Poltergeist Page #2

SHAW:

Lester Hayes. F***in’ Hayes is

there!! He’s there! He’s...

The channel changes all by itself to Mister Rogers.

STEVEN:

(yelling at the wall)

Tuthill--! You a**hole!

ARNIE:

Turn it back! Christ!

STEVEN:

Sorry guys. When my neighbor uses

his remote... he’s on my same

frequency.

Steve turns it back to football. A second later, “Mr.

Rodgers” is singing. Steve walks over to the wall, and points

his remote control and fires!

5.

From the other side of the wall comes a muffled ROAR.. The

voice of BEN TUTHILL.

TUTHILL (O.S.)

Don’t start, Freeling!

16 EXT. SLIDING DOOR/FREELING HOUSE - DAY 16

Steve opens the sliding glass door and yells over the fence.

Tuthill, a robust man in a tank top and sunglasses, yells out

his window, the remote control brandished in Steve’s

direction.

STEVEN:

We got a game going on over here!

TUTHILL:

The kids wanna watch Mr. Rodgers!

STEVEN:

I don’t care what you’re watching,

as long as you show a little mercy

with that thing!

TUTHILL:

(closing his window hard)

Move your set!

STEVEN:

Move yours!

Tuthill clicks at Steve through his window.

17 INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY 17

Steve’s channels change and the gathering SCREAMS again.

18 EXT. SLIDING DOOR - DAY 18

Steve fires his remote at the Tuthills and a muffled

“goddammit!” is heard.

19 INT. HALLWAY TO BATHROOM - DAY 19

Diane has Tweety by his little claw feet at arms length. With

a sour grimace she moves into the bathroom and raises the

toilet seat, aims Tweety and... Carol Anne steps into the

doorway catching her Mom red-handed.

6.

CAROL ANNE:

Tweety--!!

DIANE:

(barely audible)

Oh sh*t.

20 EXT. FREELING’S BACK YARD - DAY 20

With his own bedroom window facing him, Robbie climbs among

the twisted branches, then looks at the neighborhood and the

sky beyond.

20-A EXT. - P.O.V. OF SKY - DAY 20-A

Storm clouds are gathering in the distance.

21 INT. KITCHEN - DAY 21

CLOSE SHOT - CIGAR BOX

Diane places little Tweety into the cigar box. She starts to

close the lid.

.

CAROL ANNE:

Tweety doesn’t like that smell.

DIANE:

Sweetheart, Tweety can’t smell a

thing.

CAROL ANNE:

(giving orders)

Put a flower with him.

Diane smiles at this thought and takes a red rose from the

vase on the windowsill. Carol Anne pulls into her pocket and

takes out some red licorice. She bites off the end, spits it

out into her hand and places the wet piece inside the cigar

box.

CAROL ANNE:

For when he’s hungry.

She places a Polaroid snapshot of herself and Robbie.

CAROL ANNE:

For when he’s lonely.

She covers him with a napkin.

7.

CAROL ANNE:

For when it’s nighttime.

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