Kalifornia
- R
- Year:
- 1993
- 117 min
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EXT. - NIGHT
It's raining like hell. Flashes of lightning reveal momentary
glimpses of a decayed urban/industrial landscape. Far below
us, a mysterious glistening wet rock lies engulfed in the
drowning earth. We descend toward the rock. Sporadic flashes
of lightning distort our perspective of the stone. It looks
strangely beautiful, like a diamond stuck in the dark mud...
Closer... Closer...
Suddenly, STRONG MALE HANDS cut across the frame and wrench
it free from its muddy grave. Even closer... And we discover
that the underbelly of this beautiful rock is teeming with
every kind of slithering repulsive insect... FLASH!!*
Lightning obliterates the frame.
(* FLASHES OF LIGHT from lightning, car headlights,
photographic strobe units and flashlights are used throughout
the following sequences as recurring transitional devices.)
CITY STREET EXT. NIGHT
We can barely see the darkened street in a run down part of
an inner city -- what we can see looks half demolished.
Flash!!
Through chain link fencing, the blinding headlights of a
70'S CHEVY arc into frame. For an instant we see the fleeting
image of a PRETTY TEENAGE GIRL. On her feet a pair of bright
red high heeled shoes. The Chevy pulls up next to her.
INT. 70'S CHEVY - NIGHT
FLASH!! An oncoming car's headlights streak across the beat
up Chevy's windshield... revealing... THE DRIVER, 45ish, as
he leans across the passenger seat and opens the car door.
The pretty teenage girl slides into the car. Dressed only in
a skirt and T-Shirt, she's soaked to the skin. Make-up runs
down her face and her hair sticks to her bare shoulders. She
seems nervous... scared even.
PRETTY TEENAGE GIRL
Thanks.
As she closes the car door the man notices that her hand has
been injured. It's bound with coarse white toweling and
stained with blood. In her other hand, she clings tightly to
a cheap yellow leather purse. He reaches forward and puts
his hand on the gear-shift, the back of his hand brushing
against her leg, she moves away. He slides the gear-shift
into drive.
Another car's headlights flare the windshield as he pulls
out into the night.
INT. ROOFLESS OLD WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
Suddenly... a powerful photographic strobe light ignites!
Revealing a decrepit warehouse interior. Silhouetted briefly
against the paint chipped walls are two figures: A man, BRIAN
KESSLER, 25, short chopped hair dressed in black on black,
and a woman, CARRIE LAUGHLIN, 25, short black hair and tight
black clothes. Carrie holds a 35mm still camera, an umbilical
cord runs to a strobe light. Brian holds a flashlight in one
hand, a tape recorder in the other. He begins speaking into
the tape recorder.
BRIAN:
Her father worked the night shift
here. Most nights he'd bring her
with him.
(pause)
His flashlight scans the ominous environment. Carrie takes
flash photo.
EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE - NIGHT
Emerging from the blackness... The same strong male hands
that unearthed the rock now pulls his rain soaked jacket
clear of his torso. A crude bandage wrapped around one of
the fingers. The rock is slipped up under his jacket... up
against his bare chest. The jacket is pulled down to conceal
the rock and the faceless figure drifts away.
INT. ROOFLESS OLD WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
The beam of Brian's flashlight sweeps through the darkness,
revealing another room.
BRIAN:
This is it. This is the where he'd
take her whenever he had the urge to
molest her.
The flashlight finds the corner in question. Flash!! The
warehouse lights up again, revealing a huge machine room.
BRIAN:
Of course! Nobody would have heard
her cries over the noise of the
machines.
INT. 70'S CHEVY - NIGHT
A male hand wipes the steamy condensation clear of his car's
front window. The windshield wipers swipe incessantly at the
constant sheet of rain beyond.
DRIVER:
Damn! This defroster never works...
The driver fidgets blindly with the various levers and knobs.
He finally manages to get the defroster and heater to work.
The girl leans forward into the stream of warm air.
PRETTY TEENAGE GIRL
...Mmm... feels good.
She closes her eyes, lets it blow across her face. He watches
her. His eyes linger on her body.
DRIVER:
Have a problem with your car?
She pulls her wet hair off her bruised face and gives him a
nervous smile.
PRETTY TEENAGE GIRL
No.
(beat)
My problem's with men.
He throws a curious look at her, then back to the highway.
INT. ROOFLESS OLD WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
Brian's flashlight moves around the room.
BRIAN:
This is where she murdered her first
victim. They found his body over in
the corner, shot through the head.
The flashlight continues to search through the darkness.
BRIAN:
They found her second victim over
there.
Another flash!!!!!
INT. 70'S CHEVY
Very close on the girl's yellow purse... as the metal zipper
is pulled open. The driver notices her opening the purse.
PRETTY TEENAGE GIRL
Okay if I smoke?
DRIVER:
(unconvincingly)
...sure.
The driver watches as she reaches into the purse... out a
soggy pack of matches. She looks at them... I look to the
driver.
PRETTY TEENAGE GIRL
My matches are all wet. You got a
lighter?
DRIVER:
(scans the dashboard)
Yeah. It's here somewhere. It's my
wife's car. Ah... there it is.
He pushes the cigarette lighter in to heat. Out of the corner
of his eye, he sees the girl's hand slip back in her purse.
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