The Monster Squad Page #5

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DEACON:

You're one of Combs kids.

D'JUAN

Difference being that I'm in here

for standing up for myself, not

because the principal thinks I'm

gonna burn the school down.

DEACON:

It starts slow.

12.

D'JUAN

Wisdoms from a guy who got held

back two years and lives in a

junkyard? You should make your own

video, Means.

DEACON:

(mock-gasp)

He knows my name!

Chud has been fishing around in his backpack during the

exchange. He pulls out a DVD case and holds it up.

CHUD:

I got something we can watch

instead.

D'JUAN

Dumbass, that's a DVD. You see a

DVD player up there?

CHUD:

I'm not TALKING to you.

DEACON:

What is it?

CHUD:

"Twins of Evil." It's a horror

flick from the seventies...

D'JUAN

Man, nobody wants to watch your

stupid monster movies. Shut up, and

settle.

DEACON:

I do. Any tits in it?

CHUD:

Oh my God, there's this one

scene...

13.

D'JUAN

Oh my God, who gives a sh*t? What

are you bringing that to school

for, anyway?

CHUD:

My mom, uh...

D'JUAN

I don't care.

DEACON:

Then stop interrupting. How many

tits, kid?

CHUD:

A sh*t-ton. There's also this girlon-

girl thing, where...

LIAM:

That's a different movie.

A pause. All eyes go to Liam, who hasn't moved; he doesn't

return the glances.

CHUD:

What?

LIAM:

You're thinking of "The Vampire

Lovers." Same studio, same trilogy,

different movie.

DEACON:

And then there were two.

CHUD:

Woah. I didn't know you were into

the genre.

LIAM:

Yeah.

14.

D'JUAN

Oh, okay. I didn't know you all had

a little club going on in here...

.

CHUD:

It's not a CLUB. (to Liam) You ever

see the original "Legend of Hell

House," from...

D'JUAN

Yo. Hey. Listen to me... nobody

cares about horror movies, yeah?

Nobody.

CHUD:

Like you know anything about it!

D'JUAN

I know that nobody cares. Only some

sorry-ass kids who got scared when

they were little, and who can't let

the sh*t go. It's psychological.

LIAM:

It's escapism. Same as any movies,

any books.

CHUD:

Thank you! Thank you. He knows what

he's talking about.

D'JUAN

He doesn't, and you don't, either.

Which is why you're bringing some

stupid DVDs to SCHOOL with you.

That's not healthy.

DEACON:

What's wrong with a little

initiative?

15.

D'JUAN

You still talking, Means?

DEACON:

I'm an advocate for freedom, jock.

Which means that... if a man wants

to bring the things that make him

happy to this squalid shithole,

then...

Deacon continues to orate, as he digs into his own bookbag,

coming up with ANOTHER DVD box. His, however, is quite

clearly PORN, as illustrated by the glossy raunch on the

cover.

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