Friday the 13th

MRS. VOORHEES

No. That won't be necessary.

As she speaks, Mrs. Voorhees reaches into her slicker in a surreptitious manner and very slowly slips out a long hunting knife.

ALICE

I don't understand.

MIXED on the TRACK, filtered, echoed and distant, is the SOUND of a ten year old boy, JASON, crying for help in a fantasy version of what might have happened when he drowned in 1957.

JASON (V.O.)

(filtered)

Help me, mommy... save me... please, mommy... please, mommy... help me, mommy... save me... .

MRS. VOORHEES

(cocking her hand to listen)

I am, Jason. I am.

ALICE

(a little confused)

Why shouldn't we wait for Mr. Christy?

Mrs. Voorhees has gone through some subtle changes. While her voice remains warm and comforting, her face has started to slip into her other manifestation. All of this is in concert with the visibility of her weapon.

MRS. VOORHEES

It was my son they killed. They said he drowned, but I know it was inadequate supervision...

Alice starts to become increasingly anxious. She can't see the knife rise behind her.

ALICE

Mr. Christy will be back soon.

Mrs. Voorhees shakes her head from side to side.

MRS. VOORHEES

No, he won't. I killed him as well... .

The shock of recognition hits Alice. In CLOSEUP her eyes look up and see the knife which Mrs. Voorhees now has poised and ready to strike.

Alice bolts off the couch and stumbles backwards into the fireplace, scattering ashes and sparks.

Mrs. Voorhees stands and steps forward.

MRS. VOORHEES

(continuing)

I couldn't let them start this camp again, could I?

Alice, in panic, looks for an escape. She grabs the fireplace poker.

ALICE

I won't let you!

Alice swings the poker back and forth.

ALICE

(continuing)

No! No! No!

Mrs. Voorhees raises her arm to slash downward with the knife. Alice swings the poker hard to Mrs. Voorhees' other arm and rib cage.

Mrs. Voorhees is in pain, her face a mask of rage.

Alice drops the poker to run for the door.

Mrs. Voorhees hesitates for a moment, then follows Alice deliberately.

Lightning goes off followed quickly by thunder.

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EXT. MAIN CABIN / TREE – NIGHT

Alice gets to the door and stops. She fiddles with the side of the screen... somebody has latched it.

CLOSER on Alice, taking one look over her shoulder, kicks at the door, snapping the latch.

ANOTHER ANGLE
 

As Alice runs out into the rain, the mud, the thunder and the lightning. The THEME is going full-tilt as Alice makes a quick turn to run towards the road.

TWO-SHOT: as Alice bumps into an object which swings from above. A slice of lightning reveals it to be the dead body of Steve Christy hanging from the tree. A rope is looped under his arms, his head is down on his chest, and a long blade protrudes from his heart.

REACTION SHOT: Alice in terror.

 
ANOTHER ANGLE
 

Alice runs and suddenly bumps into another pair of legs which swing from the same big tree.

STROBE SHOT: of Jack, dead.

 
ANOTHER ANGLE
 

Alice runs for the Arts & Crafts. In the B.G. we see can the yellow-slickered Mrs. Voorhees closing the distance between herself and Alice.

CUT TO:

EXT. ARTS & CRAFTS CABIN – NIGHT

Alice runs for the door, slams through it.

The CAMERA waits for Mrs. Voorhees, but she does not appear.

CUT TO:

EXT. GENERATOR SHACK – NIGHT

Mrs. Voorhees runs to the door and opens it quickly.

CUT TO:

INT. ARTS & CRAFTS CABIN – NIGHT

Alice is hiding in the shadows behind a table. We hear the SOUNDS of the generator starting outside and suddenly three bright overhead lights come on.

Alice looks across the room to the light switch, afraid to reveal her hiding place.

She looks for an escape. There's a window. She starts for it, then stops and turns and dives under an arts & crafts table.

 
ANOTHER ANGLE
 

Mrs. Voorhees opens the door and walks in a few feet.

She carries a machete in her hand. We see this instrument in CLOSEUP as we hear OVER the sound of her son, Jason, calling to her.

JASON (V.O.)

Help, mommy, I'm drowning! Oh, mommy, please... .

The CAMERA PANS UP to her face and we see that the voice of Jason is coming from within her in LIP SYNC. She is both characters – though the child's voice is authentically dubbed.

Alice can just make out what is happening and can hear the VOICE OF JASON.

Alice is very still. Her eyes widen as she listens to Mrs. Voorhees rave.

JASON
(lipsync)

Don't let me die, mommy... I can't breathe... Help me, breathe...

Mrs. Voorhees is having trouble catching her own breath. She strokes her throat with her free hand and the voice of the child stops.

MRS. VOORHEES

(in her own voice)

I can't let them kill any more children. Come out now.

She wades through table after table, pushing them out of her way with the strength she has demonstrated throughout as the Prowler.

When Mrs. Voorhees is too quick for her, shoving a table across her path like a barred door. Before Alice can think twice, Mrs. Voorhees has shoved a second table in behind her so that now Alice is sandwiched between them.

She can duck down or climb over or come out the only open end – the end where Mrs. Voorhees is standing.

Alice looks behind her and sees a shelf. On the shelf is a box.

Mrs. Voorhees is coming down the aisle between the two tables. Her machete is coming up in an attack.