The Nightmare Before Christmas Page #4

SECOND GHOUL:

I am the who when you call --

This ghoul is closer, louder and Sally does turn around now --

revealing that she's a crudely stitched together Bride Of

Frankenstein Rag Doll. Her balance is precarious. Her arms

flop. Her mouth is a tragic slash. She has a quavering, little

voice:

SALLY:

-- Who's there?

But the second ghoul has disappeared before she sees him. Only

his voice remains...

SECOND GHOUL'S VOICE

I am the wind blowing through your hair.

Invisible fingers lift Sally's long hair. It is with pathetic

eagerness that she looks around for whomever is responsible for

this.

A THIRD GHOUL:

springs into view, then bounces skyward. With a very

disappointed Sally (she's sorry he's leaving), we watch him go up

into...

EXT. SKY. NIGHT/CONTINUOUS TIME.

The Third Ghoul seems to reach the moon.

THIRD GHOUL:

I am the shadow on the moon at night,

filling your dreams to the brim with fright.

As the Third Ghoul passes the orange disk of the moon,

BATS:

flap out from behind it. They sing with the Third Ghoul...

THIRD GHOUL AND BATS

This is Halloween, This is Halloween

HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN!

The bats flutter off and the Third Ghoul falls back toward the

ground. He lands...

EXT. HALLOWEEN TOWN SQUARE. NIGHT/CONTINUOUS TIME.

As he hits the ground, the Third Ghoul shatters, breaking apart

into several pieces -- globular and doughy GELATINOUS LUMPS, each

a separate little creature. When they sing, they have very high

voices:

GELATINOUS LUMPS

Tender Lumplings everywhere

Life's no fun without a good scare.

Over the crest of the hill, behind the town square,

THE CORPSES:

march into view, flanking the MAYOR'S HEARSE.

CORPSES:

That's our job, but we're not mean

In our town of Halloween.

Behind the corpses come the VAMPIRES.

CORPSES AND VAMPIRES

In this town --

The MAYOR

blares out his message through a P.A. SYSTEM on the hearse.

MAYOR:

-- don't we love it now?

Everyone's waiting for the next surprise.

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