Updated Script

The Erl-king

SCRIPT

Rebecca Shevlin

14/10/18

[SCENE1] [ACT1]

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[MONTAGE OF CLIPS]

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SCENE 1 – INT. LIVING ROOM– NIGHT

DOORBELL RINGS & GIRL 1 OPENS THE DOOR

[GIRL 1]: HEY, YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED?

[GIRL 2]: I'VE GOT MY PYJAMAS, TOILETRIES, NAIL POLISH AND BEYONTE IS BRINGING THE FILMS.

[GIRL 1]: PERFECT. SHE JUST TEXTED ME SAYING THAT SHE'LL BE HERE IN A MINUTE. JUST CHUCK YOUR STUFF IN THE LIVING ROOM AND YOU CAN START PUTTING YOUR PYJAMAS ON IF YOU WANT.

[GIRL 2]: SURE. I'LL ONLY BE A MINUTE

GIRL 2 walks in top the bathroom

Doorbell rings again and GIRL 1 opens the door

[GIRL 3]: HEY, SORRY I'M LATE.

[GIRL 1]: NO, DON'T WORRY. NICOLE'S JUST GOTTEN HERE. JUST PUT YOUR STUFF IN HERE. 

[GIRL 3]: SURE. I BROUGHT THE FILMS

[GIRL 1]: COOL, NICOLE IS JUST CHANGING BUT WE CAN JUST SIT IN THE LIVING ROOM FOR NOW IF YOU WANT. 

[GIRL 2 COMES OUT IN HER PJAMAS & HE THREE GIRLS SIT DOWN ON THE FLOOR]

[GIRL CLOSES THE CURTAINS SHUT AND THE ROOM IS FILLED WITH A RED GLOW]

[GIRL 2]: ‘YEAH. NICOLE YOU GOT THE MATCHES?’

[GIRL 3]: ‘YEP. GIVE THE CANDLE AND I’LL LIGHT IT.’ 

[GIRL 3 STRIKES A MATCH & LIGHTS A LARGE CANDLE. THE GIRLS SIT ROUND THE CANDLE IN A CIRCLE]

[GIRL 1]: EVERYONE BETTER BE HUNGRY CAUSE I ORDER PIZZA. I GOT A PEPPERONI FOR US [TALKING TO GIRL 3] AND A VEGETABLE SUPREME FOR YOU [TALKING TO GIRL 2]

[GIRL 3] : PERFECT. I'M ACTUALLY STARVING.

[GIRL 3]: NOW WHAT SHOULD WE DO FIRST? NAILS OR…’

[GIRL 1]: ‘YOU WANT A STORY DON’T YOU?’

[GIRLS 2 & 3 NOD THEIR HEADS EAGERLY]

[GIRL 1]: ‘OKAY, ALRIGHT, FINE. BUT PREPARE YOURSELVES AS THIS ONE IS EXTRA SCARY, OKAY…? 

[GIRLS 2 & 3 NOD THEIR HEADS]

[GIRL 1]: ‘IT ALL STARTED ONE DAY WHEN YOU HAD GONE OUT TO MEET YOUR FRIENDS FOR LUNCH. WALKING ABOUT, YOU NOTICE SOMETHING PERCULIAR LYING IN THE CORNER OF THE STREET. A SINGLE RED ROSE. AS RED AS BLOOD AND WITH THORNS AS SHARP AS TEETH. SEEING NO SIGN OF YOUR FRIENDS YOU DECIDED, BEING THE CURIOUS GIRL THAT YOU ARE, TO GO HAVE A CLOSER LOOK.’

[GIRL 2]: ‘WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. WHY ON EARTH WOULD I DO THAT? I’VE SEEN ENOUGH HORROR FILMS TO DO THAT THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. I’M NOT THAT STUPID.’

[GIRL 1]: ‘YOU NEVER KNOW. JUST KEEP LISTENING. ANYWAYS, YOU GO TO HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AND PICK IT UP WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW IS THAT YOU ARE LYING COLD AND ALONE IN A FOREST.’ 

[CROSS-CUT TO GIRL IN FOREST YET VOICE OVER CONTINUES]

[GIRL 1]: ‘THE WOODS ENCLOSE. YOU STEP BETWEEN THE FIRST TREES AND THEN YOU ARE NO LONGER IN THE OPEN AIR; THE WOOD SWALLOWS YOU UP. THERE IS NO WAY THROUGH THE WOOD ANY MORE, THIS WOOD HAS REVERTED TO ITS ORIGINAL PRIVACY. ONCE YOU ARE INSIDE IT, YOU MUST STAY THERE UNTIL IT LETS YOU OUT AGAIN FOR THERE IS NO CLUE TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH IN PERFECT SAFETY; GRASS GREW OVER THE TRACK YEARS AGO AND NOW THE RABBITS AND THE FOXES MAKE THEIR OWN RUNS IN THE SUBTLE LABYRINTH AND NOBODY COMES. THE TREES STIR WITH A NOISE LIKE TAFFETA SKIRTS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE LOST THEMSELVES IN THE WOODS AND HUNT ROUND HOPELESSLY FOR THE WAY OUT. A YOUNG GIRL WOULD GO INTO THE WOODS TO HER GRANNY’S HOUSE BUT THIS LIGHT ADMITS OF NO AMBIGUITIES AND, HERE, SHE WILL BE TRAPPED IN HER OWN ILLUSION BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN THE WOOD IS EXACTLY AS IT SEEMS. THE WOODS ENCLOSE AND THEN ENCLOSE AGAIN, LIKE A SYSTEM OF CHINESE BOXES OPENING ONE INTO ANOTHER; THE INTIMATE PERSPECTIVES OF THE WOOD CHANGED ENDLESSLY AROUND THE INTERLOPER, THE IMAGINARY TRAVELLER WALKING TOWARDS AN INVENTED DISTANCE THAT PERPETUALLY RECEDED BEFORE ME. IT IS EASY TO LOSE YOURSELF IN THESE WOODS.’

[GIRL 1]: ‘REALISING THE DANGERS OF THE WOODS, YOU STUMBLE BACKWRDS AND BEGIN TO RUN. WITH SWEAT NOW TRIPPIMNG DOWN YOUR FACE AND INTO YOUR EYES YOU STUMBLE, SCARED AND ALONE, LYING ON THE FLOOR. YET YOU ARE NOT ALONE. ERL-KING WILL DO YOU GRIEVOUS HARM. HIS EYES ARE QUITE GREEN, AS IF FROM TOO MUCH LOOKING AT THE WOOD. THERE ARE SOME EYES CAN EAT YOU…’

[CROSS-CUTS BACK TO REALITY]

[GIRL 1]: AH! THAT MUST BE THE PIZZA.

[GIRL CLOSES CURTAINS THEN BLACK OUT]

[GIRL CLOSES CURTAINS THEN BLACK OUT]