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American Werewolf in London, An (1981)

by John Landis.

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FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY


FADE IN

1    MAN'S FOOTPRINT

on the moon.

EXT. MOON

Camera begins to pull back slowly, straight up - the
song "Moon Shadow" by Cat Stevens begins.  Once we are
high enough to see the entire moon, the main title is
superimposed.

	An American Werewolf in London

We continue to retreat from the moon, looking on as it
grows farther from us, continuing credits until the
full moon is the size it appears to us from earth.

2    EXT. CROSSROADS ON THE MOORS - NIGHT

Tree branches enter into the frame, the camera pans
down and we see a truck approaching.  We are at a
crossroads in the moors, looking sinister enough to
have earned their literary reputation.

The truck stops at the crossroads, the DRIVER,
mustached and wearing tweeds, boots, and a muffler,
climbs down.

"Moon Shadow" ends.


						CUT TO:

Loud bang of the back grating on the truck as it slams
down.  Revealed among the sheep are two rudely-awakened
young American boys.  They look exhausted.  They both
carry backpacks, two American kids on a jaunt in
Europe.  They are both in their late twenties.

It is very cold and they clamber out of the truck none
too happily.  Pushing sheep aside they step out and
stretch.

JACK GOODMAN AND DAVID KESSLER

They've been cramped for hours.

			TRUCK DRIVER
	Here, lads, East Proctor and
	all about are the moors.  I go
	east here.

			JACK
	Yes, well thank you very much
	for the ride, sir.  You have
	lovely sheep.

			TRUCK DRIVER
		(as he clambers back
		 up on his truck)
	Boys, keep off the moors.
	Stay on the road.  Good luck
	to you.

			DAVID
	Thanks again!

He drives off.  LONG SHOT of the two boys as the lorry
pulls away.  Surrounding them are the moors.  They put
on their packs, David points to the signpost pointing
towards East Proctor.

EXT. ROAD ON THE MOORS - NIGHT

As they walk, their breath visible:

			JACK
	Are you cold?

			DAVID
	Yes.

			JACK
	Good.

They walk on, finally:

			DAVID
	Jack.

			JACK
	David.

			DAVID
	You're not having a good time
	are you?

			JACK
	Oh, I don't know.  I mean look
	around.  Isn't this a fun
	place?

The camera shows us the moors - desolate, cold,
foreboding.

			DAVID
	Well, I like it here.

			JACK
	I'm sorry.  Northern England
	first, Italy later.

			DAVID
	Right.

They walk on.
			JACK
	Do you think she'll meet me in
	Rome?

			DAVID
	I think Debbie Klein is a
	mediocre person with a good
	body.

			JACK
	Debbie is not mediocre and she
	has one of the great bodies of
	all time.

			DAVID
	She's a jerk.

			JACK
	You're talking about the woman
	I love.

			DAVID
	I'm talking about a girl you
	want to fuck, so give me a
	break.

			JACK
	Well, anyway, do you think
	she'll be there?

			DAVID
	I don't know.

			JACK
		(like an announcer)
	Rendezvous in Rome starring
	Jack Goodman and Debbie Klein.
	The love affair that shocked
	Europe!  See torrid lovemaking
	at its most explicit!  See
	Jack and Debbie expose their
	lust in the sacred halls of
	the Vatican!  Never has the
	screen dared....

			DAVID
	If you don't stop, I'm going
	to kill you.

			JACK
	I have to make love to her.
	It's very simple.  She has no
	choice really.

			DAVID
	It just fascinates me that you
	can spend so much energy on
	someone so dull.

			JACK
	It is impossible for a body
	like that to be dull.

			DAVID
	We've known Debbie what, since
	the eighth grade?  How many
	years of foreplay is that?

			JACK
	She says she `likes me too
	much'.

David just laughs and laughs and laughs.


						DISSOLVE
						TO:

3    EXT. EAST PROCTOR MAIN STREET - NIGHT

David and Jack entering East Proctor.  It is brightly
moonlit.  East Proctor consists of a few shops, all
closed, a petrol pump and a pub.  East Proctor has a
very small population and the place looks empty.  David
and Jack enter the middle of town and look about.  The
camera sees what they see.  A few shops, dark and
shuttered.  Light and laughter come from the pub.

4    EXT. THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB - NIGHT

Its traditional shingle shows a ferocious wolf's bloody
head on a pike, and tells us the pub's name, "The
Slaughtered Lamb".

			JACK
	The Slaughtered Lamb?

			DAVID
	Of course, The Slaughtered
	Lamb.  Why else would they
	have a severed fox head on a
	spear as their symbol?

			JACK
	That's a wolf's head.

			DAVID
	Of course, The Slaughtered
	Lamb.  Why else would they
	have a severed wolf's head on
	a spear as their symbol?

			JACK
	That's not a spear.  It's a
	pike.

			DAVID
	A severed wolf's head on a
	pike as their symbol.

			JACK
	David, before we go in there I
	want you to know that - no
	matter what happens to us -
	it's your fault.

			DAVID
	I assume full responsibility.

			JACK
	Okay.

			DAVID
	Shall we?

5    INT. THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB - NIGHT

The pub was apparently "modernized" sometime in the mid-
fifties.  Its traditional Englishness combines with
greasy stainless steel and glass.  It is populated by
mostly pale young men with longish hair.  Several older
men are ruddy complexioned and sport large mustaches.
Four or five are watching a chess game.  Two men are
playing darts.  The conversation is loud and there is
often laughter.  But there is something unsavory about
these people.  A look of leanness and poverty.  They
seem inbred and somehow sullen.  We establish the types
and the general level of noise in the room.

The door opens revealing David and Jack.  There is dead
silence and all are staring in a not friendly way at
the two boys who are made uncomfortable by all the
strange attention.  They give each other a "what?"
look, then turn to the assembled populace.

			DAVID
	Hello.

			JACK
	Nice to see you.

FACES

Silent and staring.

						CUT TO:

DAVID AND JACK

			DAVID
		(smiles)
	It's very cold outside.  May
	we come in?

The WOMAN BARKEEP nods.  The boys walk carefully over
to a table and very self-consciously remove their
packs, place them on the floor, and sit down at the
table.  There is a long, awkward wait.  The Woman
finally comes over to them.

			JACK
	Do you have any hot soup?

			WOMAN
	No.

			DAVID
	Well, do you have any coffee?

			WOMAN
	No.

			JACK
	Hot chocolate?
			WOMAN
	We've got spirits and beer.
	If it's something hot you
	want, you can have tea.

			JACK
	Then you have some hot tea?

			WOMAN
	No.

			JACK
	Oh.

			WOMAN
	But I can heat some up for you
	if you'd like.

			DAVID & JACK
	Yes, please.

As the Woman turns to prepare the tea, everyone resumes
what they were doing; talking, drinking, playing chess
and darts, and the boys breathe easier.

			JACK
	Nice looking group.

			DAVID
	Listen, at least it's warm in
	here.

			JACK
	Look at that.

						CUT TO:

JACK'S P.O.V.

On the wall is painted a red pentangle (a five-pointed
star) and on either side burns a yellow candle.

			DAVID
	What about it?

			JACK
	It's a five-pointed star.

			DAVID
	Maybe the owners are from
	Texas.

The Woman brings them their tea.

			JACK
		(to Woman)
     Remember the Alamo?

			WOMAN
	I beg your pardon?

			DAVID
	He was joking.  Thank you.

			WOMAN
	Joking?  I remember The Alamo.
	I saw it once in London, in
	Leicester Square.

Jack and David look startled.  One of the CHESS PLAYERS
explains:

			CHESS PLAYER
	She means in the cinema, that
	film with John Wayne.
		(turns to board)
	Checkmate.

			DAVID
	Oh, yes, of course.

			JACK
	Right, with Laurence Harvey
	and everybody died in it.  It
	was very bloody.

			CHESS PLAYER
	Bloody awful if you ask me!

This sends everyone into gales of laughter.  Jack and
David smile politely.

			CHESS PLAYER
	Here, Gladys, Tom.  Did you
	hear the one about the
	crashing plane?

			WOMAN
	No, but we're about to.

Laughter.

			CHESS PLAYER
	You be quiet, woman, and let
	me speak.

			WOMAN
		(heavy sarcasm)
	Quiet, everyone!  Hush!  Shhh!

Uproarious laughter.

			CHESS PLAYER
	All right, laugh then.  I
	shan't tell it.

			WOMAN
	Oh, come on, tell us.

			CHESS PLAYER
	No.  You've had your chance.

The men all coax him to tell the joke.

			JACK
		(to David)
	Ask them what the candles are
	for.

			DAVID
		(to Jack)
	You ask them.

			JACK
		(to David)
	Listen, that's a pentangle, a
	five-pointed star.  It's used
	in witchcraft.  Lon Chaney,
	Jr. and Universal Studios
	maintain it's the mark of the
	wolf man.

			DAVID
		(to Jack)
	I see.  You want me to ask
	these people if they're
	burning candles to ward off
	monsters.

			JACK
		(to David)
	Right.

			DAVID
		(to Jack)
	Wrong.
The drinkers have gotten the Chess Player to tell the
joke as everyone knew he would.

			CHESS PLAYER
	Oh, all right.  There was this
	airplane over the Atlantic on
	its way to New York.  It was
	full of men from the United
	Nations.

			WOMAN
	That's very funny, that is.

Uproarious laughter.

			JACK
		(to David)
	Go on, ask them.

			DAVID
		(to Jack)
	You ask them.

			CHESS PLAYER
	Here now, let me finish!  So
	halfway over the ocean the
	engines run low on petrol so
	they have to lighten the
	plane.  So they heave out all
	the baggage, but it's still
	too heavy.  So they chuck out
	the seats, but it's still too
	heavy!  Finally this Froggy
	steps up and shouts "Viva la
	France" and leaps out.  Then
	an Englishman....

			DART PLAYERS
	Hear!  Hear!

			CHESS PLAYER
		(undaunted)
	...steps up and shouts `God
	save the Queen!' and leaps
	out.  But the plane is still
	too heavy.  So the Yank
	delegate from Texas steps up,
	shouts, `Remember the Alamo!'
	and chucks out the Mexican.

This is apparently the funniest joke the inhabitants of
East Proctor have ever heard.  The laughter is
uproarious, choking, knee-slapping, incredible.  As the
Chess Player goes to take a drink of beer, the Dart
Player gasps out...
			DART PLAYER
	Remember the Alamo!

...causing the Chess Player to spit out his beer
causing even harder laughter.  Complete hilarity.

			JACK
	Excuse me, but what's that
	star on the wall for?

Dead silence.  A dart lands in the wall.  David and
Jack are understandably bewildered.  The villagers look
hard indeed.

			DART PLAYER
		(angry)
	You've made me miss.

			JACK
	I'm sorry.

			DART PLAYER
	I've never missed the board
	before.

			DAVID
	Jack, we'd better go.

			JACK
	What do you mean?  I'm
	starving.

			DART PLAYER
	There's no food here.

The villagers look threatening and David's voice is a
bit urgent.

			DAVID
	Come on, Jack, shall we go?!!

			JACK
	Apparently so.

The boys pick up their backpacks and move uncertainly
for the door.

			WOMAN
		(to men)
	You can't let them go.

			DAVID
		(worried)
	How much do we owe you?

			CHESS PLAYER
	Nothing, lads.  Go, God be
	with you.

			DAVID
	Uh, thank you.

			WOMAN
	Wait!  You just can't let them
	go!

			DART PLAYER
	Go!  And stay on the road.
	Keep clear of the moors.

			DAVID
	Yes, well, thanks again.

			CHESS PLAYER
	Beware the moon, lads!

David pushes Jack out.

6    EXT. THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB - NIGHT

It is very cold.

			JACK
	What the hell was that all
	about?

			DAVID
	I don't know.  Let's see if
	there's an inn or something up
	the road.

			JACK
	Beware the moon?

			DAVID
	Come on, I'm freezing.

They start up the road into the night.

7    INT. THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB - NIGHT

It is quiet.

			WOMAN
	You can't let them go.

			DART PLAYER
		(angry)
	Should the world know our
	business?!

			CHESS PLAYER
	It's murder then.

			DART PLAYER
	Then murder it is!  It's in
	God's hands now.

The wax drips from the Pentangle's candles onto the
floor.

						DISSOLVE
						TO:

8    EXT. A ROAD ON THE MOORS - NIGHT - DAVID AND JACK

walking on the road surrounded by darkness.

			DAVID
	That was weird.  I guess
	leaving was the best idea.

			JACK
	I don't know.  Now that we're
	out here and it's three
	degrees, I'm not so sure I
	wouldn't rather face a blood-
	thirsty mob.

			DAVID
	Well, not quite a blood-
	thirsty mob.

They keep walking.

			JACK
	What do you think was wrong?

			DAVID
	I have no idea.

			JACK
	Maybe that pentangle was for
	something supernatural.

			DAVID
	I see and they were too
	embarrassed to talk about it,
	because they felt so silly.
There is a flash of lightning that sends a ghostly
illuminating sheet of light over the boys' faces.  The
clap of thunder follows loud and rumbling.

			DAVID
	Please don't rain.

Downpour.  The boys are walking in a deluge.

			DAVID
	Of course.

They walk getting soaked.

			JACK
	Say, David....

			DAVID
	I'm well aware of how pleasant
	the weather is in Rome at the
	present time thank you.

Jack spreads his arms and sings.

			JACK
	Santa Lucia...Santa Lucia.

9    INT. THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB - NIGHT

The rain is loud on the roof and beating on the
windows.  The gathered continue to drink, play chess
and darts, but all are silent and contemplative.

			WOMAN
	Perhaps they'll be safe in the
	rain.

The Chess Player slams his hand on the table.  Shouts:

			CHESS PLAYER
	No one brought them here!  No
	one wanted them here!

			WOMAN
	You could have told them!

			DART PLAYER
	Are you daft?  What do you
	think they'd say?  They'd
	think us mad.

			WOMAN
	Listen!

The rain is subsiding.  There is a very faint howl.

			WOMAN
	Did you hear it?  We must go
	to them.

			DART PLAYER
	I heard nothing.

			CHESS PLAYER
	Nor I.

The camera lingers as the Chess Player's hard face
shows the man's struggle.  Another howl.  The Chess
Player turns suddenly.

10   EXT. ROADSIDE ON THE MOORS - NIGHT

David and Jack are now completely out of sight from
East Proctor surrounded by darkness and wet.  There is
a light drizzle.  They are standing, listening.  The
drizzle stops.

			JACK
	Did you hear that?

			DAVID
	I heard that.

			JACK
	What was it?

David begins to walk, Jack with him.

			DAVID
	Could be a lot of things.

			JACK
	Yeah?

			DAVID
	A coyote.

			JACK
	There aren't any coyotes in
	England.

			DAVID
	The Hound of the Baskervilles.

			JACK
	Pecos Bill.

			DAVID
	Heathcliffe.

			JACK
	Heathcliffe didn't howl.

			DAVID
	No, but he was on the moors.

			JACK
	It's a full moon, `beware the
	moon'.

Another howl, this one long and loud.  It is a very
inhuman noise, terrifying, and closer this time.

			JACK
	I vote we go back to The
	Slaughtered Lamb.

			DAVID
	Yeah.

They are both visibly worried and walk briskly back
from where they just came.  Although after a bit of
fast walking they are getting nowhere.  They stop out
of breath.

			DAVID
	We're lost.

Another bloodcurdling howl.

			JACK
	Shit!  David, what is that?

			DAVID
	I don't know.  Come on.

			JACK
	Come on, where?

			DAVID
	Anywhere!  I think we should
	just keep moving.

A growl.  A low guttural growl comes from out of the
darkness.  We stay on the boys, but we hear something
out there.  It starts to walk.

			DAVID
	It's moving.

			JACK
	It's circling us.

And indeed it is.  The boys strain to hear its four
footfalls and they turn slowly, following it.  A snarl.

			JACK
	Fuck.

We hear the wolf-monster stop (for that's what it is -
we know it's there even though we've not seen it).  It
sits breathing heavily.

			DAVID
	What's the plan?

			JACK
		(nervously)
	Plan?

			DAVID
		(not too relaxed
		 himself)
	Let's just keep walking.

They do and David keeps talking as they walk.

			DAVID
	That's right, a lovely stroll
	in the moors.  Tra-la-la,
	isn't this fun?

The thing stalking them seems to speed up.  The boys
hesitate as they sense it run past them.  It stops.

			DAVID
	It's in front of us.

			JACK
	Do you think it's a dog?

Jack and David strain to see what waits ahead of them.

BOYS' P.O.V.

Something is waiting in the darkness.  Its hulking
shape is barely discernible, but its eyes glow eerily
and its breath is visible.

			JACK
	Oh shit.  What is that?

			DAVID
	A sheep dog or something.
	Turn slowly and let's walk
	away.

The boys keep talking as they move faster and faster.

			JACK
	Nice doggie.  Good boy.

			DAVID
	Walk away, Jack.

			JACK
	Walking away, yes, sir.  Here
	we are walking away.

They are in a full-out run by now.  After a few minutes
flight they stop, panting.

			DAVID
	See anything?

			JACK
	No.

A moment of quiet, then a howl.

			DAVID
	It sounds far away.

			JACK
	Not far enough.  Come on.

They walk briskly.

			DAVID
	Jack?

			JACK
	Yeah.

			DAVID
	Where are we going?

			JACK
	I'll tell you when we get
	there.

			DAVID
	Well.  I'm glad we...WHOAA!!

David shouts as he slips suddenly in the mud, scaring
Jack, and us, and himself a great deal.  He lays
startled on the wet ground for a moment, then he and
Jack laugh.

			JACK
	You really scared me, you
	shithead.

			DAVID
	Are you going to help me up?

Jack takes David's extended hand to help him up when
THE WOLF MONSTER SPRINGS!

EXT. MOORS - NIGHT

The lunging beast brings Jack down in one fell swoop.
David falls back on his ass.  Jack is screaming and
struggling as he is torn to shreds.  David scrambles to
his feet and runs in complete panic.  Jack's screams
and the wolf's roars combine.

			JACK
	Jesus fuck!  David!  Please
	help me!  Please!  David!
	Shit!  Help me!  Oh God!

EXT. ROADSIDE ON THE MOORS - NIGHT

David runs and runs.  Finally he falls, out of breath.

			DAVID
	Jack?  Oh my God, Jack!

He gets up and runs back to find Jack a torn and bloody
mess on the ground.  He stares in horror.

			DAVID
	Jack....

EXT. NIGHT - VARIOUS FLASH CUTS

THE WOLF SPRINGS!  The camera adopts David's P.O.V. as
he fights the dark savage shape on top of him.  Fangs
clamp down on his shoulder when shots ring out and the
hulking form rolls off of him.

EXT. ROADSIDE ON THE MOORS - NIGHT

David, dazed and bloody, looks and sees the men from
The Slaughtered Lamb armed with shotguns and torches
running towards him.  Looking over at his attacker,
instead of a wolf he sees a very old, naked man laying
in the mud riddled with bullet holes.  As the villagers
crowd around, David falls back and faints.

						FADE OUT


FADE IN

11   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

David is in a small, clean and very white hospital
room.  He lays on his back in bed, his shoulder
bandaged and his arm plugged into a bottle of plasma.
There are several cuts and abrasions on his arms and
face, but he really doesn't look too bad.  He opens his
eyes slowly, blinks, and tries to sit up and look
around, but is unable to because of the pain.  He calls
out....

			DAVID
	Jack?!

...and passes out.  However his shout has fetched a
nurse.  She is ALEX PRICE, very English, very
beautiful.  She goes to the bed.

			ALEX
	Mr. Kessler?

She looks into his eyes, lifting the lids with her
thumb, and then checks his chart at the end of the bed.

			ALEX
	Mr. Kessler?

David remains unconscious.  Another young nurse, MISS
GALLAGHER, comes in.

			MISS GALLAGHER
	He all right?

			ALEX
	Yes, I should think.  He
	called out just now.

			MISS GALLAGHER
	He's an American, you know.
	Dr. Hirsch is going to fetch
	round one of those Embassy
	fellows to see him.

			ALEX
	Chart says he's from New York.

			MISS GALLAGHER
	I think he's a Jew.

			ALEX
	Why on earth do you say that?

			MISS GALLAGHER
	I looked.

			ALEX
		(smiles)
	Really, Susan, I don't think
	that was very proper, and
	besides, it's common practice
	now.

A voice startles the girls.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Yes, Miss Gallagher, Miss
	Price is quite right.

DR. HIRSCH enters.  He is an older man wearing the
customary lab coat.  A very commanding and reassuring
presence.  The girls are embarrassed.

			ALEX
	Dr. Hirsch, Mr. Kessler cried
	out a minute ago.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Miss Gallagher, surely you
	must perform some function
	here at the hospital.

			MISS GALLAGHER
	Yes, Doctor.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Then get on with it.

			MISS GALLAGHER
	Yes, Doctor.

She exits.  Dr. Hirsch begins to examine David.  Alex
watches.  Dr. Hirsch turns to Alex.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Can I be of service, Miss
	Price?

			ALEX
	Dr. Hirsch?

			DR. HIRSCH
	Go about your duties.

			ALEX
	Yes, Doctor.

She starts to exit.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Oh, Miss Price?

			ALEX
	Yes, Doctor?

			DR. HIRSCH
	What exactly did he call out?

			ALEX
	He said `Jack'.

			DR. HIRSCH
	That would be Jack Goodman,
	the boy who was killed.

			ALEX
	What happened to them?

			DR. HIRSCH
	The police report said an
	escaped lunatic attacked them.
	He must have been a very
	powerful man.  Although I
	really don't see that it is
	any of your concern, Miss
	Price.

			ALEX
	No, sir.  Of course, sir.
	Good day, Doctor.

She exits as Dr. Hirsch continues his examination,
looking into David's eyes.

12   EXT. DENSE FOREST - DAY

The camera is handheld, running furiously through the
almost dense greenery.  On the soundtrack are the
footfalls and heavy breathing of the runner.  The
camera abruptly stops and turns, sharply looking about,
the panting continuing.  The breathing gets louder and
harder, then too loud when we:

						CUT TO:

13   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

David opens his eyes quickly, the silence and whiteness
contrast sharply with the preceding fantasy.  Standing
beside the bed are Dr. Hirsch and MR. COLLINS.  Mr.
Collins wears a bow tie and is holding a briefcase.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Hello, David.  I am Dr. Hirsch
	and this is a countryman of
	yours, Mr. Collins.

			DAVID
	Where am I?

			DR. HIRSCH
	You're in a hospital in
	London.

			DAVID
	London?  Where's Jack?  I had
	a strange dream.

			DR. HIRSCH
	I should think so after your
	recent traumatic experiences.

			DAVID
	The guy I was with.  Is he all
	right?  How did I get to
	London?

			DR. HIRSCH
		(quietly)
	Now, David, I want you to
	prepare yourself; your friend
	is dead.
David jolts up in bed and shouts.

			DAVID
	What?

The sudden exertion and strain hurt.

			DAVID
	Ow, shit!

He sinks back down.

			DAVID
	Jack's dead?

			MR. COLLINS
	Mr. Kessler, I am Mr. Collins
	of the American Embassy here
	in Grosvenor Square.  Both Mr.
	Goodman's parents and your
	parents have been notified of
	your injuries and everything's
	in order.

			DAVID
	Everything's in order?  What
	are you talking about?

			MR. COLLINS
	Mr. Goodman's body has been
	air-freighted back to New York
	for burial and your parents
	have wired funds for your stay
	in the hospital until you are
	well enough to fly home.

			DAVID
		(controlled tears)
	You don't crate and ship Jack
	like some side of beef.
		(approaching hysteria)
	Who the hell are you people?
	What's going on here?  Where
	is Jack?  I demand to see him!

			DR. HIRSCH
		(holds David down,
		 calls out)
	Miss Price!  Miss Price,
	please!

			DAVID
		(shouting)
	Get your fucking hands off me!
	What the hell is going on
	here?

Alex enters amidst David's shouting and confusion.

			MR. COLLINS
		(distraught, clutching
		 his briefcase)
	I realize how upsetting this
	must be for you, Mr. Kessler,
	but please try to refrain from
	hysterics.

David continues shouting and struggling.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Prepare a hypodermic, please,
	Miss Price.

The shot is administered and David is held down by Dr.
Hirsch and Alex until his breathing becomes more
normal.

			MR. COLLINS
	Now, Mr. Kessler, try not to
	excite yourself.  Everything
	has been arranged.  I shall
	come back to check on your
	progress and send a report to
	your parents.  The police have
	requested to interview you and
	I have given them permission
	to do so.

Dr. Hirsch walks Mr. Collins to the door.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Thank you very much, Mr.
	Collins.  He'll rest now and
	I'm sure everything will be
	fine once he's adjusted.  He's
	had quite a shock.

			MR. COLLINS
	These dumb-ass kids never
	appreciate anything you do for
	them.

Mr. Collins exits.  Dr. Hirsch crosses back to the bed.

			DAVID
	How long have I been here?

			DR. HIRSCH
	You've been unconscious since
	you were brought in two weeks
	ago.

			DAVID
	Two weeks?

			DR. HIRSCH
	You've suffered some rather
	severe cuts and bruises, lost
	a bit of blood, but nothing
	too serious; black and blue
	for a while.  You'll have some
	dueling scars to boast of.
	That lunatic must have been a
	very fierce fellow.  They say
	a mad man has the strength of
	ten.

			DAVID
		(softly, as the drugs
		 take hold)
	Lunatic?

			DR. HIRSCH
	Now we've just given you a
	pretty strong sedative, so try
	to get some rest now.  Miss
	Price will see to your needs.
	Rest now.

Dr. Hirsch watches as Alex straightens David's covers.

			DAVID
		(softly)
	It wasn't a lunatic.

			ALEX
		(puzzled)
	I beg your pardon?

			DAVID
	It was a wolf.

			ALEX
		(bends down close
		 to hear)
	What?

			DAVID
	A wolf.

David passes out.  Alex looks to Dr. Hirsch.
			DR. HIRSCH
	Did he say a wolf?

			ALEX
	Yes, I believe he did.

Dr. Hirsch regards David thoughtfully.

14   INT. DR. HIRSCH'S OFFICE - DAY

Dr. Hirsch is on the phone, he is referring to a desk
calendar.

			DR. HIRSCH
	But Roger is so terribly
	boring.  Yes, dear, but
	couldn't we...I see.
		(he makes a note)
	Thursday at eight, dinner with
	boring Roger.  Yes, I'm sure I
	will; if I survived Rommel, I
	suppose I'll survive another
	excruciating evening with
	Roger Mathison.  Be a good
	girl.  Bye.

He hangs up very disgruntled.  The intercom buzzes.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Yes?

			SECRETARY (V.O.)
	Lt. Villiers and Sgt. McManus
	are here to see you, Doctor.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Send them in.

He rises to greet the two police officers, one tall,
the other rather pudgy.

			LT. VILLIERS
	Dr. Hirsch?

			DR. HIRSCH
	Come in, come in.  Please sit.
	Some tea?

The cops sit down, Lt. Villiers immediately produces a
small notebook.

			LT. VILLIERS
	No, thank you.

			SGT. McMANUS
	I'd like some tea, please.

Lt. Villiers shoots the sergeant a withering look.

			SGT. McMANUS
	Maybe not.  No thanks.  Maybe
	later.

			DR. HIRSCH
	It's no problem.

			LT. VILLIERS
	No, thank you, Doctor.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Well, then, what can I do for
	Scotland Yard?

			SGT. McMANUS
	We understand the Kessler boy
	has regained consciousness.

Lt. Villiers glares at McManus.

			SGT. McMANUS
	Sorry.

			LT. VILLIERS
	Has Mr. Kessler said anything
	regarding the attack on the
	moors?

The intercom buzzes.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Excuse me.  Yes?

			SECRETARY (V.O.)
	Roger Mathison, Doctor.

			DR. HIRSCH
	What here?

			SECRETARY (V.O.)
	He's on the telephone.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Tell him I'm out.  No, tell
	him I've passed away.  An old
	war wound or something.  Tell
	him I'm dead.  And no more
	calls!

He turns from the intercom back to the cops.

			DR. HIRSCH
	You were saying?

			LT. VILLIERS
	Has David Kessler anything to
	say concerning the attack on
	the moors?

			DR. HIRSCH
	Why don't we ask him?

15   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

David sits up in bed.  Lt. Villiers and Sgt. McManus
stand by his side.  Dr. Hirsch sits observing.

			DAVID
	I'm sorry if I conflict with
	your report, but Jack and I
	were not attacked by a man.

			LT. VILLIERS
	So you've said.

			SGT. McMANUS
	He may have a point,
	Lieutenant.  Two strong boys
	would be able to defend
	themselves against one man.

			LT. VILLIERS
	Sgt. McManus, are you
	suggesting that David and Jack
	were, in fact, attacked by
	some animal and that the
	officialdom of East Proctor
	has conspired to keep it a
	secret?  We have an autopsy
	report on the murderer who was
	shot in the act by the local
	police.  We have two witnesses
	to the crime.  You'll forgive
	me, Mr. Kessler, if I consider
	your testimony as coming from
	someone who has gone through a
	terrible shock.

			SGT. McMANUS
	Lieutenant, the boy seems
	pretty lucid to me and....

			LT. VILLIERS
	And what, Sergeant?

			SGT. McMANUS
		(defeated)
	I don't rightly know, sir.

			LT. VILLIERS
	That is precisely my point.
	David, as far as we are
	concerned, the matter is
	closed.  We won't trouble you
	any further.  Good day.

The lieutenant goes for the door.  The sergeant smiles
at David and follows.

			LT. VILLIERS
	Doctor.

The cops exit.  Dr. Hirsch crosses to David's bed.

			DAVID
	There were witnesses?

			DR. HIRSCH
	So they said.

			DAVID
	How could there have been
	witnesses?  It was so dark.
	We were running and I fell and
	Jack went to help me up and
	this thing came from
	nowhere...I don't understand
	what they're talking about.

			DR. HIRSCH
	In time I'm sure it will all
	come back to you.

			DAVID
	Doctor, my memory is fine.
	It's my sanity I'm beginning
	to worry about.

						CUT TO:

16   EXT. DENSE FOREST - DAY

Again the handheld camera is running furiously through
the woods.  Heavy breathing and the sounds of the
runner crashing through the foliage.  The camera runs
for a while then suddenly stops short near a tree.
David abruptly enters frame, animal-like, the tenseness
of a startled cat.  His head makes sudden movements,
looking about.

CLOSEUP

of his flared nostrils and perked up ears accenting his
animalness.

DAVID

takes off and now we run with him.  He runs fast and
gracefully, taking long strides and leaps.  We run with
him faster and faster sharing in his exhilaration.  We
see him completely as the animal, study his movement
and grace as if watching a gazelle.  Suddenly he stops
again, alert, listening.  He moves with stealth, slowly
he pushes some leaves aside.

CLOSEUP

of his eyes.

DAVID'S P.O.V.

Several deer in the forest; they sense something and
freeze, the camera noting a fawn next to a doe.  The
buck turns his head, feeling the danger.

						CUT TO:

DAVID

Shots showing the muscles in his legs and shoulders
tensing.

CLOSEUP

of David's eyes.

CLOSEUP

of the frightened deer.

						CUT BACK
						TO:

CLOSEUP

of David's eyes.

						CUT BACK
						TO:

THE FAWN

as it is leapt upon, its terrified face leaving frame
as David forces it down.  David's head reenters frame,
his mouth full of flesh, his face and hands covered
with blood.  He howls in triumph.

17   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT

The lights are subdued and David's asleep.  The door
opens, a shaft of light penetrates the room.  Miss
Gallagher enters with a small tray.  She crosses to
David, turns on the bed light and touches him.

			MISS GALLAGHER
	Mr. Kessler?  Wake up, please.

			DAVID
		(awakened)
	I was having a nightmare.

Miss Gallagher is very efficient in administering the
pills and pouring a glass of water.

			MISS GALLAGHER
	Yes, well these should help
	that.  That's right, drink up.

David takes the pills.

			MISS GALLAGHER
	Now go back to sleep so you'll
	be fresh for Dr. Hirsch in the
	morning.

			DAVID
	What time is it?

			MISS GALLAGHER
	It's nearly eight.  I'm off
	duty shortly, then I'm off to
	the films with Alex.

			DAVID
	Alex?

			MISS GALLAGHER
	Miss Price, the other nurse
	that attended you.

			DAVID
	What are you going to see?

			MISS GALLAGHER
	An American film about the
	Mafia called `See You Next
	Wednesday', and I want to see
	it badly, so you give me no
	problems and go to sleep.

			DAVID
		(dropping off)
	Do you have bad dreams, too?

			MISS GALLAGHER
	Some, everyone does.

			DAVID
	Yes, but does everyone kill
	Bambi?

			MISS GALLAGHER
	Bambi?

David has fallen asleep.  Miss Gallagher turns off the
light, picks up her tray and pauses in the doorway.

			MISS GALLAGHER
	Kill Bambi?

She exits, closing the door plunging the room into
darkness.

18   INT. HOSPITAL NURSES' STATION - DAY

The corridor is busy with orderlies pushing gurneys
about, doctors, visitors, and patients all performing
appropriate background actions.  Behind the Nurses'
Counter, Alex is typing some forms and an older,
obviously senior nurse is filling some paper cups with
different sizes and colors of pills she is taking from
the drug cabinet.  She is MRS. HOBBS, the chief nurse.

			MRS. HOBBS
	Miss Price.

			ALEX
	Yes, Mrs. Hobbs.

			MRS. HOBBS
	Take these round now, will you
	please?  The American boy in
	twenty-one is only to have
	these after he's eaten.  Will
	you be sure of that?

			ALEX
	Has he been refusing food?

			MRS. HOBBS
	Nothing quite as dramatic as
	that, Miss Price.  He just
	doesn't eat enough of what is
	put before him.  He suffers
	from nightmares.  I'd think he
	just needs a hand to hold.

			ALEX
	Yes, Mrs. Hobbs.

Alex takes the cups handed to her and makes her way
down the hallway, pausing a moment to straighten her
appearance.  She enters.

19   INT. CHILDREN'S WARD - DAY

A ward with seven or eight beds in it, all occupied.
She goes to a little Pakistani boy named BENJAMIN.

			ALEX
	Hello, Benjamin.

			BENJAMIN
	No.

			ALEX
	No what?

			BENJAMIN
	No.

			ALEX
	Well, all right then, be that
	way.  Here, swallow this.

			BENJAMIN
	No.
Alex pours a glass of water, gives the pill to Benjamin
who promptly takes it and then drinks the water,
handing Alex back the glass.

			ALEX
	Feeling better?

			BENJAMIN
	No.

			ALEX
	The doctor will be round
	later.  Would you like a
	picture book to look at?  We
	have some lovely funny Beanos.

			BENJAMIN
	No.

			ALEX
	Right.

She exits, pausing in the hall to speak to a black
Jamaican ORDERLY pushing a cart of lunch trays into
Benjamin's ward.

20   INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY

			ALEX
	Has the patient in twenty-one
	gotten his tray yet?

			ORDERLY
	The American?  Yes, duck.

			ALEX
	How did he look?

			ORDERLY
	What do you mean, `how did he
	look'?

			ALEX
	You know, did he seem
	depressed?  Do you think he'll
	eat the food?

			ORDERLY
		(annoyed)
	I'm an orderly, not a bleeding
	psychiatrist!  I push things
	about, but I've little say
	what happens to them.

			ALEX
	Thank you.

Alex holds up her head and proceeds to David's room.
She hesitates, then peeks in.

21   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

The curtains are drawn and David's lunch waits
patiently on its tray alongside of the bed.  David is
apparently asleep.  Alex enters softly.

			ALEX
		(softly)
	Mr. Kessler?

			DAVID
		(lifeless)
	Yes?

			ALEX
	You haven't eaten your lunch.

			DAVID
	I'm not very hungry, thank
	you.

			ALEX
	I'm afraid you have to eat
	something.

			DAVID
	Please, really.  I'm not
	hungry.

			ALEX
	You put me in an awkward
	position, Mr. Kessler.

			DAVID
	How is that?

			ALEX
		(she shakes the paper cup)
	Well, you're to take these
	after you've eaten.  Now what
	kind of nurse would I be if I
	failed in so simple a task as
	giving out some pills?

			DAVID
	Leave the pills.  I'll take
	them later.

			ALEX
	Sorry.

She opens the curtains, daylight fills the room.

			DAVID
	Aw come on, Miss Price!

			ALEX
	Call me Alex.

			DAVID
	Aw come on, Alex!

			ALEX
	Shall I be forced to feed you,
	Mr. Kessler?

David is getting interested.

			DAVID
	Call me David.

			ALEX
	Shall I be forced to feed you,
	David?

			DAVID
	This is absurd.  I'm not
	hungry.  I don't want any
	food.

			ALEX
	Right.

Alex efficiently removes the covers from the dishes and
sits on the edge of the bed.  Taking knife and fork in
hand, she neatly cuts David's food into pieces.  David
watches all this amused.  She places a napkin under
David's chin and holds up his first bite on his fork.
David folds his arms and refuses to open his mouth.

			ALEX
	Let's try a little harder,
	shall we?

			DAVID
	Will you give me a break?

Alex grabs David's nose forcing his mouth open quickly,
shoving the fork in it.  David is startled, but amused
and chews his food slowly and swallows it.  Alex holds
up another bite.

			ALEX
	Will I have to take such
	drastic action again, David?

David opens his mouth obediently.  Alex almost smiles.
She feeds him for a while; they are both sizing each
other up.  Finally:

			DAVID
	May I have a glass of milk?

Alex smiles.

FADE OUT

FADE IN

22   EXT. DENSE FOREST - DAY

Again we are running fast and faster.  David again
running naked, flying through the green forest.  He
stops suddenly, ears perked, he looks about and then we
hear Jack's o.s. screams.  The voice of Jack screams:

			JACK (O.S.)
	David!  David!  Please help
	me!  Oh God!  David!  Oh my
	God!

David turns in blind panic, he runs (and we run with
him) desperately trying to find the source of Jack's
screams.

He comes to a clearing in the woods, light streaming
through the tall trees.  Jack's screams halt in mid-
word.  David looks in disbelief at the clearing.  There
is a hospital bed with someone in it.  It is the same
as David's.

David walks toward it slowly.  The figure in the bed
lays still.  It grows dark, very dark, and David looks
up at the full moon.  There is a howl identical to the
one heard earlier back on the moors.  David approaches
the bed slowly, fearfully.  We hear ocean noises on the
soundtrack, the sound of crashing surf.  David reaches
out to pull back the covers, lightning and thunder
cause him to hesitate for a second.  Silence.  The
camera remains on David as he pulls off the covers.
His face registers total disbelief and increasing
horror.

We cut to the bed to find - DAVID.  He lies there, pale
white with purple lips and death pallor.

The camera begins to move in on the corpse of David.

Cut back to the standing David's terrified face; then
continue until David's death mask fills the screen.
The face remains still for several beats, then suddenly
opens its bright yellow eyes and red mouth revealing
fangs in a bloodcurdling wail which carries over in
the....

						CUT TO:

23   INT. HOSPITAL NURSES' STATION - NIGHT

Mrs. Hobbs hears David's screams and efficiently calls
out....

			MRS. HOBBS
	Orderly!  Miss Gallagher!

Miss Gallagher and an ORDERLY appear at once.

			MRS. HOBBS
	Orderly, go at once to twenty-
	one and restrain the patient.

The orderly exits.

			MRS. HOBBS
	Miss Gallagher, remain here at
	the desk.  I'll be in twenty-
	one.

She exits.

24   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

It is bright, daylight, and Dr. Hirsch gazes
thoughtfully out the window.

			DR. HIRSCH
	You've never had bad dreams
	before?

			DAVID
		(upset)
	Sure, as a kid.  But never so
	real.  Never so bizarre.

Dr. Hirsch crosses over and sits on a chair by the bed.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Did you get a good look at the
	man who attacked you?

			DAVID
	I've told you, it wasn't a
	man.  It was an animal.  A big
	wolf or something.  A rabid
	dog.

			DR. HIRSCH
		(chewing on his glasses)
	Yes.

			DAVID
	Look, Dr. Hirsch, I know I've
	been traumatized, but Jack was
	torn apart.  I saw him.  A man
	can't do that to someone with
	his bare hands.

			DR. HIRSCH
	You'd be surprised what
	horrors a man is capable of.

			DAVID
	Did you see Jack?

			DR. HIRSCH
	No.  In fact, your wounds were
	cleaned and dressed before you
	arrived here.

			DAVID
	Did you talk to the police in
	East Proctor?  Did the cops go
	to The Slaughtered Lamb?

			DR. HIRSCH
	I really don't know.

			DAVID
	Then why the hell are you so
	quick to disbelieve me?  You
	yourself said it must have
	taken incredible strength to
	tear apart a person like that.
			DR. HIRSCH
		(rubs his forehead)
	David, please.  The police are
	satisfied.  I'm certain that
	if a monster were out roaming
	northern England we'd have
	seen it on the telly.

			DAVID
	You really think I'm crazy,
	don't you?

			DR. HIRSCH
	Believe me.  The Hound of the
	Baskervilles was an invention
	of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's.
	And if you'd read the bloody
	book, you'd find that Holmes
	discovered your house of hell
	a fraud, a fake.

There is an awkward silence as David sits and Dr.
Hirsch is embarrassed at raising his voice.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Now really, David.  You're far
	too intelligent to go on this
	way.  When you return to
	America I want you to seek out
	a competent psychiatrist or
	psychologist or something and
	stop this nonsense.  You'll be
	leaving this hospital in three
	or four days, please remain
	sane.  At least until you are
	no longer our responsibility.

Dr. Hirsch goes to the door.

			DAVID
	Dr. Hirsch?
		(pause)
	I'd rather not be by myself.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Of course not, David.  I'll
	fetch in young Miss Price.

						DISSOLVE
						TO:

25   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT

Alex sits next to David's bed.  Her shoes are off and
she has her feet tucked up under her legs on the chair.
The room is dark except for the lamp by which she
reads.  She is reading A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur's Court by Mark Twain.  David is asleep.  Alex
reads for a bit, then puts down the book and yawns.
She gets up and stretches, a big spreading arms and
feet, fingers and toes stretch.

			DAVID
		(quietly)
	You're a very beautiful girl.

			ALEX
		(embarrassed)
	I thought you were asleep.

			DAVID
	I was.  What are you reading?

			ALEX
	`A Connecticut Yankee in King
	Arthur's Court' by Mark Twain.

			DAVID
	Do you like it?

			ALEX
	I've just started it.  My
	friend gave it to me.

They look at each other.

			ALEX
	What do you dream about?

			DAVID
	I dream of death mostly.

			ALEX
	I'm sorry.  I shouldn't have
	asked you.

			DAVID
	It's okay.  I want to talk to
	you.

They sit and look at each other for a while longer.

			DAVID
	How old are you?

			ALEX
	That's not really a very
	proper question.

			DAVID
	How old are you?

			ALEX
	Twenty-eight.

			DAVID
	I'm twenty-seven.

			ALEX
	I know.

			DAVID
	Now what do you want to talk
	about?

			ALEX
	Was Jack Goodman your good
	friend?

			DAVID
		(seriously)
	My best friend.  My very best
	friend.

			ALEX
		(embarrassed)
	Shall I read to you?

			DAVID
	What?  Oh, yes, please.

			ALEX
		(opens book)
	A Connecticut Yankee in King
	Arthur's Court by Samuel L.
	Clemens.  This is after the
	preface but before chapter
	one: A Word of Explanation.
	You all right?

			DAVID
		(settles back)
	Yes, go on.

			ALEX
		(clears her throat)
	Ahem, A Word of Explanation.
	It was in Warwick Castle that
	I came across the curious
	stranger whom I am going to
	talk about.  He attracted me
	by three things: his candid
	simplicity, his marvelous
	familiarity with ancient
	armor, and the restfulness of
	his company - for he did all
	the talking.  We fell together
	as modest people will in the
	tail of the herd....

						DISSOLVE
						TO:

26   INT. KESSLER HOME - NEW YORK - NIGHT

We are at David's parents' house in New York.  His
FATHER sits reading the paper in the living room as his
younger BROTHER and SISTER watch "The Muppet Show" on
television.  We can see past the small dining nook
where David sits doing homework and into the kitchen
where his MOTHER is washing the dishes.  A peaceful
lower, middle class setting.  All is tranquil and
secure.  There is a loud pounding on the front door.

			FATHER
	I'll get it.

The pounding continues.

			FATHER
	All right, all right!  Hold
	your horses.

(The following happens with shocking speed.)  When he
opens the door, four beings open fire with machine
guns, blowing him away.  The sudden burst of violence
is terrifying and unrelenting.  The four rush into the
room and the family looks at them in fearsome surprise
for these men are not human at all, but loathsome,
bestial demons dressed as Storm Troopers.  One kicks in
the television and fires into the kitchen, blasting
David's mother.  David rises but is forced back into
his chair by one of the things and held there.

			DAVID
	Stop!

He watches in horror as his little brother and sister
scream in terror before they are brutally murdered.
The monstrous Storm Troopers then set fire to the
rooms.  The one holding David pulls a knife and quickly
slits David's throat.

						CUT TO:

27   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT

David bolts upright in bed and looks around, trying
desperately to gain his bearings.  He sees that Alex is
asleep in the chair by his bed, Connecticut Yankee
folded on her lap.  He makes a deliberate effort to
calm himself.  He considers waking her, then decides
against it.  He turns on the lamp by his bed and
reaches over to take the book from Alex's lap.  David
takes the book as gently as possible, but Alex wakes up
anyway.

			ALEX
		(yawns, smiles)
	Hello.  You all right?

			DAVID
	I'm sorry I woke you up.

			ALEX
	Don't be silly.  Can I get you
	something?

			DAVID
	No, thank you.  Just keep me
	company for a while.

			ALEX
	That's easy enough.

			DAVID
	I keep having these really
	terrible dreams.  They are
	getting worse and I can't seem
	to stop them.

			ALEX
	David, your dreams will stop.
	You'll leave England and your
	bad memories; and then this
	will all fade away.

			DAVID
	Will you come with me?

			ALEX
		(taken aback)
	What?

			DAVID
		(smiling)
	I'm serious.  You don't know
	me and I know nothing about
	you.  We have a perfect
	relationship.

			ALEX
	Now, David, I said I would
	keep you company, but I meant
	right here and now.

			DAVID
	Will you think about it?

			ALEX
	How did we get from your bad
	dreams to my taking a holiday
	with a patient?

			DAVID
		(big grin)
	Not just a patient -- me.

			ALEX
	You're being awfully forward,
	aren't you?

			DAVID
	Forgive me, I'm trying to
	cheer myself up and an affair
	with a beautiful nurse seemed
	like just the thing to do it.

			ALEX
		(smiles)
	All I am to you is a sex
	fantasy then?

			DAVID
	Now I'm embarrassed.

			ALEX
	Good.  I thought for a moment
	I was the only embarrassed one
	in the room.

There is an awkward pause.

			DAVID
	Where were we in the book?

Alex is relieved for something to break the tension.

			ALEX
		(looking through
		 the book)
	Let me see here.

						FADE OUT


FADE IN

28   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - MORNING

The black Orderly hustles in with David's breakfast
tray, busily setting up the tray on the table over the
bed.  He awakens the sleeping David with his activity.

			ORDERLY
	Ah you're up.  Good morning
	and a good day to you.  We've
	quite a meal for you here this
	morning.  Bacon, oatmeal,
	orange juice, and toast with
	jam.  Good stuff there.  Now
	eat it up and I'll be back for
	the dishes when you've
	finished.

The Orderly exits.  The drowsy David, who has been
trying to fully wake up during the Orderly's speech,
notices his exit.

			DAVID
	Good morning.

He looks at his food none too happily.  He sticks a
spoon into the bowl of oatmeal and tastes is gingerly.

			DAVID
		(in mock English accent)
	Please, sir, I want some more.

He settles down to eating, reaches over to butter his
toast and drink his juice.  While he eats, we hear
Jack's o.s. voice.

			JACK (O.S.)
	Can I have a piece of toast?

David looks over to the o.s. Jack.  Jack, behaving
relaxed and normal, sits in the chair last occupied by
Alex.  However, Jack's appearance makes his casual
manner all the more surreal.  He is as we left him
butchered on the moors.  He is covered with dried mud
and open wounds.  Huge glistening gashes abound on his
body.  His face is scratched, his throat is badly torn,
and his hair is matted with blood.  In several spots he
has already begun to rot.  He is a remarkably gruesome
sight, but his physical state seems not to affect him
at all.

			JACK
		(pleasantly)
	Nice to see you.

			DAVID
		(unbelieving)
	Get the fuck out of here,
	Jack.

			JACK
	Thanks a lot.

			DAVID
		(horrified)
	This is too much.  I can't
	handle this.

			JACK
	I'm aware that I don't look so
	great, but I thought you'd be
	glad to see me.

Jack gets up and takes a piece of toast from David's
tray as David watches amazed.  Jack returns to his seat
and takes a bite out of his toast.  David stares at
Jack horrified.

			JACK
	David!  You're hurting my
	feelings.

			DAVID
		(astounded)
	Hurting your feelings?  Has it
	occurred to you that it may be
	unsettling to have you rise
	from your grave to visit me?
	Listen to me, I'm talking to a
	hamburger!

			JACK
	I'm sorry to be upsetting you,
	David, but I had to come.

			DAVID
		(aghast)
	Aren't you supposed to be
	buried in New York someplace?

			JACK
	Yeah.  Your parents came to my
	funeral.  I was surprised at
	how many people came.

			DAVID
		(resigned)
	Why should you be surprised?
	You were a very well-liked
	person.

			JACK
	Debbie Klein cried a lot.

			DAVID
	I can't stand it.

			JACK
	So you know what she does?
	She's so grief stricken she
	runs to find solace in Rudy
	Levine's bed.

			DAVID
	Rudy Levine the shmuck?

			JACK
	Life mocks me even in death.

Jack takes another bite of toast.

			DAVID
		(to himself)
	I'm going completely crazy.

			JACK
		(loud)
	David!

			DAVID
		(louder)
	What?!

			JACK
	David, now I know this may be
	hard for you, but I have to
	warn you.

			DAVID
		(shouting)
	Warn me?  Will you get out of
	here, you meat loaf?

			JACK
	I'm a grisly sight, it's true;
	but I love you and that's why
	I'm here.  You've got to know.

			DAVID
	If you love me so much, Jack,
	you'll realize how
	disconcerting it is to share
	one's breakfast with the
	living dead!

			JACK
	We were attacked by a
	werewolf.

			DAVID
		(covers his ears)
	I'm not listening!

			JACK
	On the moors, we were attacked
	by a lycanthrope, a werewolf.

			DAVID
	Shut up, you zombie!

			JACK
	I was murdered, an unnatural
	death, and now I walk the
	earth in limbo until the
	werewolf's curse is lifted.

			DAVID
		(incredulous, furious)
	What's wrong with you?  Shut
	up!

			JACK
	The wolf's bloodline must be
	severed.  The last remaining
	werewolf must be destroyed.

			DAVID
	Will you be quiet?!

Jack rises and comes closer to David.

			JACK
	It's you, David.

			DAVID
	What?!

			JACK
	You survived and now you shall
	continue the curse.

			DAVID
	What are you talking about?  I
	won't accept this!  Get out!
	God damit!

			JACK
	Remember what that guy at The
	Slaughtered Lamb said?
	`Beware the moon.'

			DAVID
		(quietly)
	Stop it, Jack.

			JACK
	Beware the moon.  The full
	moon, David.  You've got two
	days.

			DAVID
		(quietly)
	Jack, please go away.  Please
	go away.

			JACK
	You'll stalk the streets of
	London a creature of the
	night.

			DAVID
		(flares up)
	You're talking like Boris
	Karloff!  It's movie dialogue!

			JACK
	David, please believe me.  You
	will kill people, David.
	You've got to stop the
	bloodshed before it begins.

			DAVID
		(yells)
	Nurse!

			JACK
	Listen to me!  Take your own
	life, David.  It's our only
	chance.

			DAVID
	Nurse!

			JACK
	The supernatural!  The powers
	of darkness!  It's all true.
	Take your own life!  Suicide,
	David.  Join me.

			DAVID
		(losing it)
	Nurse!  Oh God!  Alex!

			JACK
	It's cold, David, and I'm so
	alone.  The undead surround
	me.  Have you ever talked to a
	corpse?  It's boring!  I'm
	lonely!  Kill yourself, David,
	before you kill others.

29   INT. HOSPITAL - NURSES' STATION - DAY

Alex rushing down the hospital corridor.

30   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

David rocking back and forth weeping.

			JACK
	Don't cry, David.

31   INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY

Alex rushing down hospital corridor.

32   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY

			JACK
	Please don't cry.

33   INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY

Alex rushing to the door.

34   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY - CLOSEUP

			JACK
		(softly in looming
		 closeup)
	Beware the moon, David.

						CUT TO:

ALEX

as she bursts into the room.

						CUT TO:

DAVID

laying in bed rocking from side to side, crying softly.
He is alone.  Alex rushes over, removes the tray, sits
on the bed and hugs David.

			ALEX
	David?  David!

David pulls away sharply, his head jerking about wildly
until he focuses on Alex's face and begins to breathe
easier.

			ALEX
	David, what's wrong?

David smiles and kisses her, a real kiss.

			DAVID
		(quietly)
	I'm a werewolf.

			ALEX
	A werewolf?

Alex holds David a moment then realizes where she is
and backs off a little.  David composes himself.

			ALEX
	Are you better now?

			DAVID
	I'll let you know the next
	full moon.

			ALEX
	You're to be discharged
	tomorrow.  Will you be all
	right?

David takes Alex's hand.

			DAVID
	My friend Jack was just here.

			ALEX
	Your dead friend Jack?

			DAVID
	Yeah.  He says that I will
	become a monster in two days.
	What do you think?

			ALEX
	What do I think?  You mean
	about the possibility of your
	becoming a monster in two days
	or about visits from dead
	friends?

			DAVID
	I was dreaming again?

			ALEX
	I would think so.

			DAVID
		(resigned)
	Yeah, I would think so, too.

Alex considers for a while, finally....

			ALEX
	Do you have a place to stay in
	London?


						CUT TO:

35   EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY

David and Alex walking down the street.  Alex points
out her flat and leads David up the front steps.  She
gives him a conspiratorial look and unlocks the door.

36   INT. ALEX'S FLAT - DAY

Alex enters and David follows.  A small, utilitarian
apartment, she flicks on the kitchen light.  David puts
his backpack on the floor.
			ALEX
	The kitchen.

			DAVID
	Very nice.

She proceeds to give the tour.

			ALEX
	Closet.

			DAVID
	Charming.

			ALEX
	Bathroom.

			DAVID
	Lovely.

			ALEX
	The bedroom.

			DAVID
	There is only one bed.

			ALEX
		(makes a face)
	David, perhaps you'd like to
	watch the telly while I take a
	shower.

Alex enters the room and David whistles softly, rocking
on his heels.

37   INT. BATHROOM - DAY

David and Alex stand facing each other under the stream
of water in the shower.

			DAVID
	It's nice to see you.

			ALEX
	It's nice to see you.

MONTAGE IN SHOWER - DAY

A sequence of soap and flesh.  Van Morrison's
"Moondance" plays.  A montage of soapy hands on
slippery skin.  Thighs rubbing thighs, arms and
shoulders.  David and Alex kiss again and again and....

38   INT. ALEX'S BEDROOM - DAY

David and Alex in a passionate, orgasmic kiss in Alex's
bed.  David pulls out and they lay holding each other.
After a moment....

			DAVID
	Alex?

			ALEX
	Yes?

			DAVID
	Will you be here in about
	fifteen minutes?

			ALEX
	Of course.

			DAVID
		(leers)
	Good.

Alex props herself up on one elbow.

			ALEX
	David, you don't honestly
	believe that in reality your
	friend Jack rose from the
	grave to breakfast with you?
	Do you really?

			DAVID
	I was awake and he was in my
	room.

			ALEX
	But, David.

			DAVID
		(firm)
	I wasn't hallucinating.

Pause.

			ALEX
		(smiles)
	Tomorrow is the full moon.

			DAVID
	That's good, Alex.  Reassure
	me.

Alex begins kissing David's neck.

			DAVID
	It's all right, I know I'm
	being insane.

She kisses his shoulders, then his chest.

			DAVID
	Okay, okay.  I'm properly
	reassured!

Alex is now kissing his stomach, her head gradually
lowers from frame.  David reaches back over his head to
hold onto the headboard of the bed.

			DAVID
		(closing his eyes)
	This is very reassuring.  I'm
	feeling very reassured.

						DISSOLVE
						TO:

INT. ALEX'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Alex is asleep holding David.  David carefully lifts
her arm and gets out of bed.  He is naked.  He tiptoes
out of the room and goes to the bathroom.

39   INT. ALEX'S BATHROOM - NIGHT

David lifts the toilet seat and pees.  He winces,
hoping the steady stream doesn't awaken Alex.  When
he's finished peeing he goes to the sink.  The medicine
cabinet door over the sink is open.  When David closes
it he (and the audience) is terrified to see Jack
reflected standing behind him.  (Note: This is a big
scare.)  Bloodied and horrible, Jack has continued to
rot and looks even worse than when we last saw him.
David chokes out a strangled cry, closes his eyes
tightly and then reopens them.  Jack is still there in
the mirror.  When David turns around Jack is standing
in the doorway.

			DAVID
		(points a trembling
		 finger)
	You're not real.

			JACK
	Don't be an asshole, David.
	Come here.

David, clearly troubled, follows Jack into the living
room.

40   INT. ALEX'S LIVING ROOM

Jack sits down and motions for David to sit also.  He
does.  David's conversation is in whispers, so as not
to wake up Alex.

			DAVID
	What are you doing here?

			JACK
	I wanted to see you.

			DAVID
	Okay, you've seen me.  Now go
	away.

			JACK
	David, I'm sorry I upset you
	yesterday, but you must
	understand what is going on.

			DAVID
	I understand all right.
	You're one of the undead and
	I'm a werewolf.

			JACK
	Yes.

			DAVID
	Get out of here, Jack!

			JACK
	David, tomorrow night is the
	full moon.  You'll change,
	you'll become....

			DAVID
		(interrupting)
	A monster.  I know, I know.

			JACK
	You must take your own life
	now, David, before it's too
	late.

			DAVID
	Jack, are you really dead?

			JACK
	What do you think?

			DAVID
	I think I've lost my mind.  I
	think you're not real.  I
	think I'm asleep and you're a
	part of another bad dream.

			JACK
	You must believe me.

			DAVID
	What, Jack?  That tomorrow
	night beneath the full moon
	I'll sprout hair and fangs and
	eat people?  Bullshit!

			JACK
	The canines will be real.
	You'll taste real blood!  God
	damit, David, please believe
	me!  You'll kill and make
	others like me!  I'm not
	having a nice time, David!
	Don't allow this to happen
	again!  You must take your own
	life!

			DAVID
		(shouts)
	I will not accept this!  Now
	go away!

41   INT. ALEX'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Alex wakes up from the shouting.

			ALEX
	David?

42   INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

			JACK
		(quietly)
	This is not pretend, David.

			DAVID
		(righteous)
	I will not be threatened by a
	walking meat loaf!

Alex enters the room.

			ALEX
	David, what's wrong?  I heard
	voices.

David turns and sees that Jack is gone.

			DAVID
		(triumphant)
	It was just me, Alex.  It was
	just me.


43   EXT. EAST PROCTOR - DAY

Dr. Hirsch is driving down the main street in his red
M.G.  He parks in front of The Slaughtered Lamb.

44   INT. THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB - DAY

The pub is less crowded than when we were here last.
The Dart Player is behind the bar cleaning glasses, the
Chess Player is still at the chessboard.  Dr. Hirsch
enters and crosses to the bar.  As he removes his
gloves:

			DR. HIRSCH
	A drink for a very cold man?

The Woman comes in from the back.

			WOMAN
	Hello, there.  What can I get
	you?

			DR. HIRSCH
	Campari and soda would do
	nicely.

			WOMAN
	Sorry, love.

			DR. HIRSCH
	I suppose Guinness will
	suffice.

She serves him his beer.  As he lays down his money...

			DR. HIRSCH
	A thousand thanks.

After a few sips.
			DR. HIRSCH
	Nasty bit of business with
	those two young American boys.

The Dart Player stops his wiping.

			DART PLAYER
	I'm afraid I don't know what
	you mean, sir.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Yes, I'm sure that's right.  A
	few weeks ago, the last full
	moon wasn't it?

The Chess Player turns in his chair to get a good look
at Dr. Hirsch.

			DR. HIRSCH
	I mean that escaped lunatic.
	The one that killed the boy.
	Wasn't that near here?

			CHESS PLAYER
		(concerned)
	And where are you from, sir?

Dr. Hirsch crosses and joins the Chess Player at his
table.

			DR. HIRSCH
	London.  Knight takes pawn.

			CHESS PLAYER
	What?

Sees that Dr. Hirsch was talking about his game....

			CHESS PLAYER
	Oh, yes, yes.

Dr. Hirsch points to the pentangle on the wall.

			DR. HIRSCH
	What's that?

			WOMAN
		(nervously)
	Oh, that's been there for two
	hundred years.  We were going
	to paint it out, but it's
	traditional, so we left it.

			DR. HIRSCH
	I see.  You've heard nothing
	about the incident?

			DART PLAYER
	Incident?

			DR. HIRSCH
	The murder?

			CHESS PLAYER
	Are you a police officer?

			DR. HIRSCH
		(smiles)
	No, no, hardly.  I work in the
	hospital where the Kessler boy
	was brought.

The Dart Player and Chess Player exchange a look.

			DR. HIRSCH
	He was talking about
	werewolves and monsters and as
	I was near here I thought....

			DART PLAYER
	You thought what?

			DR. HIRSCH
	I thought I'd look into the
	boy's story.

			CHESS PLAYER
		(scoffs)
	A story about werewolves - now
	really, sir.

Dr. Hirsch eyes the Chess Player.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Would you like a game of
	chess?

45   INT. ALEX'S FLAT - DAY

We find Alex and David in an embrace by the front door.
Alex is dressed in her nurse's uniform and David has
jeans and a T-shirt on.  He is shoeless and obviously
not going out.  Alex pulls away.

			ALEX
	Let me go now, you'll make me
	late.

			DAVID
	Do me an enormous favor?

			ALEX
	Anything.

			DAVID
	Tell me that it's silly of me
	to be apprehensive.

			ALEX
	It's silly of you to be
	apprehensive.

			DAVID
	Werewolves simply do not
	exist.

			ALEX
		(serious)
	David, do you want me to stay
	here tonight?

			DAVID
	Yeah, I do, but go to work.

He opens the door and they both go outside.

46   EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING - LATE AFTERNOON - ALEX AND
DAVID

walk to the sidewalk.  It is rather chilly.

			ALEX
	Listen, if you get too
	anxious, call me at the
	hospital, okay?

			DAVID
	Okay.

			ALEX
	I've left those pills for you.

			DAVID
	A doper werewolf.

They kiss again.
			ALEX
	I'm off.  There's food in the
	fridge.

			DAVID
	See you later.

Alex goes off, turning for a last wave.  David stands
looking after her when a LITTLE GIRL walking a dog
passes by.  The dog, on seeing David, begins to growl
and snarl.

			DAVID
		(to dog)
	What did I do?

The dog begins barking ferociously, the little girl
tugging on his leash.

			DAVID
	Thanks a lot, dog.

He realizes just how cold he is outside and runs back
up the steps to find the door locked.

			DAVID
	Wonderful.

Cut to shot of David's bare feet on the cold stone.  He
mutters to himself, imitating a newscaster.

			DAVID
	An American werewolf was found
	frozen to death today in the
	heart of London, England.

He looks around and sees that there is a small window
ajar on the side of the flat about eleven feet off the
ground, which can be reached by climbing a brick wall,
which he does but not without damage to his bare toes.

At the top of the wall is a cat that begins to hiss on
seeing David.  The hair stands up on its arched back
and it glares at David, hissing and spitting.  David is
disturbed by the cat's hostile behavior.

			DAVID
	What did I do, cat?

The cat is really acting fierce.  When David goes to
pat it cautiously, it screeches and runs away.  David
is, by this time, not amused.  David manages to pull
himself into the window.

47   INT. ALEX'S BATHROOM - DUSK

David awkwardly enters the bathroom through the tiny
window.  Finally getting both feet on the ground, he
steps to the sink and regards himself in the mirror.

			DAVID
		(weakly)
	Snarl.  Growl.  Grrrr.

He examines his mouth, touching his canines carefully.
After a while he sighs and goes into the kitchen.

48   INT. ALEX'S KITCHEN - DUSK

David goes straight to the fridge and opens it.  He
closes the fridge and walks into the bedroom.

49   INT. ALEX'S BEDROOM - DUSK

He lays down on the bed.  After a few beats of staring
at the ceiling, he rises and goes back into the
kitchen.

50   INT. ALEX'S KITCHEN - DUSK

He reopens the fridge.

			DAVID
	I'm not hungry.

He closes the fridge and walks into the living room.

51   INT. ALEX'S LIVING ROOM - DUSK

David turns on the television.  On Thames is a soccer
match.  On BBC 1 is some truly insipid children's
program, and on BBC 2 is a soccer match.  David
switches off the television.

He sits on the chair nervously, drumming his fingers
and humming.

			DAVID
		(singing)
	`Moon River, wider than a mile
	I'm crossing you in style,
	Someday....'

David gets up, goes to the front door, and flings it
open.  It is getting dark.  David views this fearfully,
but still not completely convinced.  He goes back
inside and we note that the front door is not
completely closed.  He goes back into the bathroom and
looks into the mirror.

			DAVID
	Fee fi fo fum, I smell the
	blood of an Englishman.

He goes back into the living room and paces round and
round the room like a caged animal.

52   INT. CHILDREN'S WARD - NIGHT

Alex is back with Benjamin, the little Pakistani.

			ALEX
	How are we feeling tonight?

			BENJAMIN
	No.

			ALEX
	No what?

			BENJAMIN
	No!

			ALEX
		(smiling)
	Benjamin, have you ever been
	severely beaten about the face
	and neck?

			BENJAMIN
	No.

			ALEX
	I thought not.

She tucks him in.

			ALEX
	You sleep now and have sweet
	dreams.

			BENJAMIN & ALEX
	No!

For the first time, Benjamin smiles.  As Alex tucks him
in, we can clearly see the full moon outside through
the window.

53   INT. ALEX'S FLAT - NIGHT

David sits reading Connecticut Yankee when he suddenly
clutches his head in pain.

			DAVID
	Jesus Christ!

He stands in agony, the book falls to the floor.

			DAVID
		(screams)
	What?  Christ!  What?

He begins sweating profusely, clinging to the sides of
his head.  He trembles violently.

			DAVID
	I'm burning up!  Jesus!

He rips at his shirt, tearing it off.  His body is
dripping wet.

			DAVID
		(shouts out in
		 pain and fear)
	Jack!?  Where are you now, you
	fucker!?!

As a new spasm of pain wracks his body, he cries out in
anguish.

			DAVID
	Help me!  Somebody help me,
	please!  Jack!!

David's hair is wringing wet.  He screams and grabs at
his legs.

			DAVID
		(pleading, whimpering)
	I'm sorry I called you a meat
	loaf, Jack.

New bolts of agonizing pain wrack through David's body.
He grabs at his pants, pulling them off as if they are
burning him.
Standing naked in the center of the room, David gasps
for air.

He falls to his knees and then forward on his hands.
He remains on his hands and knees, trying to master his
torment; but it's no use.  On all fours he gives
himself over to the excruciating hurt and slowly begins
to change.

The metamorphosis from man into beast is not an easy
one.  As bone and muscle bend and reform themselves,
the body suffers lacerating pain.  We can actually see
David's flesh move, the rearranging tissue.  His mouth
bleeds as fangs emerge.  His whole face distorts as his
jaw extends, his skull literally changing shape before
our eyes.  His hands gnarl and his fingers curl back as
claws burst forward.

The camera pans up to show the full moon outside
through the window.  David's moans change slowly into
low guttural growls.  We hear the four footfalls as the
WOLF begins to walk.  As the camera pans back over the
room, we see the front door pushed open and hear the
Wolf padding off into the darkness.


54   EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET - NIGHT

A taxi pulls up in front of a block of flats.  An
attractive couple gets out.  The Man pays the driver
and the cab drives off.

			WOMAN
	Which one, Harry?

			MAN
	Number thirty-nine, but let's
	go `round the back.

			WOMAN
	Why?

			MAN
	Come on, we'll give Sean a
	scare.

			WOMAN
	You're crazy, Harry.

			HARRY
	Come on.

Harry takes her hand and leads her around the side of
the flats.  The apartments back up to a park and the
two walk around to the rear.  The park is dark and
quiet.

55   EXT. PARK - NIGHT

			WOMAN
	Did you hear something?

			HARRY
	Just now?

			WOMAN
	Yes.

			HARRY
	No.  Here we are, Sean's is
	the one....

THE WOLF SPRINGS!  Before the Woman can scream, the
Wolf whirls around and goes for her throat.  We can't
see clearly, but we see enough to realize how large the
Wolf is and that its wolfen features are twisted and
demonic.  The Wolf savagely devours its two victims.

56   INT. SEAN'S FLAT - NIGHT

Sean's wife is looking through their French windows out
onto the park - a middle-aged couple.

			WIFE
	Sean, those hooligans are in
	the park again.

			SEAN
	Aren't you ready yet?  They'll
	be here any minute.

			WIFE
	Something's going on out
	there.

57   INT. HOSPITAL - NURSES' STATION - NIGHT

Miss Gallagher is helping Mrs. Hobbs dispense
medication into paper cups when Dr. Hirsch approaches.
He is still wearing his overcoat.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Is Miss Price on duty this
	evening?

			MRS. HOBBS
	Yes, Doctor.
			DR. HIRSCH
	Miss Gallagher, do you know if
	Miss Price has seen the
	Kessler boy since his release?

Miss Gallagher is not sure how to answer.

			MISS GALLAGHER
	Uh, I don't know if....

Alex has walked up and overheard the last.

			ALEX
	It's all right, Susan.  Yes,
	Doctor, I have.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Come to my office, Miss Price.

Alex and Susan exchange glances as she obediently
follows Dr. Hirsch down the hallway.

58   EXT. PARK - NIGHT

Sean has exited the back of his flat to investigate his
wife's complaints.  She hangs by the door.  He walks
deeper into the park.

			SEAN
		(calls out)
	Is anyone there?

59   INT. DR. HIRSCH'S OFFICE - NIGHT

Dr. Hirsch hangs up his overcoat.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Sit down, Alex.

Alex sits and Dr. Hirsch leans against his desk.

			DR. HIRSCH
	I was in East Proctor today.

Alex looks confused.  Dr. Hirsch realizes the cause of
her concern.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Oh dear girl, your
	extracurricular activities are
	of no consequence to me.  I
	don't give a damn who you
	sleep with.  I'm concerned
	about David.

			ALEX
	Yes, sir.

			DR. HIRSCH
	It's a full moon.  Where is
	he?

			ALEX
	At my flat.  I'm off at
	midnight and....

Dr. Hirsch picks up the phone.

			DR. HIRSCH
	The number, Alex.  Your
	number!

60   EXT. PARK - NIGHT

Sean carefully approaches something near the trees.  He
steps on something and looks down to see what it is.
It is an arm.

61   INT. ALEX'S FLAT - NIGHT - EXTREME CLOSEUP - THE
TELEPHONE

rings loudly.  (This is a scare.)  It continues to ring
unanswered.

62   INT. DR. HIRSCH'S OFFICE - NIGHT

Dr. Hirsch waits on the phone, finally hanging up.

			DR. HIRSCH
	He's not there.

Alex grows worried.

			ALEX
	He's not?

			DR. HIRSCH
	Alex, has David persisted in
	his werewolf fantasies?

			ALEX
	Well, yes, but he seems to be
	more upset by the death of his
	friend.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Has his friend appeared to him
	again?

			ALEX
	Yes.

			DR. HIRSCH
	What did he say?

			ALEX
	David says Jack comes to warn
	him.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Warn him?

			ALEX
	Dr. Hirsch, what's wrong?  Is
	this more serious than I know?

			DR. HIRSCH
	I tried to investigate the
	attack.  There are no records.
	The case was closed and now
	they've `misplaced' the file.
	David's lacerations were
	cleaned and dressed when he
	arrived here and yet
	supposedly no doctor examined
	him before I did.  The Goodman
	boy is already in the ground
	so he's no good to us.  So I
	went to the pub in East
	Proctor where I was convinced
	of two things.

			ALEX
	Yes.

			DR. HIRSCH
	They were lying.  There were
	no witnesses, no escaped
	lunatic.  The whole community
	is hiding the truth of what
	actually happened up there.

			ALEX
	And what else?

			DR. HIRSCH
	I think the village of East
	Proctor is hiding some dark
	and terrible secret.  I'm
	convinced that, like David,
	they believe in this werewolf.

Alex is flabbergasted.

			DR. HIRSCH
	You've absolutely no idea
	where David might be?

			ALEX
	No.  He knows no one in
	London, besides me.  I
	shouldn't have left him alone.

Suddenly.

			ALEX
	Surely you're not
	suggesting....

			DR. HIRSCH
	David has suffered a severe
	trauma.  I myself witnessed
	some form of mass neurosis in
	East Proctor.  If all the
	villagers believe that Jack
	Goodman was killed by a
	werewolf, why shouldn't David?
	And then it follows that if he
	survived an attack by a
	werewolf, wouldn't he himself
	become a werewolf the next
	full moon?

			ALEX
		(bewildered)
	Dr. Hirsch?

			DR. HIRSCH
	Oh, I don't mean running about
	on all fours and howling at
	the moon.  But in such a
	deranged state he could harm
	himself, or perhaps others.

			ALEX
	What shall we do?

			DR. HIRSCH
	Let's call the police and see
	if they can help us find our
	wandering boy.


63   EXT. BRICK LANE - NIGHT

The bombed-out ruins of this unsavory part of London
are stark and uninviting in the moonlight.  Three old
DERELICTS are huddled around a trash can fire trying to
keep warm.  A skinny dog is tied up beside them.  Its
ears perk up and he growls in warning.

			DERELICT #1
	Old Winston smells something.

			DERELICT #2
		(calls out)
	Who's there?

The dog begins to whine.

			DERELICT #2
	Let `im go.

Derelict #1 unties Winston who takes off running in
terror.

			DERELICT #3
	Brave dog that.

			DERELICT #1
		(worried)
	Here - who's there?

An unearthly howl shatters the night.  We've heard this
sound on the moors.

			DERELICT #2
	That's not Winston.

			DERELICT #3
	Look there.

He points out into the night.  They strain their eyes -
something is approaching them.  They can just make out
its size.

			DERELICT #1
	Mother Mary of God.

64   INT. SUBWAY STATION - NIGHT

A train SCREECHES to a halt.  (A scare.)  We are in the
tubes of London.  Only one passenger disembarks and the
train goes off, leaving him alone in the cavernous
hallways.  The PASSENGER is a young man, rather well-
dressed.  He looks about the platform, then at his
watch.  He walks up to a vending machine to buy a
Cadbury Chocolate Bar.

						CUT TO:

INT. SUBWAY STATION - LONG SHOT

as the Passenger puts his coin in the vending machine.
The camera is on ground level and as we watch the
Passenger, the Wolf's legs flash by us.

						CUT TO:

CLOSEUP

of the Passenger eating his chocolate bar.  He turns
thoughtfully, wondering if he had heard something.
Satisfied that he is alone, he begins his walk down one
of the long serpentine tunnels that make up London's
tubes.  He feels he's being followed and turns slowly
to look.  There is no one and he continues, concerned
about his imagination.

						CUT TO:

CLOSEUP - WOLF'S EYES

watching in the darkness.

BACK TO SCENE

Our Passenger approaches the first escalator, pauses,
then gets on going swiftly and silently up the moving
stairway.

						CUT TO:

CLOSEUP - WOLF'S SNOUT

In profile we can see its ragged, razor-sharp fangs and
black tongue.  It waits, panting, drool falls from its
mouth.

BACK TO SCENE

The Passenger reaches the landing and walks briskly
down the long tunnel marked "Escalator to Street
Level".  He is being followed.  He hears it and we hear
it.  He stops, frightened.

			PASSENGER
	Hello?

						CUT TO:

TUNNEL

Long and empty.

THE PASSENGER

			PASSENGER
	Is there someone there?

We hear the Wolf's heavy breathing.  The Passenger is
beginning to panic.

			PASSENGER
	I can assure you that this is
	not in the least bit amusing!

He looks around wildly.

			PASSENGER
	I shall report this!

PASSENGER'S P.O.V.

We see the Wolf at a great distance trotting down the
tunnel towards us.

			PASSENGER
	Good Lord.

THE PASSENGER

turns to flee, his jog becoming a run.  He is
terrified.

WOLF - CLOSEUP

of the Wolf's running steps.

THE PASSENGER

frantically running, falls to the ground hard bloodying
his nose.  He scrambles to his feet crying out in fear.
Reaching the escalator, he begins to run up the moving
stairs, falling several times.  He sits, panting and
defeated, the blood trickling from his nose.

						CUT TO:
WOLF'S P.O.V.

as it begins to climb the stairs.  The camera tracks
slowly in on the increasingly horrified Passenger until
we are in an extreme closeup of his eyes, when we:

						CUT TO:

65   CLOSEUP - A TIGER ROARING

(A scare.)  The tiger paces in its cage and roars
again.  We are at:

EXT. LONDON ZOO - DAY

It is early morning and all the animals are aroused.
We cut around to roaring cats, screeching monkeys, and
panicky birds, etc., until we come to the Wolves' cage
where we find David, naked and curled up on the ground
by the cage, asleep.  David wakes up slowly.  He is
completely naked, his body dirty, with several
scratches on his torso and legs.  He yawns and
stretches, makes a face, and with his finger picks
something distasteful from his teeth.  He also notices
something under his fingernails and as he goes to clean
them, he suddenly does a complete Stan Laurel
discovering where he is.  He puts his hands over his
eyes.

			DAVID
	Wake me up, Alex.

He slowly peaks through his fingers; he's still there.
He stands up and looks around.

The zoo opens and women with prams and children hustle
about.  David sees them coming towards him, notes his
lack of clothes, and decides it would be better for all
concerned if they did not meet.  He looks around for a
suitable hiding place and dashes behind some bushes.
He crouches down so that he can't be seen, scratching
himself on a thorn.

			DAVID
	Ouch!

66   INT. ALEX'S FLAT - DAY

Alex sits holding David's torn T-shirt.  She is trying
to read her book, but is just too distracted.  The
phone rings and she runs for it.

			ALEX
		(excited, then
		 disappointed)
	Hello?  No, Dr. Hirsch, he
	hasn't come back yet.  Yes, I
	will, doctor, but I just feel
	so helpless sitting here doing
	nothing.  Thank you, yes,
	goodbye.

She hangs up and looks around the empty flat.  She is
now more worried than ever.

67   EXT. LONDON ZOO - DAY

David is still behind the bushes.  He looks to see if
the coast is clear, then stands up and parts the
bushes.  He steps out to confront a DOWAGER LADY.

			DAVID
	Hello.

						CUT TO:

DOWAGER'S FACE

Dumbfounded.

			DAVID
	Excuse me, won't you?

He returns to the bushes.

						CUT TO:

CLOSEUP - A GORILLA EATING

A LITTLE BOY with four helium balloons on a string is
staring intently at the gorilla.  The Little Boy leaves
the monkey house and we travel with him as he looks at
several other animals.  Eventually he comes to the Wolf
cage.

			DAVID (O.S.)
	Pssst!

The Little Boy looks around.

			DAVID (O.S.)
	Hey, kid!  Pssst.  Little boy
	with the balloons.

The Little Boy pantomimes, "who me?"
						CUT TO:

THE BUSHES

David cannot be seen.

			DAVID (O.S.)
	Come over here.

The Little Boy shakes his head.  The bush replies:

			DAVID (O.S.)
	If you come over here, I'll
	give you a pound.

The Little Boy shakes his head.  The bush pleads.

			DAVID (O.S.)
	Two pounds?

The Little Boy shakes his head.  The bush reasons:

			DAVID (O.S.)
	Listen, two pounds is a lot of
	money.  It's almost five
	dollars.

			LITTLE BOY
		(very English)
	I don't know who you are.

			DAVID (O.S.)
	I'm the famous balloon thief.

			LITTLE BOY
	Why would a thief want to give
	me two pounds?

			DAVID (O.S.)
		(losing patience)
	Come here and I'll show you.

The Little Boy starts cautiously towards the shrubbery,
but stops a few feet away.

			DAVID (O.S.)
		(pleading)
	Come on!

The Little Boy edges forward.

			DAVID (O.S.)
	A little closer.

When the Little Boy gets within reach, David grabs his
balloons and uses them to cover his crotch.

			DAVID
	Thank you.

David runs off through the zoo, naked but for his
balloons, startling several animal lovers.

68   EXT. PARK - DAY

An ELDERLY COUPLE sits feeding birds, their coats
folded nearly over the park bench.  A naked blur darts
by, grabbing the top coat as it passes, scaring off the
birds.

69   EXT. LONDON ZOO - DAY

The Little Boy tugs at his MOTHER'S coat.

			MOTHER
	Yes, love?

			LITTLE BOY
	A naked, American man stole my
	balloons.

			MOTHER
	What?

			LITTLE BOY
	A naked, American man -- the
	famous balloon thief.

70   EXT. NEWSSTAND - DAY

The signs they always have on London newsstands
proclaim "Man or Monster?"  Dr. Hirsch picks up a
newspaper with its headline, "London Murder Victims
Found Partially Devoured".

			DR. HIRSCH
	I'll have one of those, too.

He pays for the papers.  The second one's headline,
"Death Toll Up To Six - New Jack The Ripper?"

71   EXT. LONDON STREET - DAY - BUS STOP

in another part of town.  The camera is on the crowd of
fifteen or twenty people waiting for the bus.  When the
bus pulls up, they all crowd in.  The camera goes to
floor level and slowly examines the footwear of the
crowded bus.  Passengers are standing in the aisle and
the camera slowly pans on their galoshes, boots, high
heels, rubbers, etc., until it comes to rest on a
conspicuous pair of bare feet.  We pan up to find David
clad only in a woman's rain coat with a fur collar
trying to look as nonchalant as possible.  A man looks
at him oddly.

			DAVID
		(cheerfully)
	A lot of weather we've been
	having lately.

The man studies David carefully.

72   INT. ALEX'S FLAT - DAY

Alex sits in the kitchen drinking tea and reading.
There is loud knocking on the door.  Alex rushes to
open it and David enters quickly, closing the door
behind him.  He is still wearing the woman's coat.

			ALEX
	David!  Where on earth have
	you been!?!

			DAVID
	I'm freezing.

He goes into the bedroom and takes off the coat and
gets dressed as Alex watches in amazement.  David is
excited, even euphoric.

			DAVID
	Alex, I've lost my mind.  I
	woke up at the zoo!  But you
	know what?  I feel terrific!

			ALEX
	The zoo?

			DAVID
	Waking up at the zoo, that's
	not so insane.  Having no
	clothes on?  That's insane.
	What did I do last night,
	Alex?

			ALEX
	Don't you remember?

			DAVID
	I said goodbye to you.  I was
	locked out of the flat.  I
	climbed the wall and came in
	through the bathroom window.
	I started to read and then I
	was naked at the zoo!
		(big smile)
	I guess I am out of my fucking
	mind.

Alex sits next to him and puts her arm around his
shoulders.

			ALEX
	I worried about you.  We
	didn't know where you were.

David kisses her, a desperate kiss, and she kisses back
with equal passion.

			ALEX
	Where did you get that coat?

David laughs.

73   INT. DR. HIRSCH'S OFFICE

Dr. Hirsch is dialing the phone.

74   INT. ALEX'S FLAT

The phone rings.

			ALEX
	I'll get it.

Alex goes to the phone.

			ALEX
	Hello?

The telephone conversation is intercut between Alex and
Dr. Hirsch.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Alex, have you heard anything?

Alex speaks softly so that David won't hear her.
			ALEX
	He's here.

			DR. HIRSCH
		(excited)
	Is he all right?  Why didn't
	you call me?  Where was he?

			ALEX
	He doesn't remember.  He woke
	up at the zoo.

			DR. HIRSCH
	The zoo?  Is he rational?

			ALEX
	Yes, he is.  He's very excited
	and confused, but he's not
	crazy, if that's what you
	mean.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Have you read the papers
	today?  Have you listened to
	the radio or television?

			ALEX
	No, why?

			DR. HIRSCH
	Is David acting strangely?

			ALEX
	No, not really.

Dr. Hirsch considers.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Could you get here without any
	trouble?

			ALEX
	Yes, I should think so.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Right.  Now listen carefully.
	I want you to bring David
	here.  I want him in my care.
	I'll notify the police that
	we've found him.  It is
	imperative that you bring him
	straight to the hospital.  Do
	you understand?

			ALEX
	Yes, Doctor.

			DR. HIRSCH
	You're certain he's lucid?
	You won't need any help?

			ALEX
	He's fine.  We'll come right
	over.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Shall I send a car?

			ALEX
	No, a cab will be faster.

			DR. HIRSCH
	I expect you shortly.

Dr. Hirsch hangs up, checks a piece of paper, and then
dials again.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Yes, Scotland Yard?


75   EXT. LONDON STREET - DAY

Alex and David are walking.

			ALEX
	The next corner we can get a
	cab.

			DAVID
		(grins)
	I should be committed.

			ALEX
	Dr. Hirsch will know what to
	do.

			DAVID
		(stretches)
	I don't know why I feel so
	good.  I haven't felt this
	good in a long time.

Alex is signaling for a taxi.

			DAVID
	My body feels alive, alert.  I
	feel like an athlete.

A taxi pulls up; Alex opens the door.

			ALEX
	Get in.

76   INT. TAXI - DAY

			ALEX
	Saint Martin's Hospital.

			DRIVER
	Right.

As they drive.

			DRIVER
	It's like the days of the Mad
	Barber of Fleet Street, isn't
	it?

			ALEX
	I beg your pardon?

			DRIVER
	The murders.

			DAVID
		(concerned)
	What murders?

			DRIVER
	Last night.  Haven't you
	heard?  Six people in
	different parts of the city
	mutilated.  A real maniac this
	one.

			DAVID
	Pull over.

			ALEX
	But....

			DAVID
		(adamant)
	Pull over.

77   EXT. LONDON STREET - DAY

The cab pulls to the sidewalk.

			DAVID
	Pay the man.

David gets out of the cab.

			ALEX
	David, wait!

She hurriedly hands the Driver some money and takes off
after David.

			ALEX
	David, what are you doing?

			DAVID
	Six people mutilated?  It had
	to be me, Alex.

			ALEX
	David, stop!

He turns and faces her.

			DAVID
	I am going to the cops.
	There's a full moon tonight.
	Jack was right.  I....

			ALEX
		(angry)
	Jack is dead!

			DAVID
	Jack is dead.  Look, six
	people have been killed.  I'm
	going to the police.

David takes off walking briskly down the street.  Alex
has to jog to keep up with him.

			ALEX
	David, please be rational.
	Let's go to Dr. Hirsch.

			DAVID
	Rational!?!  I'm a fucking
	werewolf, for Christ's sake!

He strides up to a Bobbie on the corner.

			DAVID
	Officer, I killed those people
	last night.

			BOBBIE
		(interested)
	You did, did you?

Alex runs up.

			ALEX
	He's playing a stupid joke,
	sir.

			DAVID
		(dumbfounded)
	What?

			ALEX
	We had an argument.  He's
	being silly.

			DAVID
		(desperate)
	I swear, I don't know this
	girl.

			BOBBIE
	All right, you two, move
	along.

			DAVID
	Hey, you asshole!  I want you
	to arrest me!

			BOBBIE
	There's no call for that kind
	of language.

			DAVID
		(shouts)
	Queen Elizabeth is a man!
	Prince Charles is a faggot!
	Winston Churchill was full of
	shit!

			BOBBIE
		(losing patience)
	Now see here young man.

			DAVID
	Shakespeare was French!  The
	Queen Mother sucks cocks in
	hell!  Shit!  Fuck!  Piss!

The Bobbie takes David's arm roughly as pedestrians
start to gather.

			BOBBIE
	That's quite enough!

			ALEX
		(pleading)
	David, please!

			DAVID
	Who is this girl?

			BOBBIE
	You're going to have to stop
	this disturbance or I shall
	arrest you.

			DAVID
		(frustrated, yelling)
	That's what I want you to do,
	you moron!

			ALEX
		(to Bobbie)
	Sir, he's very upset.  His
	friend was killed and....

			DAVID
	Will you shut up!?!!

			BOBBIE
		(losing his temper)
	That's enough!  Now go about
	your business.

			ALEX
	Yes, David, let's go.

			DAVID
		(disbelief)
	You're not going to arrest me?

David approaches one of the ONLOOKERS.

			DAVID
	Don't you think he should
	arrest me?
			ONLOOKER
	Well, I'm not sure.  How does
	he know this isn't a prank?

			DAVID
		(despair)
	A prank?

			ALEX
		(urgently)
	David....

The Bobbie has lost all patience.

			BOBBIE
	I've no time for this
	foolishness.
		(to onlookers)
	Nothing to look at.  Move
	along.

The Bobbie walks away.  David is beside himself.

			DAVID
	Hopeless.  It's hopeless.

			ALEX
		(softly)
	David, let's go now.

David turns in a rage.

			DAVID
	Leave me alone, dammit!  You
	people are crazy!  I've got to
	get away from here!  I've got
	to do something!

			ALEX
		(worried)
	David, don't lose control.

			DAVID
		(approaching, hysteria)
	Control!?!  What control!?!
	Get away from me!

He begins to cry.

			DAVID
	Leave me alone!

He runs out into the street.  Cars slam on their
brakes, just missing him.

			ALEX
	David, wait!

It's too late.  He's lost in traffic.  Alex stands for
a moment not knowing which way to turn.

78   EXT. ALLEY - DAY

David is running in panic.  He finally comes to rest in
an alley.  He sits down and sobs uncontrollably.

79   INT. DR. HIRSCH'S OFFICE - DAY

Alex sits distraught in the chair opposite the desk.
Dr. Hirsch is talking to Lt. Villiers and Sgt. McManus.

			LT. VILLIERS
	The forensic lads seem to feel
	that some sort of animal was
	involved, that's true, but I
	hardly think....

			DR. HIRSCH
		(interrupts)
	Regardless of what you think,
	Lieutenant, the fact remains
	that David is missing and that
	we must find him.

			SGT. McMANUS
	Before nightfall.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Precisely.

			LT. VILLIERS
		(harried)
	Gentlemen, please.  We shall
	find Mr. Kessler as quickly as
	we're able.

			ALEX
	He tried to have himself
	arrested.  He....

			LT. VILLIERS
		(interrupts)
	Getting arrested isn't all
	that difficult, Miss Price.

			ALEX
	He wants help.  He....

			DR. HIRSCH
		(interrupts)
	What can we do to assist you?

			LT. VILLIERS
		(rising)
	Stay here.  If we need you,
	we'll know where to reach you.

He and Sgt. McManus pause by the door.

			LT. VILLIERS
	I cannot accept a connection
	between David Kessler and last
	night's murders.  We will find
	him, however.  I can assure
	you of that.

			SGT. McMANUS
	We'll find him, not to worry.

The two policemen exit.  Dr. Hirsch looks at Alex.

			ALEX
		(distraught)
	What shall we do?

			DR. HIRSCH
		(comforting)
	Tea would be nice.

80   EXT. LEICESTER SQUARE - DAY

David is in a telephone booth.

			DAVID
	Yes, operator.  I'd like to
	call the United States and
	reverse the charges.  David
	Kessler for anyone.  Yes, I'll
	wait.  Hello?  Yes, area code
	315/472-3402.  Thank you.
		(pause)
	Hello?  Rachel?  Just say yes,
	you'll accept the charges.
	Just say yes, Rachel.  Is Mom
	or Dad home?  Where are they?
	Where's Max?  You're all
	alone?  Mom and Dad wouldn't
	leave me alone when I was ten.
	No, not ten and a half either.
	I'm still in London.  I'm all
	better.  Look, would you tell
	Mom and Dad that I love them?
	I don't care, Rachel, just do
	it for me.  Okay?  Good.  And,
	Rachel, don't fight with Max.
	Well, try.  Look, kid, please
	don't forget to tell Mom and
	Dad I love them.  I love Max
	and you, too.  Well, I do.
	No, I'm not being weird, you
	little creep.  You promise?
	Okay.  Be a good girl.  I love
	you.  Bye.

He hangs up in profound depression.  Leaving the booth
he sees an outdoor clock.  It is 4:15.  He sighs, then
catches sight of something.

81   EXT. CINEMA - DAY - DAVID'S P.O.V.

There stands Jack, now truly rotted and ghastly.  He's
pretty much dried out, a third of his face gone
revealing the grinning skull.  He waves to David.  Jack
points inside the theater and goes in.  David smiles,
walks across the intersection, and up to the box
office.

			TICKET LADY
	Two and a half quid, please.

David reaches in his pocket.  All he has are traveler's
checks.

			DAVID
	Will you take a traveler's
	check?

			TICKET LADY
	No, sorry.

David signs a $100 check and hands it to her.

			DAVID
	Keep the change.

			TICKET LADY
	Well, thank you, sir!

She gives him a ticket.  David goes in.

82   INT. CINEMA - DAY

A film (to be determined) plays on screen.  The small
theater is mostly empty.  A few snoring BUMS and wide-
eyed CHILDREN are scattered about.  Jack sits in the
last row in the shadows.  He waves to David.  David
goes and sits next to him.

			DAVID
	Hi, Jack.

			JACK
	Hi, David.

They sit for a while watching the screen.

			DAVID
	What can I say, Jack?

			JACK
	You don't have to say
	anything.

			DAVID
	Aren't you going to say, `I
	told you so'?

			JACK
	If I was still alive, I
	probably would.

			DAVID
	You look awful.

			JACK
	Thank you.

			DAVID
		(apologizes quickly)
	I didn't mean it.  I don't
	know what I'm saying.  I'm not
	even sure it was me who killed
	those people.  I don't
	remember doing it.

			JACK
	What about the zoo?

			DAVID
	Well, even if I'm not the
	wolfman, I am crazy enough to
	do something like that.  I
	mean, here I sit in Leicester
	Square talking to a corpse.
	I'm glad to see you, Jack.

			JACK
	I want you to meet some
	people.

Sitting down the row from Jack is a man, GERALD
BRINGSLY, completely in the shadow.

			JACK
	David Kessler, this is Gerald
	Bringsly.

			DAVID
	Hello.

			JACK
	Gerald is the man you murdered
	in the subway.  We thought it
	best you didn't see him as
	he's a fresh kill and still
	pretty messy.

			BRINGSLY
		(in shadow; very English)
	Yes, I do look most
	unpleasant.

The camera pans down to show the blood dripping from
the seat to a puddle on the floor.

			DAVID
		(horrified)
	Why are you doing this to me,
	Jack?

			BRINGSLY
	This isn't Mr. Goodman's idea.
	He is your good friend,
	whereas I am a victim of your
	carnivorous lunar activities.

			DAVID
		(appalled)
	Mr. Bringsly, I'm sorry.  I
	have absolutely no idea what
	to say to you.

			BRINGSLY
	You've left my wife a widow
	and my children fatherless.
	And I understand that I am to
	walk the earth one of the
	living dead until the wolf's
	bloodline is severed and the
	curse lifted.

Bringlsy leans forward almost into the light, he
glistens.

			BRINGSLY
	You must die, David Kessler.

			JACK
	David, this is Harry Berman
	and his fiancee Judith Browns.

The two victims lean forward from their seats next to
Mr. Bringsly.  We can just make out that Harry has one
arm missing.

			JACK
	And these gentlemen are Alf,
	Ted, and Joseph.

The Three Derelicts sit next to Harry and Judith.  All
are slick in the darkness, the light from the screen
illuminating their gore.

			DERELICT #2
	Can't say we're pleased to
	meet you, Mr. Kessler.

			DAVID
		(defeated)
	What shall I do?

			JACK
	Suicide.

			HARRY
		(adamantly)
	You must take your own life!

			DAVID
	That's easy for you to say -
	you're already dead.

			BRINGSLY
	No, David.  Harry and I and
	everyone you murder are not
	dead.  The undead.

			DAVID
		(to Jack)
	Why are you doing this to me?

			JACK
	Because this must be stopped.

			DAVID
	How shall I do it?

			JUDITH
	Sleeping pills?

			DERELICT #1
	Not sure enough.

			DAVID
	I could hang myself.

			JACK
	If you did it wrong, it would
	be painful.  You'd choke to
	death.

			DERELICT #3
	So what?  Let `im choke.

			JACK
	Do you mind?  The man's a
	friend of mine.

			DERELICT #3
	Well he ain't no friend of
	mine.

			BRINGSLY
	Gentlemen, please.

			HARRY
	A gun.

			DERELICT #1
	I know where he can get a gun.

			DAVID
	Don't I need a silver bullet
	or something?

			JACK
	Be serious, would you?

David puts his head in his hands.

			DAVID
	Madness.  I've gone totally
	mad.

			HARRY
	A gun is good.

			JUDITH
	You just put the gun to your
	forehead and pull the trigger.

			BRINGSLY
	If you put it in your mouth,
	then you'd be sure not to
	miss.

			DAVID
	Thank you, you're all so
	thoughtful.

As the conversation continues, the camera pulls back
from the grisly tableau.  David grabs his head
suddenly.


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83   EXT. BIG BEN - NIGHT

The clock strikes eleven.  The full moon is up.

84   INT. CINEMA - NIGHT

David is dripping wet and shaking violently.  Three
small children, the oldest nine, stand in the aisle
staring at him.

			DAVID
		(gasps out in anguish)
	Go away!  Please!  Go away!

The children watch, fascinated as David's seizures grow
more severe.

			DAVID
		(his face contorting)
	Run!  Please...run.

His hands clutch the arms of his chair.  Coarse thick
hair splits his skin.  The children's eyes widen in
fascination.

85   EXT. CINEMA - NIGHT

Roars and screams come from inside the theater.  The
TICKET TAKER at the door says to the Ticket Lady:
			TICKET TAKER
	I'll check on the house.

He goes inside the theater.

86   INT. CINEMA - NIGHT

The Ticket Taker enters the theater.  The movie
continues on screen, but all else is quiet.  He
cautiously continues down the aisle.  He sees something
and makes his way towards it.  He looks down in horror.

THE WOLF SPRINGS!

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87   EXT. LEICESTER SQUARE - NIGHT

From way up high we look down on the sidewalks and
single out TWO BOBBIES running furiously to the cinema
through the busy traffic.

88   EXT. CINEMA - NIGHT

The two cops run up, the Ticket Lady is hysterical.

			TICKET LADY
	It's horrible, horrible!
	There's a beast!  A mad dog!
	It's killing people in there!

One cop stays with the lady, the other rushes inside.

89   INT. CINEMA - NIGHT

The cop enters a side door to find several bloodied
corpses.  He hears something, looks over to see the
Wolf hunched over a victim.  The Wolf turns, eyes
blazing, mouth dripping with blood.  We see it clearly
for the first time.  It is truly a hound from hell, its
wolfen features a hideous sight.  Its eyes fierce,
burning green.  The Wolf roars and starts for the cop.
The cop rushes out and slams the door behind him.

90   EXT. CINEMA

As the cop bolts the door shut.

			COP #1
	For God's sake, Tom, there's a
	monster in there!
The doors shudder as the Wolf begins to batter them
down.  The cops strain to keep them shut.

			COP #1
	Call for assistance and tell
	them to bring guns.

Pedestrians start milling around.  The door is bulging.
The Wolf's roars continue.

			COP #2
	Keep moving!  Will you people
	get out of the way!

91   INT. DR. HIRSCH'S OFFICE - NIGHT

Alex is asleep.  Dr. Hirsch wakes her.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Nurse Hobbs said there's a
	disturbance in Leicester
	Square involving some sort of
	mad dog.

			ALEX
	David?

			DR. HIRSCH
	I doubt it.  But it's
	something to do.

92   INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT

An officer unlocks a rack of rifles which are
distributed to uniformed men.

93   INT. CINEMA - NIGHT

Police cars arrive, sirens blaring.  Officers are
pushing the crowd back as other men help hold the door
closed against the Wolf's battering.

Another police car pulls up and out steps Lt. Villiers
and Sgt. McManus.

			LT. VILLIERS
	What the hell is going on
	here?

			COP
	It's some kind of animal, sir.
	We....
Suddenly the doors splinter apart and there stands the
Wolf, eyes blazing.  It leaps on Lt. Villiers, savaging
him.  The crowd falls back in panic.

The Wolf runs into traffic, a cab swerves to avoid
hitting it and plows into fleeing pedestrians hurling
one through a shop window.  Mass confusion as orders
are shouted and the police pursue the Wolf.

It runs down an alleyway into a cul de sac.  It stops
in the darkness, blocked by a brick wall.  The Wolf
whirls around, defiant, roaring.  The cops quickly
barricade the entrance to the alley.

94   INT. TAXI - NIGHT

The taxi is halted by the traffic jam in Leicester
Square.  Police vehicles roar past.

			ALEX
	David!  It's David!

She jumps from the car before Dr. Hirsch can stop her.


95   EXT. CUL DE SAC - NIGHT

The police arrive with weapons and efficiently ring the
alley.  Alex runs to them.

			ALEX
	Let me through!

			COP
	Stand clear, miss!

			ALEX
	I must get through!

Alex dodges the cop and runs into the alley.  The
officers shout after her.  Dr. Hirsch reaches the
police line.

			DR. HIRSCH
	Alex!

Alex walks towards the dark end of the alley.

			ALEX
	David?  Is it you?  Is it
	true, David?

She's almost to the end.  The Wolf lays in wait in the
shadows.  The police raise their weapons.

			ALEX
	David?

THE WOLF REARS UP.  In that brief instant, Alex
realizes it will kill her.

			OFFICER
	Fire!

The guns blaze.  The Wolf falls dead.  Alex leans on
the wall, numb.  The cops, Dr. Hirsch, and Sgt. McManus
run to the dead Wolf only to find David, naked and
riddled with bullets.  Alex begins to weep.

						FADE TO:

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SONG: The fifties rock version of "Blue Moon".



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