Scary Tales (5)
EXT.CHURCH GROUNDS-LATER THAT DAY Reverend Dean is walking towards the rectory, Roland follows him. Reverend Dean runs into Deacon George on the grassy field. The two shake hands. DEACON GEORGE So Dean, what do you really think happened in that park? REVEREND DEAN (after brief silence) God knows, its unimaginable, and for some reason I cannot help to think that it was in some way connected to those local slayings years ago. DEACON GEORGE Oh, yeah the farmer John incident that led to that detective and those cops dying too, I remember that. The two men head over to the office. INT.CHURCH OFFICE They continue talking over several cups of tea. They are interrupted by a slow creepy knock on the door. The deacon answers to find Roland standing there, sweating frantically. REVEREND DEAN (surprised) Roland, what is the matter. You look sick. Please come in and sit down. The two reluctantly let him in to sit down. They offer him tea. REVEREND DEAN Now Roland, tell us what is troubling you. ROLAND (out of breath, stuttering, and holding his stomach appearing to be in pain) I have an illness. It runs in my family. I have been plagued by it for years now. I see visions in my head at night of animals in a dark place looking for human blood. The Reverend and the Deacon are motioning to make him leave. REVEREND DEAN (in a quick fast voice) Just stay calm, it may just be bad dreams, you really need to see a special therapist about this, we can't help you right now. Just keep praying to God right now and tomorrow we will help you find a specialist. They escort him out the door. At the door Roland grabs Reverend Deans shoulders. ROLAND (panicking with thunder bolts and a flash of lightning from outside the door) Leave town Reverend! They're coming for you next! Roland exits. The Reverend and Deacon look at each other and shake their heads. They feel that Roland is just crazy. EXT.CHURCH GROUNDS-RAINY NIGHT Roland is in the distance and sees several figures dressed in robes exiting the church window with stolen crosses. He follows them into the hills. EXT.FOREST AREA BY CHURCH Roland hides behind some bushes and sees the robed men board black horses and ride into the forest. He runs to follow them. EXT.REVEREND DEANS HOUSE-SAME NIGHT Reverend Dean pulls car into the driveway, he hurries into the house as it rains down. INT.REVEREND DEANS LIVING ROOM Bolts of lightning flash in the window as the priest settles in his lumpy chair by a fireplace with a blanket and hot tea. EXT.DARK RAINY FOREST Roland is struggling through the wet forest to keep up with the dark horsemen. Finally, the men stop and set up a ritual circle at the top of a small hill. Several religious sculptures are placed about and a fire is lit in the middle. Roland catches up to them soon enough and watches from a distance. One of the black robed men is drawing satanic symbols into the wet ground with some kind of paint. Another man pulls an old book from his robe. The rain continued to poor down heavy but did not affect the roaring fire. The leader of this mysterious group is in the middle of the three and begins to speak. MAN 1 (in a commanding voice with his arms spread wide into he sky) We face our sacred fire tonight to raise three sacred souls back from hell! The other two men kneel down and one of them pours a bowl of blood into the fire. MAN 1 (his loud voice echoing throughout the dark rainy forest) We have waited for this opportunity and tonight the power of the sacred demons shall be heard, the master commands thee!! Hidden nearby, Roland is in shock and tires to stay quiet. He covers his ears as the loud voice scares him. The three men now put their hands together as if they are praying. MAN 1 We will now call upon these chosen ones for the purpose of havoc and revelation of this world. Two of the men begin a demonic chant, repeating it over and over while the leader reads from the book. MAN 1 SAKRI NON NOSTI SAKAN!!! In the name of Satan....ARISE!!! EXT.DARK BROKEN DOWN GRAVEYARD-SAME NIGHT The rotted hand of a human corpse slowly rises from a grave. The badly decomposed body rises out of the dirt wearing a dirty torn checkered flannel shirt. Lightning strikes in the near distance and brings some light to the unknown tombstone. The plot reads "REST IN PEACE FARMER JOHN". His body moved swiftly and his bloodshot eyes opened again as he began walking away. EXT.NEARBY CORNFIELDS Farmer John's body walks across the dark cornfield and pauses for a moment at the sight of an old scarecrow. He grabs the dirty brown hat and puts it on his head replacing his old trademark hat. He continues to walk. EXT.EMPTY FOREST GROUND Not too far away, the demonic spell spreads across the valley as the satanic chants can be heard quietly in the air. In the foggy night the remains of the dead reindeer begin to reform. His deformed antlers fall from the sky and attach to his skull while his mouth is spread wide open moaning with agony. The rotted teeth of the deer fall back into place and one eyeball is opened while the other remains badly decomposed. The veins from his dis-attached arms are sticking out and waving around with little faces of demons at the ends of them smiling and laughing as they anticipate their reattachment to the rest of the deer's body. The fully assembled body of the dead reindeer rises from the dirt, most of it's fur missing and few internal organs but he could walk and felt sense of unknown power. The storm grows stronger as the dead reindeer walks into the dark fields again. EXT.DEEPER IN THE FOREST The camera moves low to the ground deeper into the forest. The storm seemed to stop only in this remote location. A haunting mist hovers over the ground. Soon, the land opens up and smoke rises from it. The land opened wider and wider as ghostly images of demons wandered out of it into the night sky. The four bony legs of the headless cow rise up in place from the ground and it looks as if they are being held up by the transparent demons. The smoke continues to rise from the hole as bits and pieces of the cow are summoned by the evil spirits and reassemble back into shape. The headless cow's damaged remains were now standing tall on their own, part bone, part flesh, with several internal organs hanging out of the body. EXT.DARK FOREST MAN 1 The first sacrifice will be the beloved Reverend Dean Anderson. Roland looked on in horror as he heard them mention the Reverends name. Apparently, these devil worshippers could now control the three corpses. Roland quietly sneaks away to help the Reverend. EXT.FARMLANDS-SAME NIGHT Frantically, Roland races through the fields. He continuously is checking behind his back to make sure he is not being followed. Soon he ends up passing over Farmer John's old farmland. The wind picks up heavily and Roland slips and ends up falling next to a dark pit on the property. Curious, Roland peers his eyes into the darkness. He attempts to get up but is suddenly grabbed by several human hands and is dragged into the dark pit. INT.DARK PIT UNDERGROUND Down below, six nude female bodies with surgically attached pig heads confront Roland. They drag him screaming down a dark tunnel. INT.REVEREND DEANS LIVING ROOM The Reverend sits back in his chair finishing to read a book as he starts to fall asleep. He leans forward to take the last sip of his tea. As he gulps down the final sip, simultaneously right behind his chair Farmer John is also sipping on a bottle of whiskey. They both take the last sip together, put down there drinks and Farmer John rams a pitchfork from behind into the priest stomach leaving it there embedded into his body right through the chair. Farmer John faces him, lifts up his shirt and reveals an evil face with teeth embedded into his chest and stomach. FARMER JOHN (with an evil laugh) See you in the morgue, priest! The Reverend, barely alive, opens his eyes slightly and sees the headless cow and dead reindeer walk in and join him. Together, they sat there, now a team waiting for their next order to kill. INT.DARK PIT UNDERGROUND Roland woke up in this underground cave. It was a warehouse of human and animal parts, operating tables, and torture devices. Many off breeds were hanging from chains including cats and dogs wearing each other's heads but mostly farm animals. Apparently, this is where the secret animal cult performed its surgical procedures. The pig headed females return and drag him into the next room. ROLAND (screaming) No! No! Leave me alone, leave me alone, Oh please god. His cries for help are ignored. They place him in a large room with a banquet table. At the head of the table is a huge ox with human arms attached to it holding a knife and fork. They place Roland at the center of the table on a large silver platter. They chop him into pieces with an electric knife and serve his body parts on plates. INT.REVEREND DEAN'S LIVING ROOM Barely conscious sitting in is chair bleeding to death with only a few seconds left to live Reverend Dean struggles to place a phone call. REVEREND DEAN (gasping into the phone) George, it's Dean, I've been stabbed, I'm dyeing, listen to me, you've got to save the town, it's those animals from the park, they're real, they're real!! Roland was right, they are going to kill more. The Reverend dies, the phone drops to the floor. INT.DEACON'S HOME The Deacon hangs up the phone and turns to his assistant. DEACON GEORGE (worried and shouting) John get the congregation together, right now! We have an emergency! EXT.CORNFEILDS-SAME NIGHT The headless cow, dead reindeer, and Farmer John are walking through fields like mindless robots. INT.TOWN CHURCH-SAME NIGHT Practically the entire town had gathered to the church. DEACON GEORGE (at the pedestal speaking into the microphone) Dear friends, I'm sorry to drag all of you out on this late stormy Sunday, but I had no choice. The rumors you've all heard about those mad killing animals are all true. The townspeople all begin to gossip to themselves as the ushers try to keep them quiet and calm. DEACON GEORGE (eyes filled with tears) Please listen. Father Anderson was murdered tonight by them. Yes. He is dead. I feel if we don't do something right now any of us could be next. TOWNPERSON (shouting at the deacon) What do you want us to do, were just ordinary citizens, call the sheriff. Several in the crowd agree with him. DEACON GEORGE If we call the police they may end up dead and headless again, remember!! This is our town and our problem. We can't just stand by and let them destroy us. Now, their out there and we've got to all get together, were' gonna grab our rakes, shovels, and hunting rifles and get out there and hunt these entities, now who is with me?!! Most of them agree with him as they applaud and exit the church. Several remain behind, mostly woman and children. DEACON GEORGE (turning to a woman) Why don't you and the others stay here, you'll be safe here while we are out hunting. The church can act as a communication headquarters for each search party. She nods her head in agreement with a worried look in her eyes. EXT.LOCAL TOWN BAR-SAME NIGHT About nine pick-up trucks are assembled in front of the bar. The deacon is going over the area map with some of the men. The men have pitchforks, rifles and various weapons loaded in the back of the trucks and some of them are drinking beer. DEACON GEORGE (pointing at map) Okay, you boys head south, Fred's team's head north. They agree and take off in their trucks. EXT.FOREST AREA Several trucks traveling together spot the three corpses in the woods. They call out to each other to surround them. The three run into the woods as the mob fire rifles and throws fireballs at them. Farmer John catches a burning arrow in the back and falls to the ground. The deer and cow leave him behind and continue to run. The mob continues to chase them down. Bullets continue to fire as they rip through the reindeers decomposed body and tear it apart. The deer collapses. A few mob members stay behind and continue shooting the remains of the deer, drinking beer and laughing while others continue to chase the headless cow. INT.HELL Farmer John and the dead reindeer's soul arrive in hell and are immediately greeted by Lucifer himself. The prince of darkness shoots fire at them from his claws which propels them backward, etching there demented souls into the permanent walls of hell as they join billions of other burning souls for eternity. DEVIL (laughing with pleasure) Welcome to eternal damnation my loved ones. EXT.FOREST FACTORY AREA The headless cow continues running and leads the mob through the gates of some chemical factory. INT.FACTORY The cow enters running and easily knocks down an overweight security guard to get in. The mob follows. INT.TOWN CHURCH The women and children are in the church talking and praying for the search parties. Suddenly a loud knock on the front door disturbs them. TOWN WOMAN 1 (in excitement) It's them; it must be them, there back! TOWN WOMAN 2 (suspicious) Wait a minute. INT.FACTORY After a brief chase inside the factory, the crowd confronts the cow at the edge of one of the many levels inside. They unload everything they got on her. The cow is overwhelmed by the firepower, the mob moves closer and she is thrust backwards, falls off the edge and into a batch of liquid metal almost taking several people with her, some of their weapons fall in also. The crowd looks down. FARMER Forget it Deacon, it's dead. That liquid metal will fry anything. DEACON (looking down, doubtful) Yes, so it seems. Soon enough downstairs the townspeople try to explain to some security guards what is going on. They motion towards the metal where the cow had fallen. Some factory worker pulls a lever, which drains all the liquid metal from the tank. They couldn't believe their eyes when the headless cow stood up, her body coated with metal. A shotgun that had fallen in was fused into one of her legs and she looked robotic, a solid cast metal body. Rising from the tank the cow stood on her two back legs like a human, raises the embedded rifle and shoots at the crowd. They all take cover. DEACON GEORGE (to the security guards) You see were not crazy! This is some kind of curse, beyond nature. Bullets wont stop it, we must tear that demon apart!! The security guards agree with him and they all team up to overtake the cow. They manage to tie her up to some large pole. They light a fire below the cow as the factory workers continued to ad industrial chemicals to it. They burned her like a witch on a stake. After a while the cow's body finally gave up and was completely charcoaled. They fall to the factory floor. FARMER 2 (pointing to the remains) Deacon, look! The bones are still moving. Everybody looks down and notices the phenomena. They sawed up all the bones and put them in separate bags. DEACON GEORGE Keep all the bones separate. Well each take a bag home with us and bury them far apart from each other, that way we don't take any chances. They agree and take their separate bags home with them. INT.TOWN CHURCH The women look out the window and see the animal cult figures surrounding the church. Hundreds of them in all shapes and sizes, human bodies with animals heads and animal bodies with human heads. They carried machetes, knives, axes and various weapons. All the woman and children run to the front of the church screaming and crying holding each other. Banging is heard from all over outside the church. The front doors are broken down as the victims huddle together in the corner as the shadow of the maniac's cover their bodies. EXT.QUIET ROAD-LATER THAT NIGHT A wife and husband drive home from the factory with one of the bags filled with the cow's remains. The bag rest in the backseat. HUSBAND (driving the car talking to his wife) Let's just toss that thing out the window. WIFE No way, lets do exactly what the Deacon said. Suddenly, the bag of bones in the back seat start to rumble. They both look into each other's eyes, scared to hell. Suddenly, the husband realizes he cannot stop the car. One of the bones had slipped under his foot and was pressing down on the accelerator pedal while he frantically tried to pump the brake pedal. Their screams of terror went unheard as the car was forced to race off a cliff and explodes at the bottom. EXT.CEMETERY-SAME NIGHT The Deacon and his assistant pull the truck into a cemetery. They take out from the back the bag filled with the cow's bones and two shovels. They find a quiet site and begin to dig. A while later they drop the bag into the whole and cover it back with dirt. Sweaty and tired they walk back to the truck. Soon, they are disturbed by a rattling sound coming from the loose dirt. The rib cage and spine of the headless cow comes up from the dirt and flies into the air. Tiny faces of demons are embedded into the rotted bones. Like a spear cruising through the air the spine descends into the Deacons chest. The assistant runs for his life, but his attempt is futile. The rib cage of the cow wrapped around his head crushing it. The camera zooms in as the man screams holding the ribcage. EXT.FOREST AREA NEAR THE CHURCH Slowly, around the church grounds, various pieces of the headless cow move through the soil and find each other. The cow's bones reassemble into skeleton form and the headless cow runs off into the night once again. EXT.DESERT AREA-NEXT DAY After running some time through the night the headless cow has made her way to a desert area. The blistering sun beams down on her briefly for a moment as dark clouds begin to move into the scene as she glances up and is confronted by a beautiful nude blonde woman. Lightning strikes in the back round as the two come face to face with each other. It is the Dark Devil (from story 3). FADE OUT END CREDITS
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