Caydem Falls: The Series

Caydem Falls 1x04 "Evacuation Procedures"

2009-06-30T15:08:00.001-06:00

With the announcement of the Evacuation Procedures, the Walker family learns that they've still got some waiting to do. This gives the family plenty of time to reconnect. For better or worse. Meanwhile Justin's hellish journey runs into even more setbacks.

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Caydem Falls 1x03 "Ten After Six"

2009-06-26T16:49:00.002-06:00

Karl and Ben find themselves at the mercy of Vince with time running out before the campus is put on lock down. Mark and Curtis attempt to escape their predicament at the Gas Station and make it home safely.

Amy makes her final stand at the Retirement Community with special guests Neal McDonough and Jessica Biel.

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Caydem Falls 1x02 "Locked Down"

2009-06-17T11:25:00.002-06:00

Mark and Curtis begin looking for Justin while Karl's plan to leave campus before the lock down comes into serious jeopardy.
Amy and her new ally find surviving in a Zombie infested Retirement Community to be quite difficult.

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Caydem Falls: 1x01 The Pilot

2009-02-19T19:53:00.004-06:00

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A suburban family struggles to come together as a mysterious disease that's turning normal folks into flesh eating zombies barrels down on their community.

Chapter 4: BENJAMIN CROWE - part 8

2008-02-28T22:10:00.003-06:00

INT. LIQUOR STORE - EVENING

Ben is inspecting the windows when Dave comes in and stands
beside him.

BENJAMIN CROWE
You don't have some kind of gate or
something to cover these when you
close?

DAVE
No need.
(knocks on the window)
Bullet proof glass. Had it
installed last summer.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Okay.
(he hesitates)
I'll be right back.

Ben makes for the door.

DAVE
Where the hell you going?

BENJAMIN CROWE
We can't just leave that kid out
there.

DAVE
You mean Steve?

Ben gives him a blank stare.

DAVE
The kid that just crashed your
vehicle into a light post while
trying to steal it?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Yeah, him.

Ben exits the liquor store.

EXT. DESERTED MAIN STREET - EVENING

Ben walks briskly down the street as Dave struggles to catch
up.

DAVE
You're better off leaving the punk
to rot, if ya ask me.

BENJAMIN CROWE
I'm not gonna leave him out here to
die just cause he tried to steal my
car.

DAVE
You car? Do you know how much money
that little shit and his friends
have cost me over the years? Shit,
they're the reason I had to install
the bullet proof glass.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Well, I can carry him myself if you
wanna head back to the store.

The two come upon the overturned SUV to find Steve is still
unconscious when Ben and Dave arrive at the truck. Ben
crouches down to check Steve's pulse.

DAVE (O.C.)
I don't think you get what I'm
sayin'.

Ben looks up to see that Dave has a gun pointed at his
forehead.

DAVE (cont'd)
The boy ain't welcome in my store.

Ben puts his hands in the air to signal his surrender.

Chapter 4: BENJAMIN CROWE - part 7

2007-11-27T17:06:00.000-06:00

EXT. DESERTED MAIN STREET - CONTINUOUS

Ben rushes to the SUV with Dave right behind him.

DAVE
What the hell happened?

BENJAMIN CROWE
I came to see if you guys needed
help and she just took off.

Ben gets to the vehicle to see a kid a couple years younger
than him sitting unconscious in the driver's seat. The kid,
STEVE, is fully decked out in G-Unit clothing from head to
toe.

Ben pulls him out of the car and slams him down hard on the
street before heading around to the other side where Sarah
lies unconscious as well, bleeding from her forehead.

Dave kicks away at Steve's mid-section a few times in
frustration.

DAVE
You fucking punk piece of shit!

Dave finally lets up, goes around to the front of the SUV and
lifts the hood, releasing a big cloud of smoke.

INT. GORDON CROWES' TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

Ben is trying to revive Sarah with no luck when Dave sticks
his head in the driver's door.

DAVE
This thing ain't going no where,
man.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Damnit!
(he pauses for a second)
How safe is your store?

DAVE
It's pretty safe, I guess, but we
can't stay here. I've gotta get my
wife to a hospital.

BENJAMIN CROWE
If we had a working vehicle I'd
agree with you, but I gotta get her
out of the street.

Ben begins to unbuckle Sarah when he spots two zombies about
three blocks down the road.

DAVE
I don't think you're supposed to
move somebody that's been in an
accident.

BENJAMIN CROWE
I'll take the chance.

INT. LIQUOR STORE - EVENING

Dave holds the door open as Ben rushes through it with Sarah
in his arms and lays her down on the counter near the
register.

The liquor store is dark. The only light sources are the
emergency lights above the exits, a few candles and what
little sun can get through the ad covered windows.

The shelves are mostly empty and broken glass has been swept
up into the corners.

The pregnant woman, MICHAELA, is huddled on the floor with
her 6 year old daughter, SOPHIA, until she sees that Sarah is
hurt and rushes to help. Sophia trails closely behind her
mother.

Michaela speaks with a slight Irish accent.

MICHAELA
What's wrong with her?
DAVE
She was in a car accident. Hurt her
head and God knows what else.

Michaela checks Sarah's pulse and pupils before looking for
any serious injuries.

MICHAELA
I think she's okay, she just needs
rest. I'll go get some bandages and
get this wound cleaned up.
(to Sophia)
Stay with your father for a minute.

DAVE
(to Ben)
That's my wife Michaela.
(brief pause)
I don't believe I ever got your
name, though.

BENJAMIN CROWE
It's Ben.

DAVE
Well, Ben, it's a pleasure to meet
you. My name's Dave.

The two shake hands before Dave bends over and picks up
Sophia.

DAVE
And this little angel is our
daughter, Sophia.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Hello, there.

Sophia hides her head in her Dad's shoulder as Michaela
hurries back into the room with a wet cloth and some
bandages.

Michaela has a bloody bandage wrapped around her right hand a
but Ben is too focused on Sarah to notice.

COMMENTARY: I think I've got the formatting issues down now, so the blog should look okay in both internet explorer and Firefox. I've just got to go back and re-do Chapter 3 and everyone thing should be compatible on both browsers. I don't know if you've noticed but I've been writing these a bit faster and not doing any re-reading or re-writing so there's probly more than a few typos here and there. I'll go back over them this weekend or something I guess. Expect the next part to be up tomorrow.

Chapter 4: BENJAMIN CROWE - part 6

2007-11-22T12:38:00.000-06:00

INT. GORDON CROWES' TRUCK - EVENING

SUPERIMPOSE: 20 Minutes Later

Ben and Sarah drive down a mostly deserted road as a generic
pre-recorded message plays on the radio.

RADIO DJ
...that the first reported cases of
the "disease", as officials are
calling it, were from Hayward Area
Memorial Hospital in Sawyer County,
Wisconsin around twelve hours ago.
Medical officials are calling it
the most aggressive and contagious
virus they've ever seen and are
urging government officials to begin
treating it as a the outbreak as a
pandemic.

SARAH HAWKINS
I can't listen to this again.

Sarah turns the volume knob down on the radio in frustration.

SARAH HAWKINS
So what are we going to do?

BENJAMIN CROWE
I don't know, your Dad didn't
really give me much to go on. All
he said was to take care of you.

SARAH HAWKINS
Great.

BENJAMIN CROWE
We're just about into town, we'll
stop and see if anybody knows
what's going on.

EXT. DESERTED MAIN STREET - LATER

The town looks almost as if a tornado has ripped through it.
Cars are left crashed into each other, store windows have been
busted out and there are no signs of life.

INT. GORDON CROWES' TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

SARAH HAWKINS
Jesus Christ.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Looks like everyone's already left.

Before Sarah can even respond there's a sudden pounding on
the driver's side of the car and Ben slams on the breaks to
see a man in his late forties frantically trying to get his
attention.

DAVE
(muffled by the glass)
Please, you gotta help us, please!

Ben begins to roll down his window.

SARAH HAWKINS
What the hell are you doing?

BENJAMIN CROWE
He needs help.

SARAH HAWKINS
But, what if he's one of them?

BENJAMIN CROWE
He's talking.

Ben continues to roll the window down.

DAVE
Oh thank god! You've gotta help us
my wife is pregnant and needs to
get to a hospital.

Dave points to a very pregnant redhead in her mid twenties
standing in the entrance of a liquor store with a small child
beside her across the street and a few buildings back.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Sure, get in but we've gotta be
quick.

DAVE
Oh God, thank you! Thank you so
much! Just give me two minutes
I've got some supplies in the store
too.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Okay just be quick about it.

SARAH HAWKINS
What the hell are you doing?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Well, we can't just leave them here
to die. Besides, they probly know
this area a whole lot better than
we do and we've got plenty of room.

SARAH HAWKINS
Whatever.

BENJAMIN CROWE
I'm gonna go see if I can help them
speed this up.

SARAH HAWKINS
You can't just leave me here alone!

BENJAMIN CROWE
I'll just be across the street.
Honk if you need me.

EXT. DESERTED MAIN STREET - CONTINUOUS
Ben gets across the street and reaches for the door's handle
when he hears the SUV's engine rev and the tires squeal. He
turns to see the vehicle peeling off down the road.

BENJAMIN CROWE
What the fuck are you doing?!

The car gets to an intersection and suddenly darts to the
left and into a light pole where it remains motionless.

COMMENTARY: I know it's been a long time, sorry for that. Been working a real job again lately and that's motivated me to focus more attention on my full length project. Anyway, I'll probly be adding another piece tonight or tomorrow and I'm gonna try to stay on a more regular schedule again for awhile. Also, I've been using Firefox lately and have noticed that it completely screws up the formating and even cuts off sentences. Maybe it's just on my machine though as I haven't recieved any complaints. Either way I think I've got it figured out it's just gonna take a while to go back and reformat all the old posts. Should make for a fun Holiday weekend. Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving.

Chapter 4: BENJAMIN CROWE - part 5

2007-09-24T01:03:00.000-06:00

INT. JIM HAWKINS' CABIN BASEMENT - CONTINUOUS

Sarah hears footsteps coming down the steps and rushes to see
who it is. She's a little disappointed when she sees it's
Ben.

SARAH HAWKINS
What happened? Are our Dads still
here?

BENJAMIN CROWE
They're both dead.

Sarah spots the gun in his right hand and the splattered
blood on his shirt and takes a step back as Kyle gets off the
couch.

SARAH HAWKINS
What did you do?

Ben raises the pistol and pulls the trigger. Sarah lets out
an ear piercing scream as Kyle falls to floor behind her.

She turns to see her dead brother at her feet and screams
even louder.

SARAH HAWKINS
What did you do!?

BENJAMIN CROWE
We have to get out of here.

SARAH HAWKINS
You killed him!

BENJAMIN CROWE
He was already dead. He was trying
to attack you and if he-

SARAH HAWKINS
How could he try to attack me if he
was dead?

BENJAMIN CROWE
I don't know, your Dad just
explained it to me, sort of, and I
swear I'll do my best to explain it
to you once we hit the road, but we
have to leave now.

SARAH HAWKINS
You talked to my Dad? Where is he?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Upstairs, but he's dead.

Sarah bolts past Ben up the stairs and he quickly turns and
chases her up.

INT. JIM HAWKINS' CABIN - CONTINUOUS

Sarah stops dead in her tracks when she see the five dead
bodies on the floor upstairs. She spots her Dad last.

SARAH HAWKINS
What, what happened?

BENJAMIN CROWE
We don't have time for this.

SARAH HAWKINS
We don't have time for it? You just
killed my fucking family!

BENJAMIN CROWE
Actually your Dad killed himself
and Kyle was already dead when I
shot him.

SARAH HAWKINS
Have you gone completely mental?

BENJAMIN CROWE
I swear to god he was. I think
something really fucked up is
happening here and I swear I'll try
my best to explain it to you as
soon as we get on the road.

SARAH HAWKINS
Why are you in such a hurry to
leave?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Because that thing that tried to
eat Kyle's foot has friends and
they're all here.

SARAH HAWKINS
What?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Come take a look.

Sarah gets up from the floor and joins Ben at the window to
see around twenty zombies slowly making their way out of the
lake.

SARAH HAWKINS
Oh my god!
BENJAMIN CROWE
We've gotta go, now!

Ben grabs Sarah by the hand and leads her out the door and to
the driveway.

EXT. JIM HAWKINS' CABIN - CONTINUOUS

BENJAMIN CROWE
We'll take my Dad's truck.

Ben and Sarah stop dead in their tracks in front of the truck
as a zombie stumbles around the back of it on the driver's
side. Sarah screams.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Get in quick.

Ben pushes the unlock button on the key chain as Sarah makes
her way to the passenger side door and gets in.

Ben keeps his gun trained on the zombie's head as it stumbles
closer and he slowly approaches the truck's door.

He reaches and opens the truck's door before firing a single
shot through the zombie's forehead.

The zombie falls lifeless to the ground with a thud as Ben
climbs into the truck.

INT. GORDON CROWES' TRUCK - CONTINUOUS

BENJAMIN CROWE
Holy shit!

The zombies from the lake are now stumbling around the house
towards the driveway as even more continue to parade out of
the lake.

SARAH HAWKINS
What the fuck is going on?

Chapter 4: BENJAMIN CROWE - part 4

2007-09-13T12:11:00.000-06:00

EXT. KROON LAKE - CONTINUOUS

Kyle is about five feet from the boat when the rope slips
from Ben's hand as the zombie pulls it under.

The zombie's force is enough to pull the raft close enough
that Ben can reach it and pull him onto the boat but the
zombie grabs Kyle's leg at the last minute and pulls it
under.

Ben loses his grip for a second but manages to pull Kyle free
and into the boat.

SARAH HAWKINS
Oh my god!

Kyle is now missing a large chunk of his foot and blood is
pouring out of it.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Holy shit! Give me your towel.

Sarah takes off the towel and hands it to Ben who wraps it
around Kyle's foot.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Alright, now hold this, I'm gonna
get us out of here.
(to Kyle)
You're gonna be fine, okay?

Ben doesn't even give Kyle time to respond, he just rushes to
the captain's chair and starting up the engine.

He pulls out the cell phone his Dad gave him earlier only to
find it's not getting a signal.

EXT. JIM HAWKINS' CABIN - EVENING

Ben is racing up the yard towards the house with Kyle in his
arms and Sarah right behind him.

INT. JIM HAWKINS' CABIN BASEMENT - CONTINUOUS

They enter through the sliding glass door that leads to the
cabin's basement to find blood smeared all over the floor
leading up the stairs.

BENJAMIN CROWE
What the fuck?

SARAH HAWKINS
What happened here?

BENJAMIN CROWE
I don't know, I'm gonna go find our
Dads. Is there a phone down here?

Ben sets Kyle on a couch before following the trail of blood
to the stair case.

INT. JIM HAWKINS' CABIN - CONTINUOUS

Ben makes his way up the stairs with caution trying to avoid
the bloody foot prints he's following.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Dad? Jim? You guys up here?

Ben reaches the top of the stairs where he sees three bodies
dead and bloody on the floor. Two of them are rotted just
like the one in the lake, but the third is Gordon.

Ben's in shock, staring down at his father's body when he
hears a gurgled cough in the distance and spots Jim sitting
on the floor with his back against the wall.

Ben moves closer and sees that Jim's covering up a severe
gash in his neck with his left hand and holding a pistol in
the right.

BENJAMIN CROWE
What the hell happened here?

Jim has a hard time talking.

JIM HAWKINS
Where's my kids?

BENJAMIN CROWE
They're downstairs, but we need to
get Kyle to a hospital.

JIM HAWKINS
Why?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Something pulled him under water,
took a chunk out of his foot.

JIM HAWKINS
Something? Was it a person?

BENJAMIN CROWE
This is gonna sound crazy but I
think it was a-

JIM HAWKINS
A dead person?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Yeah, how'd you know that?

JIM HAWKINS
Damn it! We didn't think they'd get
this far so fast. Thought it would
be safe here.

BENJAMIN CROWE
What are you talking about?

JIM HAWKINS
You have to kill him.

BENJAMIN CROWE
What?

JIM HAWKINS
Me too. We've both been bitten.
That's how it works. It's how we
become them.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Jim, you're not making any sense.
It's how what works? What are they?

JIM HAWKINS
I don't know what they are. All I
know is this bite,
(pulls his hand from his
neck to show the wound)
Is going to kill me and make me
just like the mother fucker who
gave it to me. Just like the mother
fucker who killed your Dad and my
son.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Sarah's calling 911 right now, just
wait for the medics to show up,
they've gotta be able to do
something.

JIM HAWKINS
Even if they could get here in time
they can't stop this.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Well, I'm not gonna just let you
die.

Jim just smiles back at Ben with tears starting to form in
his eyes.

JIM HAWKINS
That sounds like something your Dad
would say.
(Jim leans in close to
Ben's ear)
Take care of my Daughter.

Jim puts the gun to his temple and pulls the trigger before
Ben can respond.

Blood splatters all over Ben's face as he kneels frozen in
place in front of the now dead Jim Hawkins.

INT. JIM HAWKINS' CABIN BASEMENT - EVENING

Sarah is still sitting beside Kyle and crying with a cordless
phone pressed to her ear but all she's getting is a busy
signal.

SARAH HAWKINS
Come on, come on!

A single gunshot rings out from up stairs, prompting her to
get up and move slowly towards the staircase as Kyle sits up
on the couch behind her.

Chapter 4: BENJAMIN CROWE - part 3

2007-09-11T14:44:00.000-06:00

EXT. KROON LAKE - AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER

Josh is still on his little raft but now he's playing Ben's
PSP with a half eaten sandwich on his lap.

Ben and Sarah (now wrapped in a towel) are at the back of the
pontoon now sitting at a small oval table in the corner
laughing and having a good time.

A quarter is spinning on the table and Sarah flicks it to
keep it spinning.

Ben attempts to do the same thing but sends the quarter
flying across the boat.

SARAH HAWKINS
Wow, four in a row. You really suck
at this.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Thanks.

SARAH HAWKINS
That's the last beer too, looks
like it's just about time to crack
open that vodka.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Why do I get the feeling you've
done this a few times?

SARAH HAWKINS
Of course I have. I am in college
now after all.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Oh, so I'm being hustled?

SARAH HAWKINS
Damn straight. Now stop whining and
start drinking.

Ben shotguns the beer while Sarah looks for the quarter.

She comes back as Ben is tossing the empty into the cooler
with the other ones.

SARAH HAWKINS
I'll tell you what. I'll do two
shots just to make things fair.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Hey, I don't need your charity,
besides, when I make a comeback and
beat you I want it to be a clean
victory.

SARAH HAWKINS
Well first of all, you're not gonna
beat me. You couldn't even hit it
sober and now you've got a pretty
decent buzz going. A couple shots
and you're as good as done. And
secondly I wanna get drunk and
that's just not gonna happen
playing by the rules.

Sarah sets up the two shot glasses, fills them both, and
downs them without hesitation.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Ya know, I never would have thought
of you as a party girl.

SARAH HAWKINS
Why not?

BENJAMIN CROWE
I don't know. I guess if I didn't
know you I'd probly think
different. I mean, pretty, young,
blonde college girls, that's pretty
much all they do, right?

SARAH HAWKINS
When we're not sleeping with our
professors to get good grades.
(they both laugh a little)
You really think I'm pretty?

Ben turns beet red and Sarah just laughs at him as she sets
the quarter up again.

SARAH HAWKINS
Ready?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Go for it.

Sarah starts the quarter spinning only to have Ben flick it
off the table again.

BENJAMIN CROWE
God damn it!

SARAH HAWKINS
(through laughter)
Wow, you really are pathetic.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Yes I am.

Sarah opens the vodka bottle again and sets up two shots.

SARAH HAWKINS
Here we go.

They both down their shots when a loud thud emanates from the
front of the boat.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Did we just hit something?

SARAH HAWKINS
We're not moving.

Ben gets up to investigate and finds an over turned paddle
boat alongside the pontoon.

BENJAMIN CROWE
What the fuck?

SARAH HAWKINS
(pouring herself another
shot)
What is it?

BENJAMIN CROWE
A paddle boat.

She downs her shot.

SARAH HAWKINS
Is it empty?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Yeah, it's upsidedown.

Ben reaches out for the paddle boat when suddenly a hand
reaches back from the lake and grabs him by the wrist, nearly
pulling him over the side.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Holy shit!

SARAH HAWKINS
(full of sarcasm)
Ha, ha, ha, very funny.

BENJAMIN CROWE
There's someone underneath it!

Sarah gets up and heads over to Ben as he tries to pull the
person out of the water.

SARAH HAWKINS
Holy Shit!

Sarah reaches over and grabs the person's arm and helps Ben
pull.

They both pull hard until the person's head is above water
revealing it to be a partially rotted and disfigured Zombie.

The Zombie pulls itself up trying to get it's mouth around
Ben and Sarah's hands.

They both scream and step back as they release the zombie's
arms.

SARAH HAWKINS
Was that a dead body?

BENJAMIN CROWE
It couldn't have been, it was
moving.

SARAH HAWKINS
Well than what the hell was it?

BENJAMIN CROWE
I'm more worried about where it
went. I think it might be under the
boat but I can't tell.

Ben and Sarah turn to Kyle who's completely oblivious to what
just happened.

BENJAMIN CROWE
We should probly pull him in and
head back to the cabin.

SARAH HAWKINS
Yeah.

Ben heads to the back and starts pulling Kyle towards the
boat.

KYLE HAWKINS
What's going on?

BENJAMIN CROWE
We're gonna head back in.

KYLE HAWKINS
But I like it out here.

BENJAMIN CROWE
I know, but it's getting dark and
our Dads will probly have dinner
ready soon.

Kyle is clearly disappointed.

BENJAMIN CROWE (cont'd)
We'll come back out tomorrow.

Before Kyle can respond a decayed hand reaches out of the
water and grabs the rope.

Chapter 4: BENJAMIN CROWE - part 2

2007-09-07T00:41:00.000-06:00

EXT. KROON LAKE - DAY

Sarah is sprawled out on the pontoon boat's deck while Ben
has his feet up on the bench seat with his baseball cap
pulled down over his face.

Josh is fishing from a small inflatable raft attached to a
ten foot rope at the back of the boat.

SARAH HAWKINS
So is your Dad always like that?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Like what?

SARAH HAWKINS
I don't know, like, so paranoid and
whatever. That whole thing with the
cell phone before we left was kinda
weird.

Ben puts his hat back on the top of his head and sits up
straighter.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Yeah, it was wasn't it? I don't
know, I guess he's been kinda weird
ever since he told me I had to come
up here.

SARAH HAWKINS
Had to come up here? What is this
some kind punishment?

BENJAMIN CROWE
I guess so.

SARAH HAWKINS
That's harsh. What'd you do?

BENJAMIN CROWE
A lot.

Ben spots the cooler and gets excited when he remembers Jim's
wink at the dock.

He pulls it closer to him and rips it open before digging
through the ice.

SARAH HAWKINS
Jesus, hungry much?

BENJAMIN CROWE
I think your Dad put beer in here.

SARAH HAWKINS
Seriously?

BENJAMIN CROWE
I knew it.

Ben holds up a beer.

SARAH HAWKINS
Are there more?

Ben digs through the ice again and pulls his hand back out
disappointed.

SARAH HAWKINS (cont'd)
What, that's it?

BENJAMIN CROWE
There's three more.

SARAH HAWKINS
He gave us four beers? What are we
supposed to do with that?

BENJAMIN CROWE
You want one? Maybe if we drink'em
really, really fast we'll get a
mild buzz.

SARAH HAWKINS
I got a better idea.

Sarah gets up from and makes her way to the bench seat across
from Ben.

Sarah pulls out a bottle of vodka and two shot glasses.

BENJAMIN CROWE
This weekend might not be so bad
after all.

COMMENTARY: It was kinda weird I sat down at the computer with no real drive to write anything and just sort of hammered this out pretty quickly. I got through most of part three as well so expect that over the weekend. I kinda feel like I haven't really been fleshing my characters out as well as I could be and hopefully this will be the chapter that I change that. Oh yeah, do me a favor and click here to vote for my blog on the World's Best Zombie Sites List.

Chapter 4: BENJAMIN CROWE - part 1

2007-09-02T23:05:00.000-06:00

INT. GORDON CROWES' TRUCK - AFTERNOON

SUPERIMPOSE: CHISAGO, MN

18 year old BENJAMIN CROWE, sits in the passenger seat
playing a PSP while his father GORDON drives the truck.

Ben rapidly press some buttons before turning the PSP off in
frustration.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Ya know, I get that you and Jim
used to be partners and you don't
get to see each other that much
since you retired. But, why does
that mean I have to be dragged into
it too? I mean, what am I supposed
to do, hang out with Sarah all
weekend?

GORDON CROWE
You know damn well I'm not gonna
leave you home alone after the
stunt you pulled at graduation, and
what's so wrong with Sarah? You two
used to be best friends.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Yeah, until she hit puberty, grew
tits and became a total bitch.

GORDON CROWE
Hey, watch the language! And...
she's not that bad.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Maybe not to you.

GORDON CROWE
Well, nobody said you had to hang
out with her. Just do what you do
at home. Just sit in front of the
TV all day.

EXT. JIM HAWKINS' CABIN - AFTERNOON

The truck pulls to a stop and the two get out and instantly
begin stretching their legs.

A few seconds later JIM HAWKINS comes bursting out of the
cabin with a huge smile on his face and three bottles of beer
in his hands.

JIM HAWKINS
I was starting to think you boys
got lost or something!

GORDON CROWE
Nah, just got a late start is all.

Jim and Gordon embrace in a hug.

JIM HAWKINS
Damn is it good to see you again!

GORDON CROWE
It's been too long, hasn't it?

JIM HAWKINS
Damn right it has.
(he finally notices Ben)
Damn kid, the last time I saw you,
you weren't more than just skin and
bones. What the hell kinda steroids
you been taking? I wanna get Kyle
on'em while he's still young.

BENJAMIN CROWE
My baseball coach had me on this
weight gaining diet thing all last
summer.

GORDON CROWE
(beaming with pride)
Put on forty-five pounds.

JIM HAWKINS
Well shit I'll drink to that.

Jim hands Gordon and Ben each a beer, but Gordon quickly
snatches Ben's away from him.

GORDON CROWE
(to Jim)
What are you doing, he's only
eighteen?

Jim laughs until he realizes that Gordon's being serious.

JIM HAWKINS
Oh come on Gordy, when we were his
age we were doing things a whole
lot worse than drinking one beer,
besides he isn't even half as wild
as we were in our day.

GORDON CROWE
(handing the beer to Ben)
I guess one beer isn't gonna hurt
anything.

Ben opens the beer and takes a drink with a smile as Jim
gives him a wink.

JIM HAWKINS
(to Ben)
The kids are out on the dock. Why
don't you go on back and say hello?

EXT. JIM HAWKINS' CABIN DOCK - AFTERNOON

Ben gets to the end of the dock to find 19 year old SARAH
HAWKINS layed out on her stomach in a skimpy blue and white
bikini while her 10 year old brother KYLE casts his fishing
reel.

Sarah feels the dock shaking and wakes up as Ben gets closer.
She sees who it is and lets out a disappointed sigh.

SARAH HAWKINS
Damn, when you guys didn't show up
yesterday I started thinking you
weren't gonna come at all.

Ben just ignores her.

BENJAMIN CROWE
(to Kyle)
Hey, little man, how's it going?

Kyle is excited to see Ben.

KYLE HAWKINS
Hey, Ben. Are we going now?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Going where?

SARAH HAWKINS
Our Dad promised him you'd take us
out on the boat so he can fish.

Sarah gets up and tosses her towel in the boat.

BENJAMIN CROWE
Since when do you fish?

Sarah looks at Ben with the utmost disgust as if what she's
about to say is common knowledge.

SARAH HAWKINS
I don't, but all the trees make it
impossible to get a decent tan.

Ben is about to respond when the dock starts shaking.

He turns to see Jim carrying a cooler with Gordon right
behind him carrying life jackets.

JIM HAWKINS
You kids just about ready to ship
off?

BENJAMIN CROWE
Uh, yeah, I guess.

JIM HAWKINS
Good, good I packed you guys a
little cooler in case you get
hungry, or thirsty.

Jim gives Ben a little wink that Gordon doesn't catch before
lifting the cooler into the back of the boat.

GORDON CROWE
(while handing Ben a cell
phone)
You be careful out there and call
us if anything happens.

BENJAMIN CROWE
(slightly confused)
What could happen?

GORDON CROWE
I don't know, anything. It's just
in case.

Ben climbs into the boat shaking his head in confusion.

JIM HAWKINS
Looks like you kids are good to go.

Ben starts up the boat's engine as Jim and Gordon head back
for the cabin.

Ben pulls the boat away from the dock and out into the open
water passing two YOUNG GIRLS in a paddle boat.

When the paddle boat is behind them we see it start to shake
and tip before it completely flips over and the girls are
pulled under.

COMMENTARY: Well, that went on a bit longer than I had planned on but apart from some shitty dialogue I think it worked out okay. It's funny cause I started writing the "treatment" for this thing a while back but didn't notice all the "clever" name homages until I started turning it into screenplay form. I'm not gonna point them all out cause I feel stupid for putting that many in one chapter but feel free to point them out in the comments section.

Interlude #2: Carl Archuletta

2007-08-24T11:19:00.000-06:00

EXT. COPPICE CABANA APARTMENT COMPLEX - NIGHT

SUPER IMPOSE: SAWYER COUNTY, WI 6:11 a.m. JUNE 30th, 2007

We see an ESTABLISHING SHOT of the outside of a five story apartment building as a light in one of the building's windows flicks on and off.

An ELDERLY HOBO stumbles around outside the entrance as a twenty-something, DARREL, drunkenly stumbles his way down the sidewalk.

As Darrel gets closer the old man begins to approach him with his hands out but Darrel just swats him away and enters the building.

INT. MRS. MATHERSON'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

CARL ARCHULETA, the building's Manager, stands in the entrance of MRS. MATHERSON'S kitchen flipping the light switch on and off.

MRS. MATHERSON
You see what I mean, the way it
flickers so much before it comes
on?

Carl just rolls his eyes as he lets out a deep sigh.

CARL ARCHULETA
Mrs. M, I told you last night that
that's normal. You've got nothing
to worry about.

MRS. MATHERSON
Are you sure? I don't mean to be a
pest, it's just that I'm afraid
it's going to start some sort of an
electrical fire, or something.

CARL ARCHULETA
Mrs. M, I assure you that I would
never put you in harms way. You're
perfectly safe.

Carl pulls out his cell phone and flips it open.

CARL ARCHULETA (cont'd)
I gotta run, Mrs. M. Call me if you
need anything.

INT. APARTMENT HALLWAY - NIGHT

Carl shuts the door on Mrs. Matherson's apartment just in time to see Darrel coming out of the stairwell down the hall.

CARL ARCHULETA
You just getting in?

Darrel grins from ear to ear.

DARREL
Damn right.

CARL ARCHULETA
Shit, I wish I had your stamina.

DARREL
Yeah, but I'll probably end up
hittin' the bed and sleeping until
the sun goes back down.

CARL ARCHULETA
You wanna trade lives?

DALE COATES
Not a chance.

CARL ARCHULETA
Didn't think so.

They both chuckle a bit as they pass.

DARREL
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. That
homeless dude's out front again. He
was a bit more aggressive this
time. Pretty much attacked me for
my change.

CARL ARCHULETA
Fuck, this is turning out to be the
morning from hell.

DARREL
It's better that way.

CARL ARCHULETA
How's that?

DARREL
You get all the shit out of the way
early and you can just sit back and
enjoy the rest of the day.

CARL ARCHULETA
Yeah, I kinda doubt it.

INT. APARTMENT ENTRANCE - NIGHT

Carl gets to the front door to find the Elderly Hobo banging on the glass and rushes to open it.

CARL ARCHULETA
Hey man, what the fuck are you-

As soon as the door is open the Elderly Zombie lunges at Carl and takes a bite into his neck.

Carl backs away, stumbles back and falls to the floor holding his neck as the Elderly Hobo continues to approach him.

Carl starts to scramble away when a gun shot rings out and the hobo hits the ground.

Carl looks up to see a group of six men wearing riot gear file into the building.

RIOT COP #1
Damnit, did he bite you?

CARL ARCHULETA
What the fuck does it look like? He
damn near chewed off half my neck!

RIOT COP #1
Martin get over here with that
syringe! Somebody get that transfer
board in here, now!

MARTIN, the youngest looking of the riot cops, rushes over with a syringe ready, making Carl even more uncomfortable.

CARL ARCHULETA
What the fuck is that?

RIOT COP #1
It'll help slow down the infection.

Martin injects the fluid directly above the wound on Carl's neck.

MARTIN
We gotta get him back to H.Q. As
soon as possible.

Two more men in riot gear come running up carrying a transfer board and set it down next to Carl while Martin and Riot Cop #1 tip him over onto his side.

CARL ARCHULETA
What's going on? Why am I so dizzy?

They set Carl back down onto the transfer board and four men lift him up.

MARTIN
That's just a side effect of the
medicine we gave you Sir, you're
going to be fine.

Carl slips out of consciousness as the Riot Police carry him out of the building.

THE END

COMMENTARY: Well there it, my second interlude. I gotta say I'm really happy about the way this turned out. So far I'd say it's my favorite piece, although I am pretty excited about the next few chapters. I haven't even begun scripting Chapter 4 yet so I can't give you an exact date as to when I'll get part one posted but I've got the first nine parts mapped out in my notebook so it shouldn't take too long. I should have the new Table of Contents image up by either tonight or tomorrow though just to give you a little teaser of what to expect. One last note for anyone confused about how to find the first interlude. Take a look at the image on the top of the page and click the little ~ (whatever that thing's called) in between chapter 1 and 2.

Chapter 3: KAYLA JANSSON - part 8

2007-08-23T20:42:00.000-06:00

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S SUV - CONTINUOUS

Kayla looks up from her stitching job to see a pack of 13 zombies about fifty yards away heading up from the garage's underground levels.

Paul sets Josh down in the passenger seat.

KAYLA JANSSON
I'm not done yet.

PAUL JANSSON
Well, you'd better hurry up 'cause
I'd say we've only got about five
minutes before they're on top of
us.

KAYLA JANSSON
I'm gonna need at least ten.

Paul checks his pistols again.

PAUL JANSSON
I'll see what I can do.

He heads off screen down the slight ramp as he opens fire on the crowd of zombies.

BECKY HENDERSON
(wiping sweat off Gregg's
forehead)
He doesn't look so good.

KAYLA JANSSON
He'll be fine.

BECKY HENDERSON
He doesn't even look like he's
breathing.

Kayla takes a closer look and realizes that Becky's right. Gregg's chest isn't moving anymore.

She puts two fingers to his neck and doesn't like the answer it gives her.

KAYLA JANSSON
God damn it!

BECKY HENDERSON
Is he dead?

Kayla just nods.

KAYLA JANSSON
I'll go get Paul and tell him we
can leave now.

Kayla pushes the door open and Becky screams louder than she has all day.

Kayla turns to see Gregg sitting up right and trying to pull Becky's hand into his mouth.

Becky pulls her hand free and squirms to get away from him as Kayla tries punching him off.

KAYLA JANSSON
Go out the back, Becky, go out the
back!

Gregg focuses his attention on Kayla now who punches him straight in the mouth, knocking him back before she climbs out of the SUV and slams the door shut behind her.

INT. PARKING GARAGE - CONTINUOUS

Kayla rushes around the front of the SUV and pulls Josh out of the passenger seat as Paul comes rushing back.

PAUL JANSSON
What the hell are you doing?

Kayla rushes to the back of the SUV with Josh in her arms as she responds.

KAYLA JANSSON
Gregg's one of them now.

Kayla pulls the back of the SUV open, Becky tumbles out, and Kayla slams it shut again.

KAYLA JANSSON
Are you okay?

Becky's too shaken up to respond.

PAUL JANSSON
She's fine, we've gotta get out of
here.

Kayla turns to see the zombies near the top of the ramp near the front of the SUV in even stronger numbers than before.

KAYLA JANSSON
Jesus Christ! What do we do now?

Paul looks around for awhile and spots an elevator on the other side of the garage.

PAUL JANSSON
I got an idea. Come on.

Paul helps Becky to her feet and leads them to the elevator where he presses the up button.

KAYLA JANSSON
Where are we going?

PAUL JANSSON
We'll just go up a bit and stop the
elevator between floors.

KAYLA JANSSON
And then what?

PAUL JANSSON
I don't know. We wait, I guess.

The mob of zombies is about halfway across the garage now.

KAYLA JANSSON
God, does this even still work?

Just before Paul can respond the elevator dings and slides open.

Everyone clambers in and the doors shut behind them.

INT. PARKING GARAGE ELEVATOR - CONTINUOUS

Paul pushes the stop button half way between the first and second floors.

Becky slumps down in the corner with her head in her hands sobbing and Paul sits down beside her.

PAUL JANSSON
(putting an arm around
Becky's shoulders)
It's gonna be okay. We're safe for
now.

Kayla turns her back to them and looks at her hand to find bloody tooth marks on her knuckles.

THE END

COMMENTARY: So there it is, another chapter come and gone. I realize these chapters haven't been ending with the most closure but I promise that future chapters will start to tie into the ends of these first ones. Well, maybe not this chapter, I honestly haven't had that much fun trying to write this one and may end up just leaving it where it is. But, I do have a few ideas for continuing this story through the eyes of either Becky or Paul so, who knows. Anyway, Chapter 4 will start a whole new story, while Chapter 5 will more than likely be connected to the party in Chapter 1. Either way I'll be bringing you another one parter tomorrow that brings us very close to the site of the outbreak!

Chapter 3: KAYLA JANSSON - part 7

2007-08-21T00:13:00.000-06:00

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S SUV - CONTINUOUS

KAYLA JANSSON
What do you mean you'll be right
back?

PAUL JANSSON
Just get him fixed up.

Paul slams the door shut and sprints towards an alley across the street.

Gun shots soon ring out as Paul opens fire on the thugs in the distance.

KAYLA JANSSON
Becky, I need you to check under
your seat and tell me if there's a
first aid kit.

Becky doesn't respond. She's transfixed on the gun fight going on outside the SUV.

KAYLA JANSSON (cont'd)
Becky!

BECKY HENDERSON
Um, I'm sorry, what?

KAYLA JANSSON
Is there a first aid kit under your
seat?

Becky checks around under her seat as the gunfire outside stops.

BECKY HENDERSON
Uh, yeah.

Becky pulls out the first aid kit and hands it to Kayla.

KAYLA JANSSON
Thanks.

Becky reaches out to hand Kayla the bag, but drops it and screams instead.

Kayla turns around sharply to see a zombie in a business suit reaching into the shattered driver side window.

The zombie is grabbing at Gregg's arm trying to pull him out of the vehicle.

Kayla grabs Gregg's other arm and tries to pull him free but loses her grip due to the blood on her hands.

The zombie stops pulling and bites down on Gregg's forearm before a series of shots ring out and the zombie falls to the ground.

Paul appears in the window a few seconds later and opens the door.

PAUL JANSSON
Help me move him to the back, we've
gotta get out of here.

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S SUV - A FEW MINUTES LATER

Paul roars the car through the deserted city streets as Kayla cares for Gregg in the middle seat and Becky fills out coloring books with Josh in the back.

PAUL JANSSON
(to Kayla)
How's he doing?

KAYLA JANSSON
He's gonna need stitches but, I
don't think I can do them while
we're moving.

Paul takes in a deep breath a lets it out in a sigh as he thinks hard on the situation.

PAUL JANSSON
I got an idea.

EXT. KAYLA JANSSON'S SUV - CONTINUOUS

Paul jerks the wheel to the left and pulls the car into a parking garage, tires squealing the whole time.

INT. KAYLA'S SUV/PARKING GARAGE - EVENING

Kayla begins threading a needle as soon as Paul puts the vehicle in park.

KAYLA JANSSON
(to Paul)
Do you have any alcohol?

He gives her a quizzical look.

KAYLA JANSSON (cont'd)
(impatiently)
For the wound and the needle.

PAUL JANSSON
Oh, yeah.

He reaches into his pocket, pulls out a flask, and hands it to Kayla.

Kayla opens the flask, smells it and almost gags on the scent.

KAYLA JANSSON
Jesus.

Paul is about to respond when he notices Josh staring at Gregg's wound in horror.

PAUL JANSSON
(to Josh)
Hey, buddy, how about you and me
take a walk and see if we can't
find a candy machine around here
somewhere while your Mommy and
Becky fix up Mr., um, Gregg.

Josh's face lights up a little.

JOSH JANSSON
Okay, Daddy!

Josh climbs through to the front seat and he and Paul head out in search of a vending machine while Kayla stitches up Gregg.

BECKY HENDERSON
Is it safe for them to be wandering
around out there?

KAYLA JANSSON
Paul can take care of himself.

BECKY HENDERSON
Oh my god!

KAYLA JANSSON
What?

Kayla scans the parking garage in frantic fear.

BECKY HENDERSON
Look at his hand.

Kayla is filled with relief until she looks at the bite mark on Gregg's hand which now looks all swollen and discolored.

KAYLA JANSSON
Jesus! How could it be that
infected already!?

Kayla's lost in thought for a moment while she stares at the wound before finally snapping back into the moment.

KAYLA JANSSON (cont'd)
Well, let's just take care of the
gunshot, we'll have to get him to a
hospital.

BECKY HENDERSON
If there's even a hospital left. We
haven't seen another person that
wasn't trying to-

Becky's cut short when she sees Paul rushing back to the SUV carrying Josh.

PAUL JANSSON
We need to get the hell out of here
now!

COMMENTARY: Ya know, I was real excited about this Chapter when I first came up with the idea. I figured a soon to be divorced couple being forced to work together during a zombie invasion would be fun characters to play with, but it just never seemed natural or logical to slow the action down enough to fully bring that up. I guess we'll see what happens in these last few pieces though.

Chapter 3: KAYLA JANSSON - part 6

2007-08-18T13:22:00.000-06:00

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S SUV - CONTINUOUS

PAUL JANSSON
Oh shit!

Paul grabs the steering wheel and narrowly avoids colliding with a parked car on the side of the road before putting the vehicle in park.

The SUV screeches to a halt in the center of the road with smoke pouring from the tires as everyone inside is hurled forward.

Paul quickly puts his hands over Gregg's wound trying to stop the bleeding.

KAYLA JANSSON
What the hell just happened?

PAUL JANSSON
Gregg's been shot.

BECKY HENDERSON
Oh my god!

Kayla picks up Josh and sets him down in the seat next to Becky before crawling between the front two seats so that she can investigate Gregg's wound.

PAUL JANSSON
It went straight through, but we're
gonna need to stop the bleeding.

Kayla pushes Paul's hand out of the way to examine Gregg's wound.

KAYLA JANSSON
Yeah, I think you're right.

PAUL JANSSON
(slightly annoyed)
Thanks.

KAYLA JANSSON
I didn't mean-

PAUL JANSSON
I know what you meant, or didn't
mean. Can you stop the bleeding?

KAYLA JANSSON
Yeah, just keep pressure on it
while I rig up a bandage.

PAUL JANSSON
FUCK! We gotta get him out of here!

KAYLA JANSSON
What? He's gunshot and dieing, we
can't move him, he could-

Paul grabs Kayla by the chin and turns her head around so that she can see the two would be car jackers along side three more young men as they round the corner headed towards the SUV.

KAYLA JANSSON
Oh my god! What do we do?

PAUL JANSSON
Stop the bleeding.

Paul picks the car jacker's gun up off the floor and checks the ammo in both pistols before opening his door.

PAUL JANSSON (cont'd)
I'll be right back.

COMMENTARY: I know this piece was a bit short compared to most but the next one will be quite a bit longer and should be up by tomorrow, Monday at the latest. My plan right now is to have the whole chapter finished and posted by Friday so that I can getthe second Interlude up over the weekend.

Chapter 3: KAYLA JANSSON - part 5

2007-08-08T11:59:00.000-06:00

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S SUV - EVENING

The sun is beginning to set now as Gregg pulls the SUV to a stop at a red light.

PAUL JANSSON
I don't think anyone's gonna arrest
you if you just-

All of a sudden the driver's side window explodes as it's hit with the butt of a gun.

Before anyone can react the gun's barrel is pointed straight at Gregg's temple.

YOUNG JACKER #1
Get the fuck outta the car!

The YOUNG JACKER reaches through the shattered window with his free hand and hits the auto-unlock button.

A second JACKER appears outside the car on Paul's side and reaches for the door handle but Paul hits the lock first.

Young Jacker #1 sticks the gun in further now so that it's right in front of Gregg's face but aimed at Paul's.

YOUNG JACKER
Does this look like a fucking joke
to you, man?

Gregg makes a quick move for the gun and it goes off sending a bullet through the windshield before the two struggle to gain control of it.

Paul reaches into the glove box and pulls out a gun of his own before taking aim at the Jacker and shooting him in the shoulder.

Gregg lets go of the gun and puts his arms over his head as the car jacker recoils out the window dropping his gun on the floor.

GREGG DONLEY
Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!

PAUL JANSSON
(to Gregg)
Go, go, go, go!

Gregg slams the gas pedal and peels off down the road as the two would be car jackers fire after them.

PAUL JANSSON
Everyone keep your heads down!

Once they're out of the gun's range Paul turns around to check on everyone in the back.

PAUL JANSSON
You guys okay? Did anyone get hit?

KAYLA JANSSON
Yeah, we're fine.

PAUL JANSSON
Becky, you okay?

BECKY HENDERSON
Yeah, I think so.

PAUL JANSSON
(to Gregg)
How about you man? You cool?

Paul looks over to see Gregg staring at his own bloody hand with a bullet hole in his chest.

The car veers off to the left as Gregg loses consciousness.

Chapter 3: KAYLA JANSSON - part 4

2007-08-07T13:21:00.000-06:00

EXT. KAYLA JANSSON'S GARAGE - EVENING

Gregg and Kayla sit silently in the SUV staring out the now open garage door behind them for some sign of Paul.

GREGG DONLEY
Wh-, Where did he go?

KAYLA JANSSON
I don't know, I don't see him.

Gregg puts the vehicle into reverse and slowly backs it out of the garage.

They spot Paul's car across the street smashed head first into the driver's side of a red Mustang.

INT. PAUL'S CAR - CONTINUOUS

Paul is unconscious in the front seat with blood dripping down his face while 19 year old, BECKY HENDERSON, screams at a zombie pinned between the two cars.

The zombie is still moving, struggling to get at her.

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S SUV - CONTINUOUS

KAYLA JANSSON
Oh my god!

GREGG DONLEY
You know her?

KAYLA JANSSON
Yeah, she's Josh's babysitter.

EXT. KELLY'S FRONT YARD - CONTINUOUS

Paul finally comes to, gets out of the car and makes his way around to the other side of Becky's car.

Gregg pulls the SUV up to the curb and honks the horn to get Paul's attention.

GREGG DONLEY
Paul, I think you'd better hurry!

Paul looks up at Gregg to see him pointing at four zombies marching towards them down the middle of the road ahead.

As Paul opens Becky's door she scrambles out of it and into his arms.

PAUL JANSSON
It's okay, your safe now.

BECKY HENDERSON
What the hell is going on?

PAUL JANSSON
I'm not sure. Is your family
inside?

BECKY HENDERSON
No, no they're in Milwaukee for the
weekend.

PAUL JANSSON
Okay then, let's get the hell out
of here.

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S SUV - EVENING

Becky works her way to the far back of the SUV while Kayla tries to comfort her.

Gregg slides over into the passenger seat to let Paul drive.

GREGG DONLEY
(to Paul)
What's the best way onto 46 from
here?

PAUL JANSSON
Uh, straight ahead.

The four Zombies ahead are still approaching with at least ten more making there way out of and around the houses. All of them are headed for the SUV.

GREGG DONLEY
You sure about that?

PAUL JANSSON
Yeah, just try not to hit any of
them.

GREGG DONLEY
Great.

Gregg puts the car in drive to weave his way through the crowd of zombies until they finally reach open road.

GREGG DONLEY (cont'd)
Well, that was easier than I
expected.

PAUL JANSSON
Something tells me it's gonna get
harder before it's over.

Chapter 3: KAYLA JANSSON - part 3

2007-07-07T12:13:00.000-06:00

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S LIVING ROOM - A FEW MINUTES LATER

Gregg nervously paces around the living room with his cell phone to his ear as Paul ties a bag of canned foods shut.

Kayla enters the room carrying, JOSH JANSSON, her six year old son.

The little boy's face lights up when he sees Paul.

JOSH JANSSON
DADDY!

Paul rushes to Kayla and takes Josh from her.

PAUL JANSSON
What's up, little guy?

JOSH JANSSON
Mommy says that we're going on a
trip?

PAUL JANSSON
That's right.

Gregg get's his wife's voicemail, hangs up and hits redial as he grows slightly more impatient.

JOSH JANSSON
To Disney Land?

PAUL JANSSON
Not that kind of trip, buddy.

JOSH JANSSON
But you're coming with us right?

PAUL JANSSON
I sure am.

Gregg flips his phone shut in frustration.

GREGG DONLEY
(to Paul)
Are they still out there?

Paul hands Josh back to Kayla and heads to the front window.

PAUL JANSSON
I can't see much, but I think they
all went next door.

GREGG DONLEY
Good.

Gregg makes his way to the front door.

PAUL JANSSON
What are you doing?

GREGG DONLEY
I've got to go.

PAUL JANSSON
Are you crazy, man? They could be
right outside the door for all we
know.

GREGG DONLEY
I was supposed to pick my son up
from baseball practice ten minutes
ago.

PAUL JANSSON
Wait, wait, wait.

Gregg stops at the door and turns around.

GREGG DONLEY
What?

PAUL JANSSON
We'll all go. The news said that
the best thing to do is to stick
together. We'll stop, get your kid,
then we'll all head to the prison
together.

GREGG DONLEY
Okay, but we have to leave now.

KAYLA JANSSON
Did you just say the prison?

PAUL JANSSON
Yeah. Can we take your car? I think
it's the only way we can get
everyone to fit.

KAYLA JANSSON
Yeah, that's fine. It's in the
garage, but what's this about a
prison?

PAUL JANSSON
It's an abandoned prison. The
military's using it as a fallout
until they can figure out what's
going on and how to stop it.

KAYLA JANSSON
Okay.

PAUL JANSSON
Let's go.

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S GARAGE - EVENING

KAYLA JANSSON
(handing Paul her keys)
You drive, I'll ride in back with
Josh.

PAUL JANSSON
Okay.

Paul and Gregg hop into the front while Kayla and Josh get in the back.

Paul pushes a button to open the garage door and waits patiently.

PAUL JANSSON
(looking in the rear view
mirror)
Damnit!

GREGG DONLEY
What?

PAUL JANSSON
My car's in the way.

Gregg jerks himself around to see out the back window.

GREGG DONLEY
Want me to move it?

PAUL JANSSON
Nah, you take the wheel.

Paul pulls the garage door opener off the ceiling and gets out of the SUV.

PAUL JANSSON (cont'd)
I'm gonna close the door behind me,
get in my car and then open the
door. I'll wait for you at the end
of the drive way. Got it?

GREGG DONLEY
(shifting himself into the
driver's seat)
Yeah, yeah I got it.

Paul closes the SUV's door and heads out of the garage before pushing the button and closing it's door behind him.

Gregg pulls his cell phone out of his pocket and tries calling his wife again.

JOSH JANSSON
Where's Daddy going?

KAYLA JANSSON
He just had to go move his car.

JOSH JANSSON
But, he's coming with us right?

Gregg flips his phone shut in frustration after getting his wife's voicemail again.

KAYLA JANSSON
Yeah, honey, he's coming with.

JOSH JANSSON
Does that mean he's gonna stay for
good?

KAYLA JANSSON
I don't know, baby.

Just then the garage door begins to open and Gregg starts up the car as Kayla helps Josh buckle up.

With the garage door half open they hear tires squealing on the road outside before the sound of crunching metal and then silence.

Down Time

2007-06-29T11:04:00.000-06:00

Alright, so here's the deal. I've been going through some computer problems as of late and have completely lost everything I've written for Chapter 3. Most of the Chapter was written on the fly, meaning I didn't have a blue print or any kind of notes as to where I was planning to go with this chapter and it might take me a couple of days to get myself caught back up. I'm hoping to get Part 3 of the Chapter posted by tomorrow.

My plan was to use this post to make excuses and give you some other Zombie Blogs to fill the void, but after running a quick Google search it appears they're mostly all dead. It turns out "Zombie Blogs" is a term used to describe blogs that haven't been updated in a while. Anyway, here's a few interesting things I managed to find.

The Outbreak - I just stumbled onto this one a few days ago actually, so I haven't really gotten a chance to read anything as I've been trying to write myself but the few posts I did get through seemed really good. It's similar to mine only in that it's an ongoing zombie tale, but this is written in a more traditional form as opposed to my attempts at screenwriting. It doesn't seem to be updated anymore but it ran for almost a year so there's quite a bit to fill the time with.

Zombie-A-GoGo - This one focuses more on keeping you informed with the latest in Zombie Films. It features News, Reviews, and Interviews but again, it hasn't been updated in a few months. There is reviews for over five hundred different zombie movies though.

Zombie Squad - This is a pretty cool little site. They claim to be an elite group of zombie exterminators dedicated to educating the world on disaster preperation. They have a forum decked out with advice in the fashion of Max Brooks' "Zombie Survival Guide", but they also perform "real world services" by hosting disaster relief charity fundraisers, disaster preparation seminars and volunteer our time towards emergency response agencies.

Flight of the Living Dead - Not to be confused with the straight to DVD movie with the same name, this is a free online comic that tells the story of a seven hour flight from New York to London with one infected passenger. According to the comicgenesis.com wiki, the plan for this book is to release a new page every monday for a year with the story ending on December 31st.

Okay that's all I've got for now, I might do a post like this in the future if I get way behind again, so if you've got or know of a blog that you think I should write about don't be shy. My e-mail adress is dexpac24@hotmail.com

Chapter 3: KAYLA JANSSON - part 2

2007-06-18T18:36:00.000-06:00

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS

KAYLA JANSSON
Zombies?

PAUL JANSSON
Yeah, zombies.

KAYLA JANSSON
How drunk are you, Paul?

Paul looks offended.

PAUL JANSSON
I'm not drunk.

She gives him a look of disbelief.

PAUL JANSSON
What?

KAYLA JANSSON
Paul, I can smell the booze on your
breath from here.

PAUL JANSSON
Well, yeah, I've been drinking, but
I'm not "drunk".

Paul goes back to searching the cupboards.

GREGG DONLEY
Excuse me, can we-

KAYLA JANSSON
You just stormed in here screaming
that "the zombies are coming". If
you're not drunk than what are you
on?

Paul stands up, grabs Kayla by the arm and drags her back towards the living room.

KAYLA JANSSON
What are you doing? Paul, let go of
me!

GREGG DONLEY
Hey now, let's just-

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Paul lets go of her and reaches for TV's remote control.

PAUL JANSSON
This is "what I'm on".

He turns the TV on and the first image they see is a WOMAN in a business suit pulling an OLD MAN out of the cab of his truck.

KAYLA JANSSON
What is this?

PAUL JANSSON
The news. They've been playing this
for a few hours.

The woman now has the Old Man halfway out of the cab as she begins chewing on his face and ripping the flesh from his skull as he flails his limbs and screams for his life.

KAYLA JANSSON
Oh my god!
(she turns to Paul)
So, what's your plan?

PAUL JANSSON
There's a place in Minnesota I
heard about on the news. Everyone's
being evacuated-

Paul stops when he sees a series of figures stumbling about in front of the window.

PAUL JANSSON
We've gotta go, now.

Chapter 3: KAYLA JANSSON - part 1

2007-06-12T20:01:00.000-06:00

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S DINING ROOM - NIGHT

SUPERIMPOSE: Balsam Lake, Wisconsin - 6:54 p.m.

KAYLA JANSSON nervously sits across the dining room table from GREGG DONLEY who is impatiently checking his watch.

GREGG DONLEY
That's it, I can't wait any longer.

Gregg grabs his briefcase as he pulls himself out of the chair.

KAYLA JANSSON
Your leaving?

GREGG DONLEY
Yes, Mrs. Jansson, I'm leaving.
It's been over an hour, and I
already told you I have to pick my
son up at seven-thirty.

KAYLA JANSSON
Please Mr. Donley, just let me call
him one more time. I'm sure he's
close.

Gregg sighs deeply before plopping back down at the table.

GREGG DONLEY
Five minutes. If he's not here in
five minutes I'm leaving.

KAYLA JANSSON
Thank you.

Kayla picks up the cordless phone, and pushes a couple of buttons as she walks into the living room.

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Kayla pulls back the shades before looking out the front window. The phone is ringing against her ear all the while.

KAYLA JANSSON
(under her breath)
Come on, Paul, pick up the phone
damn it.

The ringing finally stops only to be followed by Paul's voice mail message.

PAUL JANSSON (V.O.)
(sounding extremely drunk)
Hey, either I didn't hear the phone
ringing or I'm out of minutes,
either way drop me a message and
I'll probly get back to you.

KAYLA JANSSON
Damnit Paul you're an hour late,
where the hell are you?

She pushes the end call button and tosses the phone on the couch before turning for the kitchen only to find Gregg already standing in the doorway with his briefcase in hand.

KAYLA JANSSON (cont'd)
You're leaving already?

GREGG DONLEY
Kayla he's not coming. He's been
dicking us around for months, and I
for one, am sick and tired of it.
As much as I'd love to stay see
this thing through, I've got to go
get my son from baseball practice.

KAYLA JANSSON
Please, just let me try to call him
one more time, please.

Gregg is getting sort of frustrated now.

GREGG DONLEY
Look, if he shows up, and I'm
almost one hundred percent certain
that he won't, but if he does, give
him these.

(holds out a stack of
papers)
And tell him to sign here, here,
and initial here.

KAYLA JANSSON
But, you know he won't sign without
a lawyer present, that's the only
reason you're here.

Gregg reaches into his jacket pocket, pulls out a business card and begins writing on the back of it.

GREGG DONLEY
Give him this. I'm writing my home
number and home address on the
back. Tell him to call me anytime.

He hands her the business card.

KAYLA JANSSON
But-

GREGG DONLEY
I'm sorry Kayla, but I really do
have to go.

She realizes her defeat.

KAYLA JANSSON
I understand.

Gregg turns and heads for the door when it suddenly swings open violently, and PAUL JANSSON storms through it.

KAYLA JANSSON (cont'd)
Where the hell have you been?

Paul seems terrified as he slams the door shut and fastens all the locks on it.

He turns back to Gregg and Kayla looking terrified. His eyes frantically dart around the room.

PAUL JANSSON
Where's Kyle?

KAYLA JANSSON
What?

PAUL JANSSON
Where is Kyle?

KAYLA JANSSON
He's in his room asleep, why?

PAUL JANSSON
(while heading for the
kitchen)
Wake him up and start packing,
we've gotta be out of here in ten
minutes.

Paul storms through the kitchen's swinging door with Kayla right behind him. An intrigued Gregg follows as well.

INT. KAYLA JANSSON'S KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS

Paul crouches down and begins searching the cupboards as soon as he enters the kitchen.

KAYLA JANSSON
Paul, what the hell are you doing?

Paul stops searching.

PAUL JANSSON
Haven't you been watching TV?

KAYLA JANSSON
No, why?

Paul stands up and walks closer to Kayla.

PAUL JANSSON
Kayla, zombies are coming.

Interlude #1 Molly Coates

2007-06-09T11:21:00.000-06:00

INT. MOLLY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

SUPERIMPOSE: 12:16 AM

Six year old MOLLY COATES lays wide awake in bed with the covers wrapped tight as she listens to her parents, DALE and ANNA arguing in the other room.

ANNA (O.S.)
Dale, he could be anywhere!

DALE (O.S.)
So what are we supposed to do, just
sit here and pray he comes home?

ANNA (O.S.)
What else can we do?

DALE (O.S.)
We can go out there and bring him
home!

ANNA (O.S.)
Dale, you saw how bad it is out
there on the news, and the last
report was almost an hour ago. Who
knows how much worse it's gotten
since then.

DALE (O.S.)
All the more reason to get him and
bring him someplace safe!

ANNA (O.S.)
But Dale, it's suicide!

DALE (O.S.)
I KNOW THAT!

ANNA (O.S.)
SO THEN WHY DO IT?

DALE (O.S.)
BECAUSE, I CAN'T JUST SIT HERE AND
DO NOTHING KNOWING MY ONLY SON
MIGHT BE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE BEING
EATEN ALIVE!

There's a brief silence that prompts Molly to slide out of bed and quietly move towards her bedroom door for a better listen.

DALE (O.S.)
Look, I just can't let the last
things I say to him be the last
things I said to him. Can't you
understand that?

Anna doesn't argue anymore and Molly's left with silence for a few moments.

DALE COATES (O.S.)
I'll be back in an hour, two at the
most.

There's another brief silence as the two kiss and Molly inches forward a little closer to the door.

Just then the sound of SHATTERING GLASS rings out from the living room startling Molly back to her bed and under the covers.

DALE COATES (O.S.)
Anna get away from the windows!

More GLASS SHATTERS as Anna and Dale scream for their lives.

Molly drops off the bed and drags herself underneath it, scared out of her mind as she listens to the sound of her parents being eaten alive.

Eventually the only sound left is the shuffling feet of zombies as they make their way towards Molly's bedroom.

Blog Status

2007-05-23T10:43:00.001-06:00

Well, there it is, the end of Chapter 2 is here. I can't say it turned out exactly as I had hoped, but I'm still pretty happy with it. The zombies had allot less "screen time" than they did in Chapter 1, but I think they still played just as vital a role if not a significantly more vital role to the over all plot of this one.

Don't be too surprised if a future chapter covers more of this story as I've got a chapter for each character fleshed out. I'm just not sure when/if those chapters will work their way onto the blog or if I wanna try and write the hole "heist" story line as one full length script.

Not sure what I'm doing for Chapter 3 yet, (I've got a whole notebook of mini treatments to choose from) but I think I wanna go with a female lead this time. Either way it should be up soon. In the meantime sign up for the newsletter on the right if you wish to be notified every time I add a new piece of the story.

Chapter 2: THE BARISI BROS. - part 6

2007-05-22T11:49:00.000-06:00

EXT. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PINE CITY - CONTINUOUS

Alex, Joey and Blue are parked outside the bank now watching
as zombies feed on what's left of an old woman's corpse while
others begin others shuffle around the lobby.

BLUE
Perfect.

ALEX BARISI
Are you fucking kidding me?!

Blue gets a worried look on his face and looks around
frantically.

BLUE
What, you see a cop somewhere?

ALEX BARISI
No, but I see about ten of those
fucking people eaters standing
between us and where we need to be.

Blue just holds up his pistol.

BLUE
(to Joey)
What do ya say kid, me and your big
brother here'll keep the biters at
bay while you work your magic with
the locks?

JOEY BARISI
Sounds good to me.

BLUE
Alright, let's do it.

Both Blue and Joey reach for their door handles.

ALEX BARISI
Who the fuck said that I was going
in?

JOEY BARISI
Come on, man. We'll be in and out
in less than a minute I promise.

ALEX BARISI
I don't care if it's less than a
second I'm not-

BLUE
I'll tell ya what. How about you
just sit here and make sure the
car's ready to roll when we get
out. Me and the snow bird here'll
take care of the rest.
(to Joey)
You ready?

JOEY BARISI
Yeah, let's do it.

All three get out and Joey is stopped by Alex as the two pass
in front of the SUV.

ALEX BARISI
You know this isn't gonna go as
smooth as he says it is.

JOEY BARISI
It'll be fine. Besides, I don't
really like my chances of survival
if I don't get this money.

Joey gestures towards his black eye.

ALEX BARISI
There's other way to get money, ya
know.

JOEY BARISI
By tomorrow?

Alex takes a deep sigh.

ALEX BARISI
You gotta gun?

Blue makes his way back to the SUV.

BLUE
Would you two mind wrapping it up
soon, cause I don't really like
being out here any longer than I
have to.

JOEY BARISI
(to Alex)
I'll be fine.

Joey and Blue make their way into the bank as Alex heads
around to the driver's seat of the SUV.

He opens the door but pauses for a second as he rethinks his
decision.

ALEX BARISI
Fucking shit!

Alex slams the door shut again and pulls out his gun as he
heads towards the bank's front entrance.

A few zombies on the sidewalk have taken notice of him but
Alex rushes into the bank before they even get close.

INT. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PINE CITY - NIGHT

Alex enters the bank to see seven zombies laying dead in the
lobby, but even more are heading towards the vault.

Alex opens fire on the nearest one nailing it three times in
the chest.

All the shots do are get the zombie's attention along with
all the others within earshot.

ALEX BARISI
Shit!

SHADOWY MAN (O.S.)
You gotta get'em in the head.

Alex turns to see a man completely obscured by shadow at the
other end of the bank's lobby. The man is clubbing zombies
left and right, crushing their skulls with some kind of metal
rod.

ALEX BARISI
What?

The man steps a little further into the light revealing a
shirt and tie almost completely covered in blood but his face
remains in the dark.

SHADOWY MAN
You gotta hit them in their heads.
It's the only way to keep'em down.

The man disappears into the shadows again, crushing zombie
skulls with his metal rod.

Alex turns back to the zombie he shot earlier and gets
startled by the fact that it's considerably closer now.

He aims his gun again, this time sending a bullet straight
through it's head.

The zombie slumps to the ground instantly.

ALEX BARISI
Nice.

Just then a gunshot rings out from the vault followed shortly
by two more in quick succession.

ALEX BARISI (cont'd)
JOEY!

Alex rushes to the vault in the back of the bank, stopping to
fire on a couple of zombies before he get's there.

INT. BANK VAULT - CONTINUOUS

Alex enters the vault in a hurry only to find Joey lying on
the floor bleeding from two separate bullet holes.

ALEX BARISI
Oh, fuck! Joey?

Alex notices that one safe deposit box is open and empty as
he kneels down to check on Joey.

Joey coughs up blood as Alex cradles his head in his arms.

JOEY BARISI
(barely audible)
He doesn't...

Alex leans in closer.

ALEX BARISI
What?

JOEY BARISI
(barely audible)
He doesn't have...

Joey's gives one last violent cough of blood before dieing.

THE END

Chapter 2: THE BARISI BROS. - part 5

2007-05-16T11:43:00.000-06:00

INT. SAFE HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

ALEX BARISI
It's like that everywhere?

BLUE
Some places are worse than others,
but more or less, yeah.

JOEY BARISI
That explains why traffic was so
nuts on the way here.

BLUE
So, you in or not?

JOEY BARISI
Definitely.

Alex takes his time answering while staring at the images on
the screen.

JOEY BARISI
Come on man, what's to think about?

ALEX BARISI
Besides the fact that there's
people out there eating each other?

BLUE
It's the perfect scapegoat. We can
be in and out in ten minutes at the
most, and it'll all just get
chalked up to looters.

ALEX BARISI
Who's to say the looters haven't
already gotten to the bank and
wiped it clean?

BLUE
How many people are gonna be able
to get into the safe deposit boxes?

Alex still isn't convinced.

JOEY BARISI
Come on, what's the harm in at
least going down there and taking a
look at it?

ALEX BARISI
Why do I have to keep reminding you
about the whole people eating
people thing going on outside?

BLUE
We'll keep the windows rolled up.
Besides, (Blue pulls his gun out)
it ain't like we'll be completely
helpless out there, ya know?

Alex takes a deep breath and sighs it back out slow.

ALEX BARISI
I should have my fuckin' head
examined going along with this
shit.

EXT. STOLEN CAR MOVING - NIGHT

They drive down the street with Joey behind the wheel as the
neighborhood around them is going to hell.

Cars are crashed into trees, bodies are strewn all over the
yards, and a one house is even on fire.

ALEX BARISI
So, it's like this just about
everywhere?

BLUE
For the most part.

Joey pulls the car to a stop in front of the bank.

JOEY BARISI
This isn't a good sign.

Blue and Alex turn to see the bank in total chaos.

All the glass in the doors and windows has been shattered and
the place is filled with zombies.

Chapter 2: THE BARISI BROS. - part 4

2007-05-07T10:33:00.000-06:00

INT. SAFE HOUSE BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS

JOEY BARISI
Would you just fucking relax.

Joey struggles to his feet only to be struck back down by
Alex.

ALEX BARISI
I ask you everyday if you were
still clean and every day what do
you say? You'd say "Of course man,
I've been clean since December, I
wouldn't lie to you." And what were
you fucking doing?

Alex smacks the line of coke on the counter sending the
powder all over the bathroom.

ALEX BARISI
You were fuckin' lying to me Joey!

Alex picks up the full bag of coke now.

JOEY BARISI
It's not like that. I just, I just
do a little before a job and when
I'm tense, you know, just to stay
cool.

ALEX BARISI
What fuckin' job do you think we're
gonna pull? We don't even have a
crew anymore for Christ's sake!

BLUE (O.C.)
Looks like you boys are having one
hell of a party.

They both turn to see Blue standing in the living room with a
fast food bag in one hand and a cigarette in his mouth.

Alex tosses the bag back down on the counter and heads out to
the living room to confront Blue.

INT. SAFE HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

ALEX BARISI
Where the fuck were you?

Blue holds up the bag of food.

BLUE
Stopped to get dinner. Didn't think
you'd appreciate it.

ALEX BARISI
It's been almost an hour!

BLUE
I was being careful. Not to mention
the drive-thru lane was slow as all
fuck.

Blue sits down at the table and pulls a double cheeseburger
out of the bag.

BLUE
You guys gonna eat or not? It ain't
good to work on an empty stomach.

ALEX BARISI
Work? You still expect us to go
through with the job after this?

BLUE
Why not?

Alex isn't sure they're both having the same conversation.

ALEX BARISI
What'd you get in an accident and
hit your head on the way here? You
don't remember the fucking cops at
the hotel?

BLUE
We don't gotta worry about the cops
anymore.

Alex waits for an explanation that never comes.

ALEX BARISI
You expect the two of us to just go
along with your word on that, or do
you got more to say?

Blue sets his cheeseburger down and turns on the small TV
using the remote control.

On the TV is News Reporter SALLY SUMMERS with footage of what
appears to be a "normal" riot behind her.

The footage fills the screen now as people are looting and
beating up zombies on the city streets while cops try to
regain control of the crowds.

SALLY SUMMERS (V.O.)
This footage was shot earlier this
afternoon in Spring Green, Wisconsin
near the site of where this "virus"
was reportedly first documented. I
must warn you that the following footage
is extremely graphic but we here at CNBC
strongly believe it's necessary for you
to understand what we're truly facing
right now. Please take a moment to remove
any small children from the room now.

ALEX BARISI
What the fuck does a riot in Spring
Green Wisconsin have to do with us?

BLUE
This is just where it started. I
was listening to the radio on the
way here, they say it's like this
all over the midwest and spreading
like herpes on a high school
wrestling team.

The footage finally starts.

EXT. SMALL TOWN ROAD - NEWS FOOTAGE

A woman in a business suit is pulling an OLD MAN out of the
cab of his truck. She only gets him partially out when she
begins to eat the flesh from the Old Man's face.

INT. SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT

ALEX BARISI
What the fuck?

JOEY BARISI
What the fuck?

Blue pauses to gauge the brothers' reactions. Joey is clearly
eager to pull the job.

BLUE
Makes one hell of a distraction
don't ya think?

"It's a Bad Day to be a Zombie"

2007-05-07T09:11:00.000-06:00

I'm sure alot of you have already seen the "Teaser Trailer" for the upcoming Day of the Dead "remake" but I just came across the first review of the film and it's far from pretty. For those of us that have seen the trailer it seems pretty clear that the film doesn't stick too closely to the original but according to the review all it really takes is the name. For those interested you can find the review here, but be warned the review pretty much gives away the entire film. Not that there's any shocking twists or anything. It'll be interesting to see if this thing actually makes a run at a theatrical release or just goes straight to the DVD shelves.

Chapter 2: THE BARISI BROS. - part 3

2007-05-01T22:11:00.000-06:00

INT. HOTEL HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Joey and Alex stop and turn around with their hands in the
air.
The Security Guard seems confused by their reaction and opens
his mouth to speak.

Three shots ring out from down the hall before he can even
get a word out.

The Security Guard drops to reveal Blue standing behind him
with a gun in hand. He walks towards them

BLUE
You guys seen Frank or Hansen?

ALEX BARISI
What the fuck is wrong with you?

BLUE
What?

ALEX BARISI
You just killed that guy for no
reason!

BLUE
Well shit, did you want to go to
jail?
(he barely waits for a
response)
That's what I thought. I'll see you
boys at the house.

Blue rushes past them and out the exit.
ALEX BARISI
(to Joey)
Can you believe that fucking guy?

Joey Doesn't respond. He's still staring at the dead body in
shock.

ALEX BARISI (cont'd)
Joey?
(smacks Joey's arm)
Come on man, we gotta go.

EXT. HOTEL PARKING LOT - NIGHT

The two try their best to look calm and casual as they rush
down the parking lot.

ALEX BARISI
You gotta car?

JOEY BARISI
It's on the other side of the
building. Where's yours?

ALEX BARISI
Took a cab. Can you get us a new
one?

JOEY BARISI
(pulling a slim jim from
his pants)
Yeah.

Joey walks up to the driver's side of the nearest car and
slides the slim jim around in it's window until the lock
pops.

He opens the door and hits the power lock before hopping in
and pulling out some wires.

A few seconds later the engine is roaring and Joey's slamming
it into reverse.

INT. CAR (MOVING) - NIGHT

Joey honks the horn as a man in a red Ford Explorer cuts him
off at a four way stop.

JOEY BARISI
What the fuck? Do people not know
how to drive in this fucking city?

ALEX BARISI
Traffic's pretty bad for this time
of night.

Just as Joey hits the gas to go he's cut off by a red Toyota
Sienna going the same direction as the Explorer.

JOEY BARISI
What the hell is going on? You
think maybe there's a high school
football game or something?

ALEX BARISI
This time of year?

JOEY BARISI
I don't know, I mean it was just a
thought man.

ALEX BARISI
So, you gonna tell me about it?

Joey looks over at Alex totally confused.

JOEY BARISI
What the fuck are you talking
about?

ALEX BARISI
That shiner, how'd you get it?

JOEY BARISI
Shiner?

Joey turns the mirror to get a look at his face. He's
surprised to see that his left eye is black and blue.

JOEY BARISI (CONT'D)
Damn, I didn't even notice.

ALEX BARISI
How'd it happen?

JOEY BARISI
Turns out I still owe some people
money?

ALEX BARISI
You been using again?

JOEY BARISI
What? Of course not, why the fuck
would you even ask me something
like that?

ALEX BARISI
You just got that look about you, I
don't know, it's like your a little
tense or something.

JOEY BARISI
You're fucking right I'm a little
tense, I just watched a man die!
Not to mention we've got the
biggest job of our lives in a few
hours and the cops on our asses.

Alex still doesn't buy it but he's not going to push it
either.

ALEX BARISI
Yeah, I guess. My mistake.

Joey gives Alex a nervous glance.

EXT. SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT

An ESTABLISHING SHOT shows Alex and Joey pulling into the
driveway of a typical suburban home.

INT. SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT

The two enter the house to find it completely empty except
for a table with five chairs around it and a bulletin board
with more confidential bank files pinned to it.

A small tv rests on a counter a few feet from the table.

JOEY BARISI
Looks like we're the first ones
here.

INT. SAFE HOUSE - 35 MINUTES LATER

Alex sits at the table shuffling a deck of cards as Joey
nervously taps on the window. Finally Alex slams the cards
down on the table in frustration startling Joey.

ALEX BARISI
Fuck this. Let's get the hell out
of here.

Alex gets up and pushes in his chair.

JOEY BARISI
Alright, just let me take a piss
first. Bathroom in here works,
right?

ALEX BARISI
Yeah, I think so.

INT. SAFE HOUSE BATHROOM - NIGHT

Joey shuts the door and looks for a lock but there isn't one
so he quickly pulls out a bag of cocaine and fixes himself
two lines on the counter top.

He gets halfway through snorting the second one when the door
flies open hitting him in the side and knocking him to the
ground.

He looks up to see Alex standing in the doorway furious.

ALEX BARISI
You lying son of a bitch!

Chapter 2: THE BARISI BROS. - part 2

2007-04-26T22:09:00.000-06:00

INT. HOTEL ROOM - CONTINUOUS

The person at the door KNOCKS again, louder this time.

ALEX BARISI
How could they be onto us?

BLUE
You really need to ask? That
brother of yours probly got caught
trying score again and turned us in
to keep his scrawny ass from behind
bars.

ALEX BARISI
You piece of shit!

Alex takes a lunge at Blue but Frankie gets in the way and
keeps Alex back.

FRANKIE
Are you guys fuckin kidding me?

The KNOCK at the door is even louder this time.

FRANKIE
Remember that?
(to Blue)
Open the fucking door.

Hansen and Alex reach into their jackets and rest their hands
on pistols as Blue slowly turns the knob and pulls open the
door.

JOEY BARISI storms into the room agitated as all hell.

JOEY BARISI
What the fuck? You guys all fall
deaf at the same time you don't
hear me knocking?

Blue slams the door shut real quick, grabs Joey by the neck
and slams him into the wall.

JOEY BARISI
What the fuck?

Blue pulls his gun out and presses it to Joey's temple.

ALEX BARISI
Are you fucking crazy?!

BLUE
(to Joey)
You bring the fucking cops here?

Alex pulls his gun out as well now and presses it to the back
of Blue's neck.

ALEX BARISI
You put that gun down and you put
the gun down right now or I swear
to god.

FRANKIE
Would you two calm the fuck down
and put those things away so we can
get the fuck outta here?

Alex lowers his weapon first and Blue quickly follows suit.

FRANKIE
Alright, let's split up and meet
back at the safe house.
(to Hansen)
You stick with me.

Frank doesn't wait for questions he just pushes past the men
and out the door with Hansen on his heels.

INT. HOTEL STAIRWELL - NIGHT

Joey attempts to carry on a conversation as he and Alex are
rushing down the stairs.

JOEY BARISI
Thanks for sticking up for me back
their man.

ALEX BARISI
If you really wanna thank me, you'd
stop making me have to do it so god
damn often.

They reach the bottom floor and burst through the door into
the hallway.

INT. HOTEL HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

The exit is only about thirty yards away.

ALEX BARISI
When we get out just walk calmly,
don't draw attention to yourself.

JOEY BARISI
I know the drill.

HOTEL SECURITY GUARD (O.S.)
Hey you two, hold on a second
there!

They turn to see a young HOTEL SECURITY GUARD just rounding
the corner towards them with a great deal of speed.

Chapter 2: THE BARISI BROS. - part 1

2007-04-24T22:06:00.000-06:00

INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

TITLE CARD: PINE CITY, MN

ALEX BARISI paces back and forth in front of the window while
FRANKIE, BLUE, and HANSEN play a game of poker.

Frankie is considerably older than the rest of them.

FRANKIE
(to Mitch)
Would you sit down already? I ain't
paying to replace that carpet 'you
wear a hole through it.

Alex sits down at the kitchen bar and sips on his drink. He's
still edgy.

BLUE
So where the fuck is Joey at
anyway?

ALEX BARISI
He'll be here.

FRANKIE
I tell ya, I've put up with alotta
that kid's shit over the years, but
I think it's time we thought about
finding someone else.

ALEX BARISI
We need him.

FRANKIE
Why? There's alotta guys out there
can do what he does.

BLUE
Ones that know how to read a
fucking clock.

ALEX BARISI
I said he'll be here.
(checks his watch)
We got plenty of time anyway.

BLUE
I gotta fifty that says he shows up
high.

Alex gets up from his chair and heads towards Blue.

ALEX BARISI
What the fuck is your problem?

Blue stands up ready to fight as Hansen and Frankie stand up
to keep the two apart.

FRANKIE
Come on guys let's not do this now.

Neither man is backing down.

FRANKIE
(to Mitch)
Like I said it's nothing personal
against you and it's just something
we been thinking about.

Alex heads back for the window as Blue sits back down slowly.

FRANKIE (cont'd)
Come on, let's go over the plan one
more time. Just to keep ourselves
occupied.

Alex gets a worried look on his face as he rushes to the
window.

From Alex's POV we see three cop cars pulling up to the
front of the hotel with their lights flashing.

ALEX BARISI
Fuck!

FRANKIE
What is it?

ALEX BARISI
Cops!

The men quickly scrap the money off the table and reach for
their jackets.

ALEX BARISI (cont'd)
Somebody toss those plans in the
folder and lets get the fuck out of
here.

Hansen gabs the four sheets of paper one of which appears to
be blue prints with the words FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PINE
CITY on the top in bold letters.

They're all about to head out when a knock at the door
freezes them all in their spots.

Mailing List

2007-04-22T20:37:00.000-06:00

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Chapter 1: JARED PARKER - part 10

2007-04-22T00:39:00.000-06:00

INT. PARTY HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Jared and Danny rush back up the steps as the zombies
continue to pour into the house.

INT. PARTY HOUSE MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT

They enter the room and Danny slams the door shut.
DANNY BATES
What the fuck are we gonna do now?

JARED PARKER
Everything's fine. There's no way
they're getting past all that
furniture.

They hear a CRASH downstairs. Danny opens the door back up
and they both look out to see that their little barricade has
already been mostly torn apart.

DANNY BATES
Fuck, fuck, fuck!

Jared pulls Danny back into the room and slams the door shut
before locking it.

DANNY BATES (CONT'D)
What the fuck do we do now?

JARED PARKER
We gotta get outta here.

Jared rushes to the window and looks out to see the zombies
filing into the front door of the house.

He opens the window and lifts his left leg out of it.

DANNY BATES
We're going on the fucking roof?

Jared doesn't respond he just climbs out the window onto an
awning that over hangs the front door.

EXT. PARTY HOUSE ROOF - CONTINUOUS

Danny stumbles out the window with Alice right behind him
trying to catch up to Jared.

DANNY BATES
What now?

JARED PARKER
We wait for them all to get inside
then we jump down and make a run
for it.

DANNY BATES
Run where?

JARED PARKER
Any where.

Jared walks to the edge and peeks over but can't get a good
view.

He leans just a little further when his hand slips and Jared
begins to fall over the edge.

DANNY BATES
Jared!

Danny reaches for Jared and grabs his shirt but loses his
grip right away.

EXT. PARTY HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Jared hits the ground hard and hears a slight crack followed
by an excruciating pain in his lower back.

DANNY BATES
Jared! You okay?

A few zombies near the house's door have turned around and
headed for Jared.

JARED PARKER
I can't move my legs!

The zombies are getting even closer now as Jared pulls out
his baton for the last time.

The first zombie is right over him now bending to get a bite
when Danny lands with a thud next to it.

Danny takes the baton from Jared and takes out the two
nearest zombies before he kneels down by Jared.

JARED PARKER
You gotta get out of here.

DANNY BATES
What, and just leave you two?

JARED PARKER
I can't walk Danny, I'm screwed.

Danny gets back up and buys a little more time by killing a
hand full of zombies.

DANNY BATES
(handing Jared the baton)
Come on.

JARED PARKER
What are you doing?

DANNY BATES
Getting you out of here.

Danny grabs Jared under the shoulders and starts dragging him
towards the road.

He pulls Jared to a silver Dodge Dakota that's been abandoned
after crashing into another vehicle and opens the door before
hauling Jared into it.

DANNY BATES (cont'd)
I'm gonna go get help and bring
them back here. Sit tight.

Danny's about to close the door before Jared stops him.

JARED PARKER
Take this.

He holds out the baton to Danny.

DANNY BATES
What about you?

JARED PARKER
I'll be fine. Maybe if I stay quiet
they won't even know I'm here.

Danny takes the baton.

DANNY BATES
I'll be back as soon as I can.

He closes the door gently and takes off down the street.

Commentary: So that's the end of chapter one. My original plan had a more decisive ending, but I think what I'm going to do is continue the story through Danny's point of view a few chapters from now. Oringinally this chapter was going to be called "Bash of the Dead" before I realized that's a retarded title and decided to just use character names as the chapter titles.

Chapter 1: JARED PARKER - part 9

2007-04-17T13:23:00.000-06:00

INT. PARTY HOUSE MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT

Jared and Danny storm into the master bedroom to see MARY
being eaten by a REDHEADED GIRL while CONNIE and ALICE are
balled up in the corner crying.

Jared whips out the baton and crushes both the Redhead and
Mary's skulls as Danny rushes over to the girls in the
corner.

DANNY BATES
Are you okay?

Connie shakes her head "no".

DANNY BATES
Are you hurt? Did either of you get
bit?

ALICE
No, we're fine.

DANNY BATES
What happened?

ALICE
I'm not sure. We were just smoking
a joint and all of a sudden that
one girl started biting Mary in her
neck.

Jared walks to the window and looks out to see thirty or so
zombies crowded in the front yard and nowhere else in sight.

CONNIE
I want to go home.

Danny puts his arms around Connie. He's still trying to get
laid.

DANNY BATES
So do I, but it's just not safe out
there.

JARED PARKER
(to himself)
They know we're in here.

DANNY BATES
What?

JARED PARKER
Down this whole street, this is the
only one they're going after. They
have to know we're here.

DANNY BATES
No, the news said they're brain
dead, that they don't think. How
could they know we're in hear if
they can't think?

JARED PARKER
Maybe the news was wrong.
(beat)
Did you check all the rooms up
here? To make sure they were empty?

DANNY BATES
No, we just kinda came in here and
locked the door.

Jared heads for the bedroom door.

DANNY BATES
Where are you going?

Jared stops in the doorway.

JARED PARKER
To make sure we're alone.

Jared continues off down the hall.

INT. PARTY HOUSE HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Jared once again whips out his baton as he cautiously reaches
for the nearest doorknob.

Just before he reaches the knob Jared hears a noise behind
him.

He turns around in a panic and pulls back his baton to strike
before he realizes it's Danny.

DANNY BATES
Whoa, whoa, whoa, dude! It's just
me!

JARED PARKER
Jesus Christ! What are you doing!?

DANNY BATES
I just thought you could use some
back up.

Jared takes a moment to relax.

JARED PARKER
Do you even have a weapon?

Danny looks around.

DANNY BATES
Um...

Before he can finish responding, Connie bolts past the both
of them heading for the stairs.

DANNY BATES
What the hell?

JARED PARKER
(to Connie)
Where the fuck are you going?

Connie doesn't respond as she descends the stairs and
struggles over the barricade.

DANNY BATES
(shouting at her)
Connie, what are you doing? It's
not safe down there!

Alice rushes out of the master bedroom.

ALICE
I tried to stop her but she just
freaked.

Connie makes her way over the barricade and out of site.

JARED PARKER
She won't last a minute.

Jared takes a step to go after Connie when he hears her
SCREAM off camera.

Both Jared and Danny rush down the steps to see Connie being
pulled out the front door and ripped apart screaming all the
while.

More of the zombies start to file into the house, straight
for the staircase.

Chapter 1: JARED PARKER - part 8

2007-04-05T13:31:00.000-06:00

Danny and Jared stand at the top of the steps looking down at
their barricade of furniture at the bottom.

DANNY BATES
Ya know, we probly should have
grabbed some kind of food or
something before we built a wall at
the bottom of the stairs.

JARED PARKER
Yeah, I suppose there's no telling
when help's gonna show up. If they
come at all.

They head back down the stairs and start climbing over the
furniture.

DANNY BATES
Well, you said that chick on the
radio was gonna send help, right?

JARED PARKER
Yeah, but I never gave her an
address. She said she could track
the car's location and since Ryan
stole the car as soon as I got
here, the cops are gonna be looking
for us in the wrong place.

They finally get over the wall and head for the kitchen.

DANNY BATES
So, what do we do if they don't
come?

JARED PARKER
Then I guess we'll just have to-

INT. PARTY HOUSE KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS

They enter the kitchen to see that the zombies have almost
gotten through the sliding glass door and into the kitchen.

JARED PARKER
Fuck, we gotta hurry.

Jared opens the cabinet under the sink and pulls out two
garbage bags. He hands one to Danny.

JARED PARKER
Here, fill it with any kinda canned
goods you can find. I'll clean out
the fridge.

The two start filling up there bags as the zombies continue
to push the kitchen table further into the house.

DANNY BATES
I think I got it all.

JARED PARKER
Same here.

DANNY BATES
We should probly take those too,
don't ya think?

Danny points to a case of beer in the fridge.

JARED PARKER
I don't think now is exactly the
best time to be getting wasted.

DANNY BATES
I don't know, man, those girls
upstairs are pretty tense. It might
help calm them down. I know it help
calm me down. And like you said, we
don't know how long we're gonna be
trapped up there. It could be days
or even weeks.

Jared thinks about it for a second.

JARED PARKER
Alright, here.

He hands Danny his bag of food and grabs the beer out of the
fridge.

JARED PARKER
Let's go.

Back at the furniture barricade Danny climbs over first and
Jared passes him the food and beers before climbing over as
well.

They both freeze for a second as a blood curdling screams
emanates from upstairs.

Chapter 1: JARED PARKER - part 7

2007-03-27T21:41:00.000-06:00

Jared pulls the police baton out of his pocket again and
drives it down through the top of a small child zombie's
head.

Blood squirts out of the hole as he retracts the baton.

Jared takes out two more leaving only three between him and
the house when he hears a GIRL SCREAMING inside.

Jared quickly smashes in two zombie skulls as the GIRL'S
SCREAM turns into a gurgle followed by silence.

Jared kills the final zombie and rushes into the house to
find four more zombies eating a YOUNG REDHEAD.

INT. PARTY HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

The zombies pay little attention to Jared as they feast on
the girl, allowing him to bash their heads in one by one with
ease.

JARED PARKER
Danny?!
(beat)
Danny you here?

DANNY BATES (O.C.)
Jared that you?

Jared finally spots Danny at the top of the steps.

JARED PARKER
Why would you leave the door open?

DANNY BATES
That was Ryan.

Danny makes his way down the steps.

DANNY BATES
We were trying to get the windows
boarded up and all of a sudden he
just bolted out the door. Didn't
shut it behind him. By the time I
even knew he was gone they were
pouring in, so I got the girls and
brought them upstairs. Locked
ourselves in a-.

Danny finally hits the bottom of the steps and get's his
first good look at Jared.
DANNY BATES
Is that blood?

Jared looks down and notices his arms and chest are covered
in blood.

JARED PARKER
Yeah, it's been a busy night.

DANNY BATES
I'll bet.
(beat)
So, what's the plan?

JARED PARKER
I suppose we should keep boarding
up the windows.

Just then they hear GLASS SHATTERING in the kitchen.

Jared rushes to check it out with Danny trailing slightly
behind him.

INT. PARTY HOUSE KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS

They enter the kitchen to find that a pack of zombies have
broken through the sliding glass door.

JARED PARKER
Fuck!

DANNY BATES
Ah shit, what now?

JARED PARKER
We gotta block the door. Help me
move this table.

Jared and Danny push the kitchen table all the way against
the sliding glass door.

DANNY BATES
This isn't gonna stop'em.

JARED PARKER
It'll slow'em down enough though.
Come on.

INT. PARTY HOUSE - NIGHT

Jared and Danny push the living room couch to the bottom of
the staircase using it as a sort of barricade.

They go back and each grab a reclining chair to stack on top
of the couch.

DANNY BATES
(out of breath)
You think that's good enough?

Jared peeks into the kitchen.

JARED PARKER
We've got time and we don't know
how long we're gonna have to hold
out before. Let's get as much shit
as we can.

Danny sighs in disappointment as Jared heads back to the
living room and grabs the coffee table.

TITLE CARD: 11 MINUTES LATER

The two are now at the top of the stairs looking down on
their makeshift barricade.

DANNY BATES
You think it'll work?

JARED PARKER
It'll work.

DANNY BATES
I don't know. We got over it pretty
easy.

JARED PARKER
These guys aren't exactly the
athletic types, but I guess we'll
just have to wait and see.

Chapter 1: JARED PARKER - part 6

2007-03-21T13:02:00.000-06:00

INT. JARED'S CAR (CRASHED) - NIGHT

Jared takes the cop's baton and starts smashing his car's
windshield with it.

Once it's good and smashed he kicks at it with both feet
until it breaks free.

EXT. SUBURBAN ROAD - NIGHT

He quickly pulls himself up onto the roof of the car as the
zombies claw and bite at his feet.

Jared retracts the baton and stuffs it in his pocket before
taking a deep breath and leaping off the car.

He lands a few feet behind the zombies and makes a bee line
for the police cruiser.

The engine is already running so once he's in he just slams
the car in drive and tears off down the street.

INT. POLICE CRUISER - NIGHT

Jared blasts down the suburban roads with the sirens blaring.

The roads are now an even mix of roaming zombies and normal
people waving their arms, frantically screaming for Jared to
stop and help them.

VOICE (O.S.)
Rick, are you there?
(beat)
Rick, please answer me.

Jared slows the car down a bit as he reaches for the radio's
hand set.

JARED PARKER
Sorry, no Rick here.

There's a brief silence.

VOICE (O.S.)
Who's this?

JARED PARKER
My name's Jared Parker I was in a
car accident.

VOICE (O.S.)
Where's Officer Lurkman.

JARED PARKER
He was sort of, eaten.

VOICE (O.S.)
Eaten by what?

JARED PARKER
A group of people.

There's another silence. A little longer this time.
Jared notices that the further along he goes the worse the
roads are getting.

VOICE (O.S.)
So, where are you going?

JARED PARKER
I left a friend at a party. I've
gotta go get him.

VOICE (O.S.)
How far away is that?

JARED PARKER
I'm just about to turn onto the
street.

VOICE (O.S.)
Okay, when you get there lock
yourselves inside and wait for
help. The squad car you're in has
GPS, I'm gonna send another unit
out to your location.

Jared takes a right turn on the party road to find the party
house surrounded by pure chaos.

Two cars are crashed and stalled in the middle of the road,
small groups of zombies eating the living are scattered
about, and a pack of around ten zombies are clawing at the
front of the party house.

Jared rolls the squad car onto the house's front yard and
slams it in park before pulling out his cell phone.

Before he can dial the number his door is ripped open and a
second later he finds himself being pulled out of it.

EXT. PARTY HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

He lands on the soft grass with light thud and looks up in
time to see Ryan jump into the driver's seat.

RYAN
Thanks.

Ryan slams the door and starts the car back up.

JARED PARKER
Wait! Where's Amber?!

Ryan hits the gas and peels off onto the road and out of site
as Jared scrambles for the house's front door.

The door is locked so starts pounding on it before ringing
the doorbell.

The zombies trying to get in the front window now turn their
attention to him. They're about fifteen feet away but moving
slowly.

JARED PARKER (cont'd)
God damn it.

Jared pulls his cell phone and dials Danny's number.

DANNY BATES
Dude, where are you?

JARED PARKER
I'm in the front yard unlock the
door, quickly.

DANNY BATES
Go in through the garage it's the
only door not boarded up.

Jared runs for the small garage door, and slams it shut once
he's inside.

INT. PARTY HOUSE GARAGE - CONTINUOUS

He locks the door and turns around to find the door that
leads to the house is already open and a line of zombies are
stumbling their way inside.

Chapter 1: JARED PARKER - part 5

2007-03-15T20:03:00.000-06:00

INT. JARED'S CAR - NIGHT

Jared wakes up a few minutes later to the flashing lights of
a police cruiser behind him.

He looks over to see Kimberly with her head resting on the
dashboard.

He slowly reaches over to touch Kimberly when his door is
ripped open by OFFICER LURKMAN.

OFFICER LURKMAN
You okay kid?

JARED PARKER
I think so. My face is killing me
though.

OFFICER LURKMAN
Come on, let's get you out of here.

The Officer grabs Jared by the arm and helps him out of the
car.

EXT. SUBURBAN STREET - CONTINUOUS

OFFICER LURKMAN
You been drinking tonight, son?

JARED PARKER
Just a little bit, but that's not
why-

OFFICER LURKMAN
Save it, I'm gonna go get your
girlfriend out of there.

The Officer sets Jared down on the curb and turns back for
the car.

JARED PARKER
Be careful, she's dangerous.

Officer Lurkman takes a look back at Jared kind of confused.

He makes his way around the car as three people begin to
approach the crash.

OFFICER LURKMAN
Folks, I'm gonna need you to step
back.

He opens the passenger door and instantly sees that
Kimberly's forehead is caved in.

OFFICER LURKMAN
Jesus Christ!

He turns and talks into the walkie-talkie on his shoulder as
he backs away from the car.

OFFICER LURKMAN
This is 23-Charlie.

VOICE
Go ahead 23-Charlie.

OFFICER LURKMAN
Yeah, we got a DOA at that
accident. It looks like we got
another one of-

Lurkman can hear the three people still approaching behind
him and turns to them.

OFFICER LURKMAN
Folks I already told you once,
you're gonna have to back up.

The group keeps approaching. There's something clearly wrong
with these people.

Lurkman backs up and reaches for his baton.

JARED PARKER
They're like her.

Jared gets back on his feet.

OFFICER LURKMAN
What are you talking about?

JARED PARKER
It's the thing on the news. People
attacking each other for no reason.

Lurkman finally pulls out his baton and hits one of the
zombies in the left thigh cracking it's leg.

The zombie falls to the ground but keeps attacking Lurkman,
biting into his right calf.

Lurkman screams in pain and bashes the zombie on the top of
the head finally killing it. It's too late though as the
other two both take bites out of him.

One zombie latches onto the left side of his face while the
other takes a chunk out of the arm holding the baton.

The baton falls from Lurkman's hand as the zombies pull him
down and it rolls a few feet from Jared. Lurkman is screaming
his lungs out the whole time.

His screams draw the attention of more zombies that Jared
finally realizes are getting very close behind him.

JARED PARKER
Oh shit.

He picks up the cop's baton and jumps back into his car.

INT. JARED'S CAR (CRASHED) - CONTINUOUS

He turns the key but the car is completely dead and about ten
zombies are now swarming the car. They pound on the sides
desperately trying to get in.

JARED PARKER
Fuck, fuck, fuck!

Jared calms down when he hears a faint voice that sounds like
it's off in the distance.

He looks all around outside but can't see anything but
zombies. Finally he remembers the cell phone, finds it on the
floor and puts it to his ear.

DANNY BATES (O.S.)
Jared!?

JARED PARKER
Yeah, I'm here.

DANNY BATES (O.S.)
What the fuck happened?

JARED PARKER
I had a little accident. I'll
explain if I get back.

DANNY BATES (O.S.)
Where are you?

JARED PARKER
About ten minutes away, but the
car's dead.

DANNY BATES (O.S.)
So, what are you gonna do?

Jared glances into the rearview mirror and spots the cop car
with it's lights still flashing.

JARED PARKER
I'll call you when I get there.

Chapter 1: JARED PARKER - part 4

2007-03-13T13:35:00.000-06:00

EXT. PARTY HOUSE BACKYARD - CONTINUOUS

Kimberly bolts awake scaring the shit out of Jared.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
Your hands are fucking freezing.

JARED PARKER
Jesus Christ, I thought you were
dead!

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
Did I pass out?

Jared sits back down against the house and cracks open a
beer.

JARED PARKER
Yeah.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
For how long?

JARED PARKER
Just a couple minutes. You were out
when I got back with the beer.

He holds a bottle out to her.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
No thanks, I think I'm done for the
night.

JARED PARKER
Good idea.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
Actually, would you mind taking me
home?

JARED PARKER
No problem.

Jared chugs his beer.

INT. JARED'S CAR - NIGHT

The car is still parked outside the "party house" as Kimberly
sits in the passengers seat vomiting out the door onto the
street.

Jared is leaning over the center console trying to hold her
hair back.

After a few minutes she sits up and pulls her legs into the
car.

JARED PARKER
You okay?

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
Yeah, I'm fine now.

JARED PARKER
You sure? Cause we can wait as long
as you need.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
No, no I'm good. I just wanna get
home.

JARED PARKER
Alright, where do you live?

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
On Cormorant street, near the high
school.

INT. JARED'S CAR (MOVING) - 10 MINUTES LATER

Kimberly is passed out against the window as Jared taps the
steering wheel to the beat of the music. His phone starts
ringing, he answers it.

JARED PARKER
Hello?

DANNY BATES (O.S.)
Dude, where the fuck are you?

JARED PARKER
I'm dropping of this chick I met at
the party. I'll be back in a few
minutes.

DANNY BATES (O.S.)
Dude, it's zombies!

JARED PARKER
What?

DANNY BATES (O.S.)
The thing on the news, all the
attacks. It's fuckin' zombies, man.

JARED PARKER
(sarcasm)
Yeah, okay Danny.

DANNY BATES
Dude, I'm serious, you gotta get
back here now.

JARED PARKER
Alright, I don't know if you're
trying to fuck with me or you've
just smoked way too much, but I'll
be back in like- Hold on a second.

Kimberly starts to "wake up" and is moaning slightly.

JARED PARKER (cont'd)
You okay? You're not gonna throw up
again are you?

Kimberly lunges at Jared with her mouth wide open and he's
just barely able to block it.

JARED PARKER (cont'd)
Holy shit, what the fuck are you-

The car swerves to the right and collides head on with a
tree. The engine dies on impact and smoke is pouring out from
under the hood.

Chapter 1: JARED PARKER - part 3

2007-03-08T13:52:00.000-06:00

EXT. PARTY HOUSE BACKYARD - CONTINUOUS

JARED PARKER
Holy Shit! How'd you get away?

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
I just kept kicking and pushing him
until he stopped biting me, then I
started running. I was only a few
blocks from the hospital, so I went
there and they fixed me up and
called the cops and stuff.

JARED PARKER
So did they catch the guy?

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
Not yet. They said they'd call me
if they found someone that matched
the description.

Kimberly tilts her cup back to take a drink but it's empty so
she just tosses it aside.

JARED PARKER
I'm gonna go get another beer you
want one?

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
Sure.

JARED PARKER
Cool.
(he holds out his hand)
My name's Jared by the way.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
I'm Kim.

They shake.

INT. PARTY HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Inside the party has thinned out a little Danny and a group
of girls are huddled around a bong watching the news.

DANNY BATES
Dude, you gotta come see this.

Jared walks into the living room.

NEWS REPORTER
-recent attacks throughout the
Midwest. The majority of attacks
have been seemingly unprovoked and
completely random. We do know,
however, that the first attacks
reported were in Wisconsin early this
morning leaving many to believe this
is not a terrorist attack.

JARED PARKER
Yeah that's interesting and
everything but I gotta get back
outside.

He heads into the kitchen where he finds Ryan and Tiffany
making out on the table.

He just ignores them and heads to the fridge to find half of
his beers are gone so he just grabs the whole box.

When he turns to leave Ryan and Tiffany are gone.

EXT. PARTY HOUSE BACKYARD - NIGHT

Jared gets to the backyard to find Kimberly slumped over on
her side.

JARED PARKER
Ah, shit.

He sets down the beers and kneels down over Kimberly.

JARED PARKER (cont'd)
Hey Kim, you okay?

She doesn't respond and Jared starts to get a little worried.

JARED PARKER (cont'd)
(shaking her this time)
Kim, wake up.
(shaking her harder now)
Come one Kim, wake Up!

He puts his fingers on Kimberly's neck trying to find a
pulse.

It Came From the West

2007-03-07T16:19:00.000-06:00

Alright, so I was checkin' out joblo.com today, and came across this article for an upcoming film that sounds so odd yet cool I just had to post it here. Apparently this Dansih guy named Tor Fruergaard has put together a short film about Zombies set in the old west featuring puppets as the cast. Here's the plot summary:

"Virgil lives in a saloon in the wild west. Nobody takes him serious, neither his father or the two cowboys Eddie and Hank. One day the saloon is attacked by zombies. Will Virgil ever proof to be anything but a whimp? And who’s the Dark Butcher? 17 minutes of great zombie-splatter-cowboy-western inspired by Sergio Leone, torn apart by director Tor Fruergaard."

Right now the film is completely in Danish but they're working on a dubbed over version. Check out the films trailer on youtube here, and the films official site here. Unfortunately the site is compleltely in Danish as well.

As far as Bash of the Dead goes you can expect to see part three up sometime just after midnight central time. Right now I'm trying to hit up as many zombie/horror related message boards to get the word out about this little project we've got going on. I've also added a table of contents over there on the right and a link to the next part at the end of every one. Hopefully these things will make the story a little easier to get at in the right order. See ya in a bit.

CHAPTER 1: JARED PARKER - part 2

2007-03-06T01:09:00.000-06:00

EXT. PARTY HOUSE BACKYARD - NIGHT

Jared looks up to see that the huge jock he just saw making
out with the pretty blonde in the kitchen is standing over
him pissed off as hell.

JARED PARKER
You must be Ryan.
(holds out his hand)
Name's Jared.

Ryan slaps the hand away, stoops down over Jared and punches
him again before Amber tries to pull him off.

AMBER CALMAN
Ryan, that's enough. Come on, let's
get out of here.

Ryan leans in close to Jared's ear.

RYAN
I see you put your hands on Amber
again and you're a deadman, you got
it?

JARED PARKER
Keep her, but you think you could
hook me up with that chick I saw
you with in the kitchen?

Ryan punches Jared again this time square in the nose before
Amber pulls Ryan into the house.

Jared picks up his now mostly empty beer and finishes it off
before noticing that everyone in the backyard is staring at
him.

JARED PARKER
Anyone see where my other beer
went?

Nobody answers but Jared spots it on his own near the house
and crawls to it.

He uses the wall of the house for a back rest as he cracks
open the beer. It foams over a little bit but he get's it to
his mouth pretty quickly.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
Are you okay?

Jared looks up to see KIMBERLY RAYNOR standing over him with
a drink in one hand and a towel in the other. She looks
concerned.

JARED PARKER
Yeah, I'm fine.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
Your nose is bleeding pretty bad.
(she holds out a towel)
Here, take this.

Jared takes the towel and wipes the blood off his face as
Kimberly sits down next to him.

It's not exactly a graceful landing though and Jared realizes
that she's pretty drunk.

JARED PARKER
Thanks.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
That guy clocked you pretty good,
huh?

JARED PARKER
You look like you're having a
pretty rough night yourself.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
What do you mean?

Jared points to a group of scratch marks on her neck. The
wounds are pretty nasty looking.

JARED PARKER
How'd that happen?

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
Oh, some creep tried to rape me
when I was leaving work this
afternoon.

He's surprised by how unemotional she is about this.

JARED PARKER
Are you serious?

She tells the story as if it happens all the time.

KIMBERLY RAYNOR
(pointing at the
scratches)
This isn't even the worst of it. He
walked up to me mumbling, almost
like he was moaning. I thought he was
hurt or something but when he got close
enough he grabbed my shoulders and tried
to fucking kiss me. When I started
fighting him off he bit me on my neck.

She turns to show Jared a bandaged wound on her neck. Blood
is seeping through it and the skin all around it is black and
blue.

Chapter 1: JARED PARKER - part 1

2007-03-06T00:27:00.000-06:00

EXT. PARTY HOUSE - NIGHT

Loud music can be heard thumping through the walls of the
house as JARED PARKER and DANNY BATES make their way up the
front yard. Both are in their early twenties and carrying
twelve packs of beer.

JARED PARKER
I can't believe I let you talk me
into coming here.

DANNY BATES
Well, do you wanna get over Amber
or not?

JARED PARKER
Not really.

DANNY BATES
Well, you're gonna have to sooner
or later.

JARED PARKER
It's been six hours!

DANNY BATES
Better sooner than later, right?

JARED PARKER
Whatever.

INT. PARTY HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

The two enter the house to find it packed with college kids
including a group of FOUR PRETTY GIRLS who's faces light up
when they spot the two entering the house.

FOUR PRETTY GIRLS
DANNY!

DANNY BATES
Ladies. Who's ready to get high?

Danny heads for the couch as Todd makes his way to the
kitchen.

INT. PARTY HOUSE KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS

Jared has to squeeze past a HUGE JOCK flirting with a HOT
BLONDE before he can get to the fridge.

While sneaking past the two he happens to glance out the
window and spot AMBER CALMAN sitting on the patio table in
the back yard.

He puts the beer in the fridge, opens the box and pulls out
two bottles before heading back out of the kitchen.

The huge jock and hot blonde are making out as Jared passes
them again.

EXT. PARTY HOUSE BACKYARD - NIGHT

Amber gets up off the patio table when she sees Jared
approaching her.

JARED PARKER
You wanna beer?

AMBER CALMAN
What are you doing here?

JARED PARKER
I just wanna talk.

AMBER CALMAN
There's nothing talk about.

She tries to brush by Jared but he blocks her way.

JARED PARKER
What, so I don't even get an
explanation?

AMBER CALMAN
It won't change anything.

JARED PARKER
So than what's the harm in
explaining yourself?

AMBER CALMAN
I met somebody else, okay?

JARED PARKER
Since this afternoon?

AMBER CALMAN
No. It started about two months
ago.

Jared is shocked.

JARED PARKER
Who?

AMBER CALMAN
What difference does it make?

She tries to get past him again but this time he grabs her by
the shoulders.

JARED PARKER
I think I deserve to know.

AMBER CALMAN
His name is Ryan. Happy?

Before Jared can respond something large and hard connects
with his face and knocks him to the ground.

A Little Intro

2007-02-25T20:06:00.000-06:00

I guess I'll start out by admitting that I'm very new to the whole blog thing. Not only is this my first blog but I've never really even visited one. Sure I check out egotastic.com on a daily basis but pretty much just for the pics.

Most of my online communication is done through various screenwriting forums, namely the screenwriting section of tarantino.info. During a relativley long stretch sparse forum activity I stumbled upon Artful Writer forums and saw that they had a sub-forum called "Screenblogging". This was the first I had heard of the term and was instantly excited, assuming it was a word used to describe the marriage of screenwriting and blogging. Well, as far as I can tell it's a word used to describe blogs about screenwriting which was a total dissapointment to me.

All the same I was inspired start my own "serialized blog". The plan right now is for an anthology type zombie tail with each story focusing on a different person or group of people as they struggle to survive a zombie invasion. I don't plan to hold myself to any sort of strict schedule or anything but I wouldn't expect there to be more than a few days between posts. Right now I'm still working on the whole layout of the page and trying to put together a few graphics so it might be a day or two before part one hits the web.

In the mean time feel free to drop me a line with comments, questions or suggestions at dexpac24@hotmail.com or leave a comment below.

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