A Nighmare on Elm Street 8: The Legacy Reborn

by Blood Clover

Kristen was not the last of the original Elm Street kids as Freddy and everyone else thought. There was one more person at Freddy execution in 1977, and now thirty years later, his daughter is a senior in high school in Springwood. Rayne Derricks is about

1. Chapter 1

A Nightmare on Elm Street 8
The Legacy Continues

Rough Draft #1
By Tyler Berube, July 6th, 2006

Fade In:
Int: 1452 Elm Street- The Derricks household – Night
Rayne's Bedroom
We see a redhaired girl laying in bed, tossing and turning violently. This is Rayne Derricks, age 18. As she turns onto her back, we can see that she has a horrified expression on her face.

Cut To:
Boiler Room – Dream World
Rayne is standing on one of the steel platforms in what we know to be Freddy's sadistic playground. Her eyes are closed, and she begins to open them slowly. She looks around the room and begins to walk down the set of metal stairs, heading down to the bottom floor.
She reaches the bottom of the stairs and cautiously walks over to the giant furnace, stopping when she hears light footsteps approaching her from behind. She quickly turns around and sees a young blonde girl standing about ten feet in front of her.

Rayne
Who are you?

Girl
It doesn't matter, you shouldn't be here. He's coming.

Rayne
Who's coming?

Girl
One Two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, Four, Lock your doors. Five Six, grab your crucifix, Seven Eight, Stay up late. Nine Ten, Never sleep again.

Rayne (Puzzled)saq
Huh?

The little girl opens her mouth wide and lets out an earpiercing scream. Rayne covers her ears so the screams aren't as loud. As she watches, the little girl's dress sets itself on fire and she implodes in a bright pillar of flame, causing Rayne to shield her eyes. When she opens her eyes again, Rayne lets out a cry of shock and stares at the ashes that is all that is left of the girl. On top of the ashes is a neatly folded red and black striped shirt which lays below a dusty brown bowler cap, and on top of that is a bladed glove. Rayne moves toward the clothing, but stops as the glove rises up and flies at her by itself. Rayne screams-

Cut To: Int. Graveyard
And finds herself in the middle of a circle of grave stones. She stops screaming and looks at the graves around her. She walks over to the closest on and looks at the name of the engraving. It reads Nancy Thompson. Rayne looks at the next one. Roland Kincaid. Then the next one. Rod Lane. And the next one. Jennifer Caulfield. Taryn White. William Stanton. Phillip Anderson. Joey Crusel. Glenn Lantz. Tina Blake. Other names are inscribed on other graves but Rayne can't make them out. As she turns around, a low rumbling can be heard in the background and starts to get louder and louder as Rayne stands there, transfixed in horror. The ground in the center of the gravestones begins to crack and rises upward. Rayne screams as a blank stone shoots upward and fills the gap caused by the mini earthquake. Rayne watches as the bladed glove digs itself out of the dirt and hovers in front of the grave stone. It starts to scratch out a name on the tomb, and blood seeps from the stone as the glove carves away at it. Rayne waits until the glove falls limply to the ground, it's handiwork finished, before moving to look at the fresh and bloodstained engraving. She moves toward it, her entire body trembling, and looks at the name emblazoned in blood. It reads: Rayne Derricks 1989-2007.

Rayne (Moaning)
Nooooooo!

Cut to: INT: Rayne's Bedroom
Rayne snaps upward on her bed in a flash, sweat glistening on her skin from the moonlight coming in through the window. She glances around and sees another blonde girl, this one about her age, sitting in Raynes desk chair. This is Kristen Parker, dead some nineteen years, yet apparently very much alive in Rayne's dream.

Kristen
Hello Rayne.

Rayne
Whats going on? What are you doing in my room?
(beat)
I'm still dreaming, aren't I?

Kristen
Yes. It's the only way that I could reach you.

Rayne
Are you real?

Kristen
In a manner of speaking. I was sent by the rest of the people who share our legacy.

Rayne
I don't understand. What legacy?

Kristen
Ten years before you were born, there was a child killer named Krueger. He killed dozens of children in Springwood before a group of vigilante parents took justice into their own hands, and killed him by burning him alive in his boiler room. Several years passed, then Freddy came back from the dead and he had the power to kill people in their dreams. His target was the children of the parents who took his life. He killed us all, one by one. Tina. Rod. Glenn. Phillip. Jennifer. Taryn. William. Nancy. Kincaid. Joey. And finally me. I thought that I was the last Elm Street Child, but I was wrong. Your father, who was the brother of one of the children Freddy killed when he was alive was there as well. But since you weren't born until a year after I was killed, Freddy had moved on and was now targeting everyone he could invade the dreams of. He didn't know about you and for the last eighteen years, we've managed to keep it that way.

Rayne
But he knows now, doesn't he?

Kristen nods sadly.

Kristen
I have to go. I've used up to much energy here. I will contact you again, as soon as I can, but he'll most likely already be here. Keep your friends close, they're targets too. Goodbye Rayne.

Rayne
No wait! You can't just tell me something like this and leave.

Kristen
I'm sorry.

Kristen disappears in a blinding white light, as Rayne moves toward her, trying to stop her from leaving but to no avail.

Cut to: Rayne's Bedroom- Morning
Rayne snaps awake, for real this time, and brushes her hair out of her face. She looks at the chair that Kristen had sat in during her dream. She chuckles to herself, and stands up.
S
Rayne
That's the last time I eat ice cream right before going to sleep. What a weird dream.

Cut To: Springwood High School- Day
Rayne pulls up to a group of three of her fellow high school seniors. These are Chad, Bauer, and April. Chad is smoking a cigarette, and nods over at Rayne as she approaches.

Chad
What's going on Ray?

Rayne
Nothing. Where's Cora and everyone else?

Bauer
They're already waiting for us in the auditorium. That stupid fucking safety assembly starts in about three minutes.

Rayne
You going?

Chad
Hell no. Me and Kev are meeting Dale behind the gym to smoke a joint before classes start. You have fun with that though.

Rayne (Sarcastic)
Yeah, it's always a blast. See you in English
(To April)
Come on, let's go.

Rayne and April walk off towards the main building as Chad and Bauer head off to meet Dale.

Cut To: Ext. Springwood Gym
Chad and Bauer walk behind the gym and approach a guy with dark brown hair and is wearing a blue denim jacket. This is Dale. Dale turns and looks at the pair as they come up.

Dale
Hey boys.

Chad
How much you got on you?

Dale
Enough.
(beat as Dale checks his jacket)
Hey, either of you guys got a pipe on you?

Bauer
Nope.

Chad
I've got papers in my truck. Be right back.

Chad runs off to get the papers from his truck.

Dale
So you heard back from Michigan State yet?

Bauer
Yeah, got the letter yesterday morning actually. I'm in for at least two years with a hockey scholarship as second string goalie to start off anyways. So how about you? Heard anything from UCLA?

Dale
Not yet. Dude, I'm getting some stuff on Sunday that makes you so lightheaded, it feels like you're flying.

Bauer pulls out a cigarette and passes one to Dale, then both light up.

Cut To: Int. Springwood High School Auditorium
Rayne and April enter the large room and look around, spotting a tall brunette who waves them over. This is Cora. Rayne and April make their way over to where Cora is saving them seats, and are greeted by five others- one guy and four girls. These are Kris, Pam, Sue, Geena, and Cora's sister Nicole.

Rayne
Hey guys. How's it going?

Kris
Fine, hey where's Chad and Bauer?

April
They went off to smoke a joint with Dale, behind the gym.

Cora
Screw this then, I'm gonna go get some of that.

Cora gets up to leave, but Nicole stops her.

Cora
What the hell Nic?

Nicole
Principal Chapman just walked in. You can't leave now without him getting suspicious.

Rayne, Cora and the others look over as Chapman makes his way over to the podium in the center of the stage.

Principal Chapman
Please everyone, take a seat. As you all know, this is the yearly safety assembly. For the next half hour Mr. Jacobs from the Weston Hills Psychiatric Facility will give you a lecture on proper procedures and safety regulations to keep all of you out of trouble.

Geena (Muttering)
Someone please kill me now.

Rayne, Cora, Pam and Kris chuckle at her statement, and the doors in the back open, and a tall black kid walks in. This is Ross, Springwood High's newest student. He takes a seat at the back of the room. Both Rayne and Sue give him an appeciative once over.

Pam
Who's the new guy?

Kris (Looking over)
That's Ross Forrester. He just transferred from Woodsboro. Coach Kline brought him in to play defensive lineman on the football team. I've only talked to him once in the passing, but he seems like a nice guy.

Sue
Hey Kris, give him my number, will ya?

Kris
Yeah, I'll give it to him.

Rayne
So what are we doing this weekend?

Sue
Ugh.. I got to retake the SAT's or I'm not getting into college at all.

Geena
Party at the old mill, Saturday night.

April
And whose setting that up?

Geena
Dave Kingsley, he graduated three years ago. It was right before you moved here A. It starts at six thirty. Be prepared for an all nighter..

Sue
Cool, I might be able to go then. SAT's are done at seven.

Rayne
I'm definantly going. I need a break from the dreams I've been having the past couple of nights.

Cora
What dreams?

Rayne
Uh… really bizarre dreams about this guy named Krueger….

Rayne starts to talk about her dream as we cut out.

Cut to: Int. Cafeteria
Rayne, Chad, Cora, Bauer, Pam, Geena and another guy- Dale are sitting at a table together. Dale, Bauer and Chad are eating heartily.

Dale
Damn man, these munchies are kicking my ass. I don't think I have enough food.

Pam pushes her bag of chips over to him.

Pam
You're damn lucky that I'm not hungry today.

Bauer
So whats this I hear about a party tommorrow night?

Geena
It's at the old mill. You going?

Bauer
Yeah, it wouldn't be a party without me, would it?

Cora
Get over yourself Kev.

Rayne looks over at the table that Ross is sitting at alone. He looks deep in thought.

Rayne
Maybe someone should invite that new guy to the party.

Cora
Have Kris do it. He's the only one that's talked to him.

Rayne
Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

Cut To: Int. Derricks Household – Rayne's Bedroom
Rayne is sitting at her desk, finishing up her homework. A man in his mid forties walks in- this is Kent Derricks, Rayne's father.

Kent
Hey honey.

Rayne
Hi dad.

Kent
What are you doing tonight?

Rayne
Just finishing some homework, then going out to a party.

Kent
Where is it?

Rayne
A friend's house.

Kent
I want you home by two in the morning, no later than that.

Rayne
Alright dad, I will.

Kent turns to leave the room.

Rayne
Hey dad?

Kent stops and turns to face Rayne.

Kent
What is it?

Rayne
This is going to sound weird but do you know anything about a guy named Krueger?

Kent (Shocked)
No, can't say that I do. Why?

Rayne
I've been having weird dreams over the last couple of nights and I keep hearing about some guy named Krueger. I thought maybe you might have heard of him.

Kent
Sorry, but no. I gotta go run an errand, so I'll see you in the morning.

Rayne
Okay, bye dad

Kent leaves the room with a thoughtful and worried expression on his face.

Cut To: Int. Chad's Truck
Geena, Chad, Pam and Bauer are sitting in Chad's truck. Chad is driving, with Geena riding shotgun. Bauer and Pam are sitting in the bucket seats in the back.

Bauer
So this being the last party we'll probably be together, I say that we make it memorable.

Geena (Turning around to face Bauer)
What are you suggesting?

Bauer
Don't look at me, it was all Pam's idea.

Geena
What is your idea?

Pam reaches under the seat of the truck and pulls out a duffel bag. She unzips it and pulls out a handful of bottle rockets. Grinning, Pam pulls out her lighter and sets fire to the wick of one of the rockets and tosses it back, causing it to wiz off and explode about thirty feet away, scaring the hell out of a snoozing cat.

Pam
Bada Bing, Bada Boom.

The other occupants of the car laugh hysterically.

Cut To: Springwood Public Library
Sue walks into frame and up to a cubicle that has the SAT test laying on it. There are several other students and a teacher in various parts of the room as well. Sue sits down and pulls out three pencils. When everyone is settled down the teacher addresses all of the students

Teacher
On my mark, you have forty minutes to complete the first part of the test. Ready… Go.

Sue
Okay, Sue…. You can do this. You didn't stay up all night studying for nothing.

Sue starts filling in answers, all the while blinking her eyes to stay awake. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out a bottle of pills- Caffiene. She starts to open the bottle and after a moment the top pops off. She reaches into the bottle and gasps. She slowly pulls her finger out, and it's covered with sticky blood.

Sue
What the fuck!

Sue looks around, and sees that everyone has gone from the room. She stands up and walks over to the door that leads out of the room. She finds herself in the boiler room of Freddy's Dream World. Sue looks at the caffiene pill bottle, which is now full of blood. She tosses it away in disgust.

Sue
Must have been some bad shit.

Sue starts walking down the narrow corridor of piping. She can hear a metallic scratching noise nearby and spins around, looking for the source. She heads down a sideways outlet of pipes. She can see a furnace in the distance, and the scratches seem to be originating from there. She slowly makes her way over to the closed unlit furnace.

Cut To: Ext. Old Mill- early evening
Rayne, Cora and Nicole drive up to the abandoned building and get out. The three girls walk up to the mill and walkup to the entrance. Bauer, Chad, and Pam are outside, smoking cigarettes.. Bauer has his arm around Pam's shoulder.

Bauer
Hey guys

Cora
Hi. Where's Geena and Dale?

Chad
They're already inside. April too. We've been here for an hour and a half already.

Rayne
So why are you guys out here?

Bauer
Ah, we promised Sue we'd pick her up from the library in like ten minutes. We figured we'd get in a quick smoke before getting her.

Chad finishes his cigarette and tosses it away, then stamps it out with his foot.

Chad
I'm done, I'll go start up the truck and bring it around.

Pam
Alright, just give us a couple of minutes.

Rayne, Cora and Nicole head inside as Chad walks off to get his truck and Bauer and Pam wait for Chad to bring it around.

Cut To: Int. Boiler Room
Sue is now standing in front of the furnace, running her hand on it cautiously. It's cold to the touch at first, but then it gets burning hot as a fire ignites itself. She jerks her hand back in pain and blows on it.

Sue (Angrily)
Son of a bitch!

She backs away from the furnace as she hears a sinister cackling from inside the furnace.

Sue
Hello?

Sue jumps back in fright and screams as the steel door explodes off of the hinges and hits the opposite wall. A bladed glove slowly comes out of the door and grasps the top of the framing where the door had been. Sue screams as Freddy's face follows, leering at her sadistically. Sue screams upon seeing the burns covering his face.

Krueger
Well hi there!

Sue
Who the hell are you!

Krueger
The stuff your worst nightmares are made of.

Freddy lunges at Sue, who jumps back trying to get away, but her back is now pressed against a cold metal wall. Freddy easily corners her and places a hand on each side of her, barring her escape. Sue looks at him, fear obvious in her eyes. Freddy is soaking it all up.

Sue (Trying to duck away from him)
Leave me alone!

Krueger (Simply)
No.

Freddy grabs Sue's waist and spins her around, then lifts her up. He holds her in place as she struggles, and holds her fast. Steel bindings with nails fastened to the inner part shoot out of the wall and clamp themselves down on Sue's wrists and ankles. Sue screams in pain as the nails dig into her flesh. Freddy releases her and she is held up by the bindings on the way all by themselves. Freddy then flexes his bladed hand and cuts Sue's shirt down the back. Sue struggles and manages to turn her head enough to see Freddy grinning manically

Sue
Oh my god, what are you doing?

Krueger
Sending a message to a friend of yours.

Sue screams in terror and pain as Freddy begins cutting into the skin on her back. After a few moments he stands back and admires his handiwork. Now carved on Sue's back are the words 'You're Next, Bitch!'. The clamps holding Sue in place disapear and she falls to her knees on the ground, clutching her bloody wrist wounds from the nails. Freddy lets her sit for a few seconds, then grabs her by the hair. Sue's hands quickly grab onto Freddy wrist as he drags her away from the wall.

Sue (Begging)
Please, please let me go….

Freddy doesn't answer and just continues to drag her across the floor. When the pair of them are in the middle of the room, Freddy stops suddenly. He pulls Sue into a standing position and stares at her for a moment. He releases his grasps on her hair and she takes a quick step back. Freddy's next move is fast, his blades shooting out. The next moment, Sue is on the ground trying to ebb the blood now flowing out of a gaping hole in her neck from where Freddy's blades tore her throat open.

Cut To: Int. Springwood Public Library
Sue sits up suddenly from where she her head is resting. She grasps her neck and we can see blood seeping through her fingers. She quickly stands and trips over herself. One of the other female students in the library looks over to see what the commotion is all about, and begins screaming upon seeing Sue on the ground, very much dead.

Cut To: Int. Old Mill- Night
Rayne and Cora are standing together as Ross and Kris walk into the mill together. Cora nudges Rayne and points out the entrance of Ross. Rayne smiles over at him and he responds in kind. She begins to walk over to him, but stops suddenly as her vision fizzles out for a moment. She blinks and the room changes.

Cut To: Int. Springwood Public Library
Rayne is now standing off to the side of the small crowd of people now gathered around Sue's body. She tries to push through to see what is going on, but gets pushed away by a male student. She turns away from the group and sees Sue standing about ten feet away from her, now dressed in a grey gown. Sue's neck has a long incision on it and it is caked with dried blood. Sue reaches a outstretched finger towards Rayne, somewhat beckoning.

Rayne
Sue? What the hell is going on.

Freddy (O.S. and mockingly)
She can't answer you. The dead don't talk.

Rayne turns and looks at Freddy in terror, then screams as Freddy lunges at her.

Cut To: Int. Old Mill
Rayne's eyes snap open and she finds herself lying on the ground, her head resting on Cora's lap. Ross, April, Geena, Dale, Nicole, and Kris, as well about two dozen other students are gathered around her, all looking concerned. Rayne jerks into a sitting position.

Rayne
Sue! Where's Sue!

Cora
She's at the library. Bauer, Chad and Pam haven't gotten her yet. They just left a couple of minutes ago.

Rayne
I have to get to the library right now.

Kris
Whoa, slow down Ray, you need to calm down. You hit your head pretty hard, you're probably concussed.

Rayne shakes her head vehemently.

Rayne
I need to get to that library right now. Somethings happened to Sue. I think she's dead.

Nicole (Frightened)
What are you talking about.

Rayne
Just get me to the library.

Cora
Okay, I'll take you, just calm down.

Kris (To Cora)
I'll go with you.

Ross
I'll come too.

Ross and Cora help Rayne to stand, and then the three of them and Kris walk out, leaving a group of worried and scared teenagers behind, April, Nicole, Dale, and Geena watching them leave, unsure of what to do. After a moment the four of them get their wits together and follow Rayne and the others to their cars.

Cut To: Ext. Springwood Public Library
Cora drives up into the parking lot of the library and she, Kris, and Ross exchange a stunned look at the array of police cars and ambulance already spread out in front of the building. The three of them and Rayne quickly disembark from the car and quickly make their way over to the building only to get stopped by a police officer.

Cop
Hold up Cora, you and your friends can't go in there. It's an official crime scene.

Cora
What happened? Where's my father?

Cop
He's inside with the body, waiting for the coroner.

Kris
The body?

Cop
Yeah, short female, late teens, dark brown hair, blue eyes.

Cora, Kris and Rayne share a look of horror.

Kris
That's Sue.
(Looks around)
Where's Bauer, Pam and Chad?

Cora, Rayne and Ross look around, spotting the trio standing about thirty feet away by Chad's truck. The four of them jog over to them. Chad looks up as they approach and both Bauer and Pam follow his look.

Chad (Confused)
What are you guys doing here?
(beat)
Please tell me the party isn't over.

Rayne
Sue's dead.

Bauer, Pam and Chad
What!

Kris (angrily)
We don't know that for sure!

Cora
Rayne has a fit at the party, psychic trip out or whatever, then yells that she thinks Sue is dead. She drags us here and there's a fucking body in there. Who else would it be!

The group goes silent as Dale pulls up with Nicole, Geena and April in his car. He parks next to Chad's truck, and the four of them get out.

Apri (Upon seeing the commotion)
So Rayne was right then? Is Sue dead?

Kris
We don't-

Cora and Rayne
Yes.

April (Pointing)
Look, they're bringing someone out.

The eleven teens look over as two paramedics walk out of the library, carrying a bodybag in between them. A man in a cop uniform follows- This is Sheriff Livingstone. Both Nicole and Cora start to head over quickly, the others slowly following.

Nicole
Dad!

Sheriff (Glancing Over)
What? Oh hey, Nic, Cora.

Cora
What happened?

Sheriff
Girl taking the SATs took a pair of scissors and cut her throat apart.

Rayne (trembling)
Was it Sue Hart?

Sheriff (Stunned)
Yes… It was.

Rayne falls backwards in a faint, and Ross and Chad grab her before she can hit the ground.