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EXT. HOUSE - DAY 1

A lonely jack-o-lantern smiling an evil grin sits still infront of a beautiful, 2-story house completed with a white

picket fence, decorated with Halloween gags and a fresh roll oftoilet paper that lies draped across the house and the tree

that sits in front of it.

SUPERIMPOSE:

October 29th, 1969.

Small scarecrow decorations that are tacked to the front door

of the house sway in the wind, along with a REAL scarecrow thatdons an emotionless, white mask. We HEAR camera lenses shutter

and people chatter off-screen.

The door to the house swings open as DEBORAH MYERS(33) walksout the door holding a baby(ANGEL, 1) and her daughter,

ELLI(17) follows.

DEBORAH

What's going on...?

THE CAMERA PANS OFF THE HOUSE TO REVEAL --

the house across the street. Crime scene investigators andpolice scatter around the house, which is surrounded by caution

tape. Deborah and Elli walk into frame and merge with the crowd

of neighbors that sit on the sidelines and watch the police do

their work.

DEBORAHWhat happened?

NEIGHBOR

It's the Mackenzie's, it looks likethey were murdered.

Deborah's expression turns from excitement to horror as she

glances down onto the Mackenzie's lawn. The baby starts sliding

down her hip, she makes a small jump-type motion to get the

baby higher onto her hip.

ANGLE ON LAWN

We see 3 dead bodies outlined with chalk and covered in a now

blood-soaked sheet.

ELLI

Oh, God.

Elli rests her hand over her mouth to hide her disgust.

PAN OFF THE HOUSE

We PAN BACK to the original house. In the top right 2nd story

window we see a kid looking across the street at the chaos.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - BEDROOM - DAY 2


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We see a KID, MICHAEL MYERS(10), staring blankly out at the

house across the street. Not the least bit of curiosity orexcitement is shown on his face. He turns around and starts to

walk out of the room.

He wears a tattered, beaten down shirt and hole-punched pants.His face is pale and emotionless with long, stringy hair.

EXT. MYERS HOUSE - DAY 3

We see Michael walk into the doorway of the house, still

watching the commotion.

ANGLE ON MACKENZIE'S HOUSE

We see Elli and Deborah start walking away from the house. They

start crossing the street. Deborah tries to hold her bathrobe

on while the breeze pushes leaves her way.

They make it to the doorstep of their house. Elli enters first,

followed by Deborah. The door slams closed behind them, leaving

the scarecrow decoration staring off at the house across thestreet, emotionless.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - DAY 4

We see Deborah enter the house as Elli walks off and upstairs.DON(34) walks into the room. A clean-shaven business man

wearing a suit and tie, swallowed by the system.

Deborah puts Angel in her high-chair and puts baby food in

front of her.

DON

What's all the commotion about?

DEBORAH

The Mackenzie's are gone.

DON

What?

DEBORAHThey're dead.

DON

Oh, my God. What happened?

DEBORAH

I don't know, but they're just layingthere on their lawn.

We see through the kitchen where we are and into the stairway.

Through the darkness sits Michael, listening to theconversation. Barely a silhouette, merely a SHAPE.

DON

That's horrible.

DEBORAH


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I know.

DON

Who could have done that?

DEBORAH

I have no clue.

The shape of Michael disappears into the stairway.

DEBORAH

Don, could you go get Elli and

Michael? Make sure they're ready for

school.

DONSure.

He walks out of the room and up the stairs.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - MICHEAL'S ROOM - DAY 5

We see MICHEL, staring back at the house. He seems worried

about something as he glances at his neighbors house.

His continuous gaze is interrupted by --

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

Michael glances at the door.

DON(through door)

Michael? You up? You're leaving forschool soon!

MICHAEL

Be down soon.

DONOkay.

Michael's voice is crackly, empty -- as if he just rolled out

of bed. Michael walks across his room and towards his closet.

We PAN DOWN to reveal --

BLOOD-DRENCHED CLOTHES.

It's a clown costume - each leg is different colored and thetorso is poke-dotted. Michael kicks the costume into the

closet. He quickly slides his closet door 'till it's shut.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - KITCHEN - DAY 6

Michael rounds the corner into the kitchen where Deborah sits

at the table with Don, eating. Michael pulls out a chair in

order to sit on it. He sits down. A hot breakfast is sitting in

front of him, waiting.

Angel sits in the corner making typical baby-noises.


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DON

Hey, Mike.

MICHAEL

Hi, Dad.

DEBORAH

Where's Elli?

Michael looks down at his food, playing with it with a fork. Noanswer. Don and Deborah wait for Michael to answer. Silence.

DON

Well, I don't know. I'll go get her.

Don pushes his chair outwards - making a loud, disruptivesound. He gets up and walks out of the room. Deborah finishes

the last few bites of her breakfast, gets up and washes her

plate in the sink.

She sets the plate next to a KNIFE HOLDER, holding 7 knives.One's small, another is bigger, another is bigger, etc.,

leading up to a big, 17" blade.

She grabs Angel out of her chair. She walks behind Michael,

heading out of the room.

DEBORAH

I'm going to go get ready for work,you finish up and get ready for

school, okay?

MICHAELYeah...

Deborah exits the room with the baby. Michael looks back downat his food.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - ELLI'S ROOM - DAY 7

We see Elli, partly nude, getting ready for school. She's

wearing a big, white T-shirt that's just big enough to cover

her underwear, and bra-less.

She looks into her wall-mounted mirror as she applies makeup to

her face.

She applies eyeliner, very carefully as she looks at herself in

the mirror. She's interrupted by --


She jumps at the shock of the sound of Don knocking on the

door, poking herself in the eye with eyeliner.

ELLI

Aaah...ow, ow.

She walks to the door, covering her right eye. She unlocks it

and opens it.


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ELLI

God dammit.

DON

Oh, sorry. Did I scare you?

ELLI

Yes.

DONWere you putting on eyeliner again?

Elli nods irritatedly, still covering her eye.

DON

Oh, sorry. I just wanted to tell youthat breakfast is ready and you'll be

leaving for school soon.

ELLI

Thanks.

She lets the door close in Don'S face. There's a distancebetween Elli and Don, something that's not there with him and

Michael. She goes back to the mirror and examines her eye.

ELLIAaaah. Dammit.

She starts trying to apply it again. She goes on.

After a beat, we see the SHAPE of a shadow cast across the

wall. It starts approaching Elli, getting closer and closer.

It gets closer, reaching out, as if it is preparing to yank herhair out of her scalp. Elli doesn't notice who's approaching

her because she's looking as far upwards as she can in order to

apply the eyeliner.

It gets closer. Its fingers start to dangle as if it's having

fun approaching her.

Suddenly, along with the shadow, an innocent, 10 year old's

HAND slides into frame, casting the shadow onto the wall.

Elli finishes putting it on - shifting her eye-sight directly

ahead of her at the mirror. She JUMPS at the shock of seeing

something in the mirror!

She spins backwards as quick as she can, revealing --

Michael.

ELLI

What the fuck?! (she gasps) Oh, my

God. What's wrong with you?

Michael doesn't do as much as nod. Beat.

ELLI


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Seriously? What the fuck?! Oh, my God.

I'm so sick of having you here.

She gets up out of her seat in a huff. She starts pushing

Michael, trying to get him out of her room.

ELLI

Get out, get out, get out! Littlefreak.

Michael backs up out of the room. Elli slams the door shut and

bolts the locks.

She takes in a big breath.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - CLOSET - DAY 8

We SEE only coats and clothes, but just barely. But we HEAR in

the darkness of the closet a HEAVY BREATHING. A tired out,

vaguely mad panting is heard.

We HEAR a hand reaching for something, still panting. We hear a

metal chain clanking around. We hear CLICK CLICK as a light

hanging from the ceiling in the closet flicks on to reveal --

Michael IN HIS CLOWN COSTUME.

Still drenched in blood, Michael dons the costume, now completewith a 17" knife and a haunting, jolly, CLOWN MASK. Almost like

a jack-o-lantern.

We KEEP ON his mask, still smiling as we --

CUT TO:

EXT. MYERS HOUSE - NIGHT 9

A smiling jack-o-lantern still sits in front of the Myers

house. The only sound we can hear is the leaves rustling from

the wind. Suddenly - two kids laughing.

We hear KIDS walking close to the camera.

STAY ON JACK-O-LANTERN

We see two KIDS walk up to the jack-o-lantern and take it,

still laughing. They run away with it. The small interlude is

interrupted by --

CUT TO:

INT. MYERS HOUSE - NIGHT 10

We see Michael sitting on the couch, donning his costume,

watching a generic horror movie on the TV.


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CLOSE ON COSTUME

We see faint, red liquid stains - they look like someone tried

really hard to get them out.

We HEAR Don and another MAN chattering in the kitchen. This

man's name is SAM Loomis(30).

INT. MYERS HOUSE -MICHAEL'S ROOM - NIGHT - LATER 11

We HEAR the distorted sound of Don saying goodbye to Loomisdownstairs.

Michael sits in his room with no lights. His face has a look of

worry and anticipation. Michael walks over to his window.

Michael'S POV

We see Loomis walking down the path that leads up to the house.

We HEAR Don saying goodbye as Loomis makes it into his car. The

car door closes and Loomis drives away. We take a long beatbefore we --

CUT TO:


The newly risen sun peaks through the window.

SUPERIMPOSE:

October 30th

We see Don sitting at the table, waiting for his toast to popup. We hear FOOTSTEPS approaching. Angel sits in her high

chair, just playing.

Michael walks into the room, just rolled out of bed. Donrealizes Michael is in the kitchen.

DON

Hey, Mike! You're up!

The toast jumps up a few inches out of the toaster and quickly

falls back down. Don gets up and gets it out of the toaster.

MICHAEL

Yep.

Michael sits down at the table. Don gets a plate out of the

cabinet, walks over to the counter and grabs butter. He gets a

butter knife out of the drawer and spreads the butter on the

toast.

DONYou want half of my toast, Michael?

You look hungry.

MICHAELNo, thanks.


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DON

Come to think of it, I haven't seenyou eat anything in the past few days.

MICHAEL

Well, I have.

DONWell, if you say so. I believe you.

MICHAEL

Can I please go watch TV?

DONYou don't want to talk to me?

MICHAEL

Please?

DON

Go ahead.

Michael gets up out of the chair and ventures into the livingroom. Don looks disappointed. Beat.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - MASTER BEDROOM - DAY 13

We see the room sit silent, with only the SOUND of the showerin the bathroom that's attached to it.

After a beat, Don walks in with Angel on his hip. He makes his

way through the room and into the bathroom.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT 14

Don holds Angel in his arms as he talks to Loomis.

DON

So, what have you been up to lately,Sam?

LOOMIS

Not much. Life at the hospital hasbeen quite dull.

DON

Wow, really? You work with crazy

people all day, how could that bedull?

LOOMIS

The same people every day. I cant get

anywhere with half of these people.

Hell, most of them either say twowords to me a day, or don't talk at

all.

DON

Better than sitting in an office all

day, right?


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LOOMIS

Of course. (beat) So, Don, how have

you been doing lately.

DON

Great. I've been doing great.

Michael still sits on the couch in the background.

DON(contd)

Everything's been going well. Justsome minor set backs lately.

LOOMIS

Tell me about it.

DON

Nothing big. Nothing big at all. I'vejust been feeling so distant from

Michael lately.

LOOMIS

What about...Elli, is it?

DON

Yes, Elli.

LOOMISWhere is she, anyway?

DON

Who knows.

LOOMIS

Have you gotten closer with her?

DON

No, not at all. But it's not her I'm

worried about, it's Michael.

LOOMISYou said you're feeling distant from

him?

Don looks over at Michael - he's oblivious to the fact that

they're talking about him.

DON

(with lower voice)Yeah. I just don't know how to bond

lately, he's really changed.

LOOMISWell, how old is he?

DON(lower voice)

He's only 10.


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LOOMIS

Oh, wow. So, what has changed?

Don looks back at the couch -- Michael'S gone.

DON

I don't know, we moved here a yearago, it can't be from change or

anything. He's been really silent

lately, and really to himself.

LOOMIS

And you can't find any reason thathe'd want to be distant from you?

DON

No, not at all. I haven't changed --

at least I don't think so.

LOOMIS

So, nothing has happened?

DON

No.

LOOMISNothing at all?

DON

No, not at all.

LOOMISIt sounds like it's nothing. It could

just be a phase. Maybe he's sad about

something and has trouble expressinghis emotion.

Angel starts crying. Don simply starts bouncing up and down

with her.

DON

Yeah. I guess so. (beat) Oh, he saidhe had a horrible nightmare.

LOOMIS

What about.

DONHis family was killed, or something. I

really don't remember.

LOOMIS

It could have really disturbed him,

got him depressed.

DON

I think he's been having them more andmore, but he wont tell me.


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LOOMIS

Would you like me to talk to him?

DON

I don't know, Sam. I'm really not into

that kind of stuff.

LOOMISIt could really help.

DON

Eh. I just don't think that it's tooserious.

LOOMIS

Alright, alright. Just promise me, if

it gets worse, you'll give me a call.

Alright?

DON

Definitely.

A beat of silence before --

INT. MYERS HOUSE - MASTER BATHROOM - DAY 15

We see the distorted image of Deborah through the see-through

shower curtain. Don sits outside of it.

DONHey, babe?

DEBORAH

(loud)What?

DON

(louder than before)

Can Michael take the day off?

DEBORAH

(loud)

Why?

DON

(loud)

Because I want to take off work so Ican stay with Michael today.

DEBORAH(loud)

Again, why?

DON

(loud)

I just feel like we need it. I haven't

been too close to him lately.

DEBORAH

(loud)


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Fine, go ahead. But will you take

Angel?

DON

(loud)

I kinda wanted it to be just us.

DEBORAH(loud)

Whatever.

Don walks out of the room. Beat.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - DAY - LATER 16

We see Don anxiously sitting on the couch. Angel is nowhere to

be found. Michael walks into the room.

DON

Hey.

MICHAEL

Hi.

DON

Sit down.

Michael sits a few seats away from him.

MICHAELWhat do you want?

DON

Um...Well, I was just wondering if

there's anything you want to tell me.

MICHAEL

What do you mean?

DON

Just anything important, or something

that you just want to share.

MICHAEL

No...

Michael'S expression turns. He looks frantically nervous.

DON

Are you sure?

MICHAEL

Yeah. Can I go back upstairs?

DON

Sure.

Michael gets up off the couch.

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Do you want to do anything today?

Maybe catch a movie, or something.

MICHAEL

There's nothing I want to see.

He says, as he goes up the stairs. He goes into his room.

Don sits there, with a look on his face that says "I'm so

stupid." Beat.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - MICHAEL'S ROOM - DAY 17

We see Michael leaning against his door, breathing heavily,

scared out of his mind. He walks back to his window.

Michael'S POV

We see the Mackenzie's house. It sits still in the wind,

holding dark secrets inside of it.


We see Don pacing with a phone to his ear. We hear a ringingthrough the phone.

RECEPTIONIST

(through phone)

Hello this is Tina with Smith's Grovemental hospital, how may I help you?

DON

Can I please talk to Doctor Loomis?

RECEPTIONIST

(through phone)

Just one moment.

We hear elevator muzak through the phone. An awkward beat ofsilence before --

LOOMIS

(through phone)Yes, this is Doctor Loomis. How may I

help you?

DON

Hey, Sam. It's Don.

LOOMIS(through phone)

Hi, Don. What's going on?

DON

Well, I just wanted to ask what you're

doing later today.

LOOMIS(through phone)

Well, my schedule is pretty full. Why


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do you ask?

DON

I was wondering if you could meet with

Michael today, at our house.

LOOMIS

(through phone)Of course I'll meet with Michael, but

I don't know if I can make it to your

house today.

DON

Well, we couldmake it over there, butI don't know if Michael would want to

come.

LOOMIS

(through phone)Okay. Well, I could come over at my

12:00 break instead of making an

appointment. But I'd rather seeMichael alone. I have a 9:30 to 10:45open. If you could get Michael to come

that would be really appreciated.

DON

Alright, we'll see you at 9:30 then.

LOOMIS

(through phone)Great! See you soon. Bye.

DON

Bye.

Don hangs up the phone. He sits there for a beat.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - MICHAEL'S ROOM - DAY 19

We see Michael sitting on his bed, drawing something on a

sketchbook. After a beat, we HEAR --


DON

(through door)Michael?

MICHAELHold on!

He sets his pencil down, lifts his bed mattress up and puts thesketchbook underneath it.

He walks over to the door, unlocks it to reveal Don.

DON

Hey, Mike. We're leaving soon, so get

ready.


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MICHAEL

Where are we going?

DON

We're going to go see Sam at his work.

MICHAEL

I don't want to.

DONBut we're going to.

MICHAEL

Why?

DONBecause I want to visit him.

MICHAEL

You saw him last night.

DON

I'm not discussing this. We're leavingat 9:00.

Don walks out of frame, Michael closes the door. Beat.

EXT. MYERS HOUSE - DAY 20

We see Don getting into his car. Michael comes out of the houseand walks down to Don'S car that's in front of the house.

DON

Did you lock the door, Michael?

MICHAELYes.

Michael jumps into the car and closes the door. The car starts

and drives out of the driveway.

INT. CAR - DAY - LATER 21

We see Michael sitting in the backseat, looking at the trees

passing by in a blur. Don sits quietly in the front seat, eyeson the road.

Michael'S POV

We're approaching a big, ominous SANITARIUM with a big, rusty

sign that reads "SMITH'S GROVE SANITARIUM."

Michael lets out a big sigh.

INT. SMITH'S GROVE - LOOMIS' OFFICE - DAY 22

We see Loomis working on paperwork, signing paper after paper.

After a beat, the phone rings.

LOOMIS


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Yes?

RECEPTIONIST

(through phone)

Mr. Myers and his son are here for

you.

LOOMISGreat, let them in.

Loomis hangs up the phone and looks at the door, anxiously.

There's a beat before Don and Michael walk in. Loomis gets upout of his chair and walks to greet Don and Michael.

LOOMIS

Hello, Donald.

DON

Hi, Sam.

LOOMISAnd hello, Michael.

MICHAEL

...Hi.

Michael looks at Loomis as if he's crazy.

LOOMISWell... Do you want to get right into

it, Don?

DON

Yeah, why not?

LOOMIS

I'd like to talk to Michael first, so,

if you will...

Loomis gestures towards the door.

DONOkay. See you in a minute, Michael.

MICHAEL

Where are you going, Dad?

DON

I'll be right back, just hand out with

Sam for a little, okay?

MICHAELWhy?

DON

Michael...just do it.

Don closes the door as he leaves. Michael doesn't break his

gaze between him and the door.


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LOOMIS

Make yourself comfortable, Michael.

Michael slowly turns around.

INT. SMITH'S GROVE - WAITING ROOM - DAY - LATER 23

We see Don sitting in a cheap-looking chair outside of Loomis'

office. After a beat Loomis and Michael steps out of theoffice. Don gets up out of his chair.

LOOMIS

Don, can I see you in my office?

DONWith Michael?

LOOMIS

No. Alone, please. Mrs. Prescott,

would you keep an eye on Michael while

I talk to his father?

RECEPTIONIST

Of course.

DON

Okay, Michael, I'll just be a minute.

You can sit over there, quay?

MICHAELOkay.

Don and Loomis both walk into the office.

INT. SMITH'S GROVE - LOOMIS' OFFICE - DAY 24

Loomis sits behind his desk while Don sits across from him.

DONSo --

LOOMIS

Michael is a very disturbed young man.

DONExcuse me?

LOOMIS

There's something fatally wrong with

him.

DONI didn't ask you to tell me if he's

crazy or not - I asked you to fix our

relationship.

LOOMIS

There's something inside him,something he can't control. We need to

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somebody.

DON

Are you joking, Sam?

LOOMIS

Not at all, Don. I'm sorry if this

offends you, but we need to dosomething about this. He's very

lethal.

DONChrist, Sam, he's a 10 year old boy!

LOOMIS

It doesn't matter. He will kill

somebody, mark my words. We have to

help him or stop him!

DON

I've had enough of this.

Don gets up and grabs his coat in a huff. He starts to walk out

of the office.

LOOMIS

Don, wait!

Don is out of the office. Loomis follows.

INT. SMITH'S GROVE - WAITING ROOM - DAY 25

Don is putting Michael'S coat on for him.

LOOMISDon! You listen to me right now! He

can't go another day, we need to get

him help as soon as possible!

Don is already out of the office.

LOOMISDon!

Loomis has a face of defeat and terror. He's seen something in

Michael that he's never seen before. He lets out a sigh.

EXT. PARK - DAY 26

We see Don sitting on a bench at a park. Beautiful Fall leaves

float gracefully to the ground.

Don'S POV

We see Michael swinging back and forth on a swing. The airpushes his hair back as he sways back and forth.

ANGLE ON Don


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We see a look on Don'S face that says "what if?". We hold on

that for a beat.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - DUSK 27

We see Elli walking in through the front door of the house.

ELLI

Mom? I'm home.

DEBORAH(from distance)

Okay! Hey, come here!

Elli starts walking through the house, looking for Deborah.

She looks into the living room - nothing but a BLARING TV.

She looks up the stairs and into the hallway - just darkness.

She keeps looking around the house, but finds nothing. She

makes her way into the kitchen.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - KITCHEN - DUSK 28

We see Elli enter the kitchen, still looking for Deborah. Noone is to be found.

ELLI

Mom?! Where are you?

Silence.

ELLI

(contd)

Jeez, where the hell are you?

No response.

Elli walks through the kitchen and into the bathroom.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - BATHROOM - DUSK 29

We see Elli enter the room. It's only her.

ELLI

Jesus Christ, Mom, where the hell are

you?

INT. MYERS HOUSE - MASTER BEDROOM - DUSK 30

Elli enters the room. Still, no one. Elli starts to get scared

instead of annoyed.

ELLIMom...?

Elli starts to look around the corner and into the master

bathroom.


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Elli'S POV

Parts of the room are slowly revealed.

- The sink.

- The towel rack.

- The toilet.

- The shower.

It's all empty. No one's here.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - HALL - DUSK 31

Elli walks through the hall.

ELLISeriously, it's not fucking funny

anymore!

Scared to go anywhere else, Elli stays still, looking into thedarkness of the hall. Suddenly --

The shadow of a person casts itself onto the wall Elli'S

looking at. She quickly turns around revealing --

Michael, WEARING HIS CLOWN COSTUME.

ELLI

Oh, my God. You scared the shit out of

me. Where's Mom?

MICHAEL

She's taking out the garbage.

ELLI

Couldn't you hear me yelling?

MICHAEL

You were yelling for Mom. She wantsyou to take me trick-or-treating.

ELLI

No.

MICHAEL

Tell her that.


We see a SERIES OF SHOTS...

-- We see many jack-o-lanterns grinning in the darkness.

-- We see houses with all-out decorations.

-- We see the scarecrow sitting outside of the house, still


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wearing the emotionless, white mask.

SUPERIMPOSE:

October 31st, ... Halloween

-- We HEAR kids running through the streets as we SEE people in

costumes going from door to door, collecting their candy.


ELLINo.

DEBORAH

Yes.

ELLIWhy?

DEBORAH

Because I said so.

ELLI

Please no?

DEBORAHIt'll only take, like, 10 minutes.

ELLI

I have plans.

DEBORAHSo do I.

ELLI

Ugh. Please, no.

DEBORAHReally, me and Don will only be gone

for an hour, and Angel is asleep.

Just... please, El.

ELLI

Are you paying me?

DEBORAH

Sure.

ELLI

An hour. And that's it.

DEBORAH

That's it.

ELLI

You swear?

DEBORAH

Yes.


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ELLI

Okay.

DEBORAH

Okay. Bye.

ELLI

Bye.

Don walks into frame, wearing a suit. Deborah dons a witchcostume.

DEBORAH

Way to dress up.

DONI hate Halloween.

They both exit the house. Elli starts to walk upstairs.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - HALL - NIGHT 34

Elli gets to the top of the stairs, starts walking through the

hall.

ELLIMichael...? Want to go trick-

or-treating with me and Angel?

Nothing. No answer.

ELLIMichael?

Still nothing. Again, we're in the darkness of the hall. We

HEAR Elli feeling the walls for a light switch. FLICK! Thelight flicks on to reveal --

A BLOOD TRAIL INTO THE BATHROOM!

ELLI

Oh, God. What the hell?

She follows the thick trail of blood. She looks up the path and

into the lit bathroom. She slowly walks over to the door, shestarts pushing it open, slowly.

ELLI

M--Michael...?

The door creaks open to reveal --

Michael.

He doesn't face Elli or the camera, but stares off intonothing. The blood trails leads up to Michael'S feet, and then

stops. We see a RAZOR BLADE in his hands, blood dripping off

it.

ELLI


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Michael! Oh, God!

She walks up to him, spins him around. He still stares off into

nothing. His face is covered with the smiling clown mask.

Elli starts to pry the razor from his hand, carefully.

CLOSE ON HAND

Still dripping blood, his hand clenches the blade as hard aspossible. His grip loosens as Elli prys it. Elli starts to take

it out of his hand when --

HE RE-GRIPS!

He breaks his gaze - looking up at Elli, STABBING HER IN HERSTOMACH WITH THE RAZOR!

She lets out a quiet MOAN, followed by painful whimpers.


Silence. The hall is empty. Suddenly --

Elli IS THROWN INTO THE HALL!

Followed by Michael, now covered in even more blood. He grabs

her by her hair, DRAGGING her off down the hall. Elli lets outdesperate SCREAMS as he plunges his razor blade into her chest

and face as he drags her.

He keeps dragging, getting towards the stairs. He presses hisrazor blade into her stomach - still dragging - then drags it

up to her chin, letting her bleed out.

He lets go of her just as they hit the end of the stairs. He

lets her fall down the stairs, out of the hall, leaving blood

trails behind her.

She hits the bottom of the stairs. Michael looks down at her asshe lies at the bottom of the stairs. Michael lets his razor

blade fall to the floor. Then we --

CUT TO:


Don'S car pulls up into the driveway. Deborah gets out of it,

followed by Don. They walk up the pathway to the house.

They pass their decorations, including the scarecrow.

CLOSE ON SCARECROW

It no longer dons the white mask, just straw.


Don and Deborah enter the house. They walk in, oblivious that

there's blood on the stairs, but only for a second. They both


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look over and realize the blood. Elli'S body is nowhere to be

found.

DEBORAH

Oh, my God...no...

DON

What the hell?

DEBORAHELLI?! Michael?!

Deborah starts running through the house, looking for Michael

or Elli. Don runs up the stairs and into Michael'S room.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - MICHAEL'S ROOM - NIGHT 38

Don bolts into the room, examining the whole room with his

eyes, scared out of his mind when --

THE DOOR SLAMS SHUT!

We HEAR something slam against the door, blocking it from

opening.

Don runs to the door - trying his hardest to open it. He getsno where.

DON

Deborah! Deborah, WATCH OUT!

He says, trying to get to Deborah through the door. Deborahhears nothing.


Deborah looks through the kitchen, where she is, and into theliving room. She sees the crib where Angel lays in.

DEBORAH

Baby!

She starts running to her. She's interrupted by --

Michael.

Michael walks into her pathway. His clown mask is abandoned andreplaced by the emotionless, white FACE that was taken from the

scarecrow.

DEBORAH

Oh, Michael.

She walks up to him and throws her arms around him.

DEBORAHAre you okay?!

ANGLE ON Deborah'S FACE


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We see Deborah closing her eyes, thankful Michael is alive when

we hear --

FLESH BEING RIPPED OPEN!

Her eyes bolt open!

INT. MYERS HOUSE - MICHAEL'S ROOM - NIGHT 40

Don SLAMS his shoulder into the door, trying to break it open.

He SLAMS it again -- this time shattering it. He steps out ofit into the hall.


He walks into the dark hall. Dead silence. He creeps down thestairs, being as silent as he can. Nothing in sight but him.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 42

The TV blares with a static picture and a loud, disruptiveSOUND. The TV is the only light source in the room, everything

not in the eyesight of the TV lies in the darkness.

Don finds his way through the darkness, feeling his way around.

TRACKING - Don'S HAND

We see him feeling around so he doesn't hit anything.

He drags his hand across the couch.

He quickly touches a hanging mirror.

He graces a plant with his fingers.

He puts his hands in front of him, as we're almost in completedarkness now.

His hands stay in front of him, as if he's pushing the darknessin front of him. After a beat...

He finds something in front of him. He feels it - the SOUND of

fingers gracing LATEX. We SEE a KNIFE reflect in the static of

the TV.


We see a car pull up in front of the Myers house. Out stepsLoomis. He starts walking up the pathway to the house. He looks

around himself at the decorations staring at him on the lawn.

He gets to the door. He knocks three times. He keeps lookingaround him. He looks at the grimacing scarecrow.

Loomis' POV

The scarecrow stares back. Loomis looks back at the door.

Another three knocks...nothing. Loomis impatiently knocks three


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more times. Still nothing. He opens the door.


Loomis opens the door and enters the house. First thing he sees

- blood everywhere.

LOOMIS

(to himself)God dammit. No...

He starts frantically looking around the house.

LOOMIS

Don! Deborah! ... Michael! Michael?!

No answer, except the faint echo of his own voice travelingthrough the house and repeating it back to him. Loomis runs

into the living room.

INT. MYERS HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 45

Loomis' face turns to horror as he sees Don lying dead on the

ground, throat wide open, Michael standing beside him.

He looks at Michael...

He stands over Angel, knife arched into the air, about to

strike.

LOOMISNo! Michael!

Michael turns his head, looking at Loomis. He looks back at

Angel, un-phased by Loomis being there, and ready to strike.

Loomis runs over to Michael and shoves him away from the baby.

Sirens are heard from outside.

Loomis grabs Angel runs to the lawn of the house.


A cop car sits in the driveway as two cops exit it.

LOOMIS

He's inside! Quick!

COP #1

Who?

LOOMIS

He killed all of them!

COP #2

Who?!

LOOMIS

Just go!

The cops run into the house, guns drawn. Loomis sits outside,


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still holding Angel. He waits for the cops to come out with

Michael in handcuffs, but so far nothing. Neighbors startwalking across the street from their houses.

After a beat, COP #1 walks out. As he walks across the lawn

over to Loomis, he says...

COP #1Who did this?!

LOOMIS

The boy!

COP #1Who did this?!

LOOMIS

Michael! The little boy!

COP #1

There's no little boy!

LOOMISWha-...what?

COP #1

The house is empty, only dead bodies.

LOOMISNo, there's a boy. Search again.

COP #1

There's no little boy.

Loomis drops to his knees as more and more neighbors crowdaround the house. We HEAR sounds from the next scene as we --

SMASH TO:

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT 47

We PAN AROUND the crowd of police. A SERGEANT throws out orders

as quick and aggressively as possible.

SERGEANT(through car-speaker)

Everyone has one partner, and one

partner only. Keep a flashlight on

hand and make sure at least one of you

has hold of the dog. Go, everybody!Go! You know what we're looking for!

Dozens of cops run across the neighborhood, looking for

Michael. Loomis sits in the middle of the crowd, with a look of

hopelessness.

PAN IN ON Loomis' FACE

LOOMIS

(v.o.)


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I met him, fifteen years ago. I met

this ten-year-old child, with thisblank, pale, emotionless face and, the

blackest eyes... the devil's eyes. Irealized what was living behind that

boy's eyes was purely and simply...evil, from just that single session.

That session's audio was recorded,documented, and put into a book. I

wrote all 300 pages of that book.

FADE INTO:

INT. CONFERENCE - DAY 48

LOOMIS

(contd)That child went on to kill his mom,

dad and his stepsister, and attempted

to kill his 1-year-old sister. The

child was never found, probably dead -

but who knows? His evil has beendocumented in these 306 pages, but I

warn you; it could be disturbing.

Loomis sits on a stage, surrounded by hundreds of people. Asidehim at the table where he sits is copies of his book entitled

"SESSION ONE", and in front of him sits a big microphone.

He dons a scruffy beard along with multiple wrinkles and a look

of no sleep.

SUPERIMPOSE:

Haddonfield, Illinois ... 15 years later ... October 29th

Loomis scared about the subject, yet satisfied - as if he'spreaching.

LOOMIS

(contd)

Thank you, and please buy Session Onewith caution... Everything I've said

here is true. Have a good day.

Loomis gets up and walks off the stage. The crowd lets out arespectful, boring applause.

INT. BACKSTAGE - DAY 49

Loomis enters the backstage of the conference. A MAN in a suitenters. He's Loomis' agent.

AGENT

You're not doing the signing?

LOOMISI have somewhere to be.

AGENT

Where?


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LOOMIS

Just...somewhere.

AGENT

You really hate the people, don't you?

LOOMIS

What's the point of signing a book,anyway?

AGENT

Whatever.

Another MAN enters.

MANIs he signing?

AGENT

No.

Loomis is getting his trench-coat on. He hears everything

they're saying, he just doesn't care.

MANNo?! It was in his contract.

AGENT

Yeah...about that...

MANYou're an idiot, you know that? I

promised these people they'd get a

signature.

AGENT

It was never in his contract, I can't

make him do it. He doesn't WANT to do

it.

Loomis exits through the back-door. The MAN gives the AGENT a

disappointed look and walks back onto the stage.

MAN(in background through mic)

I've got some bad news...

EXT. PARKING LOT - DAY 50

Loomis makes his way to his car - an old, tan-colored VOLVO. Anequally scruffy MAN walks up to his car. This MAN is DR.

TERENCE WYNN(46).

Wynn knocks on Loomis' window with his pointer finger's

knuckle. Loomis looks at him, then rolls down the window.

WYNNHello, Sam.

LOOMIS


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Terence.

WYNN

What are you doing this Halloween?

LOOMIS

Scotch and TV.

WYNN

I uh...I bought a copy of your book --

LOOMIS

What's this really about, Wynn?

WYNN

You can't blame yourself.

LOOMIS

And why not?

WYNN

There's nothing you could have done.

Either way, it's in the past.

LOOMISAre you asking me to forget that

night, Wynn?

WYNNHe's dead.

LOOMIS

Well...there's no proof of that.

WYNNWhat has he had to survive on?

LOOMIS

Oh, I don't know. Maybe going to

someones house, a casual "I got lost

and I'm hungry," who knows. He's an

adult know, I'm sure he has ways.

WYNNHe's dead, dammit. Following killings

and break-ins isn't going to help,

either.

LOOMIS

I've really had enough of this. UntilI see his bones or see him trapped

inside concrete walls, I cant agreewith you, Terence. And I don't

appreciate you following me.

Loomis starts to roll up his window, start the car and drive

off.

WYNNSam...Sam, don't.


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Loomis drives off.

WYNN

(to self)

God dammit.

Beat.

EXT. STRODE HOUSE - DAY 51

We establish a beautiful, 2 story HOUSE. The front door swingsopen - out steps LAURIE STRODE(16); beautiful and strong.

She makes her way down her front steps, holding school books in

her hands.

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