Screenplay: The Hallowed

Just tonight I remembered that way back in 1994 I  had found this program called Script Buddy online  that helps you plan out your screenplay. It took me  awhile to remember the name of the site, but it finally  came to me and thankfully I was still able to access  it. If you have read my Grace Leads Home novel you  know there's a mysterious cabin in that too. So it's funny  that six years before the GLH screenplay was born, I had  started this one with an eerie cabin in it as well. It  reminds me of Stephen King's It. I have never  read that book, but certainly was creeped out by the movie. March 1994 EXT. THE MEADOW - NIGHT                        CADE (WIPING FOREHEAD) I don't remember this place being so dirty. How'd we ever stay at this place for as long as we did?                        JP (LOOKING OUT INTO A FIELD OF BROWN CORN STALKS) I think it was the shear eerieness this place has.                        CADE (CARRYING A FEW PIECES OF WOOD) I suppose. I'm still convinced most of those things we saw were just pranks by Hayden and his buddies.                        JP (TURNING AWAY FROM THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AWHILE) Maybe. (he shines the flashlight in Cade's direction) We wet our pants an awful lot though.                        CADE (TRYING TO AVOID THE LIGHT) You're not kidding. I seriously intentionally packed extra underwear before coming down here. Damn, we were brave.                        JP (CONFUSED) You packed extra underwear?                        CADE (SURPRISED HE'S EVEN ASKING) Well...yeah. I mean...didn't you?                        JP (LAUGHING) If I did, I can promise you it's not for those reasons.                        CADE You have to admit there were nights that the last thing we wanted to do was close our eyes for more than second.

2.                        JP This place always seemed to have (pause) this mystery around it. I could never figure it out.                        CADE That's what makes it so intriguing. Anything that happened here you know you couldn't explain it to anyone else. It'd sound too unbelievable.                        JP To be honest with you, most of things that happened here, I completely forgot about. It wasn't until just a couple of hours ago that my mind became haunted by everything.                        CADE I know what you mean. Until now all those things didn't seem so bad. I mean it was fifteen years ago. We were just kids. As adults we know it was just letting our minds play tricks on us.                        JP We know it was more than that.                        CADE (AGREEING) I need a drink.                        JP They're still in the car. I have sodas mostly.                        CADE Any beer?                        JP No man, I don't drink anymore.

3.                        CADE (IN SHOCK) Since when?                        JP Since uh, a certain someone told me to quit doing certain habits that are dibilitating our marriage.                        CADE Lynn made you stop drinking period?                        JP She didn't make me do anything. She gave me an altamadum. So I quit immediately, which was hard, but I managed. It turned out the alcohol wasn't the entire problem.                        CADE (SHOCKED) She left you?                        JP She divorced me. And the odd thing is, I don't blame her.                        CADE I'm sorry man. I guess now I know why you called me up and asked to come down here.                        JP As soon as she walked out the door, this is the first place I thought of. Isn't that weird? I mean, it was like an immediate comfort. Why is that?                        CADE This place has a hold us JP. We were drawn back here which makes it all the more eerie. FADE OUT.