The Boxtrolls Page #2
CLOSE ON:
Archibald Snatcher as the truck rounds a corner.He holds a MEGAPHONE TUBE to his mouth and orates as he zeros
in on a BOY playing ball in the street.
SNATCHER (CONT’D)
Child! Do you want to end up like
the Trubshaw Baby?
The boy watches the truck as it passes, curiosity changing to
horror.
SNATCHER (CONT’D)
Dragged underground and feasted
upon one year ago this very night?!
The terrified boy shakes his head and GASPS as he is yanked
inside by his MOTHER. His BALL bounces out of his hands and
rolls across the cobbles.
SNATCHER (CONT’D)
Lock your windows! Bolt your doors!
Hide anything that is not bolted
down.
One man grabs his DOOR KNOCKER and bolts inside.
Another man grabs his MAILBOX.
Another a BARBER POLE.
With a terrified look the last man peers out of the peep hole
in his door, then slams it shut.
SNATCHER (O.S.) (CONT’D)
Hide your cheese. Hide your tender
and delicious babies!
6.
EXT CHEESEBRIDGE STREETS - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT
The wind blows trash down the empty streets. Snatcher’s
vehicle, rattling from its boiler, prowls past with Snatcher
still calling out his warning until the sound fades in the
distance.
SNATCHER (O.S.)
Beware the bloodthirsty monsters!
They'll fry your eyes, gnaw on your
knees, gobble your gizzards...
Beware! BEWARE!
After Snatcher’s truck has passed the CAMERA lands on: A
MANHOLE. Carved in the heavy iron cover is a warning: “HERE
BE MONSTERS”.
A LONG BEAT OF SILENCE. The manhole cover slowly twists and
lifts, a pudgy blue hand emerges. Two pairs of yellow,
glowing eyes peer out. The creatures talk in expressive but
unintelligible GURGLES. Down the street, two more manhole
covers lift.
In pairs and in gangs, these BOXTROLLS -- so called for the
cardboard boxes they wear -- emerge from the sewers and
scurry through the streets of the besieged town. Their long,
forboding SHADOWS creep across walls plastered with posters
that read:
“CHEESEBRIDGE: A GOUDA PLACE TO LIVE”, “REDHATS -BOXTROLL EXTERMINATORS”.
We watch them scurry through streets and alleyways, gurgling
quiet directions to each other. They move swiftly and travel
in packs. We see a lone boxtroll jump and pull himself in to
his box as a DOG BARKS. He pops back out of his box and moves
along quickly.
CLOSE ON:
what appears to be a LARGE BOXTROLL MONSTER peeringaround the corner of a moonlight street. Its glowing eyes
turn toward the camera as it sways slowly. Five more pairs of
eyes light up within the large, boxy shadow and SIX BOXTROLLS
separate from the mass, popping off to run their errands
while the coast is clear.
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