PromEvil (part 3 of 4) (19 Nocturne Boulevard reissue of the week)

PromEvil Part 3:  "What a doll!"

Trapped in Polk High with some kind of murderer, Hal, Lyn, Gee (and all the rest) must fight for survival!! 

Find out who's doing the killing! 

 

A lot of people put their heart and soul into producing this memorable event:

STUDENTS
Hal - Mathias Rebne-Morgan
Lyn - Molly Tollefson
Todd - Eli Nilsson
Gee - Melissa Bartell
Barb - Beverly Poole
Andy - Mike Campbell
Bud - Jasper Loovis
Tina - Chandra Wade
Missy - Jade Thomson
Jake - Michael Faigenblum
other students - Sky Iolta, Shelbi MacIntyre, Henry Mark

FACULTY
Principal Peabody - Reynaud LeBoeuf
Mr. Ervin Carpel, Woodshop - Gene Thorkildsen
Ms. Angela Wellesly, Crafts - Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard
Mrs. Snodgrass, Lunchroom - Robyn Keyes
P.A. Announcements - Julie Hoverson
Rent-a-cop Bob - The Caretaker

OTHERS
Cop 1 - Glen Hallstrom
Cop 2 - Joel Harvey
911 Voice - Julie Hoverson

STAFF
Writer - Julie Hoverson
Doll Wranglers - Julie Hoverson, Kimberly Poole (Warp'd Space)
Sound and Mastering - Julie Hoverson
Stock sound effects - Soundsnap.com; sonomic.com
Music - Prom - Sinkhole
Music - background - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Prom Evil - part 3

PART 3

1. LOUNGE

SOUND          MUFFLED PANICKED SLAMMING AT DOOR

SCREAM MEDLEY

BARB           [PANIC!]

ANDY           [PANIC!]

LYN            Do something!

GEE            Help Me!

HAL            Don't - don't come in here!

BARB           [PANIC!]

ANDY           [PANIC!]

MUSIC

 

2. hallway

[silence]

BUD            DEATH RATTLE

SOUND          TINY TAPPING FEET MOVE AWAY

MAJORETTE      clicking

SOUND          BLOOD DROPS

MUSIC

 

3. lounge

AMB - LOUNGE

BARB / ANDY    [still screaming out in hall]

LYN            That sounds like Barb!  Something terrible could be happening!

GEE            We can dream.

HAL            Shh.  I'll look.  Stay back.

SOUND          DOOR QUIETLY OPENS

SOUND          SCREAMING AND SLAMMING GETS LOUDER

BARB           Get it open!  Let us out!

ANDY           [just screaming hoarsely and incoherent]

HAL            Hey?  Who's after--

SOUND          ANDY STOPS SLAMMING ON DOOR, TURNS AND SLAMS HAL INTO WALL

ANDY           [attack noise]

SOUND          SCUFFLE, LONG TEAR OF FABRIC

HAL            Oof!

SOUND          LYN RUNS OUT

LYN            [worried] Hal?   [yelling] Stop it! Andy!

GEE            Here!

LYN            [to gee] Thanks! [yelling]  Stop it!

SOUND          HITS HIM WITH GEE'S UMBRELLA

BARB           [collapsing into tears] Have to get out!

LYN            [calming] Shh, Barb!  [sharp] Andy!  Hal's on our side!

SOUND          SCUFFLE, LETS GO.

SOUND          STRAIGHTENING CLOTHING, MORE RIPPING

HAL            Man, the drama club is gonna be pissed.

ANDY           The drama club can kiss my ass.  We're locked in, you stupid fuck!

HAL            Locked in?  But we just came in. 

SOUND          A FEW STEPS, TRIES DOOR - LOCKED

HAL            [worried but quiet] Hmm.  [deep breath, then up, trying to stay positive] What a time for the teachers to realize they left the darn door unlocked.

LYN            [hopeful] D'you think that's what happened?

HAL            [false confidence] Had to be.  Who else could have locked it?

BARB           Maybe... the murderer?

LYN            Oh, gosh, did you see it too?

BARB           [becoming less coherent as she continues] Oh, man... she was dead, and it was all gross, and I was right there!  She was all making these disgusting noises, and I didn't even know she was being killed...

LYN            [completely baffled] What?

HAL            She needs to sit down.

ANDY           [growls] I got this.  [softer] C'mon babe.

MUSIC

 

4. hallway

AMB            HALLWAY

SOUND          QUIET FOOTSTEPS

TODD           [distant, whispered call] Laurel? 

MAJORETTE      [close, clicking angrily]

LAUREL         [clearly negative noise] [laurel is protecting todd from being attacked by the others]

MAJORETTE      [CLICKS AWAY IN A HUFF]

MUSIC

 

5. lounge

AMB            LOUNGE

LYN            We need to do something constructive.  Could we phone the Gym, maybe, and get someone to come unlock the door?

GEE            Nah.  All the regular phones are turned off at night.  Too many calls to 1-800-H-O-T-T.

HAL            How do you know that?

GEE            [smug] I broke that story three weeks ago.

ANDY           Man, we should find some weapons...if Barb's right, Tina only just died, so I bet the fucker's still around.

SOUND          DOOR SLAMS OPEN

BARB           [screams]

TODD           The door's locked!

ANDY           [yelling] Tell us something we don't know!

HAL            [to Andy] Chill!  [to Todd] Last time I saw you, you were gibbering by the punch bowl... suddenly you're coherent-boy again.  What's up with that?

TODD           It was awful, but...I... I just got over it.  That's all.

LYN            Mr. Carpel and Missy?  We saw them too.

TODD           [comes to a decision] You saw the bodies.  But... did you see the dolls?

ANDY           Dolls?  What the fuck?

 

6. flashback

TODD's FLASHBACK

[NOTE:         Much of what Todd says is misleading, so some of what happens contradicts the Voice Over]

TODD [VO]      I went to the Wood Shop this evening... [clearly lying] Mr. Carpel was expecting me.

SOUND          LOCKPICKS, DOOR UNLOCKS

TODD [VO]      The door was...uh...unlocked.  I opened it and... saw Mr. Carpel's body.

TODD           [under] Ohmigod!  Laurel? 

SOUND          DOLL FEET APPROACH

LEDERHOSEN     [threatening noise]

DUDE           huh-huh-huh

TODD [VO]      And then THEY ran at me.  The DOLLS.

TODD           [under, intrigued] You're... alive!

SOUND          STICKY NOISE AS AWL IS PULLED OUT

SOUND          SMALL FEET APPROACH

MAJORETTE      [clicking and approaching]

TODD [VO]      [choked up] They attacked me.  They knocked me down.

SOUND          BODY DROP

MONKEY HEAD    [screech]

DUDE           [huh hu huh]

MONKEY HEAD    [screech]

SOUND          WOODEN THOK

TODD           [under] Ow!

SOUND          METAL BEING DRAGGED CLOSER

TODD           [under] No, I don't--  Please!  I love you, Laurel!

SOUND          THE DOLL NOISES CLOSE IN

TODD           Ow!

LAUREL         [sharp noise]

SOUND          DOLL NOISES STOP

SOUND          CREAK OF L's HEAD TURN

LEDERHOSEN     [angry query]

LAUREL         Uh-uh [no]

TODD           [in the flashback] Laurel?

LAUREL         [rueful noise]

SOUND          ALL THE DOLLS RUN OFF DOWN THE HALL

SOUND          TODD BREATHING.  SLOWLY GETS TO HIS FEET

[End of flashback.]

 

7. lounge

TODD           I don't know why they didn't kill me.  Maybe I'm just lucky...or they realized I wasn't any kind of threat.

SOUND          STRUGGLE, BODY SLAMMED AGAINST WALL

TODD           [gasp]

ANDY           So YOU let them out, you little shit!

LYN            Andy?  Andy!  [calming him] Weapons - like you were saying - is a really good idea.  [frantic, looking for support] Hal?

HAL            Yeah!  C'mon, Andy.  We'll hit the--

GEE            Kitchen?

HAL            Yeah, the kitchen!  You all stay here...it's safer in a group.

BARB           [sullen] If it's safer in a group, why don't we ALL go?

LYN            [under her breath]  Todd's in no shape to go anywhere.  We can't just leave him!

BARB           [disgusted noise]  Fine.

MUSIC

 

8. hallway

AMB            HALLWAY

SOUND          METAL FILE SAWING ON METAL

LEDERHOSEN     [EXASPERATED NOISE]

SOUND          CHAIN SWINGS BACK AGAINST DOOR

SOUND          SMALL WOODEN IMPACT AGAINST DOOR

LEDERHOSEN     [snarl]

SOUND          HIS FEET TAP AWAY

MUSIC

 

9. kitchen

AMB            KITCHEN

SOUND          DOOR SLOWLY OPENS

HAL            Hello?

ANDY           Shh!

HAL            [urgent whisper] The lights are on!  Someone must be in here!

ANDY           Why aren’t they saying anything?

HAL            Cuz we're whispering?  [up, but cautious] Hello?

SOUND          DOOR FARTHER OPEN, A COUPLE OF FOOTSTEPS

HAL            Looks clear.  Come on.

ANDY           Dude, I'm guarding the rear.

HAL            Fine.  [sigh]

SOUND          DOOR STARTS TO SWING SHUT, BUT IS STOPPED

ANDY           [sniffs, then sharp] What's that? 

HAL            Dunno.  Alcohol?

ANDY           [long sniff]  Smells like bourbon.  [a bit happier]  Dude.  Just point me at it!

SOUND          WALKS IN WITH CONFIDENCE

HAL            We're not here for--

ANDY           [screams]

SOUND          RUNNING FEET LEAVE

HAL            What is it--?  Where?  Hello?  [angry sigh]  [muttered] I better see what--

SOUND          SLOW FOOTSTEPS

HAL            [gasp]  Mrs. Snodgrass!

SOUND          SCUFFLE, PATS, TRYING TO WAKE HER

HAL            [revulsion noise]  Oh man!

SOUND          TINY HANDS TAPPING ON GLASS

HAL            [scared gasp] What the hell?

DUDE           [muffled huh huhs rising]

SOUND          FIRE IN THE OVEN

HAL            [awed whisper]  Dolls. 

MUSIC

 

10.         lounge

AMB            LOUNGE

SOUND          PACING

SOUND          PAGE TURNS

GEE            This is one weird book.  I can make out bits of it, but I think it's really old, and the words are all mixed up and spelled wrong... kinda like middle English.  Is there such a thing as middle French?

LYN            Where are they?

TODD           [duh] The Kitchen?

LYN            Not them.  The police!

SOUND          PAGES TURN

BARB           [spacing out, talking to herself]  Andy is cute...

TODD           Police?  [worried] Oh...

GEE            The motivating...or maybe moving... of the ... unmoving?

BARB           ...and he's pretty well off.

SOUND          CHAIR SQUEAKS

TODD           I have to go.

SOUND          FOOTSTEPS - HIS AND LYN'S

BARB           He would beat the crap out of someone for me.

LYN            What?

TODD           I have to go.  And... and get something.

SOUND          PAGE TURNS

GEE            [musing] Preparation of the mannequin?

TODD           [lying] I... I think there's something in my... locker that I can use as a weapon.

LYN            We need to stay together!

GEE            [louder, but not in a different tone] Anointment of the offering.

LYN and TODD    What?

GEE            I think I mighta found something... Anointment of the offering.  [unsure] Maybe.  I REALLY need my dictionary. 

SOUND          BOOK SLAPS SHUT

GEE            [excited and a little creepy] And I want to see the bodies.

MUSIC

 

11.         hallway

AMB            HALLWAYS

SOUND          FOOTSTEPS, WOODEN CLUNK

ANDY           Don't tell 'em I was all getting sick back there, will ya?

HAL            Huh?

ANDY           With the dead lunch lady and all.  It'd make me look kinda ...you know.

HAL            [exasperated]  Yeah, whatever.  It's our secret.

MUSIC

 

12.         lounge

LYN            Look!  Both of you!  Wait til they get back.  We don't know how many of them [not quite believing] ...the dolls... there are.

TODD and GEE    Five.

TODD           Why do you know? 

GEE            Who do you think takes the photos for the annual?

BARB           I thought you were a reporter for the nerdletter.

GEE            [pissed] I wear many hats.

LYN            Too bad we don't have the photos--

GEE            Oh, that's easy.

SOUND          PURSE OPENED, CAMERA ON, BUTTONS PUSHED

GEE            Oh, good.  I haven't overwritten them all.

BARB           If that's a phone, can't we call--?

GEE            It's not.  I prefer not to wear a tether.

LYN            Let me see.

GEE            Besides, where's your phone?

BARB           [muttered] I dropped it...somewhere.

TODD           Do you have one of Laurel - um, my project?

GEE            You can look after Lyn's done.

SOUND          CLICKING THROUGH PICS

LYN            And these ...dolls are somehow up and running around?

GEE            Shh!  [beat, then whispered] Something's coming!

SOUND          VAGUE TAPPING, MUFFLED AND DISTANT

LYN            Shit!

SOUND          A MOMENT OF TENSE SILENCE

TODD           [whispered] Can I see the camera?

LYN            Ssh!

SOUND          ANOTHER DISTANT WOODEN CLUNK

LYN            There must be something in here we can fight with!

BARB           Yeah, lotta pockets on a prom dress!

GEE            Stand back.

SOUND          DOOR THROWN OPEN

SOUND          FEET

GEE            Yaah!

SOUND          THUMP OF UMBRELLA

ANDY           Ow!  Crazy bitch!  That's my kicking leg!

SOUND          STICK SWINGS, MISSES, SMACKS WALL

LYN            Andy!

HAL            Dude!

GEE            [gleeful] Stee-rike!

BARB           Andy?!

SOUND          CLICKY HEELS DASH ACROSS THE ROOM, IMPACT, SOMETHING WOOD CLATTERS TO THE FLOOR

BARB AND ANDY   [mushy kissing]

HAL            Can you guys move that ... um... touching reunion out of the doorway?  I'd rather not just stand around in the hallway ...by myself... like this.  [sigh]

TODD           [petulant] Can I see the camera, now?

MUSIC

 

13.         punchbowl

AMB            GYM, MUSIC, CROWD

SOUND          PUNCHBOWL POURS

PEABODY        What in heaven's name is all this, Angela?

ANGELA         [snarky] Someone called the cops.  Again.

PEABODY        If it's a question of the noise--?

COP1           Sir, we had an emergency call--

PEABODY        [sigh]  Officer [reads] Trask?  You have to understand my position--

RENTACOP BOB    what's all this?

PEABODY        sh-sh-sh.

COP2           We received a report over 9-1-1 of a possible homicide in the school.

PEABODY        A what?

COP1           A possible double homicide.

RENTACOP BOB    [huffy] Inside?  School's locked up tight.  Ain't nobody in there - live or dead.

PEABODY        Calm down, Bob.  [to the cops]  May I make a suggestion, officers?  Prom night is a notorious time for practical jokes...and though I realize you MUST take any such report seriously--

COP2           We can't just--

PEABODY        Yes, yes.  I understand completely.  [confidential]  However, if we can prove to you that the building is secure, and there's no possible way anyone might have managed to get inside, will that be acceptable? 

COP1           Well...

COP2           As long as it's all locked up.

PEABODY        You're more than welcome to return in the morning, when the school is open, to perform a thorough search.

 

14.         Hallway

AMB            HALLWAY

SOUND          LOCKER SLAMS SHUT

GEE            You coming?

LYN            I'll watch the door.

GEE            Hold these, then.

SOUND          LOADS HER DOWN WITH BOOKS, UMBRELLA

LYN            Oof!

SOUND          TURNS ON CAMERA

TODD           Don't erase the picture of Laurel!

GEE            Chill, dweebula.  I have them all on my hard drive.

TODD           Oh!

SOUND          DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

SOUND          ANOTHER NEARBY DOOR OPENS

SOUND          CLANKING OF METAL - ROLLING OF HAND TRUCK

ANDY           Sweet. 

SOUND          CLICKING OF STRIKER

ANDY           Nuke 'em from orbit!

TODD           You're not going to burn them all, are you?  Not ... Laurel?

HAL            Laurel?

TODD           She's... it's... the doll I carved.  She wouldn't hurt anyone.

ANDY           Well now they're all living, breathing Chuckeys, and I say fry every last one of them.

SOUND          STRIKES THE STRIKER MENACINGLY

ANDY           [explosion noise]

TODD           [Weakening] No!

ANDY           No, that's "Nooooooo" [bruce willis running scream] [chuckles]

HAL            Let's focus on getting out of here.  Gee?

LYN            In... there.

SOUND          WHEELING OF HAND TRUCK

ANDY           I'll take the big truck.  You get the value menu.

HAL            Whatever.

SOUND          HAND TRUCK PARKS, FEET MOVE, DOOR OPENS A CRACK

HAL            Gee?

GEE            [muttering] This is just like that game I was in last week...

HAL            What?

GEE            Just thinking... Extreme case of short-timer's curse.

LYN            What?

GEE            Poor bastard was this close to retirement.

MUSIC

 

15.         Outside

AMB            OUTSIDE

SOUND          FEET ON GRAVEL

COP2           Are you sure this Mr. Carpel isn't in the building?  His name was given as one of the victims.

PEABODY        Ervin Carpel?  Nonsense...he's already turned in his building keys.  We had to let him go, you see.  As of the end of the school year.  His safety record was ... unsatisfactory.

COP1           So he might have a good reason to participate in a prank?  I see.

MUSIC

 

16.         Hallway outside wood shop

AMB            HALLWAY

ANDY           So do we just wait for those tiny sons-of-birches to come to us?

SOUND          DOOR OPENS, FEET COME OUT

GEE            Now I need a place to do some reading.

MUSIC

 

17.         Outside, parking lot

AMB            OUTSIDE

SOUND          POLICE CRUISER DRIVES AWAY

RENTACOP BOB    I'll go take a look around.  No problem.

PEABODY        [dismissively] Nonsense.  No reason to justify our merry degenerates by taking their ploy seriously.

SOUND          THEY WALK

MR. PEABODY     We can perform a complete walk-through before we open the school in the morning to make sure there are no ... surprises.

 

18.         Hallway

AMB            HALLWAY

SOUND          SNEAKING FOOTSTEPS, SQUEAK OF HAL's SNEAKERS

HAL            [cautious, but trying to be heard]  Hello?  [louder, but still muffled]  Hellllooo?

SOUND          FEET AND VOICE STOP, LISTEN

SOUND          DISTANT TAPPING

HAL            Oh, shit.  [sucks in a breath, up]  Hello?

SOUND          ONE FOOTSTEP

TODD           Which one is it?

HAL            [completely stunned]  Yah!!!   [coming down]  Oh, shit!  Todd!

TODD           Why are you in the polky costume?

HAL            I have my reasons.  Get your ass back to the craft shop.

TODD           I'll... uh... watch your back?

HAL            [quiet] I don't trust you.

TODD           Why not?

HAL            Forget it.  Look, just stay the hell out of my way or I'll run your ass over.

TODD           I can run.

HAL            I'll bet.

SOUND          SNEAKING FEET BEGIN

MUSIC

 

19.         Craft shop

AMB            CRAFT SHOP

LYN            [pleased]  Oh!  There it goes!  I thought it would never warm up.

GEE            I told you it would just take some time.  A kiln isn't a microwave.

BARB           Oh, Andy, you're so strong and protective.

GEE            [quiet gagging noise]  You guys!  Someone made that quilt, and they won't appreciate you getting it all sticky.

LYN            Anything?

GEE            Apart from nausea?

LYN            The book?

GEE            Well, I'm pretty sure this is the "spell" he used to animate the dolls.  I may even have a clue why they turned on Carpel... the spell says the master's supposed to carve the dolls himself. 

LYN            Todd says... Todd?  Oh, hell, where'd he get to?

ANDY           Dumbass wants to get himself killed, who are we to stop him?

SOUND          IDLY CLICKING THE STRIKER

GEE            Anyway, there's this other incantation thing which... [very dubious] if I'm reading this right... should make them freeze back up.

LYN            [plaintive] You're not sure?

GEE            I'm having to make a lot of guesses, here. The dictionary just don't cover everything. I mean, the incantation isn't even FRENCH... just... gibberish, far as I can tell.

MUSIC

 

20.         Hallways

TODD           I heard something over there!

HAL            Stay the hell back!

TODD           Do you have a plan?

HAL            Well, it was to sneak up on them, but there's this person talking.

TODD           Oh.

SOUND          FOOTSTEPS

SOUND          [DISTANT] SCRATCHING NOISES

MONKEYHEAD     [distant] annoyed screech

TODD           Do dolls make noise?

HAL            I'm dressed as a giant purple polka-dot.  Do I look like an expert?

TODD           Uhh...

HAL            Shh!

SOUND          SNEAKING STEPS

MONKEYHEAD     screech, closer

TODD           Soon as you see it, tell me--

SOUND          RUNNING FEET, GOING AWAY

TODD           What it looks like...

MUSIC

 

21.         punchbowl

AMB            GYM

ANGELA         Bob?  Can you do something?

RENTACOP BOB    [swaggering]  I can do anything.  Whatcha need?

ANGELA         Marge went into the building for something, and she's been gone for just ages.  [simpering]  Could you go and look for her?  As long as I'm stuck at the punch bowl, I can't even get in one itsy bitsy weensy dance.

RENTACOP BOB    I gotcha covered, babe.  [clears his throat]  That was a quote.  Not meant in any sort of harassing way. 

ANGELA         I understand. 

SOUND          DOOR OPENS, HE GOES OUT

AMB            RAIN, CRICKETS

BOB            I'll check it out, but first...  [chuckles]

MUSIC

 

22.         hallway

SOUND          PELTING FOOTSTEPS

TODD           [breathless] wait!  I need to know if it's Laurel!

HAL            [panting, stays ahead] [yelling] Get ready!!

SOUND          DOOR OPENS, AHEAD

LYN            Come on!

HAL            [gasping mutter] God I hope this works. [up] Out of the way!

SOUND          BATTERS THROUGH DOOR

LYN            Over here!

SOUND          LID OPENS

TODD           [still outside] No!  Check first!

SOUND          DOOR SHUTS

SOUND          POUNDING ON DOOR

GEE            Do it quick!  We have to know if this will work!

SOUND          RUSTLE OF HEAVY FABRIC, CLATTER OF WOOD

MONKEYHEAD     [SCREECH]

SOUND          POUNDING OF WOOD ON METAL

TODD           [from outside]  Don't leave me out here by myself!

GEE            [to him] Just a sec!  Come on!

LYN            It's climbing out!

HAL            [groan, slump]

MUSIC

 

23.         Parking lot

AMB            OUTSIDE

SOUND          RUMMAGING IN STUFF

RENTACOP BOB    [chuckles] Not on MY watch.

SOUND          ZAPZAP OF TASER.  PUT IN CASE.

RENTACOP BOB    Little shits deserve a scare.

SOUND          REVOLVER CYLINDER SPINS, GUN INTO HOLSTER

RENTACOP BOB    Let's see your little pranks now.

SOUND          TRUNK SLAMS HUT

SOUND          FEET SET OFF ACROSS GRAVEL

MUSIC

 

24.         Craft shop

LYN            Oh!  [noise as she smacks the doll]  Uh!  Uh! UH!!!

MONKEYHEAD     [SCREECH, dwindling]

SOUND          IT FALLS BACK, SHE SLAMS LID!

LYN            [Breathing heavily]  Done.

SOUND          DOOR OPENS, TODD RUNS IN, DOOR SHUTS

TODD           Noooo!

GEE            Did yours have a monkey's head?

TODD           Huh?  [gasp of relief] No!  Ahhh.

LYN            You could have helped.

HAL            I - I don't....

LYN            Oh no!  He's bleeding!

BARB           [screams]

END OF PART 3