House on Haunted Hill

      -- and then suddenly SUNLIGHT POURS in behind him. Sara has
     pried the plate up with a LIGHTNING ROD -- one that's in the
     process of bending in two under all the weigh

                           SARA
                I think if you're coming, Mr.
                Pritchett, it's now or never.

     The Mass of Faces starts to creep up Pritchett's shoe. With a
     screech, he flings himself backwards, literally diving
     through the open window --

                                                            CUT TO:

     EXT. HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

      -- as the LIGHTNING ROD SNAPS -- and the IRON PLATE comes
     guillotine-slamming back down -- right onto Pritchett's foot!

     He screams and hysterically yanks at his ankle --

      -- his foot emerging safe-and-sound and whole, the shredded
     remnants of a white sock blowing in the morning sea-breeze.

     Sara and Pritchett exchange looks. They're both missing
     shoes. They shrug. The sunliqht warms their faces.

                                                      FADE TO BLACK

     And in the darkness, we hear a familiar Voice:

                           CHRISTOPHER LEE (V.O.)
                The Police and Coroner arrived at
                the House on Haunted Hill at 7:30
                a.m. Pacific Standard Time.

                                                   FADE BACK UP ON:

     EXT. "HOUSE" - MORNING

     A fleet of milling Cops, Paramedics, Fire Officials,
     Ambulances, the works. Sara seen getting her legs treated. A
     blank-faced Pritchett being grilled by L.A. Sheriffs.

     Gurneys toting very full body bags from the house. One gurney
     carrying a half dozen vary small bags: Melissa Marr, most
     likely.

                           CHRISTOPHER LEE (V.O.)
                Watson Pritchett told the Police
                that they need a Sherman tank to
                get into the house. But when the
                first officer on the scene tried
                the front door knob, it opened
                without so much as a squeak.

                                                            CUT TO:

     INT. HOUSE - (NEWSREEL FOOTAGE) - VARIOUS SHOTS

      -- Grand Foyer

      -- Main Salon

      -- Basement

      -- Corridors

                           CHRISTOPHER LEE (V.O.)
                And for all the horror that Pritchett
                described, the House was found to be
                utterly unexceptional and undisturbed
                -- even the dust still in place.

     We see that what he's saying is true: there's no evidence
     that anything ever happened here. Even the basement -- the
     Electro-shock and Saturation Chamber -- appear exactly as
     when we first saw them. Even the restraints that were cut
     have been made whole aqain.

     INT. LIMBO SET - NIGHT

     SLOW PULL BACK to Christopher Lee on the "Terrifying, But
     True!" set, talking to us, as the footage continues to play
     on a screen behind him.

                           CHRISTOPHER LEE
                And not one sign of the party's
                hosts, Steven and Evelyn Price.
                The only person not surprised
                by this was Watson Pritchett.

     ON THE SCREEN BEHIND HIM

     EXT. HOUSE - MORNING