SCENE ONE: A GRAVE DISCOVERY

EXT. GRAVEYARD – NIGHT

*A car pulls up outside a cemetery; it is dark and there is a light fog drifting into the area. The confident and pretty GEORGIA BROWN (Larisa Oleynik) and her bespectacled boyfriend LESLIE SIMMONS (B. J. Novak) hop out of the car and approach the front gate. He is carrying a large flashlight and shovel.*

LESLIE (nervously): Are you sure we should be here?

GEORGIA: Les, I'm not going over this again…I've got to know.

LESLIE: Why? What possible difference will it make if you're right?

GEORGIA: Because…if I'm right…it means that the rumours are true…and he is still out there.

LESLIE: …or maybe it means the family chose to have him cremated instead?

GEORGIA: Then why have a proper burial with a coffin and everything, genius?

LESLIE: It's…symbolic. Like, of passing on…and death…and dying…and decay…and…

*Georgia reaches the gate and begins to climb over.*

GEORGIA: …and?

LESLIE: …and maybe it's a sign that we should stay away! I mean, do you even know how many state laws we are breaking just by coming here tonight?

GEORGIA: Jesus…if you're going to be such a chicken then just give me the shovel and wait by the car.

*Georgia slips over the other side of the gate. Somewhere in the distance a dog barks, and Leslie shuffles nervously.*

LESLIE: I…I don't want you to be walking around by yourself.

GEORGIA: Whatever. Just make sure you keep up.

*Georgie begins to make her way through the old headstones. Leslie jumps the fence and follows closely behind. The clouds go over the moon and the rumble of thunder can be heard.*

LESLIE: This is a terrible idea.

GEORGIA: How do you figure?

LESLIE: Friday the 13th Part 6; Jason Lives. Tommy Jarvis and his friend Hawkes break into a cemetery and dig up Jason's body to make sure that he's actually dead.

GEORGIA: Duh. I've only seen that film about a dozen times.

LESLIE: Then you should know they brought him back to life by accident!

GEORGIA: By slamming a steel post through him…do you see a steel post?

LESLIE: No, but…

*A crack of lightning makes Leslie jump.*

LESLIE: …there's lightning!

GEORGIA: You're probably more likely to get gutted by Ghostface than hit by lightning. Come on!

*Georgia walks faster, sweeping her torch over the headstones.*

LESLIE: Why'd you have to say that?

GEORGIA: Here!

*Georgia runs up to a newish-looking headstone. It reads 'ADAM CARROLL' with date of birth and death below. The rain slowly begins to get heavier.*

GEORGIA: Adam Carroll…here lays one truly sick son-of-a-bitch.

LESLIE: One dead son-of-a-bitch.

GEORGIA (grinning): Don't be so pessimistic, Les.

LESLIE: Pessimistic? Why would anyone want a monster like this to be alive?

GEORGIA: Where is your sense of theatre? I mean, it'd be a good twist…right out of a horror movie.

LESLIE: But this isn't a movie, Georgia! It's not like Adam is going to just pop out from behind a headstone and kill us, is it?

*The two go silent as they look around the graveyard. Leslie points to an old batch of flowers that have been placed on the grave.*

LESLIE: That is sick…there are people that still care for this guy?

GEORGIA: Still care? More like idolise…the first killer to get away with it. He's a full on hero for budding freaks and psychos everywhere.

LESLIE: Doesn't that give you the creeps?

GEORGIA: You making us stand out here in this weather is giving me the creeps. You wanna get out of here tonight, right?

*Leslie, groaning, picks up the shovel and begins to dig. A shadow moves in the background but neither manage to see it.*

(TIME PASSES)

*Leslie stands in a large hole, slowly getting towards the coffin. He drops the shovel and looks up at Georgia.*

GEORGIA: Well?

LESLIE: Almost there…you could help, you know.

GEORGIA: Feminism only goes so far, boy-o. Besides, a little bit of work never hurt anyone.

*Leslie returns to digging.*

LESLIE (under breath): But a lot can kill you.

*Leslie swings the shovel down and smiles as he hits a hard surface. He looks out of the hole.*

LESLIE: I've found…

*Georgia is no longer standing there. There is a low rumble of thunder.*

LESLIE: Georgia? Come on, this isn't funny!

*Leslie pulls himself out of the hole and looks around; there is only darkness.*

LESLIE: Georgia!

*Leslie's phone rings; the ID shows Georgia.*

LESLIE: Where are you?

GHOSTFACE: Closer than you think.

LESLIE (hesitating): The Stab voice? This is lame, even by your standards.

GHOSTFACE: Won't seem so lame when I'm carving my name deep into your face.

LESLIE: Seriously, stop mucking around.

GHOSTFACE: Who? Me?

LESLIE: Yes, Georgia.

GHOSTFACE: What do you think, Georgia…should I leave little Leslie alone?

*There is a shuffle on the other end of the phone.*

GEORGIA (terrified): Leslie…help me…please…

LESLIE: Georgia? What the hell?

GEORGIA: Help…

*There are cutting sounds and gurgling sounds.*

LESLIE (yelling): Georgia!

GHOSTFACE: This isn't Georgia.

LESLIE: What have you done with her?

GHOSTFACE: Nothing…yet. But if you ever want to see her again, you'll have to play along with me.

LESLIE: I've seen enough of the Stab movies to know these games only end one way.

GHOSTFACE: Very well.

*Georgia can be heard struggling on the other end of the line. Leslie begins to walk through the graveyard, but can only see darkness.*

LESLIE: No, don't! Shit…I'll play!

GHOSTFACE: Good.

LESLIE: So what…you ask me a movie question, and I answer it, right?

GHOSTFACE: I only have one question for you, Leslie…why have you come here?

LESLIE: Why?

GHOSTFACE: Don't make me repeat myself.

LESLIE: Well…I…my girlfriend wanted to know if he was still alive…

GHOSTFACE: He?

LESLIE: A…Adam Carroll.

GHOSTFACE: And…did you get your answer?

LESLIE: Not yet.

GHOSTFACE: Go ahead. Get what you came for.

*Leslie looks back to the grave, shaking. He is shocked to find the coffin is now open…and empty.*

LESLIE: Shit…it's true.

GHOSTFACE: Now you know my secret…you can't be allowed to leave.

LESLIE: But you said…

GHOSTFACE: I said you had to answer one fucking question! I didn't say anything about the consequences…

*There is a flash of lightning, and Leslie jumps back. Leaning against a headstone, facing away, is Georgia. She is slumped down and not moving.*

LESLIE (yelling out): Georgia?

GHOSTFACE: This will be the last time you two show your faces around here!

*Ghostface hangs up. Leslie rushes over to Georgia's form, looking around everywhere for signs of Ghostface.*

LESLIE: Hey…come on, we've got to get out…

*Leslie slowly approaches the body, and spins it around. He jumps back, shrieking.*

LESLIE: Oh…Jesus!

*The face that looks back at Leslie is not a face at all, but a bloody mess. She has been skinned. Leslie begins to vomit onto the ground in disgust.*

LESLIE: No…no…

*A shadow passing behind Leslie makes him jump and whimper, backing away from the lifeless form before him. Spinning around, he screams. On Adam's headstone, in blood, somebody has written 'LESLIE SIMMONS'. He screams, and begins to run from the cemetery. He makes it to his car, and hops inside. He is about to drive off when his phone beeps.*

LESLIE (reading): Rule number one…check the backseat.

*Ghostface shoots his hands out and grabs Leslie's head, smacking it straight into the steering-wheel, knocking him out cold.*

CUT TO – DARKNESS

*Leslie wakes up in a cramped space in the dark, and moans as he touches his head.*

LESLIE: Ahh…what the hell…

*Leslie begins to smack on the wood in front of his face.*

LESLIE (screaming): Hello…hello?

*He begins to sniff and pulls back his hands to reveal a sticky substance on them. He licks his hand. Touching his body, he finds himself coated in the substance.*

LESLIE: What the…honey?

*Leslie's phone beeps again, and he pulls it out quickly. The light reveals that Leslie is trapped in the coffin. Just above him, a small piece of cracked wood shows.*

LESLIE (determined): Kill Bill, eat your heart out.

*Leslie punches the spot once, twice, thrice…and it caves in. But rather than a sea of dirt, a sea of ants begin to swarm into the coffin.*

LESLIE (screaming): No…no…no!

CUT TO – EXT. GRAVEYARD

*Leslie's screams can be heard as the rain begins to wash the blood off the gravestone to again read 'ADAM CARROLL'. A pile of fresh flowers are now situated on the grave.*

SCREAM 8 FLASHES ACROSS SCREEN

END SCENE