by James Eddy
In Dreams: Screenplay
By James Eddy
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FADE IN:
EXT. NORWICH - DAY
A taxi travels swiftly through the streets of Norwich, along Prince of Wales Road, Rose Lane, Cattlemarket Street, Westlegate, St Stephens Street, and Chapelfield Road. It stops at the traffic lights on Grapes Hill, before eventually moving along Dereham Road.
CUT TO:
INT. TAXI - DAY
OLIVER BELL - a young man in his early twenties - sits in the back of the taxi, which has stopped because of traffic. Oliver winds down a window to look out and ahead to see the reason for the hold-up. He then looks out of the window and across to the other side of the road. Something immediately catches his eye.
Fade TO:
Black screen:
SUPER: "Five Nights Earlier"
Fade In:
BEGIN DREAM SEQUENCE:
EXT. STREET - DAY
Oliver walks down his driveway onto the pavement, turns left and continues to walk along the street. As he walks, he looks down to his left at the dew glistening on the grass.
CUT TO:
INT. SHOP - DAY
Oliver grabs two bottles of Absinthe from a shelf.
CUT TO:
EXT. SHOP - DAY
Oliver walks out of the shop carrying one absinthe bottle in each hand. He walks for a short distance before stopping quite suddenly. He looks at something in the distance. The sound of the two absinthe bottles smashing on the ground is heard.
CUT TO:
EXT. STREET - DAY
Oliver runs quickly towards what he has seen. Lying on the ground in a pool of blood is - JOHNNY YOUNGBLOOD - a seventeen year old boy. Oliver crouches down next to him.
OLIVER
Jesus, Johnny!
JOHNNY
You're already too late my friend
OLIVER
No, no... I am so sorry
JOHNNY
It’s not your fault... Look... Just do me a favour and go to that house will yer.
Johnny points to a very large house, which is painted entirely black except for its bright red front door
OLIVER
I can get help there!
(He runs off and shouts back)
I'LL SEE YOU SOON
JOHNNY
I don’t doubt it mate
CUT TO:
EXT. BLACK HOUSE - DAY
Oliver runs to the red front door of the house, pushes it open, and walks inside.
CUT TO:
INT. BLACK HOUSE - DAY
Oliver begins to walk slowly along a dark hallway. Several moments pass as he walks and it becomes obvious that the hallway is extremely long and that it has no windows or doors.
OLIVER
(Continuing to walk)
HELLO, IS ANYONE IN?
(A beat)
HELLO?
(A beat)
WILL SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE?
(Stopping)
Is there...
(A beat as he looks around)
A door anywhere in this place?
Oliver looks all the way up and down the corridor, which is, aside from its size and the tattered wallpaper hanging from the walls, almost featureless. He begins to walk again, slightly faster than before.
OLIVER
Hello?
He continues walking for several seconds and then he trips over something on the ground. He does not get up and instead feels for what made him fall. He finds that on the ground in the middle of the hallway is a single black door. Oliver stands again for several seconds looking at the door. He bends down to the door and, taking hold of the handle, he pulls it open and folds it out onto the floor. He stands again for several moments staring at the open doorway. Finally, he shrugs his shoulders, walks forward and places one foot into and through the doorway.
CUT TO:
EXT. MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK - EVENING
Oliver hits the ground with a thump. He picks himself up, dusts himself off and looks up to the sky. EMILY - a young woman in her twenties - then immediately runs past, grabbing his hand and pulling him along after her.
EMILY
(Running and
slightly out
of breath)
You've got to help me!
OLIVER
What?
EMILY
You've got to save me!
OLIVER
Where are we going?
EMILY
Up there.
She points up at the upper floors of the car park but continues to run, dragging Oliver with her, until she knocks straight into and through the door which leads into the car park.
CUT TO:
INT. MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK - EVENING
OLIVER
(Still running)
What the hell is going on?
EMILY
(A beat or
two as she
slows and
then stops
running before
turning to
face him)
Trust me…. And will you hide with me please?
OLIVER
I can’t
Emily looks at him longingly. She grabs his hand with both of hers. He looks down at her hands on his before looking up at her face.
CUT TO:
INT. MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK - NIGHT
Oliver and Emily lie next to each other under a car.
OLIVER
(Turning his head
towards Emily)
What exactly are we doing here?
EMILY
Shh...
(Whispering)
We're hiding
OLIVER
(Whispering)
Yes... But who from?
EMILY
(A beat)
Demons
(A beat or two)
It doesn’t look like they know we’re here
Both Oliver and Emily slide out from opposite sides of the car. She walks behind the car to stand next to him. At that moment another car can be heard coming from a lower level of the car park. They both turn towards where the noise is coming from. The next thing they see is a black car that is driven up from the lower levels of the car park, which comes to a stop in front of them. The driver of the car - JIM BRADY, a boy in his late teens with short dark hair - gets up and out of the car to lean over the car door and look directly at Oliver. Oliver is shocked and surprised to see him.
OLIVER
(To Emil
y)
RUN!
Oliver grabs Emily’s hand and runs up an incline. As they get to the next level of the car park, Oliver, still holding Emily’s hand, looks back down towards the black car, which is still on the level below them. He turns away and looks around again. When he sees something ahead of him, he stops.
OLIVER
(Pointing forward)
THERE!
Ahead of the two of them is a red door. He pulls Emily toward it.
EMILY
What’s going on? That wasn't there before
OLIVER
Trust me... And will you hide with me please?
Emily smiles at Oliver. They then walk on, open the door and step through it.
CUT TO:
EXT. CATHEDRAL GROUNDS - DAY
Oliver and Emily sit on a grass lawn. Oliver looks around and sees a large statue of Admiral Nelson. He then looks upwards, taking in the sheer size and scale of the Cathedral.
EMILY
(To Oliver)
Thank you for that
Oliver moves his gaze down from looking at the cathedral and looks over his shoulder. This time he sees a large statue of the Duke of Wellington. He turns back towards Emily.
OLIVER
Where are we now?
EMILY
(Pointing around
herself)
Well, that’s a cathedral, that’s a statue of Admiral Nelson, that’s another of the Duke of Wellington and this is the city I live in.
(A beat)
The rest is up to you to find out
She smiles at him.
OLIVER
What? But who are you? What's your name?
EMILY
That’s really two different questions... And the second one’s a bit easier to answer. I’m...
As Oliver looks at her, her face fades to white. Her lips move but he doesn't hear a word.
END DREam sequence.
INT. BEDROOM - MORNING
Oliver lies in bed. He lifts his upper body and leans over to look at a clock on the bedside table. The time is 8.15am. Oliver exhales heavily and falls back onto his pillow.
CUT TO:
EXT. LONDON - MORNING
Oliver makes his way through busy streets in the pouring rain.
CUT TO:
EXT. OFFICE BUILDING - MORNING
Oliver walks up to and through the outer doors of the office building where he works.
CUT TO:
INT. OFFICE - MORNING
Oliver walks through the lift doors onto the floor where he works. He is still wet from the rain. No one pays any attention to his arrival. He carries on walking until he reaches the desk in his workstation. He sits down facing a computer and