title: Alternate Freddy vs Jason script

author: Slugbug

text:
<NOTE: this draft was written by two of the principal guys responsible for
the 'King of the Hill' animated Fox tv show! I'm curious to know how you
guys think it compares to the new movie>
  "FREDDY VS. JASON"
  Written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
  (c) 1998 New Line Cinema
  NOTE: New Line passed on this draft. Minor
typographical
  errors have been corrected.
  This script provided for educational purposes only.
  Friday the 13th : The Website

http://www.fridaythe13thfilms.com
  FADE IN:
  A ROARING FIRE crackles in a stone hearth. Soft
music plays.
  The effect is very romantic.
  PULL BACK to reveal the "fire" is actually on
television. We
  are...
  INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
  JASON LUCAS, a good-looking 17-year-old wearing a
high school
  football jersey, sits on the couch with his eyes
closed and a
  shit-eating grin stretched across his face. Lit
candles and
  incense set the mood. Jason takes a swig of beer.
                    LIZZIE (O.S.)
          Keep 'em closed. Are they closed? They
          better be closed.
                    JASON
              (laughing)
          They're closed!
  LIZZIE DANIELS enters, posing seductively in the
doorway.
  She's wearing sexy lingerie and fur-covered stiletto
heels.
  Not that she needs the help -- Lizzie is beautiful
in a girl
  next-door-who-sometimes-likes-to-dress-like-a-tramp
kind of
  way.
                    LIZZIE
          Ta-da!
  Jason opens his eyes. And he's glad he did. Lizzie
saunters
  over to him, holding a glass of bubbly. She downs it
in one
  gulp and sits on Jason's lap.
                    LIZZIE
          I hope you like it!
              (then, insecure)
          But I left the tags on in case you don't.
                    JASON
          Lizzie, I love it. You look-- wait, where
          are the tags?
                    LIZZIE
              (wincing)
          You don't want to know.
  Suddenly, the TV screen flickers. The fire and music
are
  replaced by a loud wrestling match. Lizzie pulls
away from
  Jason and starts scrambling around the room. From
the way she
  stumbles, we can tell she's more than a little
drunk.
                    JASON
          What?
                    LIZZIE
          I gotta rewind the fire.
  She frantically fumbles, pressing a few buttons on
the
  remote. The television randomly switches channels.
Finally,
  the screen is filled with snow and the word
"REWIND".
                    JASON
              (suggestive)
          You want to set a mood, why don't you put
          in that other tape we rented?
                    LIZZIE
          Jason! I want everything to be perfect,
          like I always dreamed it would be -- a
          big fire, a bottle of champagne, and the
          quarterback of the football team.
                    JASON
          You know I'm just second-string.
                    LIZZIE
          That's okay. So's the champagne.
  Lizzie cracks open a can of Budweiser and pours it
into two
  champagne flutes. She downs one of the glasses.
                    JASON
              (concerned)
          Lizzie, haven't you had enough?
  Lizzie defiantly downs the other glass. She's pretty
drunk by
  now.
                    LIZZIE
              (teasing)
          That's weird. I thought my mother was out
          of town tonight.
                    JASON
          She is. That's why you invited me over.
                    LIZZIE
          Damn right. I'm sick of making out in the
          back of your car.
              (devilish grin)
          Let's do it in the back of my mom's car.
                    JASON
          I have a better idea.
  Jason throws Lizzie's tipsy body over his shoulder
and heads
  upstairs.
  As Jason walks into the bedroom, Lizzie's head
accidentally
  SMACKS into the door jamb. She GIGGLES.
  INT. LIZZIE'S BEDROOM
  Jason tosses Lizzie onto the bed.
                    JASON
          I think you better get some sleep.
                    LIZZIE
              (slurred)
          What?... No, we have to... I got all sexy
          for you...
  Lizzie lets out a sour BURP. Jason winces.
                    JASON
          You know, we don't have to return the
          fire until Monday. Maybe we can try
          again...
  But Lizzie has already PASSED OUT. He stares at her
for a
  moment -- her arms and legs splayed out, hair
tousled,
  lingerie hiked up. Lizzie's a mess, but what a mess!
She
  looks pretty tempting...
  After a long beat, Jason musters the strength, pulls
the
  blanket over Lizzie, kisses her on the forehead, and
leaves
  the room.

DISSOLVE TO:
  INT. BEDROOM - LATER
  Lizzie is sleeping. Suddenly she stirs, sensing she
is being
  watched. She sees someone in the doorway and smiles.
                    LIZZIE
          What're you staring at, you big perv?
  We hear HEAVY BREATHING.
                    LIZZIE
          Come on. Hop in.
  More heavy breathing. Lizzie sits up.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason?
  A voice hisses from the darkness.
                    VOICE
          Guess again.
  A RAZOR-FINGERED GLOVE appears in a burst of cold,
icy blue
  flame! The figure moves into the bedroom. It's...
  FREDDY KRUEGER!
  Lizzie SCREAMS.
  Freddy GLIDES to the foot of the bed.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason!
                    FREDDY
          Jason can't help you now.
  He CACKLES as his grotesque, burn-scarred face
erupts in a
  BLAST of blazing hellfire.
  Lizzie scrambles out of bed and tears out of the
room,
  narrowly avoiding Freddy and his flame-throwing
claw.
  INT. HALLWAY
  Lizzie runs to the Westec keypad on the wall. Her
fingers
  shake as she tries to arm the alarm.
  FREDDY'S CLAW suddenly rips the keypad off the wall.
Sparks
  fly.
  Freddy swats at Lizzie, edging her back onto the
landing at
  the top of the stairs.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason!
  Freddy swats at Lizzie again. She ducks, loses her
balance,
  and TUMBLES violently down the stairs.
  INT. LIVING ROOM
  Lizzie lies at the bottom of the stairs, cowering in
fear, as
  Freddy slowly walks down the stairs. He CACKLES
menacingly.
                    FREDDY
          Jason is dead!
  And with that, Freddy hurls a charred, flaming SKULL
at
  Lizzie!
  The skull screams forward, missing Lizzie's face by
inches.
  Then it inexplicably changes course and flies back
up the
  stairs, disappearing into Freddy's dark advancing
silhouette.
                    LIZZIE
              (pleading)
          What do you want?!
                    FREDDY
          I want you to die.
  Freddy lashes out with his razor claw, leaving five
deep
  gouges in the wall.
  The PHONE RINGS. Lizzie looks to it but doesn't dare
move.
  The answering machine picks up.
                    MRS. DANIELS (V.O.)
          You've reached the Daniels residence.
          Please leave a message.
  BEEP.
                    VOICE (V.O.)
          This is Westec Security. We're getting a
          system failure on your unit...
  Lizzie takes a chance and dives for the phone.
                    LIZZIE
          Help me! Please!
  Freddy SLICES the phone cord with his claw.
  Lizzie turns and runs down a hallway as Freddy
stalks
  steadily forward, clawing the length of the wall.
She runs
  through the kitchen... and out a door to...
  EXT. BACKYARD
  Lizzie races through the backyard and
  SMACK! She runs into a WESTEC SECURITY GUARD with
his gun
  drawn.
                    GUARD
          Ma'am, is everything--
  Freddy suddenly appears and strikes at the guard's
head. The
  guard SCREAMS as Freddy's claw rakes across his
cheek. Blood
  spews everywhere.
  The guard TUMBLES and CRASHES through a sliding
glass door.
  Lizzie jumps through the shower of glass, over the
guard's
  body, and runs back into the house.
  INT. HOUSE
  Lizzie races, terror stricken, through the
kitchen... the
  hallway... and into the living room.
  She reaches the front door and fumbles to undo the
locks. She
  looks over her shoulder. FREDDY slowly walks towards
her, his
  razor claw poised to strike. His eyes burn into
Lizzie's. She
  can't look away.
                    FREDDY
              (hypnotic)
          Wake up, Lizzie.
  Lizzie SHRIEKS and manages to get one of the locks
open.
                    FREDDY
          Wake up before you can't.
                    GUARD (O.C.)
          Drop it!
  THE GUARD, bleeding heavily, moves cautiously into
the room.
  He places himself between Lizzie and Freddy and
assumes a
  wobbly shooting stance, his gun aimed at Freddy's
head.
  Suddenly, FREDDY'S ARM stretches nightmarishly
forward. His
  razor claw connects with the guard's gun hand. The
gun goes
  flying. Then, SNAP! Freddy's arm retracts, dragging
the guard
  down to his hands and knees --
  THE GUN lands on the carpet at Lizzie's feet.
  Freddy grabs the stunned guard's hair and yanks his
head
  back, exposing his neck. The guard panics and yells
to
  Lizzie.
                    GUARD
          Help me!
  Lizzie looks at the gun, then the door, then the
guard. But
  she does nothing. Freddy CACKLES.
                    GUARD
          Get my gun. P-l-e-a-s-e!
  Lizzie is hysterical. Fighting her fear, she
tentatively
  reaches for the gun... but she hesitates when
FREDDY'S CLAW
  makes a shallow cut across the guard's neck. With
trembling
  hands, she grabs the gun and points it unsteadily at
Freddy.
                    GUARD
          For God's sake, shoot him!
                    FREDDY
          You can't kill Freddy.
  Freddy cuts again, this time a little deeper.
Lizzie's hands
  begin to shake uncontrollably.
                    FREDDY
          YOU CAN'T KILL FEAR!
  Freddy raises his claw for the death blow.
                    GUARD
          Jesus Christ! Do something!
  Racked with terror, Lizzie DROPS the gun and --
  Freddy drives the razors straight into the guard's
back! The
  guard falls, DEAD, onto the carpet in a pool of
blood.
  Lizzie snaps out of it. She throws open the last
lock and
  yanks open the front door.
  EXT. HOUSE
  Lizzie bursts from the house. Freddy follows close
behind,
  cackling with murderous glee. Suddenly he's hit with
a
  BLINDING LIGHT. And then another.
                    COP
          Freeze!
  A half-dozen COPS stand on the front lawn, their
guns pointed
  at Freddy.
                    COP
          Down on the ground!
  Freddy doesn't move.
                    COP
          I said down on the ground!
  Freddy just SCRAPES his razor claws together and
smiles. The
  cops exchange uneasy looks. Three of them pull out
their
  nightsticks and converge on Freddy. One pulls out a
pair of
  handcuffs and reaches for Freddy's arm.
  Freddy LASHES OUT viciously with his razor glove.
The cop
  narrowly avoids the blow and brings his nightstick
crashing
  into Freddy's jaw. But Freddy doesn't go down.
  LIZZIE races frantically around the yard in her
blood
  splattered teddy.
                    LIZZIE
              (hysterical)
          Jason!
  Another COP tries to calm Lizzie down as the others
SWARM
  Freddy and rain blow after blow on his legs and
back. He
  absorbs the punishment, all the while staring at
Lizzie with
  an evil grin.
  Freddy LASHES OUT again. A COP blocks the blow with
his
  nightstick and quickly twists Freddy's arm behind
his back,
  slamming a pair of handcuffs on him. As he locks
them into
  place, Freddy's razor claw drops to the ground. A
LONG SPRING
  unravels, dangling and bouncing from inside.
                    COP
          What the hell?
  After a beat, the cop standing in front of Freddy
leans in
  for a closer look at his scarred face. He reaches
out and
  dips his fingers into the burned flesh, pulling
Freddy's face
  right off as the fedora falls to the ground!
  This isn't Freddy Krueger at all, but a young,
mask-wearing
  copycat.
  Lizzie stares in shock at her attacker's pale,
gaunt, skull
  like features. A face even scarier than Freddy
Krueger's, if
  that's possible. He glares back at her.
                    ATTACKER
          This isn't over, Lizzie. Freddy wants you
          dead!
                    COP
          Freddy?
  Lizzie crumbles to her knees, SCREAMING into the
darkness of
  night.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason!
  CAMERA CRANES UP, as if carried aloft by the echo of
Lizzie's
  scream. Just as we crest the top of the trees, a
blinding
  FLASH of light burns the scene out. Creepy rock
music pounds
  as we:

  CUT TO:
  TITLE SEQUENCE - FREDDY VS. JASON
  As the flash subsides, we see the attacker's Freddy
mask and
  fedora come into focus, followed by another flash of
blinding
  white. Then we see the spring-actuated razor glove.
It has
  tubing connected to miniature propane tanks. Flash!
The green
  and red sweater. Flash!
  PULL BACK TO REVEAL
  A police photographer cataloging evidence. He
adjusts his
  flash and leans in to take a picture of one last
item: The
  charred, screaming skull, which is revealed to be
nothing
  more than a clever, make-shift yo-yo device. Flash!

DISSOLVE TO:
  INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT
  Lizzie sits in a small, dimly lit interrogation
room. Laid
  out on the table in front of her are the various
copy-cat
  Freddy implements. Lizzie stares uneasily at the
blood
  speckled razor claw.
                    LIZZIE
              (unnerved)
          Why did he pick me? I've never seen this
          guy before in my life.
  SHERIFF ERNIE BATSON steps out of the shadows. He's
a small
  town sheriff, more used to drunk drivers and
speeding tickets
  than a grizzly murder. He seems edgy and a little
  overwhelmed.
                    BATSON
          He knew your name. Maybe you just didn't
          get a good enough look. It was dark, you
          were hysterical, he was wearing a mask.
          We really need you to take another look
          at him.
  He walks over to the one-way mirror that lines the
front of
  the room and reaches for a rheostat.
                    LIZZIE
          What? He's in the next room? No!
                    BATSON
          Lizzie, please. This is very important.
                    LIZZIE
          I'm sorry. I can't.
  The door opens. DEPUTY REESE enters.
                    REESE
          Still can't reach the mom, Sheriff, but
          we found the boyfriend.
  Lizzie looks up, breaking down in tears.
                    LIZZIE
          Oh, my God. Is he alright? Is he alive?
                    BATSON
          Dammit, Reese! I'm trying to conduct a
          police investigation here. You don't just
          barge--
                    LIZZIE
          Is he okay?!
  Jason enters and rushes over to Lizzie.
                    JASON
          I'm fine. Everything's going to be
          alright.
  Lizzie hugs Jason -- so tight it looks like she'll
never let
  him go.
                    LIZZIE
          What happened to you? I thought you were
          dead!
                    JASON
          I was downstairs in the kitchen making
          you my hangover remedy and you were out
          of aspirin and Tabasco so I walked over
          to Todd's...
  TODD saunters in. He's Jason's best friend -- a
charming wise
  ass with quirky good looks. He holds two styrofoam
cups.
                    TODD
              (to Batson)
          Coffee?
  Batson stares at him a beat, then turns to Lizzie.
                    BATSON
          I'm sorry, your friends have to wait
          outside.
                    LIZZIE
          No, please. I don't want to be alone
          with... him.
  Her eyes dart nervously toward the mirror. Batson
SIGHS and
  grabs a coffee from Todd.
  He walks over to the light dimmer and turns it up.
We can now
  see into the other room.
  LIZZIE'S ATTACKER sits on the other side of the
glass, in
  handcuffs and leg irons. With his cadaverous face,
sinewy
  body, and malevolent leer, he is a vision of pure
evil. And
  he is staring right at Lizzie.
                    LIZZIE
          He can't see me, can he?
                    BATSON
          Don't worry, it's a one-way mirror.
  Lizzie, clearly spooked, gets up and takes a seat
next to
  Jason -- as far from the mirror as possible. Jason
puts his
  arm around her. Batson refers to a notepad.
                    BATSON
          He says his name is Dominic Necros. That
          ring anything?
  Lizzie slowly looks up and notices that the evil
stare has
  followed her across the room. Lizzie freaks and
turns away
  from the mirror.
                    LIZZIE
              (to Batson)
          For Christ's sake, I'd remember a face
          like that. Now, turn it off, I can't look
          at him anymore!
  Batson SIGHS and turns down the dimmer, returning
Dominic to
  near-darkness. Batson looks at his notepad again.
                    BATSON
          Okay, according to the report, he told
          you that... uh... "Freddy wants you
          dead." Now, who's Freddy? Ex-boyfriend?
  Jason and Todd exchange looks -- can you believe
this guy?
                    JASON
          I think he means Freddy Krueger.
                    BATSON
              (taking notes)
          Mmm hmm. You have any idea why this
          Krueger would want you dead?
                    LIZZIE
          He doesn't. He's just a movie character.
  Batson looks confused.
                    TODD
          This nut-job is copying Freddy Krueger.
          You know, _Nightmare On Elm Street_?
          Bastard son of a thousand maniacs, burned
          to death by angry parents? Seeks revenge
          on teenagers?
                    BATSON
              (unsure)
          The guy in the hockey mask.
                    TODD
              (with exaggerated patience)
          No, that's Jason Voorhees. _Friday The
          13th_. Retarded kid who drowned at summer
          camp. Seeks revenge on teenagers.
              (then)
          They're completely different characters.
  Reese bursts into the room again, this time holding
a
  computer printout. He looks agitated.
                    REESE
          Sheriff, we ran the name and prints
          through the computer... nothing. But get
          this: his M.O. matches seven unsolved
          murders throughout the country.
              (referring to printout)
          All teenagers... all cut wide open... by
          five parallel blades.
  Reese glances uneasily at the razor glove. Batson
snatches
  the printout from him and looks it over. The blood
drains
  from his face.
                    BATSON
          Jesus!
  Batson notices that Todd, Jason and especially
Lizzie, are
  looking at him, freaked out by what they've just
heard.
                    BATSON
              (covering, but clearly rattled)
          I wouldn't worry, Lizzie. We'll just let
          the FBI take over from here... Yeah,
          they'll know what to do. They... um...
          uh... Could you excuse me?
  Batson hurries out of the room. Reese just stands
there,
  awkwardly. After a beat...
                    REESE
          Okay, then. You all have a good night.
  Reese ushers the kids towards the door. As Lizzie
walks past
  the mirror, she steals one last look out of the
corner of her
  eye. Dominic is definitely watching her, his evil
leer
  following her out of the room. She turns away.
  CRASH! Dominic smashes his head through the mirror.
Everyone
  jumps back as he LAUNCHES his whole body through the
jagged
  hole in the mirror. Lizzie SCREAMS as she is
showered with
  glass.
                    DOMINIC
          Freddy is real!
  Reese tries to restrain him, but he is no match for
Dominic's
  strength. He swings his head violently, SMASHING
Reese's
  nose, sending him to his knees. Dominic turns on
Lizzie.
                    DOMINIC
          You're scared, aren't you?
  Lizzie trembles, eyes wide with terror. She doesn't
need to
  answer.
                    DOMINIC
          That's good! Your fear is what brings him
          here!
  Dominic shoves Lizzie up against the wall, his face
pressed
  against hers.
                    DOMINIC
          I wouldn't go to sleep tonight if I were
          you. I'd never sleep again!
  Suddenly, Dominic SHAKES VIOLENTLY and FALLS to the
floor.
  Behind him stands a bloodied REESE who looks down at
his
  TASER with a "Hey, it works!" expression.
  Jason and Todd pull Lizzie out of the room as
Dominic writhes
  and convulses on the floor.
  INT. LIZZIE'S HOUSE - DAY
  A woman's face peers down into camera. This is MRS.
DANIELS,
  Lizzie's mother. She looks at something and frowns.
                    MRS. DANIELS
              (muttering)
          Stainmaster, my ass.
  A middle-aged MAN wearing a "Carpet City" hat leans
into
  frame.
                    CARPET GUY
          That's not coming out. Not that much
          blood. Not out of a white carpet.
  HIGH ANGLE
  The white living room carpet is covered with an
enormous
  BLOOD STAIN. Two Mexican guys fruitlessly scrub a
small
  portion of the stain.
                    CARPET GUY
          Ramon, Jesus -- don't waste your time.
          We're gonna have to replace the whole
          thing. And the padding.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Can you believe the cops don't clean up
          after a murder? I mean, half these
          footprints are theirs.
  The doorbell rings. Mrs. Daniels looks through the
peephole
  and lets in Lizzie's friends -- Jason, Todd, MARNIE,
SAM, and
  BETH.
                    JASON
          Hi, Mrs. Daniels.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Jason, thank God it's you and not another
          goddamn news crew.
  MARNIE, Todd's beautiful, tall, model-thin,
self-absorbed
  girlfriend, frowns.
                    MARNIE
          I missed the news cameras?
              (pouting)
          Life is so unfair.
  They enter the house and are not prepared for the
amount of
  blood they see. It's not just on the carpet. It's
everywhere.
  SAM, Jason's other best friend and occasional pain
in the
  ass, makes a beeline for a set of bloody handprints
on the
  wall. He puts his own hand up to it and compares.
                    MRS. DANIELS
              (calling off)
          Lizzie, honey, your friends came by to
          cheer-- Sam, get your freakin' hands off
          the walls.
  UPSTAIRS
  Lizzie comes out of her bedroom. She looks like she
hasn't
  slept for days. She turns a corner and JUMPS,
startled by a
  Westec man who is reinstalling the alarm keypad into
the
  wall.
  She goes down the stairs, retracing the trail of
destruction
  left by Dominic Necros.
  Lizzie enters the living room, doing her best not to
notice
  the stained carpet. She sees her friends and smiles
bravely.
                    LIZZIE
          So, you like what I've done with the
          place?
  Marnie and Beth rush over and hug her. BETH, Sam's
  girlfriend, is funky, tough, and brutally honest.
                    BETH
          Oh, my God. Are you okay? You look
          terrible.
                    MARNIE
              (chiding)
          Beth, please! Of course she looks
          terrible. You have any idea what she's
          been through?
                    JASON
          Uh, ladies? I said take her mind _off_
          the attack.
                    LIZZIE
          Good luck. Mom, we're going outside -- I
          gotta get out of this house. Have you
          called the real estate woman yet?
                    MRS. DANIELS
              (annoyed)
          Mmm hmm. That dead guard knocked twenty
          percent off our resale value. Looks like
          we're stuck here.
  Lizzie darkens and walks out of the room. Her
friends follow,
  except SAM, who lingers behind. He looks at the
stained
  carpet and shakes his head.
                    SAM
          That's not coming out.
                    CARPET GUY
          Yeah, no kidding.
                    SAM
          Okay, Dad. See you at dinner.
  INT. HALLWAY
  Lizzie and her friends pass blood and claw marks
running the
  entire length of the hall. A WORKER is spackling
over some of
  the deeper gouges. Todd WHISTLES, oddly impressed.
                    TODD
          Man, that rent-a-cop didn't stand a
          chance.
                    BETH
          If he had a gun, why didn't he use it?
                    LIZZIE
              (a painful memory)
          It got knocked out of his hands. He
          couldn't get to it. He couldn't... do
          anything.
                    MARNIE
          Jeez, Lizzie, you must've been scared
          shitless.
  Lizzie lowers her eyes and picks up the pace.
                    LIZZIE
          Yeah.
  They turn the corner and enter...
  INT. LAUNDRY ROOM
  Lizzie reaches for some towels. Beth looks in the
laundry
  basket. It's filled with a bloody welcome mat and
curtains.
                    BETH
          The thing is, you never know what you're
          gonna do in a situation like that until
          it happens.
  They head out to the...
  EXT. BACKYARD
                    BETH
          But if it were me, I would've kicked that
          freak right in the balls. Yeah, that's
          what I would've done.
                    LIZZIE
          Let's hope you never have to find out.
  Lizzie walks away. Jason shakes his head at Beth,
  disapprovingly, and pushes her into the pool.
Everyone
  LAUGHS.

DISSOLVE TO:
  EXT. BACKYARD - LATER
  We pan across the yard. Sam and Beth are in the pool
tossing
  around a beach ball. Jason and Todd man the grill.
Lizzie and
  Marnie sit around a patio table in the shade of an
umbrella.
                    MARNIE
          You are so lucky you missed the English
          mid-term. An essay on Madame Bovary's
          descent into madness -- okay, I think I
          aced that -- but the multiple choice
          section was a real killer.
              (catching herself)
          Oops, sorry.
  Lizzie's eyes flutter and close for a second.
                    MARNIE
          Lizzie?
  Lizzie catches herself. Her eyes snap back open.
                    LIZZIE
          I'm okay... It's just... I haven't really
          slept since--
              (shivering)
          I hear the cat scratching at the door in
          the middle of the night and I just know
          it's "The Masked Psycho" coming to get
          me.
                    MARNIE
          Lizzie, Dominic Necros is in jail. And
          he's not getting out.
                    TODD
          Yeah, I wouldn't worry about "The Masked
          Psycho". Or at least the "mask" part.
  Todd reaches into his backpack and pulls out a
rubber Freddy
  mask. Lizzie GASPS and draws back. Everybody stares
at the
  mask in disbelief. Sam and Beth paddle over to take
a closer
  look. Todd smiles proudly.
                    JASON
          How the hell did you get that?
                    TODD
          I snagged it at the jail while Dominic
          was going apeshit. Pretty cool, huh?
                    BETH
          You've got to give that back. It's
          evidence or something.
                    TODD
          No, we gotta keep it. That way, the next
          time Lizzie sees this face, she'll know
          it's the real Freddy, and not some
          copycat.
  Everyone LAUGHS. Including Lizzie. Sam jumps out of
the pool
  and grabs the mask.
                    SAM
          Yeah, but I wouldn't worry about Mr.
          Frederic J. Krueger. I've seen all the
          movies. First of all, he can only get you
          in your nightmares.
                    BETH
          That's why the girl in the movie is
          always like...
              (girlie voice)
          I don't want to go to sleep. Don't let me
          fall asleep!
                    LIZZIE
              (defensive)
          That's not why I haven't been sleeping.
                    SAM
          I know, I know. We're just fucking around
          here.
              (beat)
          But she falls asleep anyway. And then
          Freddy comes. Because she's afraid. And
          fear is what brings him.
  He shakes the mask and does a Freddy CACKLE.
Everyone LAUGHS,
  except Lizzie, who tries to conceal her growing
anxiety.
                    SAM
          But seriously, if Freddy does come after
          you...
  Sam puts the Freddy mask on Todd, then turns his
back on him.
                    SAM
          Just turn around and tell him you're not
          scared...
              (girlie voice)
          You don't scare me, Freddy Krueger!
              (regular voice)
          And he'll go away.
  Todd picks up a barbecue fork and stabs Sam in the
ass. Sam
  SCREAMS, launches forward, and falls into the pool.
Everyone
  LAUGHS...
  Except Lizzie, who is looking out over the fence at
the edge
  of the property.
  LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
  Did we see a shadow move behind a tree on the other
side of
  the fence?
  BACK TO SCENE
  Lizzie's eyes snap open. She sees Marnie looking at
her.
                    MARNIE
          What?
                    LIZZIE
          I thought I saw something.
  Lizzie continues staring off.
  JASON comes over next to the table with a platter of
  hamburgers and sits down next to Lizzie.
                    JASON
          Let's see, we got well, medium well, and,
          well... burnt.
  Jason starts to serve Marnie a burger.
                    MARNIE
          Not with that fork. It's got ass on it.
                    TODD
          I'll take the burnt one, but I'm gonna
          need a whole lot of ketchup. Lizzie...
  Todd motions for Lizzie to pass him the bottle.
Lizzie
  doesn't notice -- she's still looking over the
fence.
  LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
  We see another shadow move... this time closer,
ducking down
  behind the fence. Suddenly, a face appears between
two broken
  slats... it's FREDDY KRUEGER!
  BACK TO SCENE
  Lizzie's eyes flutter as she fights to remain awake.
Her eyes
  snap open, wide with fear.
                    LIZZIE
          Oh, my God! He's out there!
                    JASON
          What?
  Jason stands up, and looks over the fence.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  We see woods. Nothing else.
  BACK TO SCENE
  Jason sits back down and puts his arm around Lizzie.
                    JASON
          There's nothing there.
                    LIZZIE
          I saw him.
                    JASON
          Who?
                    MARNIE
              (nervous)
          Dominic?
  Lizzie shudders. Jason puts an arm around her to
calm her.
                    JASON
          Maybe you should go inside and lie down?
          You're gonna have to sleep sooner or
          later...
  Lizzie still stares at the fence. She blinks,
fighting off
  sleep. A gust of wind blows. Lizzie shudders, again.
                    LIZZIE
          He's here! I know it!
  She tears away from Jason and stumbles toward the
fence.
                    JASON
          Lizzie, don't do this to yourself.
  Lizzie reaches the fence. It's too high for her to
see over.
  She nervously peers through a knot-hole and finds...
  ANOTHER EYE staring right back at her! Lizzie
SCREAMS.
  A NEWS CAMERA and its operator rise over the fence
on a
  hydraulic boom. Lizzie SCREAMS again, falling
backwards onto
  the pavement.
  Everyone runs over. Jason helps Lizzie up and
shields her
  from the camera.
                    MARNIE
          You wanna put something on the news? How
          'bout these?
  Marnie lifts up her bikini top and flashes the
camera. Sam
  puts on the Freddy mask and moonwalks across the
lawn. Todd
  grabs a hose and sprays the camera man.
  As Lizzie realizes her worst nightmare is not coming
to pass,
  she breaks out in relieved LAUGHTER.
  INT. LIZZIE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
  CLOSE-UP of Lizzie.
                    LIZZIE
          You're not going to sleep. You're gonna
          stay up all night keeping watch...
          standing guard... not going anywhere...
          even to pee--
  CUT WIDE
  Now we see the whole bedroom. Jason, in boxers and a
t-shirt,
  is just about to jump into bed. Lizzie moves in
front of him,
  blocking his way.
                    JASON
          Lizzie, I'm not going anywhere. Except to
          pee.
                    LIZZIE
          Promise you'll _never_ leave me again?
                    JASON
          I promise.
  Lizzie flirtatiously traces a cross on Jason's
chest.
                    LIZZIE
          Cross your heart and hope to die?
                    JASON
          Cross my heart and hope to die.
  Jason brings his hand to Lizzie's heart and kisses
her. He
  slips his hand inside her pajama top and the kissing
gets
  more intense. Until Lizzie pulls away.
                    LIZZIE
          Did you lock the front door?
                    JASON
          Yes.
  They kiss again. Lizzie pulls away again.
                    LIZZIE
          Did you set the alarm?
                    JASON
              (slightly frustrated)
          Yes.
  Another kiss. Again, she pulls away.
                    LIZZIE
          Did you lock the bedroom door?
  Jason suddenly looks concerned.
  WHAM! The door bursts open and Lizzie's mom enters.
Jason
  pulls his hand out of Lizzie's pajamas.
                    JASON
          We weren't doing any--
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Lizzie, I want to talk to you about
          protection.
  She reaches into a brown paper bag and pulls out a
handgun.
                    LIZZIE
          What the hell are you doing?!
                    MRS. DANIELS
          It's your Uncle Al's. He wants you to
          keep it in your room.
                    LIZZIE
          Are you crazy? Forget it!
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Better a gun in the house than a serial
          killer.
  She puts the gun in Lizzie's purse.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Al's gonna come by and teach us how to
          use it. He says it's just like the camera
          he bought you for Christmas -- point and
          shoot.
  She turns to leave. Lizzie is weirded out.
                    LIZZIE
          Good night, Mom.
                    JASON
          'Night, Mrs. Daniels.
  Lizzie's mom stops in the doorway.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          What? You thought I was gonna let you
          sleep up here?
              (laughing)
          Let's go, stud, on the couch.
  Mom exits. Lizzie looks panicked.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason, you promised!
                    JASON
              (extra loud, for Mom's benefit)
          You heard your mother. I'm on the couch.
              (then, whispering)
          Meet me down there as soon as she's
          asleep.
  Jason gives Lizzie a kiss and exits. Lizzie sits on
her bed,
  keeping the lights on and her eyes very open. She
looks
  around the room nervously. Her alarm clock reads
11:31.
  INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
  From a high angle, we see Jason shuffling along the
carpet in
  his socks. He's drawing a heart in the brand new
shag.
  INT. LIZZIE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
  Lizzie has fallen asleep. We hear a tapping sound at
the
  window. The shadow of Freddy's claw slowly moves
across
  Lizzie's face. Her eyes snap open. She looks out the
window
  and sees...
  Just a tree branch, scraping at the window as it
blows in the
  wind.
  Lizzie smiles with relief, then looks at her alarm
clock. It
  reads 1:27. Shit!
  INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
  Lizzie creeps down the stairs. The house is silent.
Moonlight
  filters in through the windows, causing shadows of
trees to
  play eerily across the room.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason, are you asleep?
  Lizzie sees him lying on the couch, under a blanket.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason?
  Lizzie silently crawls in next to him. She slides
her hand
  under the blanket and smiles.
                    LIZZIE
          You're not asleep now.
  Lizzie pulls down the blanket and comes face to face
with...
  FREDDY KRUEGER.
                    FREDDY
          But _you_ are!
  Lizzie jumps and falls backwards down onto the
floor. Backlit
  by moonlight, Freddy's dark, menacing shape moves
forward,
  razor claw sadistically taunting.
  But this is no masked copycat -- it's the real
Freddy. He
  appears more nightmarishly menacing than ever
before. His red
  and green sweater is but ancient tatters, barely
covering an
  inhumanly cadaverous form. Twisted burn-scar flesh
is
  stretched tight over misshapen sinew and gnarled,
elongated
  bone.
                    FREDDY
          Welcome to your nightmare.
  Lizzie begins to SOB uncontrollably and weakly swats
at
  Freddy, trying to keep him at bay. Freddy CHUCKLES.
                    FREDDY
          You can't fight.
  He moves forward in an unearthly manner. As he
reaches out,
  his bones grind to a stop, locking tight, then
suddenly snap
  toward her with surprising release.
                    FREDDY
          Your arms are useless.
  Freddy paws at her, toying sadistically, staring
deep into
  Lizzie's frightened eyes. She tries to push him
away, but her
  right arm suddenly transforms. It WRITHES AROUND
  UNCONTROLLABLY, a boneless, slug-like mass with a
mind of its
  own. Repulsed by the sight, Lizzie SCREAMS.
  Freddy snatches at her again. She tries to push him
away with
  her other arm. But it's no use, as it too becomes
another
  useless, slug-like appendage.
  Now, both her arms slide impotently over Freddy as
he moves
  in on her, pressing his body up against hers.
                    FREDDY
          You can't escape.
  Lizzie's legs slowly de-bone, collapse, and
transform into
  thick, fat, gelatinous coils. She slides down the
wall,
  trying desperately to support herself. But she
can't.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason! For God's sake, where are you?!
  Lizzie desperately attempts to flee -- but her body
refuses
  to do her bidding. She slithers across the floor, a
mass of
  wet, writhing flesh.
  Freddy stands over her, laughing sadistically.
                    FREDDY
          You're going to die in this house!
  Lizzie undulates and roils wildly across the floor.
Freddy
  bellows, enjoying her violent struggle.
                    FREDDY
          Go ahead... try to run! I control this
          world!
  Freddy's face suddenly contorts into a physically
impossible,
  ghoulish grin. He CACKLES maniacally and launches
Lizzie into
  the sliding glass door and --
  CRASH! THE DOOR SHATTERS!
  Lizzie lands in a heap on the other side of the
door. Then,
  in a strange elastic blur, she regains her shape...
  HER BODY RETURNS TO NORMAL! She runs!
  EXT. HOUSE
  Lizzie scrambles across her yard, cutting into the
nearby
  WOODS
  In a series of quick cuts, Lizzie darts between
trees... over
  stumps... across a bridge. Freddy claws after her,
his
  laughter reverberating through the woods. She's
disoriented.
  Suddenly, she breaks into a clearing and finds
herself
  alongside a
  LAKE
  She looks around, not sure where she is, or if she's
lost
  Freddy. THUNDER and LIGHTNING! Lizzie turns and sees
a sign
  which reads:
            CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE
  Without warning, FREDDY KRUEGER jumps in front of
it,
  CACKLING. Lizzie takes off. Freddy chases her onto
an...
  OLD, RICKETY DOCK
  Lizzie reaches the end and turns around, cornered.
                    LIZZIE
              (terrified plea)
          Jason!
                    FREDDY
          Jason can't help you, Lizzie. No one can.
          It's just you and me.
              (evil whisper)
          And one of us is going to die.
  Freddy grabs her and draws his razor hand back for
the death
  blow.
  THUNDER! LIGHTNING!
                    LIZZIE
          Jason!
  Freddy moves to strike, but a giant hand grabs him
by the
  back of the neck. Freddy is lifted off the ground.
His feet
  dangle helplessly, his body whipped around, until he
finds
  himself face-to-face with...
  JASON VOORHEES!
  Jason raises his machete. Freddy SCREAMS. Just
before the
  machete strikes, Freddy desperately swings his razor
claw,
  just barely managing to SLICE Lizzie's arm.
  As Lizzie CRIES OUT, the background DISSOLVES away,
  becoming...
  INT. SLEEP DISORDER CLINIC - DAY
  Lizzie continues SCREAMING the most blood-curdling
horror
  movie scream of all time.
  HIGH ANGLE
  Camera sweeps down on Lizzie, lying on a hospital
bed,
  surrounded by medical equipment and lab-coated
TECHNICIANS.
  DR. ADAMS quickly moves in to comfort her.
                    DR. ADAMS
          Lizzie, it's okay. You're safe here.
          Lizzie?
  Lizzie's eyes snap open. She grabs the EEG stand and
swings
  it hard, SMASHING it into Dr. Adams' head, sending
him
  reeling backwards into a supply cabinet. Glass flies
  everywhere.
  The technicians scramble to restrain Lizzie. We
notice a
  long, bleeding GASH on her arm while she flails
about and
  continues SCREAMING.

DISSOLVE TO:
  INT. DOCTOR'S OFFICE - LATER
  Lizzie and her concerned mom sit across a table from
Dr.
  Adams, who now holds an ice-pack to his head, and
DR. RUBIN,
  a soft-spoken older man.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          The same dream night after night, all
          week. She wakes up screaming her head
          off. She's not getting any sleep. Please
          tell me you can help.
                    DR. ADAMS
          Mrs. Daniels, all our tests indicate
          normal brain function. There is nothing
          wrong with your daughter... physically.
          That's why I've asked Dr. Rubin to join
          us.
                    DR. RUBIN
          I'm the clinic's Chief of Psychiatry.
  Lizzie turns to the doctor.
                    LIZZIE
          You think I'm fucking crazy?
                    DR. RUBIN
          We don't like to use that word around
          here. Crazy. You can say "fucking" all
          you want.
  Lizzie smiles and relaxes a little.
                    DR. RUBIN
          Lizzie, nightmares are perfectly normal.
          It's the way your subconscious works
          through trauma.
                    LIZZIE
          You think this is normal? This time he
          cut me!
  She holds up her bloodied, bandaged arm.
                    DR. ADAMS
          You cut yourself when you woke up. Nobody
          can hurt you in your dream.
                    LIZZIE
          He cut me, Doctor. I went to sleep and
          Freddy Krueger tried to kill me. And then
          Jason Voorhees tried to kill him. It
          doesn't make any sense.
                    DR. RUBIN
          Oh, but it does. You were attacked by a
          man pretending to be Freddy Krueger.
          This leaves you feeling helpless and
          vulnerable, so you dream up another
          monster to protect you, who just happens
          to have the same name as your boyfriend.
                    LIZZIE
              (unimpressed)
          Yeah, that's all very interesting. Now
          can you make the nightmares stop?
                    DR. RUBIN
          No. Only you can. By learning how to
          control your dreams.
  This isn't what Lizzie wanted to hear. Dr. Rubin
crosses over
  to a medicine cabinet and unlocks it.
                    DR. RUBIN
          I'm researching a new drug called
          Somnambulene. It's a ketamine derivative
          that increases delta wave function in the
          brain to maximize Stage 3 sleep --
              (catching himself)
          In English -- it puts you in the perfect
          dream state and keeps you there all
          night.
  Dr. Rubin pulls out a bottle and shakes out a
Somnambulene
  into the palm of his hand. The clear gel-cap
contains a green
  liquid that seems to glow ever so slightly.
                    LIZZIE
              (looking at pill, horrified)
          I'm not gonna take that. Why would I want
          to be trapped in my nightmare?
                    DR. RUBIN
          Because until this subconscious battle
          plays itself out, your nightmares will
          never end.
  Lizzie looks away, terrified. Dr. Adams turns to her
mother.
                    DR. ADAMS
          We've had good results with it so far,
          and the side effects are relatively
          minor.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          How minor?
                    DR. RUBIN
          The usual. Headache, dryness of mouth,
          nausea, and... uh...
  Dr. Rubin pauses. Dr. Adams looks down at his shoes.
                    DR. RUBIN
          A few of the patients in our clinic who
          took Somnambulene reported... well, they
          thought they could share each others'
          dreams.
                    LIZZIE
          _That_ sounds fucking crazy.
                    DR. ADAMS
          You have to remember, the subjects were
          severely sleep deprived. Most likely they
          were hallucinating.
                    DR. RUBIN
          Statistically, you have a far greater
          chance of suffering severe diarrhea than
          you do of "sharing dreams". I wouldn't
          worry.
  The doctor holds out the bottle of pills. Lizzie
doesn't take
  it. Her mom does.

  CUT TO:
  INT. LIZZIE'S BEDROOM - DAY
  Lizzie sits on the edge of her bed. Her mom stands
over her,
  holding a Somnambulene and a cup of water.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Why won't you take the pills? They said
          it will help. Is it the diarrhea?
                    LIZZIE
          It's everything -- the nightmares, the
          attack, the house... I hate it here!
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Lizzie, you can't just run away from your
          problems. They always catch up with you.
          Unless you're your father, who hasn't
          sent a child support check in four years.
                    LIZZIE
          I just-- I can't go to sleep.
              (scared, soft)
          I don't wanna die.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Lizzie, would you listen to yourself?
          Nothing's going to happen to you. You are
          not going to die. But you are going to
          take this pill.
  She holds the pill in front of Lizzie's face. This
time she
  won't take no for an answer.
  Lizzie reluctantly holds out her hand. Her mother
drops the
  pill into Lizzie's palm. Lizzie stares at it for a
beat, then
  pops it in her mouth. She looks to her mother, who
nods and
  smiles. She hands Lizzie the cup of water. Lizzie
takes it
  and drinks.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          You'll see, everything will be better in
          the morning.
                    LIZZIE
          If I'm still here in the morning.
  Lizzie sets the cup down on the nightstand. Mom
looks
  satisfied.
  ANGLE ON THE CUP
  The green capsule floats in the water. We see it
slowly
  dissolve.
  BACK TO SCENE
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Sweet dreams, honey.
  Mrs. Daniels grabs the cup of water and heads out
the door.
  She takes a big swig of the water. Lizzie's eyes
widen.
                    LIZZIE
          Mom...
                    MRS. DANIELS
              (oblivious)
          What?
                    LIZZIE
          Uh... Good night.
  EXT. SAM'S HOUSE - DAY
  Sam, Beth, Todd, and Marnie are loading beer and
sleeping
  bags into the back of a "Carpet City" van. Jason and
Lizzie
  are off to the side, having a private moment.
                    JASON
          You did the right thing. You don't need
          your mom and her drugs. You've got us and
          our drugs.
                    SAM (O.C.)
          Incoming!
  Lizzie looks up and sees a beer sailing towards her
face.
  Jason reaches out and catches it. He hands it to
Lizzie, who
  LAUGHS and cracks it open.
                    MARNIE
          What'd your mom say when you told her you
          were leaving?
                    LIZZIE
              (evasive)
          Oh, she doesn't care... She's, um, out
          for the night.
  Lizzie smiles and takes a sip of her beer. Todd
cracks open
  another for himself.
                    TODD
          So where we headed?
                    MARNIE
          We could go to the beach and drink.
                    BETH
          That's so junior high. Let's go to the
          desert. I've always wanted to drink in
          the desert.
                    JASON
          Forget it. I've got a better idea.
  INT. CARPET CITY VAN - A MOMENT LATER
  Sam jumps behind the wheel, Beth is in the passenger
seat.
  The rest of the gang sits in the back cargo area on
books of
  carpet samples.
                    TODD
              (to Sam)
          Your dad is gonna go wall to wall on your
          ass when he finds out you took one of his
          vans.
                    SAM
          Hell, he'll miss the beer before he
          misses the van.
  As Sam starts the engine, CAMERA CRANES UP AND AWAY
as the
  van takes off from his house and drives through the
streets
  on its way out of town.

DISSOLVE TO:
  EXT. HIGHWAY - LATER
  As the van speeds down a four-lane highway, we hear
rock
  music pounding.

DISSOLVE TO:
  EXT. WOODS - AND NOW, EVEN LATER
  The busy highway has given way to a country road.
The van
  passes under a canopy of trees. It turns onto a
small dirt
  road and crosses over an old wooden bridge.

DISSOLVE TO:
  EXT. LAKE - SUNSET
  The van slowly pulls up to a lake which is ringed by
a lush,
  dense forest. The sun is just beginning to go down,
bathing
  the water in a warm, golden light.
  THE VAN'S BACK DOORS
  Swing open. Everyone piles out, rushing past camera.
Everyone
  except Lizzie.
                    SAM
          Look at this place!
                    TODD
          Hope the water's warm.
                    MARNIE
          We can go skinny dipping!
                    BETH
          Any excuse to take off your top.
                    TODD
          That's why I love her.
                    MARNIE
          You love me?
                    TODD
              (caught off-guard)
          Uh-- I'm gonna go check the water.
  They all run off. Jason turns back to Lizzie.
                    JASON
          You coming?
  Lizzie steps out of the van and looks around
tentatively.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason, of all the places we could have
          gone... a lake?
                    JASON
          Sure, why not?
                    LIZZIE
          Um... my nightmares?
  Jason turns Lizzie so she's facing the lake.
                    JASON
          Yeah, I know. And in your nightmares, the
          lake is where you run when you're scared,
          right? It's where you go to be saved...
  He smiles and puts his arm around her.
                    JASON
          By Jason.
  Lizzie smiles and LAUGHS, her mood lightening. She
reaches
  into the van and grabs a frisbee.
                    LIZZIE
          Go long!
  Jason starts running backwards towards Sam, Marnie,
Beth, and
  Todd, who are standing at the water's edge. Lizzie
sends the
  frisbee flying with a powerful throw.
  Jason chases after the frisbee. Sam jumps in front
of him to
  intercept. WHAMMO! The frisbee SLAMS into Sam's
throat and
  caroms over a hill.
                    SAM
              (choking)
          You almost took my head off.
  Jason chases after the frisbee, disappearing over
the hill.
  After a short beat...
                    JASON (O.C.)
          Whoa, guys, check this out!
  Everyone runs toward the hill.
  EXT. LAKE - CONTINUOUS
  When they reach the top, they see...
  A number of SMALL CABINS scattered throughout the
woods, the
  remains of a sleep-away camp that looks like it
hasn't been
  used in years. The sun has just set, bathing the
camp in the
  eerie, blue light of magic hour.
  LIZZIE stares at the cabins. The wind blows through
her hair.
  She shivers as a chill moves up her spine.
  Jason is standing in front of one of the cabins,
holding the
  frisbee.
                    TODD
          Screw the tents. Why don't we stay here?
  EXT. MAIN CABIN - NIGHTFALL
  It's dark now. Everyone stands on the porch of the
large main
  cabin. The van is now parked in front.
  Jason tries the door.
                    JASON
          Shit. It's locked.
  Without missing a beat, Sam kicks the door open.
                    SAM
          Try it now.
  INT. MAIN CABIN - NIGHT
  Pitch black. Jason tries the light switch. Nothing.
He snaps
  on a flashlight and shines it around the room. We
see
  cobwebs, furniture stacked up in the corners, weeds
growing
  through the floorboards.
  The flashlight weakens and dies. Pitch black, again.
                    JASON (V.O.)
          I'll look for a generator.
                    LIZZIE (V.O.)
          Be careful.
                    SAM (V.O.)
          Yeah, watch out for Dominic Necros.
  We hear a SLAP.
                    SAM (V.O.)
          Ow!

DISSOLVE TO:
  INT. MAIN CABIN - LATER
  The walls flicker with the dim lights powered by an
old
  generator. We see that we are in the largest room of
the vast
  cabin.
  A few couches have been pushed to the middle, a fire
rages in
  the old stone fireplace, and a boombox plays party
music.
  Beth and Marnie roast hotdogs and marshmallows over
the open
  flames.
  Everyone is in a festive mood, except Lizzie, who's
staring
  out the window. Jason comes up behind her and gives
her a
  kiss on the neck. She jumps.
                    LIZZIE
          Dammit, Jason!
                    JASON
          What? I can't kiss you anymore?
                    LIZZIE
          I'm sorry. It's just...
  Her voice trails off. Suddenly, the room is
illuminated by a
  flash of LIGHTNING and rocked with a clap of
THUNDER. Rain
  begins to pound the roof.
  Lizzie startles and turns back to the window.
  LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
  She peers out into the night just as another flash
of
  lightning illuminates the lake! The sudden storm
transforms
  the landscape into a menacing environment eerily
reminiscent
  of Lizzie's nightmare.
  Lizzie turns back to her friends.
                    LIZZIE
          We have to go home.
                    BETH
          Come on, Lizzie, it's just a little rain.
                    LIZZIE
          You don't understand... I've been here
          before... In my nightmare.
                    JASON
          Lizzie, don't start.
                    TODD
          What nightmare?
                    LIZZIE
          Every time I go to sleep, Freddy Krueger
          tries to kill me.
  Marnie shrinks back against Todd.
                    LIZZIE
          He chases me out of the house... to a
          lake... a lake just like this one.
  Sam begins to SNICKER. Jason punches him in the arm.
                    LIZZIE
          And every night, right as Freddy is about
          to kill me... Jason comes out of the lake
          and saves me.
                    TODD
              (high-fiving Jason)
          Way to go, man!
                    JASON
          Not me.
              (you're not going to believe)
               this...)
          Jason Voorhees.
                    BETH
          The guy from _Halloween_?
                    SAM
          _Friday the 13th_.
                    MARNIE
          Oh, my God!
                    TODD
          Impossible. Jason died in the last
          sequel. Again. And the only way to
          reanimate him is with a human heart.
                    SAM
          Shit!
                    JASON
          What?
                    SAM
          We forgot to pack the human heart. Hey,
          Beth, check the cooler.
  Beth and the guys LAUGH. But Marnie is starting to
freak out.
                    MARNIE
              (to Lizzie)
          Why are you telling us this? I don't want
          to be here anymore.
              (to Todd)
          Take me home.
  Marnie is truly upset. Her eyes begin to well with
tears.
  Todd places his arm around her, reassuringly.
                    TODD
          Come on. Lizzie's fucking with us. It's
          just a ghost story.
  Marnie turns to Lizzie, hoping Todd's right, hoping
it's just
  a joke. Lizzie looks at the others, suddenly
realizing how
  crazy she sounds.
                    LIZZIE
          Oh. Yeah... I'm sorry. Just... trying to
          scare you. She leans back.
  Just then...
  A HUGE RAT
  Pops out from the shadows and SCREECHES at Lizzie!
Lizzie
  SCREAMS! Marnie SCREAMS! The rat ducks back into the
shadows,
  picks up a half-eaten rat carcass it's been feeding
on, and
  scurries away with it in its mouth.
  Lizzie looks down and notices that in her panic, she
kicked
  her purse over, sending the BOTTLE OF SOMNAMBULENE
rolling
  across the floor. She quickly grabs the bottle and
stuffs it
  back in her purse.
                    TODD (O.C.)
          What was that?
  TODD has been watching Lizzie from behind the
makeshift bar
  he's made out of two beer coolers and an old door.
                    LIZZIE
          What?
                    SAM
          Pills. I saw them. Lizzie has pills!
  The others converge on her.
                    TODD
          You holding out on us?
                    SAM
          What are they, Roofies? They don't look
          like Roofies.
                    LIZZIE
          It's Somnambulene. Some kind of keta
          something derivative.
                    SAM
              (eyes lighting up)
          Ketamine? Special K? You've got Special
          K?
                    BETH
          You didn't tell me they gave you Special
          K. Pass 'em out.
                    LIZZIE
          I don't think so. This is pretty heavy
          duty stuff.
  Beth holds out her hand.
                    LIZZIE
          There are side effects. You know, like
          headaches... dry mouth...
  Beth holds out her hand.
                    LIZZIE
          And, um, well... some people who took
          them thought... they could share each
          others' dreams.
  A beat. Then everyone LAUGHS.
                    SAM
          You don't have to make shit up. If you're
          not gonna give us any, just say so.
                    LIZZIE
          I'm not gonna give you any.
  Everyone BOOS Lizzie.
                    SAM
          Buzzkill.
  THE LIGHTS GO OUT.
  Lizzie SCREAMS!
                    TODD (V.O.)
              (old lady voice)
          My jewels!
                    JASON (V.O.)
          Alright, who's touching my ass?
                    SAM (V.O.)
          Oh. Sorry. I thought you were Beth.
                    BETH (V.O.)
              (hurt)
          You don't know my ass from a guy's?
  We hear a SLAP.
                    JASON (V.O.)
          Ow!
                    BETH (V.O.)
          Oh. Sorry. I thought you were Sam.
  A SMALL FIREBALL
  Erupts, becoming a steady flame that casts an eerie
green
  glow on Todd's proud smile. He holds a tray of six
glasses
  filled with a burning cocktail.
                    TODD
              (a la Dr. Frankenstein)
          It's alive! Alive!
              (then)
          I call it "Flaming Piss"! Watch your
          eyebrows, ladies. Sam, turn the lights
          back on.
  Sam flips the switch and the lights come back on.
Everyone
  CHEERS. Sam raises his glass.
                    SAM
          To Lizzie!
  The others raise their glasses.
                    FRIENDS
          To Lizzie!
  Lizzie smiles and downs her drink. The others chug.
                    LIZZIE
          Ecch. This tastes terrible. How much piss
          did you put in it?
                    TODD
          Well, I ran out. So I had to use beer,
          tequila, grain alcohol, Mountain Dew--
                    SAM
          And don't forget the secret ingredient...
  Sam smirks and holds up Lizzie's empty bottle of
pills.
                    LIZZIE
          What did you do?
                    SAM
              (giggling)
          I spiked the drinks with your...
  Sam tries to read the label. He finds it hard to
focus.
                    SAM
              (with difficulty)
          Som-- Somnambulene.
  ZOOM IN on THE LABEL. It reads: "DO NOT MIX WITH
ALCOHOL."
  The bottle turns slightly, revealing a skull and
crossbones.
                    LIZZIE
          You fucking asshole!
  She grabs back the Somnambulene bottle.
                    LIZZIE
          Jesus, Sam! You don't know when to quit.
          You always--
  BOOM! The Somnambulene hits Lizzie hard.
  LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
  We see Sam's face suddenly stretch surrealistically,
along
  with everything else in the periphery of her vision.
  BACK TO SCENE
  Lizzie loses her balance and falls back on the
couch,
  knocking over a can.
  LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
  Sam's face distorts... his voice warps.
                    SAM
          Hey, that was my beer!
  BACK TO SCENE
  Lizzie rubs her eyes, trying to clear her vision.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  He looks back at Lizzie -- her face seems to stretch
like
  rubber.
                    LIZZIE
              (like a record played too slow)
          This isn't funny, guys!
  Jason tries to stifle a laugh, but fails. He looks
over at
  Todd.
  TODD'S P.O.V.
  Todd sees Jason's face start to melt.
                    TODD
              (a la Wicked Witch of the West)
          I'm melting!
  He bursts out LAUGHING and looks at Marnie, who is
anxiously
  poking at her own face.
                    MARNIE
          I can't feel my... my...
                    BETH
              (laughing)
          Face.
  BACK TO SCENE
  Everyone is hammered, stumbling about and laughing
  hysterically. TODD staggers through the cabin and
  accidentally crashes into SAM. Sam gives Todd a
drunken
  shove. Todd laughs and shoves back. Then, they both
end up
  shoving each other out the door.
  THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. The lights go out again!
  Now only lit by the dim, flickering light of the
fire, all
  the teens keep laughing. Except for Lizzie.
  ON LIZZIE
  She looks around the room at her friends. Her mood
darkens as
  her predicament starts to sink in. And it certainly
doesn't
  help that she's STONED -- and everyone else, too.
                    LIZZIE
              (controlled panic)
          Why are you laughing?! We're in deep
          shit!
  Jason, Beth, and Marnie stop and look at Lizzie,
confused.
                    LIZZIE
          What if Dominic Necros turned off the
          lights? What if he followed us here?
          We've got to get out of here!
                    BETH
          Come on, Lizzie. The drugs are just
          making you paranoid.
                    LIZZIE
          Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean
          Dominic's not coming to kill us.
                    MARNIE
              (getting freaked out)
          Oh, God. We're sitting ducks. What're we
          going to do?
                    JASON
          We're going to sit back and enjoy the
          ride. When we wake up tomorrow,
          everything will be just fine.
                    LIZZIE
          You promise?
  Before Jason can answer... we hear Todd and Sam's
BLOOD
  CURDLING SCREAMS echoing through the woods!
  Lizzie and Marnie lose their shit. Especially
Lizzie.
                    LIZZIE
          Oh, my God. He's here! He's here!
                    MARNIE
          Shit! Where are Sam and Todd?
                    BETH
          Uh... out by the generator, fucking with
          us? Again.
                    JASON
          I'll take a look.
                    LIZZIE
          Absolutely not. Don't leave me.
                    JASON
          Hmmm. We can all stay here in the dark,
          or, uh... you can come with me.
  Lizzie considers this a moment.
                    LIZZIE
          Be careful.
  Jason grabs the flashlight. He slaps it and a beam
of light
  comes back on... still weak, but better than
nothing.
  EXT. LAKE
  Jason cautiously walks around to the back of the
cabin.
  Shadows are everywhere. Rain pours down. We hear the
faint
  rumblings of thunder. Jason cocks his head, as if he
hears
  something.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  He turns around and sees a shadow float behind a
tree. He
  cautiously approaches the tree, looks behind it and
sees...
  NOTHING!
  Jason rubs his eyes and shakes his head.
                    JASON
          Must be the drugs.
  Jason turns away. Just as...
  A RAZOR CLAW plunges down, wrapping around his
throat. Jason
  is spun around and slammed against the wall, coming
face-to
  face with... FREDDY KRUEGER!
  Jason struggles, but can't break Freddy's grasp. He
cries
  out...
  INT. MAIN CABIN
  We hear Jason SCREAM. Lizzie and the girls are
horrified.
  They jump to their feet and start freaking.
  EXT. LAKE
  Freddy cackles and tightens his grip on Jason's
throat when,
  suddenly, JASON VOORHEES rushes forward, machete
held high.
  Jason SCREAMS again. As the machete arcs toward him,
we:

  CUT TO:
  INT. MAIN CABIN
  Just in time to see a machete slice through the
rotted out
  wall. The girls SCREAM. The machete retracts and we
hear
  Jason SCREAM and SCREAM again.
  BOOM! Splinters fly as the wall breaks open. Jason
Lucas is
  thrown into the room. Freddy Krueger lunges in after
him...
  only to be followed by Jason Voorhees.
  The girls reel backward as Freddy slashes at Jason
Voorhees.
  Voorhees ducks the blow and slams Freddy into a
table,
  knocking the boombox down onto the floor. Jason
Voorhees
  moves in, his machete held high. He sees the broken
boombox
  and freezes.
                    JASON VOORHEES
          You fucked up my boombox, bitch.
  Freddy awkwardly lifts himself off the damaged
radio.
                    FREDDY
          You shoved me through the wall, bitch.
  Jason Lucas gets up, the look of fear on his face is
now
  replaced with anger. He charges Jason Voorhees,
yanks off the
  hockey mask and reveals...
  TODD.
  Then Jason reaches down and yanks the mask off
Freddy
  Krueger, revealing...
  SAM.
                    JASON
          Jesus, guys, you scared the shit out of
          me. You think this is funny? You think
          Lizzie needs this right now?
  Sam and Todd make a stoner's attempt to appear
apologetic.
                    TODD
          We were trying to scare _you_, not
          Lizzie.
                    SAM
          Yeah, we're not totally insensitive. Just
          a little. Sorry.
                    LIZZIE
              (pissed)
          Yeah, you're sorry all right. That's why
          you brought those masks.
                    SAM
          Hey, I only brought the Freddy.
                    TODD
          This Jason stuff, we found up here.
                    LIZZIE
          You expect me to believe that?
                    SAM
          Come here, I'll prove it.
  Sam takes the flashlight and leads everyone outside.
  EXT. CAMP
  Sam's flashlight beam cuts through the darkness and
pouring
  rain. They finally reach a ramshackle HUT, barely
visible in
  an overgrown tangle of bramble and weeds.
  INT. HUT
  The door creaks open. We see the teens silhouetted
in the
  doorway.
                    SAM
          I found the mask right here...
  The flashlight beam sweeps into the room,
illuminating only
  an old mattress.
  Sam points to a blood-stained hole in the center.
Everyone
  stares at it in stunned silence.
                    SAM
          And the machete was sticking out of the
          skull.
                    BETH
          What skull?
  Sam reaches into the mattress and pulls out a human
skull,
  which has a large crack right down the middle.
                    SAM
          This one.
  Lizzie SCREAMS and backs away.
                    SAM
          Hey, wait a minute. You don't think... I
          remember someone telling me Friday the
          13th was based on a true story.
              (spooked, but excited)
          Maybe we've stumbled on the very summer
          camp where Jason Voorhees actually
          mutilated all those teenage--
                    JASON
          That's enough, Sam.
                    MARNIE
          Here? It happened here?!
                    JASON
          No.
                    SAM
          But if it did, that means Lizzie's
          dream... has come true.
  He notices that Lizzie is starting to come unglued.
He
  quickly tries to backpedal.
                    SAM
          But... um... but that's okay... because
          Jason's here to protect you from Freddy.
  Sam puts the hockey mask on Jason and spins him
around to
  face Lizzie.
                    LIZZIE
          Give me a break.
  She storms out of the hut. Jason pushes the mask up,
glares
  at Sam, and follows after her.
                    JASON
          Lizzie, wait.
                    TODD
              (calling after them)
          It's just one of Sam's jokes. Just trying
          to be funny. It's not even a real skull.
                    SAM
          Yes, it is. And it's not mine.
  Sam tosses the skull to Todd, who fumbles the catch.
The
  skull drops to the ground and shatters. A gob of
maggots fly
  out all over Marnie's feet. She SCREAMS. Beth
SCREAMS. Todd
  SCREAMS.
  Marnie and Beth tear out of the hut. Todd and Sam
follow
  close behind.
  EXT. PORCH
  Jason slides the hockey mask up on top of his head
and moves
  up behind Lizzie.
                    JASON
          Come on, Lizzie. Why don't we go back
          inside?
  He puts a hand on Lizzie's shoulder. She refuses to
turn
  around.
                    JASON
          They're just having fun... you know,
          trying to cheer you up--
  Marnie and Beth race by screaming their heads off,
followed
  by Sam and Todd. All four teens run back into the
cabin,
  scrambling through the hole in the wall.
                    JASON
          --in their own fucked-up way.
  She nervously cracks open a beer and takes a sip to
try to
  steady her nerves.
                    LIZZIE
          You have no idea what I've been through.
              (a beat)
          That guard. He died because of me.
                    JASON
          No, he died protecting you. He died doing
          his job. It sucks, but it's not your
          fault.
  Lizzie takes a long swig of beer.
                    LIZZIE
          Look, I never told you this -- his gun
          was right in front of me. I could have
          grabbed it, killed Dominic Necros, and
          this would all be over. But I didn't. I
          just stood there.
  Jason doesn't know what to say, but he desperately
wants to
  comfort her.
                    JASON
          Lizzie, I'm so sorry. I didn't know...
  As he leans in to hug her, the hockey mask
accidentally SLIPS
  BACK DOWN over his face. Lizzie gives in, turns to
hug him,
  and sees... Jason wearing the hockey mask just as
another
  blast of Somnambulene hits her hard.
  LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
  Her vision distorts. The hockey mask warps. The
image is
  terrifying. Lizzie SCREAMS. Her beer goes flying as
she tears
  away from Jason and stumbles out into the rainy
night,
  obviously disoriented.
                    JASON
          Aw, shit.
  Jason picks up Lizzie's beer, takes a long swig, and
chases
  after her.
  EXT. LAKE - NIGHT
  Lizzie runs along the wooden walkway linking the
rows of
  cabins.
  Jason follows. As he runs by a window, he is taken
by
  surprise by his own reflection and is hit with
another blast
  of Somnambulene.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  His hockey-faced mask seems to jump out at him.
  BACK TO SCENE
  Propelled backwards by the shock of his
hallucinatory vision,
  Jason SLIPS AND FALLS and goes face down into the
mud. At
  first, he just lies there. Then he starts LAUGHING
his ass
  off.
  INT. MAIN CABIN
  Sam, Todd, Beth, and Marnie are pacing the cabin,
trying to
  calm down. Beth and Marnie fall back on a couch,
each
  pounding down another can of liquid courage. Marnie
closes
  her eyes and rests her head on Beth's shoulder.
                    MARNIE
          What do we do now?
                    BETH
          I don't know.
              (beat)
          You wanna make out?
  Marnie opens her eyes and looks at Beth just as
she's hit
  with another blast of Somnambulene.
  MARNIE'S P.O.V.
  Beth puckers her lips. They seem to swell into big,
fat kissy
  lips.
  BACK TO SCENE
  They both burst out LAUGHING.
  ON TODD
  He's screwing around with his boombox, scanning
through the
  dial trying to tune in some music. We hear mostly
static,
  punctuated by occasional snippets of Mexican dance
music and
  baseball games. He turns to Sam, who dances in place
to the
  static.
                    TODD
          You're buying me a new radio.
              (it's finally off his chest)
          There, I said it.
                    SAM
          Let me see that.
  Sam picks up the radio, examines it for a moment,
then shakes
  it vigorously. A RADIO ANNOUNCER'S VOICE cuts
through the
  static. Sam flashes Todd a cocky smile.
                    RADIO ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
          ...a country-wide manhunt is on for
          suspected serial killer Dominic Necros...
                    TODD
          Holy shit!
                    BETH
          Shh! Turn it up!
                    RADIO ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
          ...escaped early this morning while being
          transferred to FBI custody, killing two
          sheriff's deputies and a--
  Sam freaks out, dropping the radio to the floor,
where it
  crashes into pieces. Everyone freezes in shock. It
can't be
  true! They try without much luck to sober up.
                    MARNIE
          Holy Mother of God! Lizzie was right!
          Dominic is on his way up here. He's going
          to kill us. All of us. You guys first,
          then me. I know it.
                    BETH
          We gotta get out of here. I'll get Lizzie
          and Jason.
  Beth stands on wobbly legs and stumbles for the
door.
  EXT. LAKE/INT. MAIN CABIN - INTERCUT
  LIZZIE staggers through the rain alongside the lake.
The
  Somnambulene appears to be hitting her pretty hard.
  BETH
  is also hit with a wave of Somnambulene. The cabin
spins.
  LIZZIE
  Reaches out to a tree for support, but misses it and
falls
  down on the ground.
  BETH
  Reaches out for the door jamb for support, but
misses it and
  falls down on the floor.
  THE TWO GIRLS
  PASS OUT at the same time.

BLACK OUT.
  FADE IN:
  EXT. LAKE - NIGHT
  LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
  She opens her eyes. Her vision is fuzzy as she still
suffers
  the effects of the Somnambulene. A figure suddenly
comes into
  focus...
  JASON VOORHEES is staring down at her through his
hockey
  mask! The mask distorts grotesquely. Lizzie SCREAMS.
Jason
  realizes that he is still wearing the hockey mask
and takes
  it off.
                    LIZZIE
          You scared the shit out of me!
                    JASON
              (concerned)
          You passed out. Are you okay?
                    LIZZIE
          I'd feel a lot better if you got rid of
          that goddamn mask.
                    JASON
          I'm sorry, Lizzie. I fucked up. I'm
          fucked up. Both.
                    LIZZIE
          Yeah, I'm sorry, too. I'm sorry I got
          attacked, I'm sorry I have nightmares,
          I'm sorry I jump ten feet in the air
          every time you kiss me on the neck.
              (fighting back angry tears)
          And I'm sorry... but right now I need a
          boyfriend I can count on... someone who
          makes me feel safe.
                    JASON
          You can count on me, Lizzie, I promise.
  Thunder and lightning! Then, an ominous voice.
                    VOICE (O.C.)
          Cross your heart and hope to die?
  DOMINIC NECROS
  Jumps out. He swings his razor glove at Lizzie, but
Jason
  steps in to protect her and takes a DEEP BLOW to the
ribcage.
  Blood sprays everywhere!
                    LIZZIE
          Jason!
  Dominic punches right through Jason's chest and
yanks out his
  HEART. He holds it aloft. Lizzie cries out in
anguish as
  Jason falls forward, DEAD before he hits the ground.
                    LIZZIE
          Noooooo!
  Dominic wheels on Lizzie.
                    DOMINIC
          Now it's your turn.
  Just before Dominic lashes out, a woman's voice
rages--
                    WOMAN'S VOICE (O.C.)
          I don't think so!
  Dominic turns around just in time to see...
  BETH
  HURLING a rock right at him. Dominic's face EXPLODES
with
  blood! Jason's heart shoots from his grip and arcs
through
  the air, spinning towards the lake.
  EXT. BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE
  In slow motion -- back-lit by a full moon -- Jason's
heart
  breaks through the surface of the water and spirals
downward.
  As it passes by camera, we see that it is still
beating.
  EXT. LAKE
  Dominic struggles to his feet. He spits a mouthful
of blood
  at Lizzie and Beth, who stand over Jason's lifeless
body in
  shock and horror.
  The girls TAKE OFF, running in opposite directions
-- Beth
  for the cabin, Lizzie towards an old, rickety DOCK.
  EXT. BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE
  Jason's HEART spins deeper and deeper into the lake.
It comes
  to rest between the rotted-out rib cage of a
tremendous
  skeleton. The camera tracks along the rib cage,
finally
  revealing a particularly malformed skull wearing a
hockey
  mask.
  Rotted flesh begins to regenerate as the heart keeps
a
  steady, even pump.
  EXT. DOCK
  Thunder and Lightning! The storm escalates to a new
level.
  Dominic advances on Lizzie, backing her out onto the
dock.
  Lizzie is SOBBING.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason!
                    DOMINIC
          Jason can't help you, Lizzie. It's just
          you and me now.
              (evil whisper)
          And one of us is going to die.
  He grabs her.
                    LIZZIE
          This can't be happening.
                    DOMINIC
          Why are you so surprised? Freddy controls
          everything. He brought you here. He
          brought me here. It's just like your
          nightmare, isn't it?
                    LIZZIE
              (breaking down)
          Jason...
  Dominic draws his razor glove back for the death
blow. Just
  then, the lake is hit by a huge bolt of lightning,
causing a
  bomb-blasting effect.
  JASON VOORHEES rises from the lake. This isn't some
teenager
  wearing a hockey mask and holding a machete. And it
doesn't
  quite seem to be the Jason we remember from earlier
movies.
  This Jason is much, much bigger -- 350 pounds of
twisted,
  rotted flesh packed on his mythically proportioned
gargantuan
  frame. His hockey mask is now warped and melted down
onto his
  deformed skull, caused by years of soaking at the
bottom of
  the lake. Half of the paint has washed away, leaving
the mask
  looking like a cloudy, semi-translucent membrane
which barely
  spares us the horror of having to witness the
hideous face of
  the monster lurking inside.
  ON DOMINIC
  Just as he starts to bring the claw down on Lizzie,
a GIANT
  HAND grabs him by the back of the neck. He is lifted
off the
  ground, feet dangling helplessly, his body whipped
around,
  until he finds himself face-to-face with...
  JASON VOORHEES. Jason raises his machete and ROARS.
Dominic
  SCREAMS! The machete is about to strike home when
Jason
  sees...
  JASON LUCAS
  Lying dead in the mud. Voorhees stares in Lucas'
wide and
  lifeless eyes. He goes berserk and throws Necros
down hard.
  He swings his machete wildly. Necros rolls out of
the way and
  the big blade hacks into the dock. Splinters fly.
Necros
  manages to scramble for the woods.
  Lizzie looks for an escape, but the only way out is
past
  Jason Voorhees. He turns to look at her. Their eyes
meet for
  one chilling moment. Lizzie SCREAMS.
  Jason looks down at his monstrous reflection in the
surface
  of the lake, then to the dead body lying on the
ground. He
  brandishes his machete up to the heavens and lets
loose an
  earth-shaking ROAR! Lizzie tears off through the
woods,
  terrified.
  EXT. MAIN CABIN
  Beth frantically runs to the cabin door -- but it's
locked.
  She yanks, tugs, pulls, and pounds.
                    BETH
          C'mon, open the door! It's me! Open the
          goddamn door!

JUMP CUT TO:
  INT. MAIN CABIN - AT THE SAME EXACT MOMENT
  WE SEE Beth lying on the floor SCREAMING and
flailing in her
  sleep. Todd, Sam, and Marnie are huddled around her,
watching
  helplessly.
                    BETH
          Open the goddamn door!
                    SAM
          Beth! Beth! C'mon, Beth! Come out of it!
                    MARNIE
          Turn her over so she doesn't choke on her
          vomit.
                    TODD
          She's not gonna Hendrix. She's just
          having a nightmare.
                    SAM
              (truly worried)
          I've never seen Beth like this before...
          and she does a _lot_ of drugs.
  Sam starts shaking her. Then he slaps his girlfriend
on the
  face. Beth's eyes pop open. She's panting and
disoriented.
                    BETH
          Lizzie! Where's Lizzie?! We've gotta--
          what, but-- how did I get inside?
  Sam holds Beth tight, cradling her head in his lap.
                    SAM
          You never left. It's okay. You were
          having a nightmare.
  BETH'S P.O.V.
  Sam, Todd, and Marnie are looking down at her with
concern.
  Their faces WARP as the Somnambulene wears off.
                    MARNIE
          You went to warn Lizzie about Dominic.
          But you passed out before you got to the
          door.
  Her vision snaps back to normal.
  BACK TO SCENE
                    TODD
          You never could hold your Flaming Piss.
                    BETH
          But I... How...
  Beth looks around and realizes she's lying on the
cabin
  floor. At first she looks completely disoriented.
Then she
  slowly starts to LAUGH.
                    BETH
          Whoa. That's so fucked up.
  THE CABIN DOOR
  BURSTS open. LIZZIE runs in, gasping for breath,
eyes wide
  with terror. Marnie runs to her.
                    MARNIE
          Lizzie, we've got to get out of here!
          Dominic escaped.
              (looking out the doorway)
          Where's Jason?
                    LIZZIE
          He's dead. Dominic killed him!
  Sam jumps to his feet, letting Beth's head fall back
onto the
  floor.
                    SAM
          Holy shit!
                    LIZZIE
              (breaking down)
          He ripped out Jason's heart and then he
          tried to kill me. I can't take this
          anymore!
                    MARNIE
          Stay calm. Stay calm! STAY--
  Marnie, too, breaks down and starts WAILING.
                    BETH
          We've gotta get out of here.
                    TODD
          How? Dominic's right outside.
                    SAM
          Shit, you're right!
  Sam drags a chair over to the front door and
barricades it.
                    SAM
          Let's go. Everything that's not nailed
          down.
  Sam and Todd carry a sofa to the front door while
Marnie
  still sits on it.
                    MARNIE
          Faster!
                    TODD
          How far away is he, Lizzie?
                    LIZZIE
          He's by the lake. That's where I got
          away... and only because--
                    BETH
              (jumping in)
          I smashed him in the face with a rock.
  Sam, Todd, and Marnie forget their panic for a
moment and
  turn to Beth, confused.
                    TODD
          What are you talking about? You never
          left the cabin.
                    LIZZIE
          No, she was there with me. She saved my
          life.
  They turn to Lizzie, even more confused.
                    TODD
          No, she was here with us... having a
          nightmare.
                    LIZZIE
          It wasn't a nightmare! It was real. Beth
          hit him with the rock, then--
                    BETH
          Then Jason's heart went flying in the
          lake!
                    LIZZIE
          I got cornered on a dock, and then...
  Lizzie gets lost in thought.
                    MARNIE
          What, Lizzie, what?
  Thunder and lightning.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason Voorhees came out of the lake.
                    SAM
          Jason Voorhees?
  Lizzie starts crying. She nods her head. Sam laughs.
                    TODD
          Cool it, Sam.
              (soothing)
          Jason Voorhees is just a movie character.
          He isn't real. You know that. You must
          have blacked out and had a nightmare --
          just like Beth.
                    LIZZIE
          But... no... we couldn't both have the
          same nightmare. Unless...
  Lizzie and Beth look at each other, unnerved. There
could be
  only one explanation...
                    LIZZIE/BETH
          The Somnambulene.
                    LIZZIE
          Oh, my God. We shared a dream.
                    SAM
          I thought you made up all that side
          effect shit up, you know, to scare us
          off.
  Lizzie shakes her head. Sam picks up the empty
bottle of
  Somnambulene and stares at it in wonder.
                    SAM
          It really works? Awesome!
  Sam grabs another beer and takes a celebratory chug.
                    LIZZIE
          Wait a minute... If it was all a dream,
          that means... Dominic's still in jail!
  Lizzie breaks into a relieved smile.
                    LIZZIE
          And Jason's still alive!
  Lizzie hugs Marnie. Todd, Sam, and Beth exchange
worried
  looks. Should we tell her? Finally, Beth walks over
to Lizzie
  and puts her hand on her shoulder.
                    TODD
              (walking on eggshells)
          Lizzie, I've got some bad news. I don't
          want you to freak out...
                    SAM
          But you're gonna.
                    LIZZIE
          What is it?
                    TODD
          Dominic really did escape from jail.
                    LIZZIE
              (freaking out)
          What?! Are you sure?
                    TODD
          Dead sure. We never went to sleep. We
          heard it on the radio.
              (pointed)
          Before Sam busted it.
                    SAM
          Would you stop it with the fucking radio
          already? I said I'd buy you a new one.
                    TODD
          No, you didn't. I said you'd buy me a new
          one.
                    MARNIE
          Shut up!
              (losing her shit)
          There's a serial killer on the loose and
          he's got a hard-on for Lizzie. And we're
          in the middle of nowhere... no phones, no
          police, no one to hear us scream...
                    LIZZIE
              (also losing her shit)
          Why would you say that?!
                    MARNIE
          IT'S TRUE!
                    LIZZIE
          I KNOW!
                    MARNIE
              (to Beth)
          WE'VE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE!
  Lizzie and Marnie continue freaking. Beth takes
charge,
  pulling Sam and Todd over to the door.
                    BETH
          Okay. Here's what we do.
  She starts single-handedly pushing the couch away
from the
  door.
                    BETH
          You go find Jason. He's probably passed
          out somewhere. We'll pack up here and
          meet you at the van.
  Beth opens the door. Sam sees the downpour and
hesitates.
                    SAM
          Jesus, it's really coming down out there.
          How 'bout _we_ pack, _you_ go get Jason?
                    BETH
          Just take your "umbrella", asshole.
  BETH grabs the Freddy mask and fedora and flings
them at Sam.
  He puts them on and follows Todd outside.
  EXT. MAIN CABIN
  Todd and Sam are about to step out into the rain
when Todd
  stops short.
                    TODD
          You don't really think Dominic will find
          us up here, do you?
  Through the mask, Sam's eyes scan the campground.
THUNDER AND
  LIGHTNING. Sam turns back to Todd, who gives him the
dancing
  eyebrows.
                    SAM
          Well, if he does... I hope he drinks lite
          beer, 'cause that's all we got left.
  Sam reaches into a cooler set out on the porch and
pulls out
  a six-pack. He hands a beer to Todd and cracks one
open for
  himself. They chug their beers, crush their cans on
their
  heads, and step out into the rain.

DISSOLVE TO:
  EXT. LAKE - LATER
  The alcohol has kicked in the Somnambulne again --
FULL
  FORCE. Sam and Todd's vision is distorted, their
speech
  slurred. They stumble through the darkness, LAUGHING
their
  asses off.
                    SAM
          Jason!
  His voice echoes into the woods. Sam cracks open
another
  beer. Todd smacks him on the shoulder. Sam awkwardly
turns.
  SAM'S P.O.V.
  Todd's face twists.
                    TODD
          Take it easy, man. You gotta drive.
  BACK TO SCENE
  Sam bursts out laughing.
                    SAM
          Uh-uh. Not me. Too drunk.
  Sam tosses his car keys to Todd.
  TODD'S P.O.V.
  The keys fly through the air, making impossible,
zig-zagging
  turns... due to the effects of the Somnambulene.
  BACK TO SCENE
  Todd fumbles the catch. Sam LAUGHS, cracks open
another beer,
  and hands it to Todd.
                    TODD
          Well, not _me_. I'm wasted.
                    SAM
          Yeah? I'm trashed.
                    TODD
          I'm ripped.
                    SAM
          I'm sloshed.
                    TODD
          I'm fried.
                    SAM
          I'm...
              (with great difficulty)
          ...inebriated.
                    TODD
          I'm...
              (at a loss)
          You win. I'll drive.
  Todd bends down and picks up the keys.
                    SAM
          Screw it, let's make Jason drive. You and
          me will crash in the back of the van and
          dream-share a two-on-one with Marnie.
  Sam puts a hand up for a high-five. Todd leaves him
hanging.
                    TODD
              (disturbed)
          You want to nail my girlfriend? With me
          watching?
                    SAM
              (caught)
          Oh... um...
  Just then, Sam notices something.
                    SAM
          Hey, look...
  Sam points to a hockey mask-wearing figure off in
the
  distance.
                    SAM
          It's Jason.
                    TODD
          Did he see us?
                    SAM
          I don't think so. Let's scare the shit
          out of him.
  Sam and Todd nod at each other and smile.
  CLOSE ON JASON
  This isn't Jason Lucas. It's Jason Voorhees. As we
PAN down
  his huge, grotesque body we see him dropping the
lifeless
  body of Jason Lucas into the mud. SPLAT!
  THUNDER AND LIGHTNING!
  TODD AND SAM
  Creep up on Jason, oblivious.
                    TODD
          You got a plan?
                    SAM
          I don't know... jump out, say "boo"?
                    TODD
              (impressed)
          Good plan.
                    SAM
              (a la "Bad Sequel Freddy")
          Freddy or not, here I come...
  Sam does a lame Freddy CACKLE and gives Todd the
thumbs-up
  with a plastic razor claw.
  INT. MAIN CABIN
  Lights flicker and begin to dim as the generator
continues
  its uneven pulse of electricity. Beth and Marnie are
packing
  as fast as they can. Lizzie is staring off into
space.
                    BETH
          What's taking them so long?
                    LIZZIE
          Something's wrong. I can feel it.
                    MARNIE
          Would you stop saying things like that!
          You're scaring me.
                    LIZZIE
          We're gonna die here.
                    MARNIE
          Stop it!
                    BETH
          Come on, Lizzie, just keep it together a
          little longer. Okay?
  Lizzie finally turns to Marnie and Beth.
                    LIZZIE
          He's coming.
  The lights go out. Marnie SCREAMS. A shadowy form
glides
  unnoticed into the cabin through the shattered back
door.
  EXT. LAKE
  Todd staggers through a tangle of trees, completely
oblivious
  to the fact that each step brings him closer to the
greatest
  horror he's ever known--
  The real Jason Voorhees.
  Todd takes a final sip of beer and tosses the can
into the
  bushes. Todd pushes aside some branches. He is now
only a few
  yards away.
                    TODD
          Hey, man, quit putzing around, we gotta
          go.
  TODD'S P.O.V.
  The grotesque features of Jason Voorhees seem to be
merely a
  vision-warping effect of the Somnambulene.
  BACK TO SCENE
                    TODD
          We just heard on the radio that Dominic
          broke out of jail. Lizzie's pretty
          freaked out. So we figured we'd better
          take the party somewhere else.
  Jason just stands there, his breathing slow and
heavy. It
  sounds wet and disgusting. Drool pours from beneath
the
  hockey mask.
                    TODD
          Oh, and by the way, you're driving. Me
          and Sam are too... inebriated.
  A clueless Todd pulls a can of beer from his baggy
pants and
  shakes it. Jason's hand tightens around his machete.
                    TODD
          What the hell, one more wouldn't kill
          you...
  Todd pops the top.
  SUDS SHOOT all over Jason.
  WHOOSH! Jason swings his machete!
  Todd barely avoids the blade.
                    TODD
          Hey, watch it, dickhead!
  Todd bounces the empty beer can off of Jason's
chest.
  Jason rears back to take another swing...
  SAM jumps in front of him, wearing the Freddy mask.
                    SAM
          Boo!
  Sam menaces Jason with his razor glove, scraping the
plastic
  claws together and CACKLING.
  ON JASON
  The eyes behind the hockey mask are ablaze with
fury. We can
  almost make out his grotesque features contorting
behind the
  translucent plastic.
  JASON GOES BERSERK!
  He lashes out at Sam with his machete. Sam looks
down and
  sees blood pouring from a cut across his chest.
                    SAM
          Aaaagggghhh!
  Sam is frozen in shock. Todd grabs him and tries to
pull him
  away. They take a few steps backwards and...
  SAM TRIPS and falls to the ground. He ends up face
to face
  with his dead buddy Jason Lucas. He SCREAMS and
scrambles to
  his feet.
  Todd and Sam run for their lives! Jason follows!
  They take off into the woods, fighting their way
through the
  densely packed trees. Jason relentlessly STALKS
after them,
  his machete making easy work of everything in his
path. CHOP!
  CHOP! CHOP!
  Todd and Sam tear through a thicket of thorny
branches and
  find themselves at the edge of a--
  MUDDY EMBANKMENT
  The ground beneath their feet gives way. They tumble
down,
  finally coming to a jarring stop in a small stream.
Todd
  helps a dazed Sam to his feet. They look up at the
top of the
  embankment. Jason is glaring down at them.
                    TODD
          Think you can make it back to the cabin?
  Sam clutches his chest and gasps for breath through
the air
  holes in his Freddy mask. He nods. They tear off
running
  through the woods.
  The cabin is finally in sight. Todd leaps over a
fallen tree.
  Sam looks over his shoulder to see if they're being
followed
  and TRIPS over the tree.
  Todd doubles back to help and sees...
  Jason STALKING towards them.
  He vaults the tree and lands between Sam and Todd.
Jason
  faces Todd, shoves him out of the way, and turns to
"Freddy
  Krueger".
  Sam cowers and tries to hide under the fallen tree.
Jason
  reaches down and grabs him. He lifts Sam off the
ground,
  tossing him high into the air. He swings his
machete, cutting
  right through Sam's neck. The body drops down to the
ground
  as the head continues flying upward. When the head
descends,
  Jason thrusts out his arms and catches it in
mid-flight.
  Todd backs up, his mouth hanging wide open in
disbelief.
  Jason stares at the severed "Freddy" head,
inspecting his
  kill. Gravity begins pulling on Sam's head,
loosening it from
  the rubber mask. His face slowly appears, squeezing
out of
  the mask's neck hole.
  Jason cocks his head to the side, confused.
  Sam's head finally pulls free from the rubber -- it
falls
  heavily into the mud. SPLAT!
  Jason is left holding the empty Freddy mask. He
looks down at
  Sam's decapitated head and delivers a BLOOD-CURDLING
ROAR. He
  rips the Freddy mask in two and kicks Sam's head far
into the
  woods.
  Jason stalks off into the darkness, felling a tree
with his
  machete. PAN over to see--
  TODD
  Still standing there with his mouth hanging open.
  He picks up the torn Freddy mask.
  A SMILE slowly creeps across his face. Then he
begins to
  LAUGH. An extremely strange reaction indeed.

  CUT TO:
  INT. MAIN CABIN
  Lizzie stands in the middle of the darkened room,
paralyzed
  by fear. Marnie hyperventilates. Beth throws more
wood into
  the fireplace.
                    BETH
              (on edge)
          No big deal. It's just the generator,
          right? Everything's fine.
                    MARNIE
          I thought I heard someone scream.
                    BETH
          That was you.
                    MARNIE
          No... Outside!
                    LIZZIE
              (softly)
          I heard it, too.
                    BETH
              (starting to lose it)
          Stop it. Both of you.
              (to Lizzie)
          You're scared and you're making Marnie
          scared and that just makes you more
          scared and now... _I'm_ getting scared.
  DOMINIC NECROS moves out of the shadows.
                    DOMINIC
          You should be.
  THUNDER! LIGHTNING!
  Lizzie, Marnie, and Beth SCREAM. Beth picks up a
fireplace
  poker and swings it at Dominic. With little effort,
he grabs
  the poker and tugs it violently, sending Beth flying
head
  first into a wall. She crumples to the floor, blood
trickling
  down her forehead.
  Dominic touches the bloody gash on his own head and
smiles.
  He advances on Lizzie.
                    LIZZIE
              (terrified whisper)
          Please... don't kill me.
  Dominic puts a single razor claw at the nape of
Lizzie's
  neck. He slowly and deliberately traces it up her
throat and
  under her chin, lifting her head so she stares
directly into
  his eyes.
                    DOMINIC
          Kill you? I'm not going to kill you.
  He pulls the razor away from her chin. Then he leans
in, his
  face pressed against hers, his voice deadly serious.
                    DOMINIC
          I had my chance. Now it's someone else's
          turn.
  He pulls out a large syringe loaded with an
iridescent green
  liquid -- Somnambulene.
                    DOMINIC
          You're about to take a trip. A
          Somnambulene trip. To meet my master.
          FREDDY KRUEGER!
  The cabin door CRASHES open. More THUNDER and
LIGHTNING! In
  walks...
  TODD.
  He's covered with blood and mud and he's LAUGHING
his ass
  off. Then he notices that Dominic has Lizzie
cornered... and
  LAUGHS even louder.
                    TODD
          Dominic, so glad you could make it. We
          weren't sure if you'd be able to find us.
  Dominic just stares at him.
                    TODD
          You know, we're all pretty beat, and I'm
          sure you are too, so why don't we just do
          the whole murder thing in the morning?
  Marnie is really freaking out now.
                    MARNIE
          Stop it, Todd! He'll kill you!
                    TODD
          Who, this guy? I wouldn't worry about it.
          Oh, mmm, Lizzie? I just bumped into your
          boyfriend. You were right. He's dead.
          Someone tore out his heart.
                    LIZZIE
          Oh, my God! No!
                    TODD
          Now, I'm not pointing any fingers, but...
              (scolding)
          Dominic?
                    DOMINIC
              (whispers)
          I killed him and I'll kill you.
                    TODD
              (not impressed)
          Sure you will. Hold that thought.
  He looks down at Beth, who's still on the floor
holding her
  bloody head.
                    TODD
          Beth, I'm glad you're sitting down. Uh...
          how do I put this...
              (matter of fact)
          Sam just got his head cut off by Jason
          Voorhees.
                    BETH
          What?!
  Her eyes well up, she tries to choke back tears.
                    LIZZIE
          Todd, what are you doing?!
                    TODD
          I'll tell you what I'm doing... I'm
          _sleeping_. Right now. We all are. Don't
          you get it, Lizzie? We passed out when we
          took the Somnambulene and we've been
          sharing a dream ever since! I mean, how
          else can you explain Dominic finding us?
                    DOMINIC
              (ominous)
          Freddy sent me.
                    TODD
              (patronizing)
          Uh huh.
              (to the others)
          All a dream.
  Dominic starts advancing on Todd, deliberately
exaggerating
  his body motions in a dreamlike fashion.
                    DOMINIC
          That's right. None of this is _really_
          happening. This is all a dream.
              (then, a low growl)
          Tell that to Lizzie's doctor, who's lying
          all over a hospital floor right now...
  He holds up the syringe and twirls it hypnotically,
squirting
  out glowing green fluid.
                    TODD
          Hey, Somnambulene! That is some crazy
          shit!
              (like a schoolteacher)
          Now, Dominic, did you bring enough for
          everybody?
                    DOMINIC
          Don't worry. You'll get your chance to
          meet Freddy Krueger.
                    TODD
              (mock terror)
          Ooooo, you're going to send me to
          "Nightmare World"? No! You can't send me
          there!
              (suddenly serious)
          You know why? _'Cause it doesn't exist_.
          And neither does Freddy Krueger!
  Todd stretches the torn Freddy mask over his face
and waggles
  his tongue at Dominic.
                    DOMINIC
          You're dead!
  Dominic grabs Todd by the throat, slams him against
a wall,
  and prepares to gut him with his razor claw.
  BOOM! The front door is blown out of its frame,
revealing...
  JASON VOORHEES.
  Lizzie SCREAMS. Beth and Marnie SCREAM. Dominic
reels
  backwards, releasing his hold on Todd.
                    TODD
              (overly enthusiastic)
          Hey, everybody, look who's here! It's
          Jason Voorhees!
  Todd LAUGHS again and starts to walk towards Jason.
                    LIZZIE
          Todd, stay back!
                    TODD
          Why? He's not so tough. I've had worse
          nightmares.
  Todd reaches up and snatches off Jason's hockey
mask.
  Everyone SCREAMS, forced to witness the gigantic
malformed
  head housing the severely retarded and extremely
tormented
  lake-drenched brain of the machete wielding maniac.
A
  writhing mass of worms, leeches, and snakes slithers
and
  squirms in and out of his head.
  Jason's face contorts, squeezing out a knot of white
worms,
  as he bellows forth a HELLISH ROAR!
  Todd is finally taken over the edge. He's not sure
whether
  this is a dream or not. All he knows is it scares
the living
  shit out of him!
  He lets go of the hockey mask. It rockets back
toward Jason's
  face, propelled by its elastic band, and--
  CRACK!
  Pieces of the old mask shatter away on impact,
leaving
  Jason's most grotesque features exposed. Jason ROARS
again
  and again.
  He SWINGS at Todd. Todd ducks, exposing Dominic
behind him.
  The edge of Jason's machete just misses Dominic's
face.
  Jason raises his machete over his head with both
arms. Before
  he can bring it down on Dominic's skull, Dominic
lunges,
  driving his razor claws deep into Jason's chest,
trying to
  rip out his heart.
  Jason HOWLS and puts a bone crushing squeeze on
Dominic's
  arm. With a mighty yank, he rips the razor claw out
of his
  chest.
  Jason lifts up Dominic high off the ground by his
neck and
  hauls back his machete for the kill!
  Dominic panics and DRIVES the huge SYRINGE full of
  Somnambulene into Jason with such force, the needle
and half
  the casing get buried in Jason's thickly muscled
trunk of a
  neck.
  Dominic pushes the plunger down hard!
  Jason BELLOWS and swings Dominic around the room
like a rag
  doll while trying to tear the syringe from his neck.
  Dominic goes flying right into MARNIE and they both
go
  crashing into the wall. Dominic madly scrambles out
of the
  cabin.
  Jason wreaks havoc, stumbling around the room,
disoriented by
  the Somnambulene. With a burst of pure adrenaline,
he rips
  the syringe from his neck and, in a powerful arc,
drives the
  hypo deep into...
  LIZZIE'S CHEST
  Lizzie flies backwards, slamming into the wall. She
looks
  down in horror at the needle sticking out of her and
SCREAMS,
  struggling to remove the syringe. But she can't.
She's
  already suffering from a massive dose of the drug.
                    LIZZIE
          No, no, no, I can't.
                    BETH
          Hold still. Hold still!
  Beth yanks out the needle. Lizzie cries out.
                    LIZZIE
          I don't want to share a dream with him!
              (fading)
          I can't... I can't...
  LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
  In a massive, nauseating blast of Somnambulene,
Lizzie sees
  Jason lurch forward, beginning to lose
consciousness. His
  grotesque features spin like water going down a
drain.
  BACK TO SCENE
  LIZZIE
  Reaches out to the wall for support by misses and
falls to
  the floor.
  JASON
  Loses his footing. He, too, falls to the floor.
BOOM! His
  gargantuan body just misses Lizzie.
  LIZZIE AND JASON
  Are lying side by side. Head to head. They both PASS
OUT at
  the same time.

BLACK OUT.
  The camera SPIRALS out of the darkness of Lizzie's
screaming
  mouth. We are suddenly blinded by intense daylight.
  As the scene begins to coalesce, we realize we are
still in
  the cabin. Only now, it is clean and new... we are
clearly in
  THE PAST.
  LIZZIE AND JASON are still on the floor. Everyone
else is
  gone.
  Lizzie's screaming fades, and is replaced by the
ominous
  sound of Jason's BEATING HEART.
  Lizzie's eyes snap open. As she bolts to her feet
and looks
  down at Jason -- in a Somnambulene-induced blur of
plastic
  reality -- she can actually see Jason's massive
heart
  POUNDING against his heaving ribcage.
  Lizzie REELS... the warping, twisting, nauseating
effect is
  almost too much to bear.
  We realize we are in...
  JASON'S NIGHTMARE!
  Outside the cabin, we hear the haunting, sing-song
voices of
  CHILDREN.
                    CHILDREN (O.S.)
          One, two, Freddy's comin' for you. Three,
          four, better lock your door...
  Suddenly, Jason begins to WAIL...
  His body CONVULSES...
  He begins to SHRINK!
  With each beat of his heart Jason becomes smaller...
  younger... until, finally, he is a LITTLE BOY,
wearing a toy
  hockey mask and holding a plastic machete.
  The children's singing suddenly becomes SCREAMING!
  Lizzie panics and dashes into a dark closet.
  THE FRONT DOOR bursts open.
  CHILDREN race in -- not screaming in horror, but
screaming in
  delight.
  They tease and poke Jason. He is startled awake.
  Suddenly, a DEEPER VOICE permeates the nightmare.
                    VOICE (O.S.)
          One, two, Freddy's coming for you!
  FREDDY KRUEGER
  Runs into the cabin. Not the Freddy we know. This is
TEENAGE
  FREDDY. No burn scars. No fedora. No razor claws.
Just a
  brand new red and green striped sweater.
  FREDDY pinches and grabs the children playfully,
chasing them
  back out the cabin door. Then he turns back to
Jason.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  Looking through the eye-holes of the hockey mask,
it's almost
  as if we _become_ Jason. His breathing is quick and
shallow.
  His heart races. In an instant, Freddy's demeanor
changes,
  becoming more menacing.
                    FREDDY
          Jason, there you are!
  Jason's heartbeat becomes LOUDER... FASTER...
becoming the
  haunting, percussive score underneath an
ever-quickening
  series of NIGHTMARISH SURREAL IMAGES:
  Jason RUNS into a closet.
  The door SLAMS SHUT.
  Lizzie shrinks back into the shadows.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  A RAZOR CLAW comes bursting through the door! Jason
COWERS
  Freddy's teenage face pushes into the darkness of
the
  closet...
                    FREDDY
          Ready to play the Nightmare Game?
  ...and instantly morphs into NIGHTMARE FREDDY --
burn scars,
  fedora and all!
  Freddy CLAWS at Jason.
  A tangle of flailing LIMBS.
  A flash of MACHETE BLADE...
  ...connecting with SKIN
  A SCREAM
  BLOOD spurts from Freddy's wrist.
  Freddy looks at his WOUND with disbelief.
  He GRABS Jason and with a MIGHTY SHOVE drives his
entire body
  through the floorboards.
  AN EXPLOSION OF WATER!
  UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE WATER
  We see Jason struggle... his eyes wide with
terror... running
  out of air...
  Freddy yanks Jason up out of the water. We suddenly
find
  ourselves...
  EXT. LAKE - DAY
  Freddy stands in the lake...
  He yanks Jason out of the water.
  Jason gasps for air as...
  Children swim, oblivious, in the distance.
  Jason suddenly pulls free of Freddy's grasp, and
lashes out
  with his machete, cutting Freddy again.
  Freddy explodes in an insane rage. He SHOVES Jason
back
  under.
  LIZZIE watches, frozen in utter terror. She tries to
scream.
  At first, there is no sound. Then, suddenly, her
voice BREAKS
  THROUGH the nightmare.
                    LIZZIE
          Nooooooo!
  FREDDY
  Turns and sees her. As their eyes meet...
  A HUGE BOLT OF LIGHTNING
  Hits Jason's machete. Jason stops struggling and
disappears
  into the murky depths. In a strange nightmarish
jump-cutting
  device -- the scene suddenly is pitched into...
  THE BLACKEST OF NIGHTS
  The wind howls.
                    FREDDY
          You got into little Jason's dreams. You
          found out our secret.
  ANOTHER BOLT OF LIGHTNING RIPS INTO THE LAKE
  Freddy lifts Jason out of the water again. Only now
Jason is
  back to full size. Jason takes one last swing at
Freddy.
  Freddy laughs and shoves Jason back into the lake.
                    FREDDY
          Poor Jason. Stumbling around the lake all
          these years... The mindless
          sleepwalker... killing victim after
          victim. Every time he looks at them, he
          sees only me.
  Lizzie remains immobilized by terror.
                    FREDDY
          He was my first, you know. But there have
          been so many more.
  Lizzie starts to retreat as Freddy's face becomes
ravenous...
                    FREDDY
          And you're next!
  Freddy CACKLES maniacally and races supernaturally
forward,
  raising his razor claw to strike...

SMASH CUT TO:
  INT. MAIN CABIN - NIGHT
  Lizzie wakes up SCREAMING as Beth shakes her. Marnie
and Todd
  are kneeling over her. Todd's face is creased with
worry.
  Marnie is losing it. Lizzie opens her eyes.
  LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
  Marnie's face comes into focus, distorting ever so
slightly.
                    MARNIE
              (panicking, near tears)
          That's it... Wake up... Please don't be
          mental. Please!
  BACK TO SCENE
                    BETH
          I think she's okay. Let's try to move her
          now.
  Lizzie tries to sit up. She's totally disoriented.
She rubs
  her eyes, trying to clear her vision.
  LIZZIE'S P.O.V.
  The faces around her warp as the effects of the
Somnambulene
  wear off.
                    MARNIE
          Okay, that's good. Can you stand, Lizzie?
          We've gotta get out of here. We've gotta
          get to the van.
  BACK TO SCENE
  Todd tosses Marnie the keys.
                    TODD
          Fuck it, I'll carry her.
  Todd bends down and lifts Lizzie. As he turns to go,
Lizzie
  notices...
  JASON VOORHEES
  Lying on the floor. He struggles violently, drowning
in his
  nightmare. Lake water bubbles and gushes out of his
mouth by
  the gallon.
                    LIZZIE
          No, wait! He's drowning!
                    MARNIE
          Good, let him!
  Todd starts for the door again. Lizzie struggles in
his arms.
                    LIZZIE
          We've got to wake him up!
                    BETH
          Are you crazy? If he wakes up, he'll kill
          us all!
              (to Todd)
          Move!
  Todd tries to wrestle Lizzie out the door. But
Lizzie can't
  let Jason die. Not after what she's seen.
                    LIZZIE
          It's not his fault!
  Lizzie tears free from Todd and rushes to Jason. She
drops
  down to her knees and pounds on his massive chest.
                    LIZZIE
          WAKE UP! WAKE UP!
  Her friends try desperately to pull her off.
  TOO LATE.
  Jason wakes, spitting and roaring. A look of utter
anguish
  stretching over his grotesque features. In a split
second,
  he's up on his feet, mad as hell.
  Everyone scatters, terrified, throughout the room.
                    TODD
          "It's not his fault! Wake him up!" Great
          fucking idea, Lizzie!
  Jason wheels on Todd.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  Todd's frightened face MORPHS into Freddy Krueger's.
                    TODD
          You should have let him die!
              (voice changing into Freddy's)
          You should have let him die!
  BACK TO SCENE
  Jason lunges at Todd, SHOVES him against the wall,
and brings
  up his machete. Todd raises his hands to protect
himself from
  the blow.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  Jason still sees Todd as Freddy. Suddenly, Todd's
raised hand
  MORPHS into Freddy's razor claw. "Freddy" SCREAMS!
  BACK TO SCENE
  Jason swings his machete, carving a violent arc
through the
  air and right through Todd's torso. His upper body
spins end
  over-end towards Marnie.
                    MARNIE
          Oh, my God! Todd, no! No!!!
  Jason wheels on her.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  Now Marnie changes into Freddy Krueger. Her face
MORPHS and
  her VOICE ALTERS so that her hysterical CRIES become
an
  insane CACKLE.
  BACK TO SCENE
  Jason roars and rages. He charges at her, the blood-
drenched
  machete raised, ready to strike.
  LIZZIE steps between them.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason, stop!
  Amazingly, Jason does. Lizzie continues talking,
trying to
  remain calm even though her voice is quavering with
fear.
                    LIZZIE
          Stop. You don't want to kill _us_. You
          want to kill Freddy Krueger. I know what
          he did to you.
  Jason stares at Lizzie. For a moment, it seems she's
getting
  through to him.
                    LIZZIE
          Everywhere you look you see him.
  In the background, Lizzie sees...
  BETH snatching up a heavy chunk of firewood.
                    LIZZIE
          Beth, no!
  Jason turns and sees Beth.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  Beth's face MORPHS into Freddy's. "Freddy" CACKLES
as he
  sends the wood sailing through the air, right at
Jason.
  BACK TO SCENE
  The huge chunk of firewood hits Jason hard. He ROARS
-- his
  rage returns even fiercer than before.
  He hoists a rusted out Coke machine and, with
inhuman
  strength, HURLS it across the room at Beth. Beth
throws
  herself to the floor and manages to avoid a deadly
collision.
  The soda machine smashes a hole through the cabin
wall.
                    BETH
          RUN!
  Jason swings his machete at Beth's head. She ducks
just in
  time, and the blade connects with the fireplace.
Sparks fly!
  Hunks of stone explode on impact!
  Lizzie, Marnie, and Beth tear out of the cabin as
Jason
  rages, destroying everything in his path.
  EXT. MAIN CABIN
  Thunder! Lightning!
  Beth, Marnie, and Lizzie run through the pounding
rain
  towards the Carpet City van.
  Lizzie SLIPS in the mud. Beth grabs her arm and
DRAGS her the
  rest of the way to the van.
  Marnie makes it to the driver's door. Lizzie and
Beth get to
  the passenger side. They all try their doors...
they're
  locked.
                    LIZZIE
          Open the door! Move it!
                    MARNIE
          Fuck, fuck, fuck...
  Marnie fumbles in her pockets and pulls out the
keys, her
  hands trembling with fear.
  THE CABIN DOOR
  Flies off its hinges and Jason Voorhees bursts
through!
  THE GIRLS
  Scream!
  MARNIE
  Scared to death, drops the keys in the mud. She
bends down
  and searches frantically as...
  JASON
  Stalks toward them, machete raised high.
  MARNIE
  Finds the keys. She fumbles with the door lock. She
can't get
  the key to fit! She looks down at the key ring and
notices a
  BUTTON on the alarm remote. She presses it.
  CHIRP!
  CHUNK. CHUNK. CHUNK.
  The doors unlock electronically.
  Everyone scrambles into the van. Marnie jams a key
into the
  ignition.
                    BETH
          Let's go!
  The van doesn't start.
                    MARNIE
              (through tears)
          Oh, no... no... please... start!
  She tries again. Still, the engine doesn't turn
over. Marnie
  turns to the girls.
                    MARNIE
          I can't. It won't--
  BOOM!
  Jason's monstrous hand smashes through the driver's
side
  window and clamps around Marnie's neck.
  Marnie barely manages to choke out a scream before
being
  yanked out of the window.
  Lizzie and Beth SCREAM.
  JASON
  Slams Marnie up against the side of the van with a
sickening
  thud and raises his machete...
                    LIZZIE (O.C.)
          Marnie!!! No!!!
  It's the last sound Marnie will ever hear.
  INSIDE THE VAN
  Beth crouches, terrified, in back. Suddenly, Jason's
machete
  PIERCES through the side of the van. It stops just
inches
  from Beth's face... dripping Marnie's blood.
                    BETH
          Drive!
  Lizzie jumps in the driver's seat, turns the
ignition...
  THE VAN STARTS.
  Lizzie FLOORS IT. But the van doesn't move.
  EXT. VAN
  The tires spin impotently in place, splashing a huge
rooster
  tail of mud and water skyward.
                    LIZZIE
              (crying)
          We're stuck!
  JASON withdraws his machete from Marnie and the van.
Marnie's
  body falls to the ground. The tires suddenly catch
dry earth,
  sending the van careening wildly forward.
  INT. VAN
  Lizzie wrestles with the steering wheel to keep the
van on
  the road. Beth clutches onto the back of the
driver's seat,
  hanging on for dear life.
                    BETH
          Hurry!
  But Lizzie is too hysterical. She's having a hard
time
  controlling the van.
                    BETH
          Watch out!
  Beth scrambles up to the passenger seat and fights
Lizzie to
  get control of the steering wheel.
  EXT. VAN
  The van swerves off the road and side-swipes a tree.
  INT. VAN
  The girls SCREAM. Lizzie jerks the wheel away from
Beth. The
  van caroms wildly back onto the road. Rain pounds
the
  windshield. Lizzie can just make out the main gate
of the
  camp and the road beyond it.
                    BETH
          Just get us the fuck away from here!
  LIZZIE'S FACE
  Changes as a look of realization overtakes her.
Tears well up
  in her eyes. She clenches the steering wheel. Her
knuckles
  whiten. Unexpectedly, she slams on the brakes.
  THE VAN
  Fishtails violently on the water-slicked road, until
it
  SCREECHES to a halt.
                    BETH
          What the hell are you doing? We're almost
          out of here. We're almost safe!
                    LIZZIE
          We'll never be safe... not as long as
          Freddy's alive.
                    BETH
          Lizzie, please, can we talk about this
          later?
  SPLAT!
  A razor claw suddenly erupts from Beth's chest!
Blood flies
  all over the windshield.
  Lizzie turns and sees Dominic Necros smiling back at
her. He
  has impaled Beth right through the back of her seat!
He waves
  at Lizzie with his bloody razor claw.
                    DOMINIC
          Remember me?
  Dominic removes his arm from Beth's chest -- she
slumps
  against the dashboard, dead. Before Lizzie can even
scream,
  he presses a syringe filled with Somnambulene up
against her
  neck.
                    DOMINIC
          You're right, Lizzie. You can't escape.
          Freddy will always be there. He lives
          inside your head.
  Dominic slowly scratches Lizzie's scalp with his
needle.
                    DOMINIC
          Come to him!
                    LIZZIE
          In your dreams.
  Lizzie stomps down on the accelerator. The van
shoots
  forward. Dominic is knocked off balance. He reaches
out to
  stop himself from falling and grabs Lizzie's hair,
yanking
  her head back.
  Dominic looks out the windshield and realizes Lizzie
has
  aimed the van straight for a huge tree.
                    DOMINIC
          Nooooooo!
  The van CRASHES into the TREE.
  The AIRBAG inflates around Lizzie.
  DOMINIC goes flying through the windshield in a
shower of
  exploding glass.
  Lizzie sits, numb with shock, looking at the
destruction
  around her.
  Lizzie tries to open her door. It's stuck. She RAMS
it with
  her shoulder and it flies open, sending her falling
to the
  ground.
  EXT. LAKE
  With great effort, Lizzie struggles to her feet and
stands on
  unsteady legs.
  Everything is silent. Lizzie looks around the cold,
dark
  woods, choking back her tears. She shudders.
  She sees Dominic lying on the road in a lifeless
heap. Debris
  from the wrecked van is strewn about all around him.
Lizzie
  moves closer to see if he is truly dead. She gently
KICKS
  him. He doesn't move. She KICKS him even harder. He
still
  doesn't move.
  Lizzie notices her purse... and just beyond it...
the GUN her
  mother gave her. Not taking any chances, she grabs
it, turns
  on Necros, and unloads all six bullets into his
corpse. She
  keeps pulling the trigger, even though the chambers
are more
  than empty.
  Lizzie's gone mad. The night's events have caused a
mental
  overload. She collapses to knees in the road next to
  Dominic's body, the rain pouring down on her.
  Lizzie suddenly hears heavy footsteps on gravel
approaching.
  She slowly looks up and sees...
  JASON VOORHEES
  In the road, caught in the van's flickering
headlights. He
  stands frozen, holding his machete. He breathes in
the cold
  night air, sending steam shooting from his mouth...
  waiting... watching.
  Lizzie looks around. The van is demolished. Beth is
dead.
  Jason Voorhees blocks any escape. The gun is empty.
She looks
  over at Dominic...
  He still clutches the SYRINGE of Somnambulene.
  Lizzie takes a deep breath and, with one eye still
on Jason,
  cautiously tugs at the syringe. It doesn't budge.
Lizzie
  pulls harder and pries the syringe from his grip.
  Lizzie looks up at Jason.
  Jason eyes her warily, tightening his grip on the
machete. He
  breathes heavily, more steam shoots out. He slowly
hoists the
  blade up high. Just as he is about to bring it down
on
  Lizzie's head, she SCREAMS...
                    LIZZIE
          Wait!
  Lizzie's trembling voice betrays her fear. She now
faces her
  last -- and only -- option.
                    LIZZIE
          You want to end your nightmare -- our
          nightmare. You're the only one who can do
          it. I know where you can find him. I can
          take you there.
  She looks at him in a moment of silence.
                    LIZZIE
          I can help you.
  Lizzie raises the syringe of Somnambulene high into
the air,
  then stabs it into her leg, hard, pushing the
plunger down.
                    LIZZIE
          You can help me.
  In the moment before she loses consciousness, she
whispers...
                    LIZZIE
          Help me.
  She falls to the ground at Jason's feet... Her hand
opens...
  sending the syringe rolling towards him.
  Lizzie PASSES OUT.

BLACK OUT.
  FADE IN:
  EXT. LAKE - NIGHT
  Lizzie is lying on the ground where she fell. She
wakes up
  and looks around. Jason, Dominic, Beth, the van --
they're
  all gone. Lizzie rises to her feet, unsettled. She
is very
  alone.
                    LIZZIE
              (calling out)
          Jason?! Jason?!
  Her frightened cries echo into the darkness. There
is no
  response. Jason Voorhees is nowhere to be seen. The
  surrounding woods seem more ominous and deadly now.
She
  begins to panic.
                    LIZZIE
          Jason!
  Lizzie turns and sees the cabin, standing in the
distance,
  dark and foreboding. She starts to walk towards it,
but stops
  when she hears strange noises coming from inside.
  Lizzie turns and quickly moves back toward the road.
The
  sounds inside the cabin grow louder and more
menacing. She
  starts to run.
  A HAUNTING WIND suddenly rushes through the woods,
engulfing
  her, pushing her back toward the cabin.
  Lizzie leans forward, fighting, gaining a bit of
ground,
  barely managing to stay upright. But her feet begin
to slip
  and slide.
  She screams and falls, desperately clawing her nails
into the
  dirt, but the incredible force sends her viciously
tumbling
  and slamming into everything that stands between her
and the
  cabin.
  With one last ounce of strength, Lizzie manages to
grab hold
  of a support beam holding up the cabin's porch. But
it's no
  use. The old, rotted beam CRACKS and Lizzie is
thrown back
  into...
  INT. CABIN - NIGHT
  BOOM! She hits the wall hard! Her body drops to the
floor as
  the UNEARTHLY WIND pelts her with leaves and debris.
The
  furniture and other objects in the room float, swirl
and
  levitate mysteriously, trapped in the strange,
hellish
  cyclone.
  Looking to escape the wind, Lizzie tentatively moves
into...
  INT. HALLWAY
  We don't know where it goes or how long it is
because it
  disappears into the darkness.
  The winds slam a door shut behind her. Lizzie jumps,
then
  moves forward cautiously. Suddenly, a shape emerges
from the
  shadows. It's...
  LIZZIE'S MOTHER
  Mrs. Daniels rushes forward, wrapping her arms
around her
  daughter, holding her tight. Lizzie breaks down,
crying in
  relief.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Lizzie! Thank God! I've been worried sick
          about you. I went to your room, but you
          were gone, I didn't know where...
              (breaking down)
          Do you know how long it took me to find
          you here?
  A strange look washes over Lizzie's face. She pulls
back from
  her mother, staring at her.
                    LIZZIE
          How _did_ you find me here?
  Before Mrs. Daniels can answer, we hear
  HELLISH NOISES lurking in the shadows. Mrs. Daniels
tightens
  her hold on Lizzie and fearfully peers into the
darkness.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Did you hear that? Lizzie, I'm scared.
          What is this horrible place?
  Lizzie tries to pull away from her mother, but she
won't
  loosen her grip.
                    LIZZIE
          Let go of me! Let go...
  Mrs. Daniels starts to scream.
                    MRS. DANIELS
          Lizzie, please! Stop it! Why are you
          doing this to me? To your own mother!
  Suddenly, Mrs. Daniels' body disassembles, becoming
a swarm
  of thick, translucent, BOSCH-LIKE EEL CREATURES!
  Lizzie screams and fights to tear the eels away from
her body
  one by one! They each land on the floor with a
SPLAT!
  Lizzie looks for a way out, but it's no use. The
eels
  encircle her, screaming, forcing her up against the
wall.
  They begin to writhe and squirm, piling up on top of
each
  other, forming a massive deadly stack!
  Lizzie watches in disbelief as the ghastly horde
organizes
  and forms into a disgusting human silhouette. From
its
  outstretched arm comes a mass of wriggling fingers,
which
  transform into --
  FREDDY'S DEADLY RAZOR CLAW!
  Then the rest of the mass changes into --
  FREDDY KRUEGER!
  He looks at Lizzie and cackles.
                    FREDDY
          Are you scared?
  Lizzie shrinks back from Freddy in terror.
  Freddy smiles. The flesh on his burn-scarred face
suddenly
  contorts into a hellish vision far beyond anyone's
  comprehension, then quickly snaps back to "normal".
  Lizzie stumbles backward, clutching the wall for
support.
                    FREDDY
          You should be.
  Freddy's face erupts once more. Only this time, it
becomes
  twice the size and twice the horror! He snaps at
Lizzie with
  his disgusting maw.
  She screams as she abandons all caution and tears
off down
  the darkened hallway.
  We PUSH IN on Freddy's face as he laughs maniacally.
  Lizzie turns corner after corner, looking over her
shoulder,
  only to find Freddy is close behind.
  Suddenly, the FLOORBOARDS beneath her feet begin to
separate.
  Lizzie continues to run forward, straddling the
ever-widening
  floorboards until she loses her footing.
  She screams and falls. Just before she drops
through, she
  grabs hold and dangles over the dark abyss below.
  Suddenly the floorboards begin to CLOSE IN on her,
slamming
  violently shut, one by one.
  Lizzie's hands are only seconds away from being
crushed. She
  makes a decision to DROP.
  Lizzie screams as she FREE-FALLS into the darkness.
  INT. NIGHTMARE CHAMBER
  Lizzie lands with a crash on an old cobblestone
floor. She's
  hurt. She rises slowly and tries to make sense of
her new
  surroundings.
  It's almost pitch black.
  A dim eerie light filters through the floorboards
above,
  casting strange shadows on the odd geometric shapes
that fill
  the room.
  Lizzie takes a tentative step to the left. Did a
huge, dark
  column move in towards her? She takes a step to her
right.
  Was that a pipe dropping down behind her? The room
seems to
  be alive. Shapes move, gliding silently,
occasionally
  repositioning themselves.
  Lizzie's eyes dart around, looking for an escape.
  A gust of wind blows open a huge, rusty iron DOOR.
>From the
  moonlight that filters in, we know this is a way
out.
  Lizzie cautiously approaches the door. It backs away
from
  her.
  She takes a few steps closer. The door moves up off
the
  floor, just beyond her reach. Lizzie is completely
  disoriented.
  Behind her, we hear a DRIP, DRIP, DRIP...
  The fat, disgusting EEL CREATURES squeeze into the
room
  through a large pipe looming overhead. They silently
ooze to
  the floor, reassuming Freddy's original human form.
                    FREDDY
          You shouldn't have come.
  Lizzie spins around and sees Freddy. She SCREAMS!
  But Freddy is not looking at her. He's looking past
her. Into
  the shadows.
                    FREDDY
          Think he'll protect you?...
  Lizzie chances a look over her shoulder. She sees...
  A glint of steel...
  JASON VOORHEES slowly moves into the room, machete
dangling
  at his side, staring at Freddy with murderous
intent.
  LIZZIE looks to Jason, hopefully.
                    FREDDY
          ...Never!
  Freddy and Jason circle each other, cautiously.
  Lizzie's relief turns to horror as she realizes she
is
  trapped between two demons hell-bent on mutual
destruction.
  Jason sweeps Lizzie aside and LUNGES at Freddy.
  But Freddy DISAPPEARS!
  Jason is baffled.
  Freddy REAPPEARS behind Lizzie.
  Jason charges, bringing up his machete. Freddy grabs
Lizzie,
  using her as a shield. She SCREAMS and Jason stops
dead in
  his tracks.
  Freddy CACKLES and DISAPPEARS again.
  Then, in the blink of an eye, Lizzie's face MORPHS
into
  Freddy's.
  Jason SWINGS!
  Lizzie ducks, falling to the floor. But Jason is
right on top
  of her. As his blade arcs downward, Lizzie's face
TRANSFORMS
  back to normal! Eyes wide in terror, she rolls out
of the
  way. Jason's blade just misses her and hacks deep
into the
  floor.
  Freddy REAPPEARS behind them, LAUGHING maniacally.
  Lizzie jumps to her feet, backing away from Jason,
SOBBING.
  Jason is totally confused. He looks from Freddy to
Lizzie,
  then back to Freddy again.
  Jason ROARS and swings at Freddy. But Freddy blocks
the blow
  with his claw. Metal on metal. Sparks fly!
  Jason yanks his machete free, almost taking off
Lizzie's head
  in the process.
                    FREDDY
              (to Jason)
          Don't touch her!
  He LASHES OUT with his razors. Lizzie throws up her
hands to
  protect her face. Freddy SLICES open her palm. She
looks down
  in shock.
                    FREDDY
          She's mine!
  JASON knocks Lizzie aside and lunges at Freddy,
delivering a
  series of incredible, lightning-fast blows.
  FREDDY amazingly manages to dodge them all!
  In one impossible move, Freddy twists his body
around and
  backhands Jason across the face with his heavy steel
glove,
  and -- CRACK! We hear the sickening sound of
ligament tearing
  from bone as Jason's head twists back at an
unnatural angle.
  Jason collapses to his knees, broken and near death.
Lizzie
  is now completely exposed.
  Freddy moves in for the death blow and...
  WHOOSH! Jason suddenly rears up and buries his
machete deep
  into Freddy's neck. The blade comes to an abrupt
stop when it
  hits BONE!
  Freddy lets out a dry, raspy, DEATH RATTLE. Then, he
breaks
  into a broad grin and begins to CACKLE!
                    FREDDY
          You can't kill me!
  He slowly steps away from Jason, backing off the
blade.
                    FREDDY
          You can't kill your fear!
  Jason stares at his useless machete. Freddy grabs
the blade
  with his bare hand and yanks. Jason falls forward,
landing
  chin-first on the cobblestone floor.
  Freddy drops down in front of Jason.
                    FREDDY
          Remember our game? The nightmare game...
  He advances his razor claw across the floor like a
spider
  stalking its prey. The claw suddenly and amazingly
  GROWS BIGGER!
  Giant mechanical knives sprout out of the smaller
blades... a
  nightmare forged of hellish steel!
  Jason is mesmerized with terror.
                    FREDDY
          First I scare you...
  Freddy clamps his super-claw around Jason's neck.
Lizzie
  SCREAMS!
                    FREDDY
          ...Then you die!
  Freddy summons BOILING WATER out of a large tank and
into the
  air where it hovers as a huge, amorphous, steaming
blob.
  He thrusts Jason's head into the mass of churning
water.
  Jason STRUGGLES.
  JASON'S P.O.V.
  Freddy's face grossly distorts as he CACKLES
sadistically.
  BACK TO SCENE
  Freddy turns to Lizzie.
                    FREDDY
          Help him. He's drowning!
  LIZZIE
  Looks to JASON'S MACHETE, which lies on the ground
at her
  feet. She does nothing.
  FREDDY snorts derisively.
                    FREDDY
              (hissing)
          How many people have to die because of
          you?
  Freddy shoves Jason's entire body into the blob of
water. He
  CACKLES and waves his hand with a flourish.
  Lizzie reels in shock as icy blue flames erupt and
explode
  all around her. FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! The darkened
nightmare
  chamber illuminates! We suddenly realize we are
in...
  INT. FREDDY'S BOILER ROOM
  Lizzie SCREAMS as Jason struggles, trapped in the
bubble. His
  body convulses, then finally GOES LIMP.
  Jason's death has pushed Lizzie over the edge.
                    LIZZIE
          NO!
  Lizzie snatches up Jason's machete and STRIKES at
Freddy.
  RIP! The blade SPLITS OPEN Freddy's arm. Freddy
SCREAMS.
                    FREDDY
          You can't do this! _I_ control the
          nightmares!
  For the first time, Freddy Krueger is afraid!
  Lizzie looks at Freddy's wound, and then into his
eyes, her
  own fear suddenly replaced with intense anger.
                    LIZZIE
          This is my nightmare. And in my
          nightmare, Freddy _does_ feel pain. In my
          nightmare, Freddy _bleeds_!
  Freddy looks down at his wound as BLOOD begins to
POUR forth.
  He begins a hellish panic.
  Lizzie looks with intense concentration at Jason,
floating
  lifeless in his watery grave. The entire room begins
to
  shake.
                    LIZZIE
          And in my nightmare, _JASON WINS_!
  Water erupts! Jason CRASHES to the floor. Giant
plumes of
  steam fill the boiler room as Jason's body starts to
tremble
  and quake.
  JASON RESURRECTS, letting loose an unearthly ROAR!
Every
  fiber, vein, and muscle in his body explodes
horrifically. He
  transforms into a hulking, seething, mutated
abomination.
  Jason has become the embodiment of Lizzie's pure and
utter
  rage -- a living nightmare!
  LIZZIE turns to Freddy, trembling violently.
                    LIZZIE
          This is where my nightmare ends... and
          yours begins!
  She looks to her own nightmarish creation.
                    LIZZIE
          TAKE HIM TO YOUR WORLD, JASON!
  Jason snatches up Freddy and BELLOWS. The CAMERA
SPIRALS into
  his cavernous maw.
  BLACK
  We PULL OUT of a screaming mouth. Now it's FREDDY
KRUEGER'S.
  Jason slams him down onto the asphalt road and
raises his
  MACHETE high into the air.
  THUNDER AND LIGHTNING!
  As the searing flash of lightning subsides, we
realize that
  we are...
  EXT. DIRT ROAD - NIGHT
  We see the van crashed against the tree. This is the
same
  place where Lizzie injected herself with
Somnambulene.
  Lizzie is standing over Freddy. She stares down at
him,
  shuddering with anger.
                    LIZZIE
          Welcome to your nightmare.
  Freddy scrambles to his feet and turns around in
time to see
  Jason SLICING him across the chest. A giant spiral
of blood
  arcs through the air. Freddy HOWLS in pain.
  Sinister orchestral music kicks in. It's Jason's
infamous
  STALKING THEME!
  JA-JA-JA-JA-SO-SO-SO-SON... KILL-KILL-KILL-KILL...
  Freddy runs. Jason attacks. His machete just misses
Freddy
  and connects with a TREE. It explodes!
  Freddy tears into the foreboding woods, ripping
through
  thick, gnarled trees and thorny brambles.
  Jason roars forward, coming on like a freight train
from
  hell. He swings his machete, annihilating everything
in his
  path. He snatches up a large ROCK and hurls it at
Freddy's
  head.
  The rock rips past Freddy and BOOM! It explodes
against a
  sheer wall of granite.
  Then, Jason sends an even bigger rock sailing
through the
  air...
  CRACK! The rock connects with the back of Freddy's
head. He
  goes down hard. Jason is on top of Freddy in an
instant.
  He picks Freddy up and slams him into the ground,
pummeling
  his with his bare hands.
  We've never seen Freddy suffer like this before. He
tries to
  fight back, swinging his super-claw, SCREAMING like
a
  banshee.
  But Jason is too monstrous! Too quick! Too powerful!
Freddy
  suffers a series of catastrophic, crippling blows,
which only
  one monster could possibly take from another.
  Jason grabs Freddy and lifts him over his head.
Freddy
  SCREAMS and struggles against Jason's grip.
  THUNDER AND LIGHTNING!
  Suddenly, Freddy tears one arm free and PLUNGES his
razor
  claw deep into Jason's neck. Jason HOWLS and
stumbles
  backwards.
  We suddenly realize that both monsters stand at the
edge of a
  dangerous precipice.
  LOW ANGLE
  From the bottom of the ravine, looking up, we see
Jason and
  Freddy start to tumble over the edge.
  Jason quickly reaches out and grabs hold of a branch
growing
  out of a huge, rotted-out tree. He swings out over
the
  ravine. Freddy barely manages to hold on.
  Suddenly, Freddy's razor claw rips loose from
Jason's neck.
  Freddy DROPS. At the last possible second...
  He desperately STABS HIS CLAW into Jason's thickly
muscled
  calf. Now, he dangles over the sharp rocks below.
  Jason HOWLS and tries to shake Freddy loose. The
tree's
  ancient roots start to rip from the ground under the
combined
  weight of the two monsters.
  The branch Jason is holding SNAPS! Jason and Freddy
FREE
  FALL, then SLAM into hard earth, missing the deadly
rocks by
  mere inches.
  KERRR-RACK!
  They both look up to see the giant tree trunk tear
free of
  the cliff-side. It comes plummeting toward them
end-over-end.
  Freddy rolls out of the way just as the massive
trunk slams
  into Jason, driving him into the earth.
  Freddy staggers back, disappearing into the shadows.
  Jason struggles, pinned under the weight of the
tree.
  THUNDER AND LIGHTNING!
  Jason ROARS, throws the tree from his chest, and
jumps to his
  feet. He looks around... but Freddy is gone.
  EXT. LAKE
  Jason STALKS past the black waters of the lake,
looking for
  Freddy.
  The only sounds we can hear are the beating of
Jason's heart
  and wind rattling the rotted out timbers of an old
boathouse.
  Jason approaches the wooden structure...
  BOOM!
  Freddy BURSTS through the wall!
  In a shower of splintering wood, Freddy drives his
razor claw
  deep into Jason's chest! He clamps his hand around
Jason's
  heart.
  Jason CRIES OUT, drops his machete, and begins to
SHRINK BACK
  TO HIS ORIGINAL SIZE, his look of anger and rage
slowly
  giving way to one of fear.
  He freezes as Freddy tightens his grip and stares
deep into
  his eyes.
                    FREDDY
          I can feel your heart beating faster,
          Jason. Are you afraid?
  Freddy forces Jason to take a step back. Jason reels
in agony
  as Freddy controls his every movement by twisting
and
  squeezing his heart. He backs Jason onto an...
  OLD, RICKETY DOCK
                    FREDDY
          Goodbye, Jason.
  Freddy lets loose an insane CACKLE.
                    FREDDY
          I killed you once, I'll kill you again.
          Only this time... it's forever!
                    LIZZIE (O.S.)
          JASON!!!
  ANGLE ON
  Lizzie hurls the MACHETE. It sails toward the two
monsters,
  end-over-end.
  FREDDY watches in disbelief as the huge blade spins
toward
  them.
  JASON snatches the machete out of the air and gives
Freddy a
  massive shove.
  FREDDY tumbles backwards and...
  RIPS JASON'S HEART OUT!
  FREDDY slowly turns to face LIZZIE. Her face washes
with
  horror when she sees Jason's still-beating heart
clutched in
  his razor glove. Freddy CACKLES triumphantly, but--
  JASON HASN'T GONE DOWN!
  With one final burst of rage, JASON ROARS and
plunges his big
  BLADE deep into Freddy's back. It thrusts straight
through
  Freddy's chest and toward camera.
  FREDDY looks down in shock at the blade slicing
through him.
  JASON lifts Freddy high into the air, skewered on
his massive
  blade! Freddy struggles, writhing in horrific pain.
  Jason's face distorts with anger as his eyes burn
into
  Freddy. He opens his mouth -- but he doesn't roar.
He doesn't
  bellow. He doesn't howl...
  HE FINALLY SPEAKS.
                    JASON VOORHEES
          FREDDY'S DEAD!
  THUNDER AND LIGHTNING!
  LIZZIE watches, transfixed, as Freddy deliquesces
into a
  hideous, foul, bubbling, nightmarish GOB.
  FREDDY KRUEGER IS NO MORE.
  A huge BOLT OF LIGHTNING hits the dock. BOOM! Wood
explodes!
  It cracks in half! The far end of the dock starts to
sink
  under Jason's massive weight.
  JASON falls backwards into the lake, the huge hole
in his
  chest filling with water as he disappears into the
murky
  depths.
  CAMERA PUSHES in on Lizzie. A strange smile slowly
creeps
  across her face.
  THUNDER AND LIGHTNING!
                                                   CUT
TO BLACK.
                            _THE END_