Final draft to my Scream 5

1. SCREAM 5
By
GLENN
Based on characters created by Kevin Williamson

2. INT. LIVING ROOM. NIGHT
Fade into a ringing telephone. A hand reaches it. Its KEVIN
HILLARD. 17 years old. A jock, wavy brown hair, blue eyes.
He’s a big guy, on the football team at school. He’s
handsome in an obvious way and he knows it. Likes to
consider himself a ladies man. He probably is.
KEVIN
Hello?
MAN’S VOICE
Hello?
KEVIN
Yeah?
MAN’S VOICE
Who’s this?
KEVIN
Kev. Who’s this?
MAN’S VOICE
What’s your favorite scary movie
Kev?
KEVIN
I’m gonna stop you right there. I
don’t do STAB shit OK.
MAN’S VOICE
I’m in the house Kevin.
KEVIN
Yeah. Sure you are. Happy
Halloween.
CLICK.
KEVIN hangs the phone up.
His cellphone vibrates on the sofa. He grabs it and walks
into the kitchen to join JOSH SINCLAIR, 17.
He’s handsome like KEVIN but in a geeky way. He’s a cross
between nerd and cool kid. He tries hard to fit in.

3. 2.
INT. KITCHEN. SAME.
KEVIN is looking at his phone. He smiles to himself.
KEVIN
I got a text from Hayley.
JOSH
No fucking way! Why would Hayley
text you. I thought she was with
Paul Baker.
KEVIN
Ah, she’s a slut, and I need to get
laid tonight. And I am one fine
specimen of a man.Besides, she
split with Paul like three weeks
ago.(leaning in)I heard a rumor his
dick’s the size of a spring bean.
No wonder she dumped him.(PAUSE)And
the whole, fine specimen of a man
thing of course.
JOSH
(nodding in sarcastic
agreement)
Fine specimen. Course.
KEVIN
(pointing at himself)
Have you seen this face. Its
adorable.
JOSH
(laughing))
Yeah, in a GREMLIN kind of way. Its
cute.
KEVIN
Cute? I’m more than cute. I was
runner up in ’OAKFIELD’S TEENY BOP
PAGEANT’ when I was five.
JOSH
TEENY BOP PAGEANT? Your shitting
me? Yeah, like I said. It’s cute. I
might start calling you GIZMO.
KEVIN
Your just jealous.
(CONTINUED)

4. CONTINUED: 3.
JOSH
Jealous of what?
KEVIN
That Hayley wants me.
JOSH
Hayley wants everybody. You’ve just
said it yourself. She’s a slut.
Everybody’s had Hayley. I’ve had
Hayley. Did I tell you?
KEVIN
Yeah, like a million times.
Honestly man, its getting tired.
JOSH
(reminiscing)
Ah. Hayley Thomas.
KEVIN
Dude. You went out for like two
days.
JOSH
Best two days of my life.
KEVIN
In the third grade.
JOSH
I slipped her the finger.
KEVIN
How is that even possible. What
were you? Eight?
JOSH
She had bumps in all the right
places when she was eight.(Sniffing
his forefinger),hasn’t smelt the
same since.
KEVIN
Your sick man. Speaking of fingers,
you spoke to Sarah yet?
JOSH
No. What do I even say to her?
KEVIN
Let me think. Hi Sarah. I’m sorry
you walked in on me ramming your
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)

5. CONTINUED: 4.
KEVIN (cont’d)
little sister with my fist. But
hey, can we be friends?
JOSH
Dude. I’m serious. She hasn’t
spoken to me in weeks. This is
worse than the last time. I mean
she won’t even look at me. She
won’t return my calls; the flowers
I sent were posted back in my moms
mailbox in pieces, by her crazy
mother.
KEVIN
You sent her flowers? Your shitting
me?
JOSH
Yeah.
KEVIN
No wonder she won’t talk to you.
You broke her heart man. And by the
way. I know it’s a sensitive topic,
and you just wanna forget it and
all, but high five for the fisted
hot sister.
KEVIN puts his hand in the air for a high five. But JOSH
keeps him hanging.
JOSH
Wrong man. Your just wrong.
KEVIN
Every senior with a dick in his
pants is raising a glass for you my
friend. Your a legend.
JOSH
I’m touched.
KEVIN
But honestly dude. You thought
sending flowers was an adequate
apology for violating her little
sisters pussy?
JOSH
Whatever man. I was trying to be, I
don’t know. Romantic.
(CONTINUED)

6. CONTINUED: 5.
KEVIN
Romantic would mean taking a girl
out for a candlelight dinner, maybe
a drink. Not punching the fuck out
of her sisters panty hamster.
JOSH
I struggle to comprehend why your
single.
KEVIN
If I play my cards right with
Hayley, that may not be the case.
The land line starts ringing again. JOSH jumps up.
JOSH
I’ll get it. I told Genna to phone
when she’s on her way.
KEVIN
You invited Genna?
JOSH
(from living room))
Yeah. She likes horror movies.
KEVIN
You tapping that tonight?
JOSH
After what happened last week. I’m
lucky Sarah didn’t cut off my
dick.
KEVIN
Why don’t you put them magical
fingers to good use?
JOSH turns round and sticks his middle finger up at KEVIN
JOSH
Enough with the fingers!
INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME
Josh grabs the telephone and brings it to his ear.
JOSH
Hey
(CONTINUED)

7. CONTINUED: 6.
MAN’S VOICE
Hello?
JOSH
Who’s this?
MAN’S VOICE
Who’s this?
JOSH
You called me.
MAN’S VOICE
What’s your favorite scary movie?
JOSH
Twilight.
MAN’S VOICE
That’s not a horror movie.
JOSH
Have you seen Kristen Stewart
trying to act? And vampires that
sparkle in the sun, who the fuck
writes this shit?
MAN’S VOICE
Are you alone in the house?
JOSH
No. What do you want?
MAN’S VOICE
I’m in the house.
JOSH
For real?
MAN’S VOICE
Uh huh.
JOSH
That’s nice. You got the wrong
number Mr Ghostface. Sorry.
CLICK He hangs the phone up. KEVIN enters the living room.
KEVIN
Who was that?
(CONTINUED)

8. CONTINUED: 7.
JOSH
Some dick trying to do Ghostface.
KEVIN
Yeah, he phoned a minute ago. It’s
Halloween. People get
weird. Probably Dakota. Isn’t she
at the party tonight?
JOSH
Yeah. The party that we seem to be
missing. Its the world premiere of
STAB 8
KEVIN
STAB? Fuck the fuck off. The whole
STAB franchise killed horror. Lets
watch some classics.
JOSH
What? No way. The first three are
classics.
KEVIN
Then they churned out a load of
crap. I mean come on. STAB 8: The
Woodsboro Massacre Remake. The
Return of Ghostface, Return to
Woodsboro, Return of Sidney
Prescott, blah blah blah. And how
the fuck can Sidney Prescott be in
the movie when her bastard brother
killed her in STAB 3?
JOSH
She faked her death.
KEVIN
He put a knife in her head?
JOSH
It’s Hollywood. There’s ways around
it.
KEVIN
Its diabolical. I mean come on its
a punch in the face to all horror
fanatics. Even worse than the time
travel.
They both throw themselves down on the sofa. KEVIN turns the
TV on. JOHN CARPENTERS ’HALLOWEEN’ is on.
(CONTINUED)

9. CONTINUED: 8.
KEVIN
You see? Classic.
JOSH
Remind me again, why we’re not
actually going to the party?
KEVIN
Because. We do this every
Halloween. Its tradition.
JOSH
Aren’t some traditions suppose to
be broken?
KEVIN
What? Take that back.
JOSH
So new ones can start?
KEVIN looks affronted.
KEVIN
We’ve been doing this since fourth
grade. Every Halloween, we get a
shit load of scary movies and a
shit load of junk food and eat and
drink ourselves stupid. Just you
and me. We haven’t hung out in
ages. I missed you man.
JOSH
We could drink ourselves stupid at
the party. And get laid at the same
time.
KEVIN
That’s where your mistaken. You
won’t get laid while your with me.
I’m a babe magnet. I just attract
them. You don’t stand a chance when
I’m around.
JOSH
Is that right? I thought I was a
legend.
KEVIN
With the dudes. The chicks hate you
right now. I mean your almost like
FREDDY KRUGER.
(CONTINUED)

10. CONTINUED: 9.
JOSH
Fuck you man, I’m not a pedophile.
KEVIN
Just saying, you’ve got zero chance
of boning anything til your in
college.
JOSH puts his left forefinger under KEVIN’S nose.
JOSH
Even with my magical fingers?
KEVIN
Ah man. That’s gross. What the hell
is that?
(A FEW SECONDS PAUSE)
CUT TO.
INT. TV SCREEN. LIVING ROOM. SAME
MICHAEL MYERS is striding across the street whilst LAURIE
STRODE hammers on the door for TOMMY to let her in.
KEVIN
Besides we haven’t got John
Carpenters shaky P.O.V of
babysitters getting chopped up at
the party.
JOSH
(defeated))
OK, I agree, you can’t beat a bit
of Michael Myers.
KEVIN turns serious now. He’s talking to his buddy. Their
best friends. Both capable of conversing maturely.
KEVIN
You need to talk to Sarah man,
she’s really pissed.
JOSH
Yeah, but she’s been through a lot.
Its finding the right time ya know.
KEVIN
Dude, its been two years. I think
she’s at least come to terms with
it.
(CONTINUED)

11. CONTINUED: 10.
JOSH
Yeah, but with the book and then
the film, its dragging it back up
again. It’s hard on her. I just
need to give her some space. I mean
her brother got butchered. Not
really the right time to strum up a
conversation, when a movie telling
out the story of how he died is
showing. You got any beer?
KEVIN
Yeah. Check the refrigerator in the
garage, I think my dad left some
from his poker game last week,
JOSH
The garage?
KEVIN
Yeah. Mom doesn’t like the beer
cluttering the refrigerator in the
kitchen. Its her OCD. She’s nuts.
JOSH
Seriously?
KEVIN
Yeah. She’s seeing a therapist and
all that shit.
JOSH
MILF’s got an illness.
KEVIN
Hey, fuck you pervert.
JOSH
When your folks back anyway?
KEVIN
Couple of weeks. Bring up a crate
will ya.
JOSH
Yeah. I’ll be right back.
KEVIN
(under his breath)
Rule number one from your STAB shit
Josh.
CUT TO.

12. 11.
EXT. KEVIN’S HOUSE. SAME.
Its a big house. Lots of glass. JOSH can be seen walking
from the LIVING ROOM to the KITCHEN. Trees line the exterior
of the house. Its completely isolated from anything. There’s
mist hovering over the grass. Its spooky. Like right out of
a horror movie.
CUT TO.
INT. GARAGE. SAME
JOSH is alone in the garage. Its big. The only light is a
single bulb hanging in the middle of the ceiling. Things
line the walls. Garden tools, household crap no one uses.
Brick pillars are dotted around the room. A refrigerator
sits on the far wall.
Far from convenient.
JOSH walks to it. He opens the door and peers inside.
Crates and crates of beer fill the space inside.
He bends down to get one out...
BANG!
He jumps out of his skin as a garden rake falls to the
ground on the other side of the room.
He looks around but its dark.
JOSH
Hello? Anyone there? Kevin?
He can’t see anything.
A shovel falls to the ground with a loud CLANG
JOSH
What the fuck? Kevin stop fucking
around!
He’s rooted to the spot. He’s a scaredy cat deep down. He
reaches in his pocket for his phone.
Just then.
The lights go out.
(BEAT)
(CONTINUED)

13. CONTINUED: 12.
Suddenly JOSH’S cell starts ringing.
His phone lights up his terrified face. Caller ID say’s
’KEV’ He connects the call.
JOSH
What the fuck man?
KEVIN
What I do?
CUT TO.
INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME
KEVIN
What the fuck you doing down there?
Sounds like your trashing the place
CUT TO.
INT. GARAGE. SAME
JOSH
I don’t know man. I thought it was
you. There’s some freaky PARANORMAL
ACTIVITY shit going on down here.
CUT TO.
INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME
KEVIN
You OK?
CUT TO.
INT. GARAGE. SAME
JOSH walks over to the light switches and turns them back
on. He walks past a pillar. A GHOST FACE clad figure is
stood hiding behind one of the pillars unbeknown to JOSH. He
doesn’t see him.
JOSH
Yeah, I’m fine. I’ll be right up.
(CONTINUED)

14. CONTINUED: 13.
KEVIN
(V.O)
Genna just called. She said she’ll
be a few minutes. Looks like your
gonna get lucky after all.
CUT TO.
INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME
JOSH
(V.O)
Cool. You want anything else whilst
I’m down here?
KEVIN
No. I’m cool. Hurry up, your
missing all the good parts.
CUT TO.
INT. GARAGE. SAME
JOSH hangs up the cell. He retraces his steps back to the
refrigerator and GHOSTFACE is gone.
He goes to the refrigerator and pulls a crate out. He walks
over to the door that leads back into the house when...
JOSH hears another noise that makes him turn his back to the
door.
Something isn’t right about it.
He stops where he is and stands in silence.
He listens. Silence.
He turns for the door when...
GHOSTFACE LUNGES knife in the air and forces the blade down
into JOSH’S neck.
JOSH drops the crate of beer, it lands on the floor with a
CRASH.
GHOSTFACE pulls his knife from JOSH’S neck and plunges it
back again. The brutality is shocking. JOSH gurgles for
breath but can’t get any. GHOSTFACE hacks at his neck. The
violence is shockingly gruesome. GHOSTFACE repeatedly stabs
at JOSH’S neck until he’s almost decapitated. Blood
(CONTINUED)

15. CONTINUED: 14.
splatters the walls and floor. JOSH’S head lops, almost like
its hanging by a thread. GHOSTFACE pushes him aside like a
rag doll. He falls to the floor heavily. His head sagging
pathetically, barely any skin connecting the head to his
lifeless body.
CUT TO
INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME
KEVIN is still watching ’HALLOWEEN’ on the sofa. The volume
is high and he’s engrossed.
GHOSTFACE is in the kitchen directly behind him.
He turns off the kitchen light and darkness swallows him.
KEVIN see’s the light go out in the reflection of the TV. He
sits up and looks over his shoulder. He smiles to himself as
he gets up.
KEVIN
Nice one. Why didn’t I think of
that? Disappear to get the drink
and what, try for a cheap scare? I
know its Halloween, but come on
Josh, you can’t get me that easy.
KEVIN’S cell starts to ring. The caller ID says ’UNKNOWN’ He
smiles again.
KEVIN
Hello?
MAN’S VOICE
Hello Kevin.
A grin spreads across KEVIN’S handsome face.
KEVIN
Hey. Who is this?
MAN’S VOICE
Who do you think?
KEVIN
(playing along)
I don’t know. You phoned me.
KEVIN moves to the doorway leading into the living room and
out into the FOYER. Its dark, but he doesn’t put a light on.
He’s looking around trying to find JOSH.
(CONTINUED)

16. CONTINUED: 15.
MAN’S VOICE
So I did.
KEVIN
Is there anything I can help you
with?
MAN’S VOICE
You know what, I think there is.
KEVIN
Oh yeah?
MAN’S VOICE
Yeah.
The line goes quiet.
KEVIN
Hello?
MAN’S VOICE
Oh I’m sorry. I love this part.
KEVIN
(slightly confused))
Ah what?
MAN’S VOICE
Of the movie. I love this part of
the movie.
KEVIN
What movie?
MAN’S VOICE
Halloween. Nothing like a good
classic on a night like tonight.
KEVIN spins round. ’HALLOWEEN’ is still playing on the TV.
The volume is turned down. KEVIN walks slowly into the
living room, looking around, JOSH has to be here somewhere.
KEVIN
What did you say?
MAN’S VOICE
Halloween. A classic.
KEVIN
How did you know I was watching
Halloween?
(CONTINUED)

17. CONTINUED: 16.
MAN’S VOICE
I told you. I’m in the house.
KEVIN walks to the patio doors. He looks out onto the
grounds surrounding his house. Bushes are swaying in the
cold autumn breeze.
KEVIN
Nice try Josh. Hurry the fuck up
with the beer. My liver thinks I’m
dead.
KEVIN hangs the phone up and sits back down on the sofa.
His iPhone vibrates. His screen reads, ’MULTIMEDIA SMS’
He opens the image and its a picture of JOSH. Very much
dead. His guts gushing from his stomach. His decapitated
head placed in his arms almost like the HEADLESS HORSEMAN
He dials JOSH’S number in his cell. Its starts ringing. The
call connects.
KEVIN
OK, jokes over.
MAN’S VOICE
I’m sorry Kevin, Josh can’t come to
the phone right now. His head’s all
over the place.
Shock flits across his face. He sits up. The caller has his
attention.
KEVIN
Who is this?
MAN’S VOICE
Who would you like it to be?
KEVIN stands up and walks to the window. He peers out of it.
The place is deserted.
KEVIN
Listen man, I’m not up for STAB
shit tonight okay. Besides, isn’t
it the dumb chick that gets the
call? That’s how it works right?
Some stupid bimbo, parents away,
home alone, gets a call, it gets
her killed, end of. For a Stab
fanatic, your piss poor. You need
to up your game.
(CONTINUED)

18. CONTINUED: 17.
KEVIN walks into the dark kitchen and sees a large knife on
the side. He picks it up. Better to be armed that not.
MAN’S VOICE
Some traditions are suppose to be
broken. Its the only to make way
for new ones. This is a whole new
movie Kevin. Your about to make
horror movie history.
KEVIN
Who the fuck is this? What do you
want?
MAN’S VOICE
That’s not the question you need to
be asking me Kevin.
KEVIN
What question should I be asking?
MAN’S VOICE
Where am I?
KEVIN
Where are you?
MAN’S VOICE
Uh huh.
KEVIN
So where are you?
MAN’S VOICE
Right behind you.
(BEAT)
MAN’S VOICE
Don’t turn around. If you turn
around now I’m gonna cut off your
head off and kick it around like a
football.And trust me when I say
this Kevin, I’m a man of my word.
KEVIN becomes still. He’s terrified. Beyond anything he’s
still hoping its a prank.
KEVIN twitches his head slightly but.
MAN’S VOICE
Don’t do it Kevin. This must be
hard for you huh? The urge to do
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)

19. CONTINUED: 18.
MAN’S VOICE (cont’d)
something, when your told not to
can be almost too much.
KEVIN
WHO THE FUCK IS THIS! LEAVE ME
ALONE!
MAN’S VOICE
I wanna play a game.
KEVIN
A game?
MAN’S VOICE
Yeah. Here are the rules. You turn
around, you die. You stay where you
are, I’ll turn around and walk
right out of the front door, I
promise.
KEVIN
Why the fuck are you doing this?
MAN’S VOICE
Its Halloween Kevin. I’m just
having a little fun.
KEVIN
(bravely)
There’s just one problem with your
little game.
MAN’S VOICE
Oh really. What?
KEVIN
Your standing behind me yeah?
MAN’S VOICE
Uh huh.
KEVIN
Right behind me?
MAN’S VOICE
Yes.
KEVIN
Then I have a question for you Mr
Ghostface.
(CONTINUED)

20. CONTINUED: 19.
MAN’S VOICE
I’m all ears.
KEVIN
Why can’t I hear you? If your right
behind me like you say you are, why
can’t I hear you huh?
Silence. Then
Suddenly.
GIRLS VOICE
(Out of shot)
Hey.
A hand touches his shoulder. KEVIN hurtles around screaming,
knife clenched in his hand and plunges it into flesh.
In horror, he realizes its GENNA. 17. Long brown hair,
pretty face. In the wrong place at the wrong time.
KEVIN
(in blind shock)
Oh my god!
GENNA looks at him. Her wide eyes fill with tears.
She struggles to draw breath as KEVIN pulls the knife from
the gushing wound in her neck. She falls to the floor.
KEVIN
(in a hushed whisper)
I’m so sorry.
She writhes for a few seconds then moves no more.
He falls to the floor at her side, in mind numbing shock. He
fumbles to find a pulse, but he knows its too late.
KEVIN
I’m sorry.
Then GHOSTFACE enters the room
KEVIN see’s him and scarpers, but GHOSTFACE grabs him. KEVIN
struggles with the raised arm holding the razor sharp
hunting knife. KEVIN musters the strength and pushes
GHOSTFACE into the patio doors. With a CRASH GHOSTFACE
vanishes through a shower of broken glass. KEVIN notices the
knife on the floor. He grabs it and runs out of the living
room.

21. 20.
INT. FOYER.SAME
KEVIN slips inside the door to the drawing room.
INT. DRAWING ROOM SAME
He hurries over to the patio doors that line the walls. He
slides it open and slips out, being as quiet as he can.
CUT TO.
INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME
GHOSTFACE re-emerges through the broken door and looks
around for his knife. Its not there, but GHOSTFACE
improvises. An axe lies beside a majestic fireplace. He
picks it up and holds it to his face. He cocks his head then
disappears out of shot.
CUT TO.
EXT. KEVIN’S HOUSE. SAME.
KEVIN is out of the house, but that isn’t stifling the fear
infecting him. He’s in a blind panic. He’s breathing
erratically. He holds the knife to his chest with bloody
hands and peers inside the house. There’s no sign of the
killer.
He decides he has to move. He can’t stay where he is. He
crouches below the see through wall of glass and crawls
along, coming to a halt to peer inside.
Its clear. He stands and makes a run for it. He’s slightly
relieved at his getaway.
Then.
An axe flies from no where and strikes his leg. He crumples
screaming in agony. He looks down.
The axe is wedged in his tibia. Its oozing with blood. He
tries to unwedge it but...
GHOSTFACE emerges from the house and walks casually across
the lawn in KEVIN’S direction.
KEVIN
FUCK OFF ASSHOLE!
(CONTINUED)

22. CONTINUED: 21.
GHOSTFACE strides to him. He grabs the handle of the axe and
pulls it out with a sickening crunch, with no pity for the
pain he causes. He raises the axe and swings it down into
KEVIN’S side.
KEVIN howls in excruciating pain. It echoes into the
deserted distance.
GHOSTFACE pulls the axe out of KEVIN’S now gushing body and
moves to KEVIN’S side and stares down at him.
KEVIN looks into the ghost white mask, somewhat defiantly.
KEVIN
FUCK THIS STAB SHIT!
GHOSTFACE raises the axe and hurtles it down on KEVIN’S
neck.
CUT TO.
TITLE CARD: SCREAM 5