Short screenplay from the Done Deal Halloween contest,
       November 2009.

       "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST HALLOWEEN"


               FADE IN:

               EXT. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT

               It's Halloween and happy kids are Trick-or-Treating.  Some 
               wear store-bought masks and outfits, a few wear home-made 
               costumes like cardboard box robot and giant fruit.

               Hottie teen JENNY and her boyfriend REGGIE encourage her kid 
               brother ADAM to get started.  Adam wears a white bedsheet 
               with eyeholes cut out.

                                     ADAM
                         Look at those masks and costumes!  
                         How am I supposed to compete with 
                         that?  All I got is a sheet!

                                     JENNY
                         You don't need to complete, you just 
                         say "Trick or Treat" and they chuck 
                         candy into your bucket.

                                     ADAM
                         This sucks.

               Jenny points to a house whose porch light is on.

                                     JENNY
                         No one's gone there yet.  Shoo!

               She pushes Adam toward the house.  Off he goes, reluctantly.

                                     JENNY
                         Remember!  You're a ghost!  Scare 
                         the shit out of them!

               Reggie pulls Jenny close.

                                     REGGIE
                         Remember, you're a babe.  Squeeze 
                         the love out of me.

               Jenny giggles and they kiss and explore each other.


               EXT. FRIENDLY HOUSE 1 - NIGHT

               Just as Adam's about to knock on the door, he looks left and 
               sees another KID wearing a white ghost sheet just like his.  
               The kid disappears around a corner.

               Adam looks at Jenny and Reggie, sees them in a lip-lock.

                                     ADAM
                         Gross!

               Adam runs after the other Ghost Sheet Kid.


               EXT. FRIENDLY STREET - NIGHT

               Adam follows Ghost Sheet Kid at a distance.

               Ghost Sheet Kid suddenly stops.

               Adam hides behind a parked car.  He peeks out.

               Ghost Sheet Kid stares at a house whose porch light is on.  
               After a long pause, Ghost Sheet Kid walks up the path.

               Adam crouches behind a bush and watches.


               EXT. FRIENDLY HOUSE 2 - NIGHT

               Ghost Sheet Kid knocks on the door, a SMILING WOMAN answers.

                                     SMILING WOMAN
                         Oh my goodness!  It's a ghost!

               Ghost Sheet Kid doesn't speak yet.

                                     SMILING WOMAN
                         Hold on just a second!

               She reaches inside and brings out a bag of goodies.

                                     GHOST SHEET KID
                         Do you remember me?

               Smiling Woman looks at The Kid and frowns.

                                     SMILING WOMAN
                         I don't think I-- 

               Smiling Woman's eyes widen in shock.  Ghost Sheet Kid's sheet 
               flaps up and down in frantic motion.  Blood spatters the 
               porch wall.

               Smiling Woman collapses on the porch.  Her dead eyes seem to 
               stare directly at Adam.

               Adam's eyes widen in fear.

               Ghost Sheet Kid turns and walks down the path, passing the 
               bush Adam is hiding behind.  Adam trembles with fear.


               EXT. FRIENDLY STREET - NIGHT

               Ghost Sheet Kid walks down the street.

               Adam follows Ghost Sheet Kid again, because in horror movies, 
               people do really stupid things.


               EXT. FRIENDLY HOUSE 3 - NIGHT

               Ghost Sheet Kid stops and stares at another house.  Adam 
               hides behind a picket fence and watches.

               Ghost Sheet Kid walks up to the porch, knocks on the door.  
               GRUMPY OLD MAN answers.

                                     GRUMPY OLD MAN
                         What are you supposed to be, a daiper?

               Grumpy Old Man looks up and down the street.

                                     GRUMPY OLD MAN
                         Why don't you come in, kid?  I got 
                         candy.

               Adam waves frantically, trying to tell the guy, go back 
               inside!  Grumpy Old Man sees him and scowls.

                                     GRUMPY OLD MAN
                         Forget it.  G'wan, beat it.  Go bother 
                         someone else.

                                     GHOST SHEET KID
                         Do you remember me?

                                     GRUMPY OLD MAN
                         Why should I remember you?  Get out 
                         of here.  Damn kids.

               Grumpy Old Man jerks in shock, eyes wide.  Ghost Sheet Kid's 
               sheet flaps up and down as bloody murder is done.

               Grumpy Old Man collapses, dead.

               Ghost Sheet Kid turns and walks down the path.  His sheet's 
               covered in blood but it's Halloween, who's going to notice?


               EXT. FRIENDLY STREET - NIGHT

               Adam looks up and down the street.  No sign of Ghost Sheet 
               Kid.  Where'd he go?  Adam turns round -- and he's there!  
               Ghost Sheet Kid whips Adam's sheet away.  Adam's terrified.

                                     GHOST SHEET KID
                         I knew you were watching.

                                     ADAM
                         I won't tell anyone, I promise!

                                     GRAVEL VOICE KID
                         Huh.


               EXT. CEMETERY - NIGHT

               Adam stands among a sea of old tombstones.  He looks around, 
               confused.  What just happened?

               Ghost Sheet Kid stands at a nearby grave.  Fresh flowers 
               partially cover the gravestone inscription, OUR BELOVED SON.

                                     GHOST SHEET KID
                         A year ago they took my life away 
                         from me.  This is my night.  My one 
                         chance for revenge.  It's the rules.

               Adam slowly pulls Ghost Sheet Kid's sheet away.  Worms and 
               maggots cover Ghost Sheet Kid's face and head.  His bloodshot 
               lidless eyes stare at Adam who is horrified.

                                     GHOST SHEET KID
                         It's 'cause I wasn't laid to rest, 
                         see?  I'll show you.

               Ghost Sheet Kid touches Adam's forehead with a bony finger.


               EXT. FRIENDLY HOUSE 2 - NIGHT (FLASHBACK - KID'S POV)

               Smiling Woman sports a black eye and is drunk as a skunk, 
               holding onto the door frame for support.

                                     SMILING WOMAN
                         Not tonight, kid.  Try old man Harkins 
                         across the street.  Grumpy old bastard 
                         always loves Trick or Treat.

               Laughing hysterically, she slams the door.


               EXT. FRIENDLY HOUSE 3 - NIGHT (FLASHBACK - KID'S POV)

               Grumpy Old Man opens his door invitingly.

                                     GRUMPY OLD MAN
                         Yeah come on in, kid, I got candy 
                         and stuff here.  C'mon, hurry up.


               INT. FRIENDLY HOUSE 3 - NIGHT (FLASHBACK - KID'S POV)

               Grumpy Old Man closes and bolts the door, CLICK, SNICK, CLICK.


               INT. FRIENDLY HOUSE CELLAR - NIGHT (FLASHBACK - KID'S POV)

               Grumpy Old Man stands at the top of stairs leading down into 
               a dark cellar.

                                     GRUMPY OLD MAN
                         Just you and me, kid.  It'll be fun.


               EXT. CEMETERY - NIGHT

               Adam opens his eyes and gasps!  He saw it all.

                                     ADAM
                         He took you down into his cellar.

                                     GHOST SHEET KID
                         Yeah.

                                     ADAM
                         He was hoping another kid would come 
                         to his door tonight.  Alone.  So he 
                         could do it again.

                                     GHOST SHEET KID
                         He'll never do it again.  I gotta 
                         go.

                                     ADAM
                         Go where?

                                     GHOST SHEET KID
                         This isn't my grave.  It's just where 
                         they put a stone with my name on it.

               Adam thinks for a moment... then realizes...

                                     ADAM
                         He buried you in his cellar.

                                     GHOST SHEET KID
                         I think so.  Maybe.

                                     ADAM
                         The cops might search his house.  If 
                         they find you, maybe you'll end up 
                         here?

                                     GHOST SHEET KID
                         If they find me.

                                     ADAM
                         I'll make sure they do.

               Adam is talking to himself -- Ghost Sheet Kid is gone.


               EXT. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT

               Jenny and Reggie are relieved when Adam turns up.

                                     JENNY
                         Where have you been?  We were worried.

                                     ADAM
                         I'm okay.  Wait here, I'll be back 
                         in a minute, I promise.

               Adam runs off down the street.

                                     JENNY
                         Adam!


               EXT. FRIENDLY HOUSE 3 - NIGHT

               Now a crime scene with COPS, an ambulance, and a DETECTIVE 
               trying to figure it out.  Adam approaches the Detective.

                                     ADAM
                         I heard he kept bodies in his cellar.  
                         Remember the kid that went missing 
                         last year?

               Adam walks away.  The Detective watches him go, thinking.

                                                                  FADE OUT:



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