Cut To: Springwood Memorial Cemetary
The eleven friends are gathered around Sue's closed casket. The reverend is saying some words about Sue.

Reverend Casey
We are gathered here today to pay our last respects to Susan Kelly Burke. Susan was surrounded by friends and loved ones everyday of her life and why the lord chose to take her now is a mystery, but He is wanted Susan back in his kingdom so we must have faith in his plan, for He is all knowing. Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust, we give our sister Susan to the earth and commend her spirit into His eternal care.

People start to walk away from the grave as Sue's coffin is slowly lowered into the hole. Cora and Kris stay by Rayne as the others walk off, heading back to their cars. Rayne starts crying and both Cora and Kris immediately comfort her.

Kris
It's going to be okay, you know.

Rayne
Nothing's ever going to be alright again. Ever.

Cora
Rayne. Sue died, but it's not the end of the world. We're still here. Granted we probably should have seen this coming but Sue always seemed happy.

Rayne
Sue didn't kill herself. She was murdered.

Kris
Rayne, eight other people were in the room with her. They all saw her. She grabbed a pair of scissors and cut her throat out.

Cora
Shut up Kris. God, talk about insensitive!

Kris
It's the truth!

Rayne
No. Krueger killed Sue.

Cora
That guy from your dreams?

Rayne
Yes! Kristen told me. She warned me that this was going to happen. She told me that I was a target and that so were my friends.

Kris
This was a fucking dream you had!

Rayne
(Screaming)
Sue wouldn't kill herself!

Kris
Eight people saw her do it.

Rayne
(Shaking her head)
It wasn't her.

Rayne runs off from Cora and Kris in a hurry. Cora is shooting daggers at Kris as she follows Rayne after a moment. Kris turns to look at Sue's coffin which is now in the ground. With a sigh, he turns and walks away from the scene and off camera,

Cut To: Ext. Derrick's Residence- Night
Cora pulls up to Rayne's house and parks it, Rayne riding shotgun. The two girls solemnly get out of the car and head up to the house.

Cora
Has you're dad gotten back from New York yet? I know you haven't seen him since before Sue died.

Rayne
He gets back in two days.

Cora
Does he know about what happened?

Rayne
With Sue? No.

Cora
You still think that this Krueger guy killed Sue?

Rayne
I know it sounds crazy, but it's true. Kristen told me that back in the late sixties, there was a child killer named Freddy Krueger. He killed dozens of children, before the parents came for him. They burned him alive. She said my dad was there, and that I was the last of the Elm Street children. She said that she was killed the year before I was born, and-

Rayne stops suddenly, and gets a thoughtful expression on her face.

Cora
What is it?

Rayne
If my dreams are real and Freddy is real then so was Kristen. Which means that she would have an obituary. We hafta get to the library.

Cora
Chad should know about this too. Sue was his cousin after all. He's gonna want closure on this.

Rayne
Okay, I'll drive.

Cut To: Ext. Chad's apartment
Chad, Geena and Dale are sitting at the picnic table.

Dale
I can't believe this shit man. Why the hell would Sue kill herself.

Geena
I don't know. It just doesn't seem right.

Chad
Maybe Rayne was right.

Geena
What? About that Krueger guy killing Sue? Get serious Chad.

Chad
I am serious. If Sue was going to kill herself, why the hell would she stay up for thirty-six hours so that she could study the night before?

Rayne
(O.S.)
Because Sue didn't kill herself. She wouldn't do that.

Chad, Geena and Dale look over as Cora and Rayne walk up.

Rayne
(Cont'd)
We have to get to the library. I might be able to prove that Freddy exists.

Cole
Alright, I'll come with you.

Geena
(taking Chad's hand)
I will too.

Dale
I can't. I've got to take care of some business, if you know what I mean.
(beat)
Hey, if this guy is real and all…. I just want to say that I would never kill myself. So if anything happens to me…

Cora
If anything happens to any of us, then we know that Freddy's back.

Geena
Then he's done this before?

Rayne
That's what I intend to find out tonight.

Cut To: Springwood Memorial Library
Rayne, Cora, Chad and Geena walk into the library and head for the stacks.

Rayne
Okay, we're looking for obituaries. We have to find Kristen Parker, Nancy Thompson, Joey Krusel, Phillip Anderson, Jennifer Caulfield, Roland Kincaid, Tina Blake, Rod Lane, Glenn Lantz, William Stanton and Taryn White. If anyone stumbles across any of them, then we know that Freddy is real.

The four friends head off to go look through the archive of old newspapers.

Cut To: Int. Kris's Room
Kris is sprawled on his bed, watching a monster truck destruction derby on tv. As the show goes to a commercial he stands and reaches under his bed, and pulls out and empty twelve pack of beer.

Kris
Damn, I could have sworn that I had one more.

Kris gets his coat on and heads out of his room, walking down the stairs.

Kris
Hey dad! I'm going out to the store. I'll be back in twenty minutes.

Cut To: Int. Library
Rayne, Cora, Chad and Geena are looking through the old obituaries, most of which have been blacked out with marker.

Chad
Does anyone else find this strange or is it just me. We have looked through about a thousand pages of obituaries, and come across random entries that are blacked out.

Rayne
This has to be them.

Cora
I know a way that we might be able to get a few answers.

Cora stands and walks over to a nearby computer, Rayne, Chad and Geena follow her. Cora sits down and clicks on the internet browser.

Chad
What are you going to do? Google Freddy?

Cora
Before my dad became a cop, he worked at Fairview Hospital as a security guard. According to him, in 1987 there was a rash of unexplained deaths in the Psych ward. He didn't work that part so he wasn't too clear on the details, but supposedly there was a group of kids who were suffering from shared delusions. Here it is.

Cora clicks on the link, and a screen pops up.

Cora
Okay, let's see here. One kid somehow got out of the ward and into a building that had been securely locked, then took his life by jumping from the top floor. Another girl was found dead with her head smashed through a tv. A handicapped kid was found stabbed through the heart with an unknown weapon, a recovering junkie was found dead, having OD'ed on Heroin, but there were no traces of it anywhere, and a psychiatrist was brutally murdered.

Geena
Sounds like he didn't leave anyone alive.

Cora
Well the ones he didn't kill are dead anyways. The lead psychiatrist died of a stroke in 1997, one of the other psychiatrists, Neil Gordon, died in a car accident in 2003. The other kids in the rehab all died within two years of the original deaths. Oh here's some good news, one of the orderlies from the hospital is still around. He works at Weston Hills now- Jesus Christ..

Rayne
What is it?

Cora
Our orderly, Max?
(beat)
Gave us the safety lecture at school last week. I think it's time we paid him a little visit

Cut To: Int. Kris's truck
Kris is driving and he looks wiped out. He rubs at his eyes and makes a turn at a dirt road, heading into the woods.

Cut To: Forest clearing
Kris pulls into the clearing sitting behind the wheel of his truck. He parks it and pulls out a bottle of vodka and pops off the top of it, and takes a huge gulp.

Kris
Ughhh.
(hears a noise)
Hello?

Bauer(O.S.)
Hey Kris.

Kris
(turning around)
Oh hey Bauer. What are you doing way out here?

There is nobody there. Kris spins around at the sound of a girl crying. He follows the sound of the girl's voice. After a few moments of walking through the woods he comes up to a dark brown haired girl leaning against a row of bushes..

Kris
(Confused)
Sue?

Sue
Hi Kris.

Kris
Sue…. How?

Sue giggles and then she steps backwards through the bushes and out of sight.

Kris
No Sue, wait!

Kris runs over to where Sue was just standing, dropping the bottle of vodka as he goes. It smashes on the ground. He runs right through the row of bushes and on that we

Cut To: Springwood High School Lockerroom
Kris walks through the door and looks around, shocked at the sudden change of scenery. He steps back as Bauer, Chad and Ross walk by.

Kris
Hey guys.

None of the three answer him, and keep walking as if he isn't there. He follows them, looking around worriedly as he hears a loud metal scatching noise coming from nearby. He opens his mouth to says something, but hears an extremely loud beeping.

Cut To: Springwood Municipal Onramp #17C
Kris's car is parked haphazardly on the road, still in first, but Kris is passed out in the drivers seat. A car drives up behind him and the driver beeps loudly. Kris slowly opens his eyes and realizes that he is parked in a bad spot, so he quickly starts up the car and drives away. He soon reaches his house, and turns to look at the passenger's seat, and sees that the bottle of vodka he had just bought has been shattered and is leaking on his seat.

Kris
Damn it, how the hell did that happen?
(beat)
It broke in the dream.

Kris quickly turns on the overhead light and holds up his hands, both of which are covered with scratches from little branches.

Kris
Holy shit, Rayne was right.

Kris pulls out his cell phone and calls Rayne's house. He waits for a moment before the answering machine picks up.

Kent's Voice
(O.S.)
Hi you've reached the Derricks, Kent and Rayne. Leave a message at the beep and we'll get back to you. Beep.

Kris
Hey Rayne, It's Kris. I wanted to apologize for this afternoon. You were right. That Krueger guy did kill Sue, and now I think he's after me.

Freddy
(O.S. on the phone)
How astute, Kris.

Kris
What the fuck do you want!

Freddy
(O.S.)
I want them all. And you're next on my list

Kris
Fuck you!

Kris moves to get out of the car, but the seatbelt wraps itself around him and clicks locked.

Freddy
(Chuckling O.S.)
Hey Kris, have you ever heard the one about the tight end?

Kris
Yeah, one time too many.

Freddy
(O.S.)
Well, the joke is about to get a new punchline.

Kris is blinded by the sudden blast of light, and turns away so that his vision returns to normal. He slowly turns to the source of the bright light and sees a huge monster truck about fifty feet away. Looking higher, he can see that Freddy is in the drivers seat.

Freddy
Hey Kris, Wanna play tag. I'll be it first.

Freddy slams his foot on the accelerator, and jolts forward in the truck, heading straight for Kris. Kris slams on the gas as well and drives as fast as he can. Realizing that he can't outrun Freddy for long, he gets an idea and presses the cigarette lighter in. He continues driving as fast as he can, the headlights of Freddy's truck getting closer with every passing second. The lighter pops out and Kris grabs it. He presses it against the flesh of his lower right arm and grimaces in pain as the skin fizzles and burns under the lighter. There is a flash of light.

Cut To: Int. Kris's car – Night
Kris jolts up from where he has been snoozing in the parking lot of Jay's Variety. He looks at his arm which now has a circular burn on it from where he pressed the lighter against it in his dream. He looks at it for a moment, then grabs a scarf from under the seat and wraps it up.

Kris
What the hell is going on here?

Cut To: Springwood High- Day
Rayne, Cora, Chad and Geena are walking up to the school, via the sidewalk. They turn to look as Kris comes driving up quickly. Rayne and Cora quicken their pace as Kris parks, hoping to avoid him. Chad and Geena follow suit, although they are visibly unsure as to why Rayne and Cora are mad at Kris. Kris gets out of his truck and runs up to them.

Kris
Rayne! Wait up!

Rayne stops and turns to face Kris. Cora, Chad and Geena stop as well.

Rayne
(scathingly)
What do you want Kris? Come to tell me that I'm crazy. I told you that Sue didn't kill herself.

Kris
(Holds his hands up)
Hey, I just wanted to apologize. You were right, Sue didn't kill herself.

Rayne
(Suspicious)
What made you change your mind?

Kris
Ah, the guy in the red and green striped shirt with the burns all over his body that tried to kill me last night.

Rayne
You had a dream too? How did you get out?

Kris pulls up his sleeve and shows them the blistering scab on his arm. Geena grimaces in sympathy.

Geena
That must have hurt like a bitch.

Kris
It sure as hell did, but it woke me up.

Chad
You did that to yourself?

Kris
Yeah…. In my dream.

Rayne
We gotta warn the others. No one is safe.

Geena
What about that Max guy, did you have any luck contacting him?

Cora
No, he's on vacation until Thursday, which means that we're all in danger for at least two nights

Kris
The others aren't going to be as believing. I wasn't until the dream.

Rayne
Then we have to make them believe.
(beat)
We have a stake out in the cemetery tonight.

Chad
April and Nicole would never go for that. I don't think that the others would have a problem though. Hell, Bauer'll probably be all for it.

Cora
I'll clear it with the girls, don't worry.

Geena
So how are we going to play this. We don't want to cause hysteria with everyone over the fact that there is a psychopath that can oh yeah, kill us in our dreams. What fun.

Ross
(O.S.)
What are we talking about?

Chad
Freddy Krueger

Ross
The guy that Rayne thinks killed Sue?

Kris
He's real. He almost killed me last night, I just barely got out alive.

Ross
You're serious?

Kris
Yeah, I didn't even want to believe it. But I know it's true.
(pulls up the sleeve of his shirt and shows Ross the burn)
I got that in the dream.

Ross
Damn.
(beat, then mutters)
At least the murders in Woodsboro were just your regular psychopath.

Cora and Chad
(to Ross)
What?

Ross
(Quickly)
Nothing.

Chad
We're going to stake out the cemetery, and prove that Freddy is real.

Ross
How do we do that?

Rayne
That's what we have to figure out.

Kris
Freddy said that he wanted them all, and that I was next on his list.
(beat)
So basically, until I'm dead, the rest of you should be safe.

Geena
That's not necessarily true, Freddy said that he wanted all of us. Anyone could be next.

Rayne
No not everyone. It's not going to be me.

Geena
What the hell makes you so special?

Rayne
Freddy's a sadist. He wants me to suffer through the deaths of all my friends or as many as he can get, before he kills me. He wants me broken.

Geena
(Sullen)
Oh.

Cut To: English Classroom
Chad, Rayne, April and Dale are seated close together in the back of the class. All of them throw an occasional glance at the empty seat that used to belong to Sue.

Chad
(To April and Dale)
We're having a little memorial service for Sue at the cemetery tonight. You guys in?

Dale
I can't dude I got caught smoking weed by my father and I'm grounded until further notice.

Chad
What about you April?

April
(Hesitant)
Yeah, for Sue. I'll be there.

Rayne
Thanks April.

Cut To: Springwood Cemetary
Rayne, Cora, Nicole, Chad, Ross and Geena walk through the gates of the graveyard together and head towards where Sue was buried. They reach the grave after a moment and see that Bauer, Pam, Kris and April are already waiting for them.

April
So why exactly are we here? And don't tell me that it's for a memorial for Sue, we already had that. It's called a funeral and it was yesterday.

Rayne
You're right. I called you all here to tell you what really happened the night of the party. First of all, Sue didn't kill herself. She was murdered. Freddy Krueger killed Sue, and he's coming after all of us.

Bauer
What shit is that?

Kris
She's telling the truth. This guy is real. He kills you in your dreams.

Nicole
Since Sue is dead and she can't exactly confirm that, how do you know that?

Kris
Because he tried to kill me last night.

Rayne
This important thing here is that he's not something that we can just ignore. Eventually we're going to have to sleep, and he will be waiting for us.

Bauer
This is a load of horseshit.

Male Voice
(O.S.)
No, It isn't.

The ten friends turn to see Max Jacobs, who standing about ten feet away, holding a flashlight.

Bauer
Who the hell are you?

Max
Max Jacobs, I used to work at Fairview Hospital. I was there when the murders took place in 1987.

Pam
The murders?

Max
Yes. A bunch of psych patients started dying in their sleep, and the survivors blamed it on a man stalking them in their nightmares.

Rayne
(Whispering)
Freddy Krueger.

Max
(Nodding)
That's what they called him
(beat)
I have something to show all of you.

Max starts walking away, the group of teens following him. Bauer, Chad, Kris and Ross in the lead. Max leads them to a grouping of tombstones that have been distanced from the others. Max stops in the middle of the graves.

Max
This is it.

Ross
This is what?

Max
Krueger's victims. This is the only proof left of their existence. The town has seen to that.

Rayne, Cora, Chad and Pam start looking around. Chad walks over to a row and holds his lighter up to the shortest stone. It reads: Kristen Parker
Beloved Daughter
1969-1988

Chad
Hey Rayne, you probably want to see this!

Rayne and the others, including Max make their way over. Chad's lighter is now off.

Rayne
What is it?

Chad
What was the name of the girl that warned you about this happening?

Rayne
Kristen Parker, why?

Chad flicks his lighter on and holds it up to the engraving.

Max
Ah, the Parker girl. I remember her. She was feisty, in fact the first time we met, she slashed my arm with a scalpel.

Rayne
Was she short, with blonde hair and blue eyes?

Max
Yes.
(Beat)
You really all should be getting home. It's late and you never know what could be lurking around out here.

Max begins herding the ten teens away from the scene, throwing nervous glances over his shoulder every few seconds, an action that does not go unnoticed by either Chad, Cora or Ross.

Cut To: Dale's Loft- Night
Dale is sitting on a bucket chair, holding a long stemmed bong in his hand. He sparks the nozzle and takes a huge hit. He coughs out the smoke and hides the bong under his couch, then walks over to the balcony. He sits on the beach chair and stars up at the stars. As he stares upward, we zoom upward to the stars, which begin to move around. Dale watches incredulously.

Dale
Wow, I got some good stuff here.

The stars reform to make a giant constellation of Freddy's face. The face starts laughing, and Dale is lifted into the air as if he was flying. Dale looks like he's having fun.

Dale
Whoa. Cool!

Dale flies away from the balcony and towards the center of Springwood. He passes the library and starts over the graveyard.

Dale
Yeeehaaaaa!

Cut To: Ext. Springwood Cemetary
Rayne and the others walk out of the cemetery. Max has gone, and the ten friends start heading for their cars.

Dale
(O.S.)
Yeeehaaaaa!

All of the friends look at eachother in worry. Almost as one they look up, and can see a figure fly by in the air, illuminated by the moonlight.

Bauer
That was Dale.

Rayne
Which means that he fell asleep.

The friends are silent for a moment before tearing off down the street as fast as they can go. Screaming at Dale to wake up. Bauer, Chad and Cora are in the lead, with Rayne, Ross and Kris in the middle, and Geena, April, Nicole and Pam taking up the rear.

Bauer
Come on, we're gonna lose him if we don't go faster!

Chad spots a dirtbike parked in the front yard of someone's front yard, and breaks away from the group. He jumps on and kickstarts it. He revs it and drives up to Rayne.

Chad
Get on!
(beat as Rayne gets on behind him)
You guys catch up!

Chad peels out with Rayne holding on tight, leaving the other eight in the dust. Chad follows Dale as he flies further into the town.

Chad
Any idea where he might be heading?

Rayne
No!

Cut To: Night Sky
Dale is still having the time of his life flying. He looks below him and frowns. On the ground is Freddy, holding a shotgun and two hounds flank him. Freddy raises the gun at Dale and he goes higher. BAM! The first shot goes off, Dale is able to narrowly avoid it. CRACK! The second shot goes off and Dale is hit with a couple of the pellets in the leg. He spirals toward the ground, aiming for the woods for cover. He doesn't get very far before Freddy gets off another shot and hits him full on in the back, causing Dale to pass out from the pain.

Cut To: Springwood Center
Chad and Rayne are still on the dirtbike, following Dale who suddenly drops about thirty feet in a spiral. They then watch in horror as A Dale's back seemingly explodes as if hit with a barrage of bullets, and he plummets to the ground. Chad skids the dirtbike to a stop and he and Rayne get off, running to where Dale is falling toward.

Rayne
(Screaming)
Noooo! Dale, wake up!

Chad
Dale!

The two of them watch in horror as Dale plummets headfirst into a glass covered bus stop, which causes the glass to explode outward at Rayne and Chad who both get showered with small pieces that cut them all over. It doesn't stop them, and they run over to Dale's body. Chad gets there first and after seeing the corpse, he turns and grabs Rayne, pulling her away.

Chad
Rayne, He's gone. You don't want to see it, trust me.

Rayne bursts into tears and Chad grabs her and holds her close. Bauer's car drives up with Bauer, Pam, Geena and Ross and Cora drives up in Chad's truck with Nicole, Kris, and April. The eight of them get out and approach the duo.

Bauer
Did you catch up to him?

Chad
(Shaking head and indictating the destroyed glass shelter)
He's over there, I wouldn't recommend looking though. It's kind of a mess.

Cora
(taking Rayne from Chad)
We gotta get Rayne out of here.

Cora leads Rayne away from where Dale is lying. April and Nicole follow, leaving Chad, Bauer, Kris, Ross, Geena and Pam staring in horror and shock at the grisly sight.