side of the cabin to the junction where the power and phone lines come in from the pole. Here we see a dangling phone cable which has been recently cut.

OVER, we hear the sound of a quarter dropping in the dead telephone.

Alice (V.O.)

Hello? Hello? This damn thing's dead, too.

CUT TO:

EXT. PARKING LOT – NIGHT

Bill and Alice comes out into the rain, heading for the camper van. They hop in.

CUT TO:

EXT. VAN/PARKING LOT – NIGHT

Bill slides behind the wheel. The keys are in the ignition. Alice hops in on the passenger side.

Bill turns over the engine. It grinds away but does not catch.

From an ANGLE behind the outside mirror, we hear the engine fail to catch. We look in the mirror and see someone standing in the distance, watching.

Bill gets out of the driver's side. Slams the door. The CAMERA TRUCKS with him as he opens the door to the engine. Alice joins him as he shines his light on the engine.

ALICE

What's the matter with it?

BILL

Wet. I don't know.

He tries a few more times.