Entry in the Done Deal Halloween 2012 contest
"Maskerade"


FADE IN:

EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF APARTMENT BLOCK - NIGHT

Four delinquents wearing plastic Halloween masks (pushed
back on their heads) stare up at the building.

WOLFMAN swigs from a beer bottle, he's the leader of this
pack, who are much too old for trick-or-treating. SNOW
WHITE is his bitch. DRACULA is his sniveling follower.
FAIRY PRINCESS (wearing tiny gossamer wings) is big and
dangerous and likes to hurt people.

                       DRACULA
           You sure this guy lives alone?

                       WOLFMAN
           Yeah I'm sure.

                        DRACULA
           I dunno...

                       FAIRY PRINCESS
           Let's fcuking do it.

The 4 step forward together, full of piss and menace.


INT. HALLWAY, STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

MMMMMM. An electrically powered wheelchair rolls past.
It stops at the front door.

The wheelchair's weakling occupant sits slumped with his
head to one side, like Stephen Hawking. His name is also
STEPHEN but he's not into science. He's into women.

And a woman's GIGGLING comes from the other side of the
door. Stephen's eyes, huge behind his thick-lensed glasses,
burn with desire.


INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Fairy Princess is doing the giggling.

                       FAIRY PRINCESS
           I'm gonna piss myself, I don't
           find a toilet.

                       DRACULA
           People are gonna hear us, shut up!

                       FAIRY PRINCESS
           Who's going to call the cops on
           Halloween, d!ckhead?

                       WOLFMAN
           Everybody cool it. Shhh.

Wolfman peers through the spy-hole, into the apartment.

FISH EYE LENS POV - looking into Stephen's apartment
hallway, which is empty, no sign of Stephen.

                       WOLFMAN
           Get ready. Soon as we're in, you
           grab money, watches, jewels,
           anything that looks like it might
           be worth something.

                       SNOW WHITE
           Freddy never pays us enough.

                       WOLFMAN
           We bring him quality, he'll pay.
           Good sh!t only, you got that?

Nods.   Wolfman pokes the doorbell button.    DING DONG!


INT. HALLWAY, STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

DING DONG! echoes down the hallway.

CLOSE UP of Stephen's electric wheelchair control arm,
with buttons and switches. Stephen's shaking hand thumbs
a switch.


INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

CLICK goes the lock, and the door swings inward, opened by
an invisible hand.

Wolfman steps back and looks at the others, unsure.

                       SNOW WHITE
           Spooky.

                       FAIRY PRINCESS
           Fcuk are you waiting for?

Fairy Princess marches into Stephen's apartment hallway.

Wolfman, Snow White and Dracula lower their masks over
their faces and follow her inside.


INT. HALLWAY, STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Fairy Princess checks the doors to left and right.

                      FAIRY PRINCESS
          Oh thank God.

She goes off camera, into a toilet. Seconds later, the
sound of high-pressure PEEING. Dracula stares, mesmerized.
Snow White slaps his head, he has to fix his mask.

Wolfman advances cautiously down the apartment hallway.

                       SNOW WHITE
              (shouts)
          Trick or treat!

                       WOLFMAN
          Jesus...

                       SNOW WHITE
          What?   It's Halloween.

The toilet flushes, Fairy Princess exits, fixing her skirts.

                      SNOW WHITE
          Next time, close the door. The
          Count nearly had his d!ck out.

                      FAIRY PRINCESS
          I'll cut it off. I need food.

                      WOLFMAN
          We're not here to eat!

MMMMMM. The electric motor sound makes them stare at the
far end of the hallway.

Stephen in his wheelchair stares back at them, head tilted
to one side.

The four intruders look at each other.   Is it really gonna
be this easy?

Dracula slowly pushes the front door shut, with a menacing
sense of trapping Stephen in his own apartment. CLICK.


INT. LIVING ROOM, STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Stephen's POV, the wheelchair control stick has been jammed
so the wheelchair spins around and around on the spot like
a nauseating fairground ride.

Snow White laughs and claps at Stephen's sick expression.
Fairy Princess stuffs her face with corn chips from a giant
bag, spilling some from her mouth as she laughs too.

The wheelchair stops. Stephen gasps with relief. Snow
White and Fairy Princess boo and throw corn chips at him.

Wolfman carries electronic goods, iPad, iPlayer, laptop,
cables, and dumps them on the couch with a big plasma TV.

                      WOLFMAN
          Glad to see we're all on the job!

Dracula holds up bourbon and vodka bottles.

                      DRACULA
          Looky what I found!

Wolfman snatches the bourbon bottle.

                      WOLFMAN
          Mine!

Snow White grabs the vodka bottle, she and Fairy Princess
take turns swigging it neat, like the ladies they are.

                      DRACULA
          You gotta wonder about this guy.
          How can he live alone? I mean
          look at him. Someone's gotta feed
          him. Empty his piss bag.

Wolfman crouches down beside Stephen.

                      WOLFMAN
          When are they due back?

Stephen makes croaking sounds as his mouth struggles to
form words.

                      WOLFMAN
          What are you, some kind of frog?

                      FAIRY PRINCESS
          Croak for us, frog!

                      SNOW WHITE
          Maybe he needs a computer to talk.

                      DRACULA
          Hey yeah, I saw this guy on TV.
              (robotic voice)
          Give. Me. More. Drugs. Man.

Wolfman slaps Stephen hard, rocking him and his wheelchair.

                      WOLFMAN
          When are they due, frog?

Stephen doesn't answer.   Wolfman raises his hand again--

                      FAIRY PRINCESS
          Lemme talk to him.

Fairy Princess leans in close to Stephen, giving him a
view of Boob Valley.

Stephen's eyes widen, he shakes uncontrollably.

                       FAIRY PRINCESS
           You live with your family?

Stephen shakes his head, a twitchy movement.

                       FAIRY PRINCESS
           That's a no. But someone looks
           after you, yeah?

                       DRACULA
           Like a mechanic. Checks your oil.
           Wipes your windscreen.

                       FAIRY PRINCESS
           Someone looks after you?

Stephen nods his head, a superhuman effort.

                       FAIRY PRINCESS
           Are they coming by tonight?

Stephen shakes his head, his eyes on her boobs.

Dracula laughs and points--

                       DRACULA
           The little sh!t's got a hard-on
           like a baseball bat!

BAM!   Fairy Princess punches Stephen, rocking him.

                       FAIRY PRINCESS
           You disgust me.

                       WOLFMAN
           Whoa, you go, girl!

Snow White steps up and shoves her tits in Stephen's face.

                       SNOW WHITE
           Is this what you want, huh?

Stephen is squashed and suffocating but yeah, oh yeah,
this is what he wants.

Snow White draws back and punches Stephen hard, his glasses
go flying.

                       SNOW WHITE
           Freak!

Snow White and Fairy Princess glance at other, coming to
an instant understanding. They tear into Stephen with
their fists, giving him a beating he won't forget, if he
survives.

From Stephen's POV it's a bizarre shaky montage of smiling
plastic masks and crazy eyes, frantic movement, fists coming
in at him from all angles, rocking his vision.

                      DRACULA
          Jesus! You're gonna kill him!

                      WOLFMAN
          Let 'em have their fun.

Snow White and Fairy Princess beat Stephen a while longer.
Then they step back, breathing hard and tired.

Stephen lies slumped in his wheelchair, eyes closed, face
puffed and bruised, bleeding from nose and lips.

Wolfman pulls Snow White close.   They kiss, mask to mask.

                      WOLFMAN
          Good job, babe.

                      FAIRY PRINCESS
          Let's get outta this dump.

Fairy Princess exits to the hallway, Wolfman and Snow White
follow, cuddling each other and laughing.

                      WOLFMAN
              (to Dracula)
          Bring the sh!t.

Dracula stares at the electronic items and the big TV on
the couch. He stuffs the smaller items into his pockets
and inside his jacket, and lugs the TV into the hallway.

                      DRACULA
          Why is it always me?

Stephen's still slumped in his wheelchair, unmoving, bloody.


INT. HALLWAY, STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Fairy Princess pulls on the front door handle, door won't
move, it's locked.

                      FAIRY PRINCESS
          Anyone see a key?

                      SNOW WHITE
          I don't even see a keyhole.

Wolfman looks back, sees Dracula exit the living room with
the TV. The living room door swings shut behind Dracula!

                         WOLFMAN
             Hey, hey, who shut the door!

Dracula tries to open the living room door. Can't, it's
locked too. He puts down the TV and shoulder-slams the
door. Ow! He kicks it instead. And again. Nothing.

Fairy Princess looks round as the bathroom door slams shut.

Snow White looks round as the other doors along the hallway
slam shut. Unseen electric motors. CLICK CLICK CLICK.

                         WOLFMAN
             'Sgoing on, man?!

They try various doors, all locked, they're trapped here.

                         WOLFMAN
             It's that frog in the wheelchair.
             He's gotta be doing this!

Snow White stares up at a security camera on the ceiling.
Her reflection in the lens. A red LED winks on and off.

                         SNOW WHITE
             He's watching us.

Wolfman pushes her aside and snarls at the camera.

                         WOLFMAN
             Let us out of here, freak!

No answer.    Wolfman pounds and kicks the front door.


INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

A muffled THUMP THUMP THUMP.

CLOSE UP of Stephen's wheelchair control arm, a pop-up LCD
screen shows the security camera POV of the gang.


INT. HALLWAY, STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Everyone looks up as a robotic voice booms from a speaker.

                         ROBOTIC VOICE (V.O.)
             Show. Me. Your. Breasts. And. I.
             Will. Consider. Letting. You. Go.

Snow White and Fairy Princess exchange looks.

                         FAIRY PRINCESS
           Fuuuuuuuuuu

They expose their boobs for the security camera.

                       SNOW WHITE
           Happy now, freak?


INT. LIVING ROOM, STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Stephen's bloody face twists into a happy smile.


INT. HALLWAY, STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

                       ROBOTIC VOICE (V.O.)
           Now. You. Will. Punch. Each. Other.

Snow White and Fairy Princess look at each other.

                       SNOW WHITE
           Screw you, I'm not gonna--

BAM!  Fairy Princess lands a haymaker.

                         ROBOTIC VOICE (V.O.)
           Now. You.

--meaning Wolfman, reflected in the security camera lens.

                       ROBOTIC VOICE (V.O.)
           Will. Go. Down. On. Him.

--meaning Dracula, reflected in the security camera lens.

                         FAIRY PRINCESS
           Fuuuuuuuuuu


INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE STEPHEN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

A muffled THUMP THUMP THUMP.  And Wolfman's faint voice:

                         WOLFMAN
           Let us out! Let us out! Please!

FADE OUT