Cherry Falls Page #5

BRENT(CONT'D)

I'm on my way.

INT. JODY'S

Jody sits up on her bed, also sensing something big has happened.

INT. HALLWAY

Brent buttons up his shirt.

MARGE:

What happened?

BRENT:

Two kids were found mutilated

in the woods. Lock the door

after me.

Brent grabs his gun belt and heads down the stairs.

Jody appears. She and her mom share a concerned glance.

CUT TO:

EXT. STACY'S HOUSE

Brent pulls up. A lot of official cars are already there.

EXT. WOODS

A trail of flares eerily light up the woods, leading to the crime scene.

EXT. WOODS

The murder sit. Police cameras flash. Stacy is still nailed to the tree.

Rod is dead on the ground below her in a puddle of his own blood.

Brent walks up, immediately repulsed by the gruesome sight. His deputy,

JACK WEBBER, sidles up next to him.

DEPUTY:

Her parents reported her missing about

an hour ago.

A flash bulb momentarily lights up the scene. Brent pulls out his

flashlight to better survey the carnage.

He starts on Rod, throat slit, chest gutted. He then moves to Stacy,

looking at one nailed hand, then the other.

BRENT:

What kind of a person wakes

up in the morning and says

to themselves, 'Think I'll nail

a sixteen year old girl to a tree today'?

DEPUTY:

The same type that decides to carve into

her stomach.

Brent finally shines the flashlight beam on Stacy's stomach. Carved into

her flesh is the word 'VIRGIN'.

CUT TO:

MONTAGE:

High school kids are getting ready for school.

Body parts are being covered. Pants and stocking are pulled up over bare

teenage legs.

Shirts and bras cover bare teenage chests.

Zippers are pulled tight. Buttons are buttoned.

The school bell rings and the kids arrive in cars, on bikes, walking.

IT'S A TYPICAL small town American high school, somewhat repressed but

alive. The news spreads quickly about the double killing as the crowd

splits into its various tribes: punk rockers, jocks, potheads,

cheerleaders, nerds.

The killing is on everyone's mind.

EXT. SCHOOLYARD

Jody rides up on her bike and glances across the schoolyard as she locks

it in the bike rack.

Jody's POV - Kenny is leaning against a tree, talking with a busty girl,

SHARON.

Jody is upset to see Kenny flirting with someone else. As she starts

toward the front door of the school, a few other CLASSMATES run up to her.

She keeps glancing over at Kenny but he doesn't notice her.

CLASSMATE 1

Jody!

JODY:

Hi.

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