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Julia

sits on the passenger side, leaning against the window, trying to shut out the

music. Terry looks just as miserable. Finally, Julia turns off the radio.

A:

silent beat. The guys catch their girlfriends' expressions.

PAUL:

Sorry.

SAM:

(overlapping)

Sorry.

Terry

leans forward between the seats.

TERRY:

So

the cabin has electricity, right? And plumbing? Everything we need?

JULIA:

Uh-huh.

TERRY:

So

it has everything.

JULIA:

It

has everything.

SAM:

Wait

a minute. I hear a shoe about to drop.

JULIA:

Except

a phone.

SAM:

BAM!

There it is.

TERRY:

(scandalized)

I:

need a phone. It's like family to me. Mom, Dad, my brother .... phone.

JULIA:

So

you're roughing it.

TERRY:

The

last time I tried to rough it, I was in therapy for a year. Why didn't your

mother have a phone?

JULIA:

I:

guess she wanted to be left alone.

At

least until she got sick.

Paul

looks to her.

PAUL:

This

won't be too hard on you, will it?

Staying

at her place?

JULIA:

It's

okay. I'm enjoying this.

Julia

smiles at him. Paul smiles back.

PAUL:

Good.

He

switches the radio back on and continues RAPPING with Sam. Julia and Terry both

stare straight ahead, ears pounding. This is turning into a LONG trip.

EXT. FOREST ROAD - NIGHT

Paul's

Range Rover makes its way down a long, winding road. The Rover's headlights

illuminate the woods lining the road on both sides.

INT. RANGE ROVER - NIGHT

The

inside of the Range Rover is dark. Only the faint glow from the dashboard

lights provides any ambient illumination. Sam and Terry are snuggled together

in the back seat. Everything is quiet.

Julia

is thinking. Finally, she breaks the silence.

JULIA:

Do

you believe in monsters?

A:

beat. Everyone else in the car trades looks.

PAUL:

We've

been in the car too long.

JULIA:

I'm

just asking.

PAUL:

Like

what? The Boogeyman?

JULIA:

The

Boogeyman. The thing under the bed. The monster hiding in the closet.

TERRY:

What

made you think of that?

JULIA:

A:

little girl at Sam's house. She was convinced there was a monster trying to get

her.

PAUL:

You're

saying you believe her?

Julia

is suddenly on the spot. She backtracks.

JULIA:

Of

course I don't. There are no monsters. Not really.

SAM:

Sure

there are. Ted Bundy. Son of Sam.

Ed

Gein.

TERRY:

Who

was Ed Gein?

SAM:

He

was a mass murderer. This old hermit who'd kill people and take the parts he

wanted. Heads. Livers. Intestines. Sex organs.

TERRY:

Why

did he use the parts for?

SAM:

Everything.

The police found a skull that was used for a soup bowl. Faces were stuffed and

mounted like hunting trophies on the wall. Bones were used for furniture.

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