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		FROM DUSK TILL DAWN Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino Story by Robert Kurtzman Directed by Robert Rodriguez "I earnestly wish an end would come to this bloody race I am forced to run." -Countess in Jess Franco's "La Comtesse Noire" FADE IN: EXT. LIQUOR STORE - DAY A convenience store in a Texas Suburb. No other businesses surround it. CLOSE-UP: A light switch is flipped on. The sign on top of the store lights up. It reads: "BENNY'S WORLD OF LIQUOR." SUBTITLE APPEARS AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN: BIG SPRING, TEXAS 109 MILES WEST OF ABILENE 345 MILES EAST OF THE MEXICAN BORDER A Texas Ranger patrol car pulls into the parking lot and a real live Texas Ranger, EARL MCGRAW, steps out. McGraw is in full ranger uniform - button shirt, cowboy hat, boots, mirrored shades, tin star and a colt revolver on his hip. It's about an hour and a half before sundown and McGraw is off duty for the day. The only other car in the parking lot is a 1975 Plymouth (Charley Varrick's car). INT. BENNY'S WORLD OF LIQUOR - DAY A young Hawaiian Shirt wearing man named PETE sits on a stool behind the counter. A few CUSTOMERS fiddle about. A MAN wearing a black suit, black tie, and wire rim glasses holds hands with a PRETTY BLONDE GIRL in cutoffs and bare feet. They look through magazines. Another black suit wearing MAN holds hands with a RED-HEADED GIRL in a prep school uniform. They look through the beer cooler in the back of the store. Both girls are around seventeen. MCGRAW enters the store. MCGRAW Hot goddamn day! PETE Haven't felt it a bit. Been inside with the air conditioner blastin' all day long. MCGRAW Not even for lunch? PETE I'm by myself today, ate my lunch outta the microwave. McGraw walk over to the beer cooler, as if done ritually every night (it is), takes out a beer, pops it open and joins Pete by the front counter. MCGRAW Jesus Christ man, that microwave food'll kill ya as quick as a bullet. Those burritos are only fit for a hippie high on weed. Pull me down a bottle of Jack Daniels. I'm gettin' tanked tonight. PETE Whatsamatter? MCGRAW Awww, it's just been a shit ass day. Every inch of it hot and miserable. First off, Nadine at the Blue Chip got some sorta sick, so that Mongoloid boy of her's was workin' the grill. That fuckin' idiot don't know rat shit from Rice Krispies. I ate breakfast at nine, was pukin' up pigs in a blanket like a sick dog by ten thirty. PETE Isn't there a law or something against retards serving food to the public? MCGRAW Well, if there ain't there sure oughta be. Who knows what goes on inside a mongoloids mind? PETE You could sue the shit out of her, ya know. That kid belongs under a circus tent, not flippin' burgers. You could own that fuckin' place. MCGRAW What the hell would I do with that grease pit? Besides, Nadine's got enough of a cross to bear just taking care of that potato head. Then all this Albiene shit happened. You heard about that bank robbery in Abilene, didn't ya? PETE That's all that's been on the box all day. They killed some people, didn't they? MCGRAW Four Rangers, three cops, and two civilians. And they took a lady bank teller as a hostage. Pete doesn't say anything. MCGRAW They'll probably make a run for the border, which would bring 'em this way. And if we get our hands on those shit asses, we're talking payback time. We'll get 'em all right. I gotta piss. I'm gonna use your commode. PETE Knock yourself out. McGraw drops his last drip of beer, crushes the can and exits in the bathroom. The black suited man by the beer cooler turns around and, with the prep school girl in tow, walks rapidly toward Pete. We see that the girl is crying. BLACK SUITED MAN #1 (to Pete) Do you think I'm fuckin' playing with you, asshole? (points to the tearful prep school girl) Do you want this little girl to die? (pointing to the blonde with the other guy) Or that little girl? Or your bosom buddy with the badge? Or yourself? I don't wanna do it, but I'll turn this fuckin' store into the Wild Bunch if I even think you're fuckin' with me. The two men in black suits are the notorious Abilene bank robbers, SETH and RICHARD GECKO, "The Gecko Brothers." And the other customers are all being held hostage. Seth is the one with the prep girl. Richard is the one with the blonde. Everybody speaks low and fast. PETE What do you want from me? I did what you said. SETH Letting him use your toilet? No store does that. PETE He comes in here every day and we bullshit. He's used my toilet a thousand times. If I told him no, he'd know something was up. SETH I want that son-of-a-bitch out outta here, in his car, and down the road or you can change the name of this place to "Benny's World of Blood." Richard, holding tightly the hand of the terrified girl, leans next to Seth's ear and whispers something. Seth looks at Pete. SETH Were you giving that pig signals? PETE What? Are you kidding? I didn't do anything! Richard whispers something else in Seth's ear. SETH He says you were scratching. PETE I wasn't scratching! SETH You callin' him a liar? Pete controls himself. PETE I'm not calling him a liar, okay? I'm simply saying that if I was scratching, and if I did scratch, it's not because I was signaling the cop, it's because I'm fuckin' scared shitless. Richard speaks for the first time in a low calm voice to Seth. RICHARD The Ranger's taking a piss. Why don't I just go in there, blow his head off and get outta here. PETE Don't do that! Look, you asked me to act natural, and I'm acting as natural -- in fact, under the circumstances, I think I ought get a fuckin' Academy Award for how natural I'm acting. You asked me to get rid of him, I'm doing my best. SETH Yeah, well, your best better get a helluva lot fuckin' better, or you're gonna feel a helluva fuckin' lot worse. The toilet FLUSHES. SETH Everybody be cool. Everybody goes back to what they were doing. McGraw steps back out of the back. He appears to be unaware of the situation. MCGRAW Yeah, and I'm gonna be right back at it tomorrow. So tonight I'm gonna sit in front of the box and just drink booze. How much is the bottle? PETE Six-fifty. Out of nowhere Richard WHIPS out his forty-five automatic and SHOOTS McGraw in the head. McGraw goes down screaming. Richard stands over him and SHOOTS him twice more. Seth charges forward. SETH (to Richard) What the fuck was that about? RICHARD (in a low monotone) He signaled the Ranger. PETE (hysterical) I didn't. (to Seth) You gotta believe me, I didn't. RICHARD (to Seth) When they were talkin', he mouthed the words "Help Us." PETE You fuckin' liar, I didn't say shit! Richard SHOOTS Pete and Pete falls down behind the counter. Seth grabs Richard and throws him up against the wall. SETH What the fuck is wrong with you -- RICHARD Seth, he did it. You were by the beer cooler with your back turned. I was by the magazines, I could see his face. And I saw him mouth: Richard mouths the words, "Help Us." While Pete lies on the floor behind the counter bleeding from his bullet wound, he opens his floor safe and pulls out a gun from it. Seth releases his brother. SETH Start the car. RICHARD You believe me don'tcha? SETH Shut up and start the car. Richard walks away from Seth and crosses the counter... ...when Pete SPRINGS up, gun in hand, and SHOOTS Richard in the shoulder. Richard FALLS to his knees, howling. Both Pete and Seth SPRAY the store with gunfire. Seth DIVES down an aisle. He reloads. Pete DUCKS behind the counter. He reloads. Richard has crawled to safety behind an aisle. The two girls have run out screaming. SETH (yelling) Richie? You okay? RICHARD (yelling) I'm not dead, but I'm definitely shot! I told you that bastard said, "Help us!" PETE (yelling) I never said help us! SETH (yelling) Well that don't matter now, 'cause you got about two fuckin' seconds to live! Richie! RICHARD (yelling) Yeah? SETH (yelling) When I count three, shoot out the bottles behind him! RICHARD Gotcha! SETH One... Two... Three. The two brothers start FIRING toward the counter. They HIT the bottles of alcohol on the shelf behind Pete. Pete is crouched on the ground as glass, debris and alcohol RAIN down on him. Seth grabs a roll of paper towels from off a shelf. Richard keeps FIRING. Seth douses the paper towels with lighter fluid, sets it on fire with his Zippo, then tosses it. The flaming roll of paper towels FLIES through the air. The fireball lands behind the counter. The entire counter area immediately BURSTS INTO FLAMES. Pete screams from behind the counter. Seth smiles to himself and stands. Richard shakes his head in amusement and stands. Pete runs out from behind the counter, ENGULFED IN FLAMES, still holding his weapon and FIRING. Seth and Richard hit the ground FIRING their .45's. Pete, the human torch, FALLS like a tree into the Hostess Pastry display. Seth and Richard rise from the rubble. EXT. BENNY'S WORLD OF LIQUOR - DAY They exit the store squabbling. The store is bursting into flames. SETH What did I tell you? What did I tell you? Buy the road map and leave. RICHARD What am I supposed to do, Seth? He recognized us. SETH He didn't recognize shit. Both Seth and Richard stand on opposite sides of the car. RICHARD Seth, I'm telling you, the way he looked at us -- you especially -- I knew he knew. They both climb in the car (Seth behind the wheel). Seth starts it op. The souped up engine ROARS to life. We can hear Seth mumbling under the motor. SETH Low profile. Do you know what the words "low profile" mean? CLOSE-UP: SETH'S FOOT PUNCHES GAS. The Plymouth tears out of the parking lot backwards, hits the street, and speeds off down the road. We CRANE UP HIGH to see the car leaving a trail of dust behind it, as the store burns out of control. "MIRIMAX PRESENTS" TITLE SEQUENCE. Raunchy, honky-tonk MUSIC fills the theater. CREDIT SEQUENCE ENDS. CUT TO: EXT. EMMA AND PETE'S GRAVY TRAIN - DAY Emma and Pete's Gravy Train is a truck stop of of Highway 290. SUBTITLE APPEARS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN': FORT STOCKTON 238 MILES FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER INT. EMMA AND PETE'S GRAVY TRAIN - DAY Emma and Pete's PATRONS are made up of regulars, truckers, cowboys and road-weary travelers. The CAMERA DOLLIES through the maze of tables, patrons, and waitresses. It stops when it gets to a table occupied by the FULLER FAMILY. The Fullers definitely fall into the road-weary category. The members of the unit consist of the father, JACOB, age 44, an ex-preacher, a good man with rough edges, and his two children, KATE, age 19, is a young beauty who possesses what can only be described as as an apple pie sensuality. She is dressed like a nice Christian girl, complete with crucifix. SCOTT, age 16, is a Jacob's Vietnamese adopted son. Scott is a likable, long-haired kid who always wears a t-shirt with the name of the heavy metal garage band he plays guitar for, "Precinct 13." The three of them are wolfing down a late lunch. JACOB We got about two more hours of daylight left. That'll get us into El-Paso, which is right next to the border. We'll stop at a motel -- SCOTT Stop? We're not going to actually stop at a motel, are we? Scott and Kate speak together, obviously repeating something that Jacob has said about three hundred times. SCOTT AND KATE We've got a Winnebago. We don't need those overpriced roach havens. We're self contained. JACOB Okay, Okay, maybe I was a little overzealous, but give me a break, I just bought it. Scott and Kate continue the impersonation. SCOTT Why, just look at all this. You got your kitchen -- KATE -- you got your microwave -- SCOTT -- you got your sink -- KATE -- you got your shower -- SCOTT -- see this, television! KATE Feel this, real wood paneling. That's real wood, too, not that fake stuff. JACOB Unless you two wiseacres wanna be introduced to the joys of hitchhiking, what say we drop this? SCOTT (to Kate) The truth hurts. KATE (to Scott) It's the bitterest of pills. JACOB You two ought to start a stand-up act, because you're just wasting your humor on me. KATE Ain't it the truth. SCOTT Why do you want to stop? JACOB I'm exhausted. SCOTT Lie in the back, dad, I'll drive us into Mexico. Jacob gives Scott a look that says, "You aren't touching my new motor home." JACOB I just bet you would. Don't even think about it. Besides, I want to have one night's sleep in an honest-to-goodness bed. The beds in the home are okay, but they're not like a real bed. KATE Hey, if we go to a motel, we can swim. SCOTT I'll be right back. I'm gonna go to the bathroom. Scott gets up from the table and walks out back to the restroom. Jacob and Kate are left alone. There's an awkward moment of silence before... KATE Dad, when I called the machine to check our messages there was one from Bethel Baptist. Mr. Franklin said he wouldn't permanently replace you until we came back. He said when we come home, if you still feel the same way -- JACOB That's very nice of Ted, but I'll call him tomorrow and tell him not to bother waiting. KATE I didn't want to talk about this in front of Scott because he gets upset. But you don't believe in God anymore? JACOB Not enough to be a pastor. Look, I know this is hard on you kids. After Jenny's death, this is probably the last thing you need. But I can't do it any longer. My congregation needs spiritual leadership. Well, they can't get that from me anymore. My faith is gone. To answer your question, yes, I do believe in Jesus. But do I love them? No. After Jenny died, I just thought, what's the point? KATE (pushing him) It's just, all our lives you've been a pastor. For twenty years you've preached trust in the lord. And then one day you wake up and say fuck him? JACOB I didn't say fuck him. I'm just not connected anymore. KATE That happens, you'll get it back. JACOB Kate, give your old man a little credit. Every person who chooses the service of God as their life's work has something in common. I don't care if you're a preacher, a priest, a nun, a rabbi or a Buddhist monk. Many, many times during your life you'll look at your reflection in the mirror and ask yourself, am I a fool? We've all done it. I'm not going through a lapse. What I've experienced is closer to awakening. I'm not trying to shake your faith. I've just decided not to devote my life to God anymore. KATE What do you think Mom would say? JACOB Mom's got nothing to say, she's dead. CUT TO: CLOSE UP: COUNTER BELL. A hand slams down on it. RING. INT. LOBBY - DEW DROP INN - DAY Seth stands at the front desk of the Dew Drop Inn. A standard issue Texas motel. Richard sits outside in the car. Nobody responds to the bell. Seth BANGS it impatiently five times. TEXAS VOICE (O.S.) Hold your horses! An OLD TIMER walks through a curtain behind the counter. He's eating a BBQ rib. OLD TIMER (rough) Watcha want? SETH Watcha think I want, ya mean old bastard? I wanna room. EXT. COURTYARD - DEW DROP INN - DAY Richard sits in the car listening to Merle Haggard on the radio. He watches from his perspective, Seth taking the walking outside and getting in the car. Seth starts it up, and drives them to their room. RICHARD Do they have cable? SETH No. RICHARD Do they have an X-Rated channel? SETH No. RICHARD Do they have a waterbed? SETH They don't have anything except four walls and a roof, and that's all we need. Their car drives up to room #9, but they park backing up the trunk close to the door. The two brothers get out of the car. SETH (tossing Richie the motel keys) Open the door. We gotta do this fast. Richie opens the door. Seth goes to the trunk, looks around the courtyard. It's empty. CLOSE UP: KEY going into the trunk lock, turning. TRUNK POV: Seth looking into the camera. SETH'S POV: A WOMAN in her late forties is lying scrunched up in the trunk. She is the HOSTAGE BANK TELLER from Abilene. She's stiff, scared and looks an absolute mess. SETH Don't say a word. The two brothers, quick as lightening, yank the woman out of the trunk and whisk her into the motel room. SETH closes the trunk, looks around for any Johnny eye-witnesses, doesn't see any, slams the door. INT. SETH AND RICHARD'S ROOM - DAY Seth turns from the door, see's the hostage woman standing SETH You. Plant yourself in that chair. She sits down in the chair. HOSTAGE What are you planning on doing with -- SETH -- I said plant yourself. Plants don't talk. You wanna get on my good side? Just sit still and don't make a peep. She shuts up. Richard slowly takes off his jacket. He winces from his wound. SETH Let me help you. He helps him get his jacket off. Richie's white shirt is bloody around the shoulder area. His wound is wrapped up underneath. SETH How's it feel? RICHARD How ya think, it hurts like a son-of-a-bitch. Richie goes over to the bed and lies down on it. Seth takes the pillow and stacks them for Richie to prop his back up against. SETH I got both rooms on either side of us, so we don't gotta worry about eavesdropping assholes. How's that feel? You okay? RICHARD Feels good. SETH I'm gonna go get the money. He heads for the door. EXT. COURTYARD - MOTEL - DAY Seth goes into the car, takes out a big suitcase. He scans the perimeter with his eyes, goes back inside. INT. MOTEL ROOM #9 - DAY Seth comes back in, lays the suitcase on the bed. Richie has the T.V. remote control in his hand and he's flipping stations. Seth looks at his watch. SETH It's about five o'clock. (to hostage) What time does it get dark around here? HOSTAGE About seven. SETH Good. I'm going towards the border to check things out while it's still daylight. Call Carlos and arrange the rendezvous. RICHARD Hey, when you talk to him, see if you can arrange a better deal than thirty percent. SETH That's their standard deal, brother. They ain't about to change it for us. RICHARD Did you even to try to negotiate? SETH These guys ain't spic firecracker salesman from Tijuna. They don't even know the meaning of the word barter. You wanna stay in El Ray? You give them thirty percent of your loot. It's scripture. So it is written, so shall it be done. You want sanctuary, you pay the price, and the price is thirty percent. RICHARD All I'm saying -- SETH -- This conversation is over. Richie shrugs and turns back to T.V.. Seth turns to the hostage, grabs a chair and slides it up in front of her. SETH Now, we need to have a talk. What's your name? HOSTAGE Gloria. He shakes her hand. SETH Hello, Gloria, I'm Seth and that's my brother Richie. Let's cut to the chase. I'm gonna ask you a question and all I want is a yes or no answer. Do you want to live through this? GLORIA Yes. SETH Good. Then let me explain the house rules. Follow the rules, we'll get along like a house on fire. Rule number one: No noise, no question. You make a noise... (he holds up his .45) ...Mr. 45 makes a noise. You ask a question, Mr. 45 answers it. Now are you absolutely, positively clear about rule number one? GLORIA Yes. SETH Rule number two: You do what we say, when we say it. If you don't see rule number one. Seth takes the .45, places the barrel next to the woman's cheek. She squirms and shuts her eyes. He pulls back the hammer. SETH Rule number three: Don't you ever try and fuckin' run on us. 'Cause I got five little friends, and they all run faster'n you can. Got it? She nods her head yes. He takes the gun away and replaces the hammer. SETH Open your eyes. She does. SETH Gloria, you hang in there, follow the rules, and don't fuck with us, you'll get out of this alive. I give you my word. Okay? She nods her head yes. Seth rises. SETH I'll be back in a bit. He exits. Richard looks to the T.V., then looks to Gloria sitting across the room in the chair. RICHARD Wanna come up here on the bed and watch T.V. with me? You can tell she doesn't want to. He pats the empty space next to him. RICHARD Come on. She gets out of her chair, walks across the bed and sits next to him. EXT. PHONE BOOTH - DAY A phone booth outside of a gas station. Seth is in the middle of a conversation with the party on the other end. Seth speaks Spanish and his dialog is subtitled into English beneath him. SETH Things are real hot here. Crossing's gonna be a bitch. (pause) Don't worry, we'll get across. But when we do, where do we go? (pause) Can we make it as close to the border as possible? Texas wants our balls. The quicker we're in your protection, the better I'll feel. (pause) Okay, where? (pause; he says it in English) The Titty Twister? (he laughs) I love it already. Okay, Carlos, I'll see you and your men at the (in English) "Titty Twister" tomorrow morning. (pause) Bye, my friend. Seth hangs up the phone, lights up a cigarette with his Zippo lighter and exits frame. After Seth exits, leaving the frame empty, a subtitle appears: EL PASO 5 MILES FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER CUT TO: INT. SETH AND RICHARD'S MOTEL ROOM - NIGHT Richard lies on the bed by himself, propped up by pillows, watching T.V., taking on hits from a water bong in the shape of a wizard. ON T.V. A local newscaster named KELLY HOUGE is reporting a story about the brothers. KELLY HOUGE (talking to camera) This bloody crime spree started just a week ago today. The oldest of the two brothers... MUG SHOT OF SETH KELLY HOUGE (V.O) Seth Gecko was serving time in Rolling's Kansas State Penitentiary bank robbery in which two law enforcement officers lost their lives. BACK TO KELLY KELLY HOUGE Having served eight years of his twenty-two year sentence, Seth Gecko was brought to Wichita Municipal court house for his first parole hearing. It was while at the court house that this man... MUG SHOT OF RICHARD GECKO Kelly Houge (V.O.) ... his younger brother Richard Gecko, a known armed robber and sex offender, pulled off a daring daylight escape. BACK TO KELLY KELLY HOUGE Resulting in the death of four Wichita law enforcement officers, and this woman... PHOTO OF WOMAN SMILING KELLY HOUGE (V.O.) Heide Vogel, sixth grade teacher who was run over by the Geckos during a high speed pursuit through downtown Wichita. MAP OF AMERICA A red line travels from Wichita to Oklahoma. KELLY HOUGE (V.O.) From there the brothers traveled from Kansas through Oklahoma... The red line enters Texas and the camera moves into Texas. KELLY HOUGE (V.O.) ... into the great state of Texas, And then finally... WE ZOOM in on a red-circled Abilene. KELLY HOUGE (V.O.) ...into Abilene. We hear GUNFIRE and SCREAMS. CUT TO: EXT. THE CRIMINAL COURT BUILDING - DAY Kelly Houge walks down the court house steps of the criminal courts building of Abilene. She talks to the camera. Cops, lawyers and citizens bustle in the b.g. KELLY HOUGE The list of the dead climbed up three more notches since our last telecast. CUT TO: PHOTO: OFFICER SHERMAN GOODELL in full police uniform. KELLY HOUGE (V.O.) Officer Sherman Goodell, who was in intensive care following the gun battle outside of the Valley Federal bank building... CUT TO: EXT. COURTHOUSE - DAY Kelly Houge standing on the court house steps talking into the camera. KELLY HOUGE ...died about forty-five minutes ago at Hopkins General hospital. And about six hours ago, during a daylight liquor store robbery in Big Springs, the Gecko brothers killed another Texas Ranger... CUT TO: PHOTO: EARL MCGRAW in uniform. KELLY HOUGE (V.O.) ...Earl McGraw. CUT TO: PHOTO: PETE in a Hawaiian shirt holding up a big fish. KELLY HOUGE (V.O.) ...and liquor store clerk Pete Bottoms. CUT TO: VIDEO FOOTAGE: Of Benny's World of Liquor burning down. KELLY HOUGE (V.O.) Then they proceeded to burn the store down to the ground. CUT TO: VIDEO GRAPHIC: Picture of the Gecko brothers with a tally underneath: THE GECKO BROTHERS WICHITA JAIL BREAK VALLEY FEDERAL BANK ROBBERY BIG SPRINGS CONVENIENCE STORE ROBBERY DEATH TOLL 13 TEXAS RANGERS POLICE OFFICERS CIVILIANS 4 7 2 KELLY HOUGE That changes the death toll to fifteen. (It changes under "death toll") Five Texas Rangers... (it changes) Eight police officers (it changes) Three civilians. (it changes) CUT TO: BACK TO KELLY KELLY HOUGE And one hostage... CUT TO: PHOTO: GLORIA HILL KELLY HOUGE ... bank teller and mother of four, Gloria Hill. KELLY TO CAMERA KELLY HOUGE Heading the case to bring these fugitives to justice is F.B.I. agent Stanley Chase. We talked with agent Chase earlier this afternoon. CUT TO: VIDEO INTERVIEW Kelly Houge interviewing STANLEY CHASE of the F.B.I. STANLEY CHASE For the time being we are very confident we will aprehend the fugitives in the next forty-eight hours. The Bureau, local law enforcement and the Texas Rangers have all joined forces in forming a dragnet to snare Seth and Richard Gecko. KELLY HOUGE Agent Chase, does it appear that they are heading for Mexico. STANLEY CHASE Yes, it does, Kelly. We have already alerted the Mexican authorities. They intend to cooperate every way possible in bringing these fugitives to justice. KELLY HOUGE Are you optimistic about the safety of the hostage they took in Abilene, Gloria Hill? STANLEY CHASE We've received no news one way or the other. We can only hope for the best. KELLY HOUGE What about the report from an eyewitness at the liquor store who said one of the brothers was shot? STANLEY CHASE This can't be confirmed at this time, but we do believe it to be true. We have reason to believe it was the youngest brother Richard, and he was shot in the vicinity of his neck and shoulders by the store's clerk. KELLY HOUGE Is it safe to assume that because the death count involved and the loss of life of law enforcement officers, that the Bureau, the Rangers and the Police force are taking this manhunt personally? STANLEY CHASE I would say that's a very safe assumption. CUT TO: Richard smiles. RICHARD (Newscaster's voice) Is it safe to assume since the law enforcement authorities in the great state of Texas are homosexuals of a sick and deviate nature, that they will be too busy fucking each other up the ass to actually catch the Gecko brothers? (in an FBI voice) I would say that's a very safe assumption. He changes a channel on the television. We see a Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoon on the screen. CASPER Would you play with me? A big burly COP turns around. COP Sure, little boy... A GHOST!!! The cop heads for the hills. Casper cries. Seth enters the room carrying a six pack of beer and two take-out bags of Big Kahuna burgers. RICHARD Shit, I started to get worried. Where the fuck ya been? SETH Sight seein'. RICHARD What'd ya see? SETH Cops. RICHARD Didya look at the border? Seth dumps the burgers on the bed. Both men pop open beers and Richard goes to town on a hamburger. Seth flips off the T.V. SETH Yeah, I saw the border. Through binoculars from on top of a high building. That's about as close as I risked getting. What's the T.V. say? RICHARD They're going to apprehend us in forty-eight hours. Seth sits down and takes a hit off his beer. SETH (to himself) I gotta figure a way to get across that goddamn border. Longer we fuck around El Paso our lives ain't worth a shit. RICHARD Look, fuck the border. Let's just dig in and wait for things to cool down. SETH Richie, it's gonna get a lot fuckin' worse before it gets any fuckin' better. We showed our ass in Texas. We killed Texas fuckin' Rangers. They ain't gonna stop lookin' till they find us, and when they find us, they're gonna kill us. Texans take it very personal when ya kill their law enforcement officers. The El Paso police have already started a motel and hotel search for us. RICHARD How do you know? SETH I heard it on the radio. We gotta get our asses into Mexico tonight. Carlos is gonna meet us tomorrow morning at a rendezvous on the other side, then Carlos and his boys will escort us to El Ray and -- Seth stops talking and looks around. SETH Where's the woman? RICHARD What? Seth's out of his chair. SETH What'd ya mean, what? The fuckin' woman, the hostage. Where the fuck is she, Richard!? RICHARD She's in the other room. SETH What the fuck is she doin' there?! He goes to the door of the adjoining room. RICHARD Seth, before you open the door, let me explain what happened. Seth stops and looks at his brother. He knows what he means. He can't say anything, only point at his younger sibling. Then he BURSTS open the door. The dead, naked body of Gloria Hill lies on the bed. It's obvious Richard raped and killed her. Seth covers his eyes with his hands. He slowly enters the room with the dead body. SETH (to himself) Oh, Richard, what's wrong with you? Richard rises from the bed. RICHARD Now, Seth, before you flip out, let me just explain what happened. Seth slowly turns to his brother, then walks toward him. Richard backs up. SETH Yeah, explain it to me. I need an explanation. What's the matter with you? RICHARD (low and calm) There's nothing wrong with me, brother. That woman tried to escape and I did what I had to do. SETH No. (pause) That woman wouldn't of said shit if she had a mouthful. RICHARD Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! Once you left, she became a whole different person. SETH (slowly approaching) Is it me? Is it my fault? RICHARD It's not your fault, it's her fault! Seth grabs Richard and THROWS him in the corner of the room, holding tightly to his wrist. SETH Is this my fault? Do you think this is what I am? RICHARD What? SETH This is not me! I am a professional fucking thief. I steal money. You try to stop me, god help you. But I don't kill people I don't have to, and I don't rape women. What you doin' ain't how it's done. Do you understand? RICHARD Seth, if you were me -- SETH Just say yes! Nothing else, just say yes. RICHARD Yes. SETH Yes, Seth, I understand. RICHARD Yes, Seth, I understand. Seth hugs his little brother. Tight. SETH (whispers in Richie's ear) We get into Mexico, it's gonna be sweet Rosemary, 100 proof liquor, and rice and beans. None of this shit's gonna matter. 17 INT. MOTOR HOME - NIGHT 17 Scott and Kate are in the front seat of their parked motor home. The motor home's parked in front of the Dew Drop Inn's front office. We see Jacob inside getting a room from the Old Timer. KATE I can't believe he's stopping here. This place looks totally cruddy. Jacob walks out of the office. Kate yells from the motor home. KATE Dad, why are we stopping here? He opens the meter home door and climbs in. JACOB There's nothing wrong with this place. KATE It's a flop house. JACOB It's not a flop house. It's basic and simple. That doesn't make it a flop house. KATE If it doesn't have a pool, we're looking for a new place. Starting the huge car and slowly maneuvering it through the courtyard. JACOB It has a bed. That's all I care about. KATE Other places have beds, they also have cable T.V., a gym, room service... EXT. COURTYARD - NIGHT 18 18 Seth walks out of room #9 with a beer in his hand. He's thinking about how he's going to get over the border tonight. Lost in thought, he steps out in the path of the Fuller's motor home. Jacob slams on the brakes. Seth jumps back, startled. Both Kate and Scott are TOSSED out of their seats onto the floor. THUD... THUD... KATE Owww, my head. Jacob (pissed) honks his horn at Seth and yells out the window. JACOB Watch where you're going! THROUGH WINDSHIELD Seth just stands right in their way without moving, gazing up at the giant motor home. JACOB BEHIND THE WHEEL Kate and Scott join him up front looking at this weirdo. SCOTT What's this guy's problem? JACOB I have no idea. Seth continues standing in their way, making no attempt to move. Not threatening, just looking at them. HONK! JACOB Anytime, man. The horn snaps Seth back to this world. A smile breaks out on the escaped fugitive's face and he politely steps to one side to let them pass. Pass they do! KATE Creepy guy. SETH The Sword of Damocles is lifted from above Seth's head. He's just solved a problem that a mere thirty seconds ago seemed unsolvable. He knows exactly how he's going to cross the border. Whistling a happy tune, he turns and walks back into room #9. INT. FULLERS' MOTEL ROOM - NIGHT The Fullers are in room 12. It's identical to the one that the Gecko boys are in, except that the paintings above the beds are different. Jacob has fallen asleep in his clothes on the bed. Scott sits in a chair, headphones on, playing an unplugged electric guitar. Kate is nowhere in sight. KNOCK... KNOCK... KNOCK... on the door. Scott doesn't hear shit but his music. Jacob stirs a bit, but doesn't wake up. POUND... POUND... POUND... on the door. Jacob SPRINGS UP. He looks over at Scott, who, lost in guitar heaven, is oblivious of the knocker, then to the door. JACOB (yelling) What? From the other side of the door comes a friendly voice. VOICE (O.S.) I'm your neighbor in room 9, I hate to disturb you, but I'd like to ask a favor. Jacob swings his feet to the floor, stands up and walks to the door. As he passes Scott, he says, in his direction -- JACOB I hope none of this is disturbing you. Scott can't hear him, but when he sees his dad look at him, he smiles. Jacob opens the door and sees... ... Richard Gecko standing in the doorway, looking like the nicest guy in the entire world. RICHARD Hi there, I'm from room 9, my name is Don Cornelius. No, not the Don Cornelius from Soul Train. Me and my lady friend need some ice and we don't seem to have an ice bucket. Could we possibly borrow yours? I'11 bring it right back. JACOB (still partially asleep) Sure. We follow Jacob as he turns to the dresser to get the motel ice bucket. He grabs it, turns back to the door, takes a couple of steps towards it, then stops:in his tracks. He sees Richard and Seth both inside the room with the door closed, both with .45's in their hands, both aimed at him. JACOB What is this? Seth SLUGS Jacob in the mouth, KNOCKING him to the ground. SETH It's called a punch. Scott suddenly becomes aware of what's going on around him and instinctively stands. Richard shoves his .45 in Scott's mouth. RICHARD Sit down. Scott lowers himself back down onto his seat. RICHARD Good boy. Jacob lifts his head off the floor and wipes blood away from his lip. He looks at his opponent who stands over him. SETH (to Jacob) What's your name? JACOB Jacob. SETH Okay, Jacob, get up and sit your ass down on the bed. Make a wrong move and I'11 shoot you in the face. Jacob rises and sits on the edge of the bed. SETH (to Richard) Okay, move the Jap over there. Keeping the gun in Scott's mouth, Richard makes Scott RICHARD Upsy daisy. .., guiding him over to the bed by his father. Richard removes the gun from Scott's mouth and stands next to his brother, looking down at their two hostages. SETH (to his hostages) What's the story with you two? You a couple of fags? JACOB He's my son. SETH How does that happen? You don't look Japanese. JACOB Neither does he. He looks Vietnamese. SETH Oh, well, excuse me all to hell. JACOB What's this about, money? SETH It's about money, all right, but not yours. You see, me and my brother here are in a little hot water and we need your assistance. The door to room #12 opens and a dripping wet, bikini clad Kate walks in. The brothers spin their guns in her direction. Kate, startled, screams. Jacob and Scott get on their feet and move forward. Seth spins back towards the two men, gun ready to spit. SETH (to Scott and Jacob) Stop! Jacob and Scott freeze. Richard moves like quicksilver, shutting the door and positioning himself behind the terrified Kate. KATE What's going on? RICHARD We're having a wet bikini contest, and you just won. JACOB (to Kate) It's okay, honey. Everything's going to be all right. SETH Just listen to daddy, sugar, and don't do nothin' stupid. (he turns to Jacob and Scott who are still standing) You two, Simon says sit the fuck down! They slowly sit. Richard can't take his eyes off the dripping wet Kate. Both Jacob and Seth see this and neither men like it. Both for their own reasons. SETH (to Jacob) Where are the keys to the motor home? JACOB On the dresser. SETH Richie, take the keys. Start that big bastard up, and drive it up front, Richard doesn't move from his position behind Kate. Kate feels his eyes on her. She slowly turns and looks at him, He looks in her face. CU KATE She smiles at him. KATE Richie, will you do me a favor and eat my pussy? CU RICHARD RICHARD Sure. SETH (O.S.) Richard! Richard's eyes go to Seth. Everybody is where they were. Kate never turned around. SETH Not when you get around to it, now. Without saying a word, he takes the keys and leaves the room. SETH (pointing at Kate) You, Gidget, go in the bathroom and put on some clothes. She grabs some clothes from the floor and moves towards the bathroom. Seth GRABS her wrist. SETH You got three minutes. One second longer, I shoot your father in the face. Do you understand what I just said? KATE Yes. SETH Do you believe me? KATE Yes. SETH You damn well better. Go. She goes into the bathroom. JACOB Look, if you want the motor home, just take it and get out. Seth grabs a chair and slides it up to his two male hostages. SETH Sorry, Pops, it ain't gonna be that easy. We hear the motor home "HONK" twice outside. SETH Get ready to move out, we're all going on a little ride. Jacob shakes his head "no." JACOB Not a chance. SETH come again? JACOB If you're taking people, take me. But my kids aren't going anywhere with you. SETH Sorry, I need everybody. JACOB My children are not going with you, and that's that. SETH (angry) That's not fuckin' that... (holds up his gun) this is fuckin' this. (he calms down and looks at Scott) Go sit over there. Scott gets up and walks to the other side of the room, leaving the two men alone. Seth speaks in a quiet, conversational tone. SETH I ain't got time to fuck around with you, so I'11 make this simple. Take your kids and get in the car, or I'11 execute all three of you right now. (he cocks the gun and puts it right in Jacob's face What's it gonna be, yes or no answer? Jacob looks at him. JACOB Yes. SETH Good. (to Scott) Your old man's all right, he just saved your life. Seth BANGS on the bathroom door. SETH Times up, Princess. The bathroom door opens. Kate stands there, wearing a Bullwinkle t-shirt, jeans and bare feet. SETH Okay, ramblers, let's get to rambling. CUT TO: EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT 20 20 The motor home with the powder keg interior drives through the Lone Star night. 21 21 INT. MOTOR HOME NIGHT Richard's in the back bed area with a gun trained on Rate and Scott. The two scared siblings hold hands. KATE Excuse me, Richard zeros in on her. RICHARD What? KATE where are you taking us? RICHARD Mexico. KATE What's in Mexico? RICHARD Mexicans. He doesn't smile. In the front part of the motor home, Jacob sits behind the wheel, driving into the night. Seth sits in the passenger seat, going through Jacob's wallet and talking to him calmly. SETH (reading his driver's license Jacob Fuller. Jacob, that's biblical, ain't it? What am I askin' for, of course it is. (motioning behind him) What are their names? JACOB Scott and Kate. Seth repeats the names as he thumbs through the wallet. SETH Scott and Kate... Kate and Scott... Scott Fuller... Kate Fuller... Seth comes to a snapshot of Jacob and his wife. SETH Who's this? JACOB My wife. SETH Where is the little lady? JACOB In heaven. SETH She's dead? JACOB Yes, she is. SETH How'd she die? JACOB Auto wreck. SETH Come on, gimme some more details. How'd it happen? Some fuckin' drunk kill her? JACOB No. It was a rainy night, the brakes on the car weren't great. She had to stop suddenly. She slid on the road, she crashed, she died. SETH Died instantly? JACOB Not quite. She was trapped in the wreck for about six hours before she passed on. SETH Whewww! Those acts of God really stick it in and break it off, don't they? JACOB Yes they do. Seth looks back at the wallet. He sees Jacob's minister's license. SETH Is this real? JACOB Yes. SETH I've seen one of these before. A friend of mine had himself declared a minister of his own religion. A way to fuck the I.R.S. Is that what you're doing, or are you the real McCoy? JACOB Real McCoy. SETH You're a preacher? JACOB I was a minister. SETH Was? As in not anymore? JACOB Yes. SETH Why'd ya quit? JACOB I think I've gotten about as up close and personal with you as I'm gonna get. Now if you need me like I think you need me, you're not gonna kill me 'cause I won't answer your stupid, prying questions. So, with all due respect, mind your own business. SETH I seem to have touched a nerve. Don't be so sensitive, Pops, let's keep this friendly. But you're right, enough with the getting to know you shit. Now, there's two ways we can play this hand. SETH ( ) One way is me and you go round an' round all fuckin' night. The other way, is we reach some sort of an understanding. Now, if we go down that first path at the end of the day, I'11 win. But we go down the second, we'll both win. Now, I don't give a rat's ass about you or your fuckin' family. Y'all can live forever or die this second and I don't care which. The only things I do care about are me that son-of-a-bitch in the back, and our money. And right now I need to get those three things into Mexico. Now, stop me if I'm wrong, but I take it you don't give a shit about seeing me and my brother receiving justice, or the bank getting its money back. Right now all you care about is the safety of your daughter, your son and possibly yourself. Am I correct? JACOB Yes. SETH I thought so. You help us get across the border without incident, stay with us the rest of the night without trying anything funny, and in the morning we'll let you and your family go. That way everybody gets what they want. You and your kids get out of this alive and we get into Mexico. Everybody's happy. JACOB How do I know you'll keep your word? SETH Jesus Christ, Pops, don't start with this shit. JACOB You want me to sit here and be passive.The only way being passive in this situation makes sense is if I believe you'll let us go. I'm not there yet. You have to convince me you're telling the truth. SETH Look, dickhead, the only thing you need to be convinced about is that you're stuck in a situation with a coupla real mean motorscooters. I don't wanna hafta worry about you all fuckin' night. And I don't think you wanna be worrying about my brother's intentions toward your daughter all night. You notice the way he looked at her, didn't ya? JACOB Yes. SETH Didn't like it, did ya? JACOB No, I didn't. SETH Didn't think so. So, as I was saying, I'm willing to make a deal. You behave, get us into Mexico, and don't try to escape. I'11 keep my brother off your daughter and let you all loose in the morning. JACOB You won't let him touch her? SETH I can handle Richie, don't worry. The two men look at each other for some measure of trust. Seth sticks out his hand. SETH I give you my word. Seth can't help but think about the last time he gave his word. SETH (hand sticks out) My words, my law. Better you not take it, and that's just where we are, then take it and not mean it. Jacob takes his hand, but looks right into Seth. JACOB If he touches her, I'11 kill him. I don't give a fuck how many guns you have, nothing will stop me from killing him. SETH Fair enough. You break your word, I'11 kill all of you. (calling to the back) Kate, honey! KATE Yeah. SETH You must have a bible in here, don'tcha? KATE Yeah, we got a bible. SETH Get it and bring it up here, will ya, please? Kate goes into a drawer, pulls out a bible and brings it up front. SETH Hold it right there, sweetie pie. (to Jacob) Put your hand on it. Jacob does. SETH Swear to God, on the Bible, you won't try to escape and you'll get us across the border. JACOB I swear to God I won't try to escape and I'11 do my best to get you into Mexico. SETH You best better get it done, Pops. Seth places his hand on the Bible. SETH I swear to God I'11 let you loose in the morning. And your daughter will be safe. And I also swear if you do anything to fuck me up, I'11 slit all your throats. TIME CUT TO: 22 INT. MOTOR HOME - NIGHT 22 Richard's in the back with Kate and Scott. Richard, expressionless, looks at Kate's bare feet. SLOW ZOOM KATE'S BARE FEET EX CU KATE'S TOES. They wiggle. His eyes go to her hands. SLOW ZOOM KATE'S HANDS EX CU KATE'S FINGERS His eyes go to her neck. SLOW ZOOM NAPE OF KATE'S NECK EX CU KATE'S ADAM'S APPLE. She swallows. His eyes move up. SIDE PROFILE OF KATE, SLOW ZOOM TO KATE'S LIPS Back to Richard. RICHARD Didya mean what you said back there? Kate turns to him. KATE What? RICHARD In the room. Were you serious, or were you just foolin' around? I'm just bringing it up, 'cause if you really want me to do that for you I will, KATE Do what? RICHARD (in a whisper) What you said to me in the room. KATE (whispers back) What did I say? RICHARD (whisper) You asked me if I would -- SETH (O.S.) Richard! RICHARD (to Seth) What? Seth and Jacob. SETH I told you to watch those kids, I didn't say talk to 'em. You guys ain't got nothin' to say to one another. So cut the chatter. Richard turns to Kate. RICHARD (quiet) We'll talk later. Kate still hasn't a clue what he means. CUT TO: 23 EXT. THE MEXICAN BORDER - NIGHT 23 Automobiles are lined up, waiting one by one to go into Mexico. Cop cars with their red and blue lights flashing are all over the place. Border Patrol men and Police are stopping all cars. Pulling up to the end of the line is the Fuller's mobile home. 24' INT. MOBILE HOME - NIGHT 24 Jacob at the wheel, Seth in the passenger seat. Seth jumps up and goes into action. SETH Okay everybody, it's show time. Richie, take Kate in the bathroom. Richard grabs the terrified Kate and drags her in the bathroom, SETH Scott, you come up front with your daddy. Scott does. Seth, keeping low, gets behind Jacob. JACOB I'm telling you, don't hurt her. SETH As long as you're cool, she'll be cool. What're ya gonna say? JACOB I don't have the slightest idea. SETH Well, you just keep thinkin' of that gun next to Kate's temple. Seth disappears into the bathroom with Kate and Richard, closing the door behind him. Father and son are alone for the first time since this whole thing began. SCOTT What are you gonna do? JACOB I'm gonna try and get us across the border. SCOTT No, dad, you gotta tell 'em that they're back there. Jacob is surprised to hear Scott say this. 25 INT. BATHROOM - MOBILE HOME - NIGHT 25 The bathroom, which consists of a shower, a toilet and a small sink, is a tight fit with three people in it. Richard has his back against the wall, with his arm around Kate, holding her in front of him. One hand is over her mouth, the other holds a .45 against her head. Kate's eyes are wide with fear. Seth stands, .45 in hand, ready to fire if the wrong person should open the door. Everybody talks low and quiet. RICHARD This isn't gonna work. SETH Shut up. It's gonna work just fine, RICHARD I just want to go on record as saying this is a bad idea. SETH Duly noted. Now, shut up. Everyone's quiet for a second, till Richard breaks it. RICHARD (to himself) They're gonna search the van. SETH (offhand) As long as you don't act like a fuckin' nut, we'll be just fine. RICHARD What does that mean? SETH (distracted) What? Richard lets Kate go, she quickly moves to the side. RICHARD You just called me a fuckin' nut. SETH No, I didn't. RICHARD Yes, you did. You said as long as I don't act like a fuckin' nut, implying that I've been acting like a fuckin' nut. SETH Take a pill, kid. I just meant stay cool. RICHARD You meant that, but you meant the other, too. Kate can't believe what she's watching. Neither can Seth. SETH (serious as a heart attack) This ain't the time, Richard. RICHARD (his voice rising) Fuck those spic pigs! You called me a fuckin' nut, and where I come from, that stops the train on its tracks. SETH (real quiet and violent) Keep your voice down. RICHARD (quiet back) Or what? 26 BACK TO JACOB AND SCOTT 26 JACOB Have you forgotten about your sister? SCOTT They're gonna kill us. They get us across the border, they're gonna take us out in the desert and shoot us. JACOB If they get over the border, they're gonna let us go. SCOTT Dad, I watch those reality shows. They never let anybody go. Any cop will tell you, in a situation like this, you get a chance, you go for it. This is our chance. JACOB What about Kate? SCOTT They're gonna kill her anyway. At least now with all these cops we've got a fighting chance. JACOB Son, I have this situation under control. I know exactly what I'm doing. You're going to have to trust me on this. SCOTT If trusting you means trusting those fuckin' killers, I can't do that. If you don't tell the cops, I will. Jacob grabs Scott by the front of his shirt, and yanks him to him. JACOB Now, you listen to me. You ain't gonna do a goddamn fucking thing, you hear me! Nobody cares what you think, I'm running this show, I make the decisions. SCOTT He's running the show. JACOB I'm running the show. I make the plays, and you back the plays I make. Stop thinking with your fucking balls. Kate in a room with a couple of desperate men with nothing to fucking lose ain't the time to "go for it." I need your cover. Cover my ass. There's a HONK behind them. They both look out the window. It's their turn with the BORDER PATROL GUARDS. JACOB takes the wheel and drives up. A stern BORDER GUARD approaches JACOB'S window. BORDER GUARD How many with you? JACOB Just my son and I. BORDER GUARD What is your purpose in Mexico? JACOB Vacation. I'm taking him to see his first bullfight. 27 BACK TO BATHROOM 27 RICHARD I'm curious. What was the nuttiest thing I did? SETH This ain't the time. RICHARD oh, I know, was it possibly when your ass was rotting in jail and I broke it out? Yeah, you're right, that was pretty fuckin' nutty. Not to mention stupid. But you know what? I can fix that right now. SETH HAULS off and PUNCHES Richard smack in the head. Richard HITS the floor, Guard, Jacob, and Scott hear Richard fall in the bathroom. BORDER GUARD What was that? JACOB Oh, that's just my daughter in the bathroom. BORDER GUARD You said it was just you and your son. JACOB I meant me, my son and my daughter. CU BORDER GUARD BORDER GUARD Open the door. I'm coming aboard. 29 BACK TO BATHROOM 29 CU KATE We can only see Kate's face. It's scared. We hear rustling around the bathroom, but we don't know what it is. Then it's quiet. Then we hear talking outside the door, but we can't make it out. Then we hear a knock. KATE I'm in the bathroom. BORDER GUARD (O.S.) It's the Border Patrol. Open up. KATE It's open. We hear the door open and see the light change on Kate's face. She's looking up. BORDER GUARD in the doorway looking in. HE SEES: Kate by herself, pants around her ankles, sitting on the toilet. KATE Do you mind? Shut the fucking door. BORDER GUARD Excuse me. He closes the door. Kate lets out a breath. We wait a beat, Seth pulls back the curtain in the shower, we see Richie on the floor of the shower knocked out. Seth and Kate meet eyes. He gives her the O.K. signal. CUT TO: 30 BACK WINDOW MOTOR HOME 30 We see through the back window of the motor home, the border getting smaller as we drive away from it. Scott knocks on the bathroom door. SCOTT It's clear. Seth BURSTS out of the bathroom. SETH Goddamn, that was. intense! Seth goes to the back window. He sees the border getting farther and farther away. No cars following. SETH (to himself) We did it. (pause) We're in Mexico. Seth throws his head back and SCREAMS for joy. Kate, emerging from the bathroom, reacts to Seth's scream, along with Scott. Seth is so happy that he does a little jig in the back of the van. Everybody else is still tense as shit. But Seth lets go of all his tension, and becomes a new man before our eyes. he turns to Kate. SETH (loud and happy) Come here, Kate! Kate, nervous, takes a step back. He charges for her. GRABS her, hugs her around her waist, and spins her around. When he lets her go, she stumbles dizzily onto the bed. SETH (to Kate) You were magnificent! You told him to shut the fucking door. SETH ( ) I'm hiding in the shower, and I'm thinking to myself, "Did I just fuckin' hear what I just fuckin' heard? And what does he do -- he shuts the fucking door! Kate kind of half smiles. SETH If I was a bit younger, baby, I'd fuckin' marry you! Seth goes up front and slaps Jacob on the back. SETH I gotta hand it to ya, Pops, you raised a fuckin' woman. Jacob doesn't share Seth's enthusiasm, but he is relieved. JACOB We did our part, we gotcha in Mexico. Now it's time for your part, letting us go. SETH Pops, when you're right, you're right, and you are right. KATE (suddenly brightens) You're gonna let us go? SE?'H In the morning, darlin', in the morning, we are G-O-N-E and you are F-R-E-E. Now, I know I put you guys through hell, and I know I've been one rough pecker, but from here on end you guys are in my cool book. Scotty, help me pick Richie up, and lay him down. Jacob, keep going on this road till you get to a sign that says, "Digayo." When you get to Digayo, turn this big bastard left, go on down for a few miles, then you see a bar called, "The Titty Twister." From what I hear, you can't miss it. JACOB Then? SETH Then stop, 'cause that's where we're going. He slaps him once again on the back, and leaves to attend to Richard. CUT TO: CLOSE-UP RICHARD without glasses. Unconscious, Seth slaps 31 31 his face. SETH (O.S.) C'mon, kid, wake up. Don't make a career out of it. Richard starts coming to and opens his eyes. Seth sits at the foot of the bed. SETH You okay? RICHARD (disoriented) Yeah, I think so. What happened? SETH I don't know, you just passed out. RICHARD I did? SETH Yeah, we were just standing there. You said something about your shoulder hurting, then you just hit the ground like a sack of potatoes. RICHARD Really? SETH Yeah, when you fell your head smacked the toilet hard. It scared the shit outta me. Sure you're okay? RICHARD Yeah, I guess. I'm just a little fucked up. SETH Well, let me tell ya something, gonna clear your head right up. We are officially Mexicans. RICHARD What? SETH We are... (singing) "South of the border down Mexico way. " RICHARD We are? SETH Yep. We're heading for the rendezvous right now. We get there, we pound booze till Carlos shows up, he escorts us to El Ray. And then me and you, brother, kick fuckin' back. How ya like them apples? Slowly shaking the cobwebs out of his head. RICHARD Far out. (pause) Where are my glasses? SETH They broke when you fell. RICHARD Oh, fuck, Seth, that's my only pair! SETH Don't worry about it, we'll get you some glasses. RICHARD Whatdya mean, don't worry about it. Of course I'm gonna worry about it, I can't fuckin' see. SETH When we get to El Ray, I'11 take care of it. RICHARD Yeah, like a Mexican hole-in-the-wall's gonna have my fuckin' prescription. SETH It's not a big deal, unless you make it a big deal. Now, I'm real happy, Richie, stop bringing me down with bullshit. Jacob calls to the back. JACOB Guys! We're here. CUT TO: 32 A neon sign that flashes: 32 "THE TITTY TWISTER Hiker/Trucker bar, Dusk till Dawn" Underneath the joint's proud name on the sign, and on top of "Biker/Trucker bar, Dusk till Dawn" is a well-endowed woman, whose breast is being twisted by a neon and. 33 33 EXT. THE TITTY TWISTER NIGHT The neon sign sits on top of the rudest, sleaziest, most crab-infested, strip joint, honky-tonk whorehouse in all of Mexico. The Titty Twister is located out in the middle of nowheresville. It sits by itself with nothing around it for miles. A plethora of choppers and eighteen wheelers are parked out in front. The walls almost pulsate from the LOUD, RAUNCHY MUSIC within the structure. Signs cover the walls outside reading things like: "NUDE DANCING," "WHORES," "BEER," "AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FOOD," "BIKERS AND TRUCKERS ONLY," "OPEN DUSK TILL DAWN," "THURSDAY COCKFIGHT NIGHT," "WEDNESDAY DOGFIGHT NIGHT," "DONKEY SHOW MONDAYS," "EVERY FRIDAY BARE KNUCKLE FIGHT TO THE DEATH, FEATURING THE LOVELY SANTANICO PANDEMONIUM," "ATHENA AND DANNY THE WONDER PONY," and "THE SLEAZY TITTY TWISTER DANCERS." In the parking lot, a BIKER and a TRUCK DRIVER beat the shit out of each other, one with a pipe, the other with a hammer. A SECOND BIKER fucks a Titty Twister WHORE against the wall. A greasy man, known as CHET PUSSY, stands in the parking lot, soliciting customers through a Mr. Microphone. CHET Pussy, pussy, pussy! All pussy must go. At the Titty Twister we're slashing pussy in half! This is a pussy blow out! Make us an offer on our vast selection of pussy! We got white pussy, black pussy, Spanish pussy, yellow pussy, hot pussy, cold pussy, wet pussy, tight pussy, big pussy, bloody pussy, fat pussy, hairy pussy, smelly pussy, velvet pussy, silk pussy, Naugahyde pussy, snappin' pussy, horse pussy, dog pussy, mule pussy, fake pussy! If we don't have it, you don't want it! The Fullers' recreational vehicle pulls into the parking lot and stops. 36 INT. MOTOR HOME - NIGHT 34 What's left of the Fuller family and the Gecko family look out the windshield onto the sight that is the Titty Twister. SETH (to the group) Okay, troops, this is the home stretch. Here's the deal; this place closes at dawn. Carlos is gonna meet us here sometime before dawn. Which by my guesstimate is somewhere between three or four hours from now. So we're gonna go in there, take a seat, have a drink -- have a bunch of drinks, and wait for Carlos. That could be an hour, that could be three hours, I don't know which. But when he gets here, me and Richie are going to leave with him. After we split, you guys are officially out of this stew pot. Let me just say I'm real happy about where we're at. We got a real nice, "I don't fuck with you -- you don't fuck with me" attitude going on. Now, if everybody just keeps playin' it cool -- and I'm talking to you, too, Richie -- everybody's gonna get what they want. Comprende, amigos? Everybody nods and mutters in agreement. SETH Okay hard drinkers, let's drink hard. I'm buyin' 35 EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT 35 The camper door FLIES OPEN and the two brothers and the Fuller family step out into the night. They look across the parking lot at the Titty Twister. It literally looks in some ways like the entrance to hell. JACOB Out of the stew pot and into the fire. SETH Shit, I been to bars make this place look like a fuckin' 4-H club. RICHARD I gotta say I'm with Jacob on this. I been to some fucked up places in my time, but that place is fucked up. Seth can't believe it. SETH (in a baby talk voice) Aww-w, whatsa matter, is the little baby too afraid to go into the big scary bar? The two brothers square off, not like strangers fighting, but like brothers fight. They talk real quiet, but real personal. RICHARD That's what you think? SETH That's how you're lookin', Richie. RICHARD I'm lookin' scared? SETH That's what you look like. RICHARD You know what you look like? SETH No, Richie, what do I look like? RICHARD You're lookin' green. That's not what Seth expected to hear. SETH How? RICHARD Where are you right now? SETH What do you mean? RICHARD Where are you? SETH I'm here with you. RICHARD No, you're not. You're sippin' margaritas in El Ray. But we're not in El Ray. We're here -- getting ready to go in there. You're so pleased with yourself about getting into Mexico, you think the job's down. It ain't. Get back on the clock. That's a fuck-with-you-bar. We hang around there for a coupla hours, in all likelihood, we'll get fucked with. So get your shit together, brother. SETH My shit is together. RICHARD It don't look together. SETH Well, it is. Just because I'm happy doesn't mean I'm on vacation. You're just not used to seein' me happy, 'cause it's been about fifteen fuckin' years since I been happy. But my shit is forever together. Richard believes Seth's response. RICHARD Okay, just checkin'. They walk toward the bar's entrance. Chet Pussy talks into the microphone. CHET (yelling into the microphone) Take advantage of our penny pussy sale. Buy any piece of pussy at our regular price, you get another piece of pussy, of equal or lesser value, for a penny. Now try and. beat pussy for a penny! If you can find cheaper pussy anywhere, fuck it! Chet notices our heroes, especially young Kate. CHET (in microphone, towards Kate) What's this? A new flavor approaching. Apple Pie Pussy. SETH Step aside, asshole. Chet POKES HIS FINGER in Seth's CHEST. CHET Not so fast, Slick. Seth GRABS HOLD of Chet's FINGER, BENDS it BACKWARDS till the BONE SNAPS in two. Chet lets out a SCREAM. Seth VIOLENTLY brings his HEAD FORWARD PULVERIZING Chet's NOSE. Chet FALLS to his KNEES in front of Seth. Seth HOOKS him with a powerful FIST UNDER his CHIN that SNAPS Chet's HEAD BACK, and THROWS him on his BACK. After HITTING the GROUND, Seth SENDS a SAVAGE KICK straight to Chet's FACE, ROLLING HIM OVER. Chet is OUT. The whole altercation took two seconds. Everyone's in shock and looks at Seth. Seth looks back at everyone. SETH Now, is my shit together, or is my shit together? Richard and Seth laugh with each other. RICHARD (slappin' Seth five) Your shit is forever together! They head for the door. Richard stays behind for a second, and gives the fallen Chet a few, swift kicks, INT. THE TITTY TWISTER NIGHT 36 36 If the Titty Twister looked like the asshole of the world from the outside, in the immortal words of Al Jolson, "You ain't seen nothin' yet." This is the kind of place where they sweep up the teeth and hose down the cum, the blood and the beer at closing. In the back, TOPLESS DANCERS do lap dances with customers, while a SLEAZY SEXY STRIPPER STRIPS to RAUNCHY MUSIC, played at eardrum-bursting level. TWO MEN are in a savage BARE KNUCKLE FIGHT, surrounded by screaming customers of bikers and truckers. One of the dancers is a man with a saddle on his back, his name is DANNY THE WONDER PONY. The woman on his back, in the saddle, feet in the stirrups, hands on the reins, is ATHENA, his rider. They dance around to the cheers of the crowd. Bikers and truckers play pool in the back. Fights break out here about one every ten minutes. The customers may start 'em, but the bouncer, BIG EMILIO, ends 'em. Seth, Richard, Jacob, Scott and Kate walk through the door. They each individually take in the sights and the smells. Seth is the first to say something. SETH Now this is my kinda place! I could become a regular. The man behind the bar is RAZOR CHARLIE. He eyes the group as they approach. Their difference from the usual road waif nomads who populate the Twister disturbs him. He exchanges a knowing look across the room with Big Emilio, as the group bellies up to the bar. SETH Whiskey! RAZOR CHARLIE (in English) You can't come in here. SETH Whatdya mean? RAZOR CHARLIE This is a private club. You're not welcome. SETH Are you tellin' me I'm not good enough to drink here? RAZOR CHARLIE This bar is for bikers and truckers only. (points his finger to Seth) You, get out! Big Emilio almost magically appears behind Seth and places HIS BIG BEEFY SAUSAGE-FINGERED HAND HARD on Seth's shoulder. BIG EMILIO (to Seth in Spanish) Walk, Pendaho. Seth slowly turns his eyes to the big hand on his shoulder. SETH (low) Take your hand off me. BIG EMILIO (Spanish) I'm going to count to three. SETH No, I'm going to count to three. BIG EMILIO Uno... SETH Two.. Jacob jumps in the middle. JACOB Now wait a minute, there's no reason to get ugly. There's just a misunderstanding going on here. You said this bar is for truckers and bikers, Well, I'm a truck driver. Everybody looks at Jacob. As Jacob talks he takes out his wallet. JACOB If you look outside your door, parked in your parking lot, you'll see a big ass recreational vehicle. That's mine. In order to drive that legally, you need a class two driver's license. That is the same license that the DMV requires truck drivers to carry in order to drive a truck. (he takes the license out of his wallet and lays it on the bar) That is me, and this is my class two license. This is a truck driver's bar, I am a truck driver, and these are my friends. Everybody's a little stunned after Jacob's speech. Razor Charlie picks up the license, looks at Jacob, looks at everyone in the party and smiles. RAZOR CHARLIE (to Jacob) Welcome to the Titty Twister. What can I get you? Seth BRUSHES OFF Big Emilio's paw. SETH Bottle of whiskey and five glasses. Razor Charlie's eyes go to Seth. Even though he has a big smile on his face, he looks like he's going to kill Seth. But instead he just says, RAZOR CHARLIE Coming right up. Razor Charlie goes for the bottle. Big Emilio gives the party one last look and walks away. Richard gives Jacob a buddy punch on the shoulder. RICHARD Good job, Pops. Seth's still frying an egg on his head. SETH That's just fuckin' typical. Biggest number one problem with Mexico, it's not service oriented. I was feelin' so good, and those fuckin' spies brought me down. Richard puts his arm around Seth. RICHARD Fuck 'em, shake it off, Razor Charlie brings the bottle and the glasses. Seth looks at the guy, still pissed. SETH You serve food, Jose? Razor Charlie knows Seth's taunting him with a racial slur, But he just smiles and says, RAZOR CHARLIE Best in Mexico. SETH I kinda doubt that. We're grabbin' a table, send over a waitress to take our order. Seth walks away, and the group follows him. We just hang on the evil wheels turning inside of Razor Charlie's head. The five of them move across the floor to a table. As they walk, Kate attracts stares, wolf whistles and rude comments from some of the patrons. Jacob keeps near his daughter. The dancers do their sexy routines. A big-chested, wild-haired blonde catches Scott's eye. She winks at him. Richard leans over and whispers in Scott's ear. RICHARD Anytime you want a lap dance with that broad, say the word. It's on me, kiddo. He gives the boy's neck a squeeze. Jacob's eyes survey the surroundings. Big Emilio and Razor Charlie quietly exchange words about the party in Spanish. RAZOR CHARLIE (in Spanish) They're not the normal road trash we normally feed on. But it'll be okay. No one knows they're here. The five of them find a table and sit down. Seth, still in a bad mood, takes the cork out of the whiskey bottle and tosses it. He pours Richie and himself a glass. SETH Who else? JACOB Pass. SETH (picking a fight) Why not, against your religion? JACOB (won't be baited) No, I do drink, I'm just not drinking now. SETH Suit yourself, more for me. (to Scott) Scotty? Scott shakes his head no. SETH (to Kate) How 'bout you? SETH ( ) (pointing at Scott and Kate) are safer in here with us than wandering around a Mexican border town all night long. Just don't do nothin' stupid and we'll all get along fine. (to Scott) Scotty, you sure you don't want a drink? SCOTT Okay, I'11 have one. JACOB No you won't. Seth pours Scott a shot. SETH Sorry, Pops, but I'm drinkin' and I don't like drinkin' alone. Bottoms up, boy. Scott takes the drink and he, too, experiences a non-drinker's tremor. Seth turns to Kate. SETH How about you, cutie pie? Ready for round two? KATE Okay. Seth just passes her the bottle. She pours her own shot and knocks it back. RICHARD (to Seth) Hey, Dr. Frankenstein, I think you just created a monster. Jacob turns to Seth and asks quietly. JACOB Why are you so agitated? SETH I'm still stewing about that ape laying hands on me. SETH ( ) And that fuckin' bartender sticks a weed up my ass, too. JACOB He backed down. SETH He's smilin' at us. But behind his smile, he's sayin', "Fuck you Jack." I hear that loud and clear. JACOB What are you going to do? SETH (picking up the whiskey bottle) I'm gonna just sit here and drain this bottle. And when I've drunk the last drop, if I still feel then, the way I feel now, I'm gonna take this bottle and break it over his melon head. JACOB Before we stepped in here, you told all of us to be cool. That means you, too. SETH (tossing it off) I never said do what I do, I said do what I say. JACOB Are you so much a fucking loser, you can't tell when you've won? Richard, Kate and Scott both turn to Jacob. Nobody can believe what he just said. Neither can Seth who calmly lays down his drinking glass. SETH What did you call me? JACOB Nothing. I didn't make a statement. I asked a question. Would you like me to ask it again? Very well. Are you such a loser you can't tell when you've won? (pause) The entire state of Texas, along with the F.B.I., is looking for you. Did they find you? No. They couldn't. They had every entrance to the border covered. There's no way you could get across. Did you? Yes, you did. You've won, Seth, enjoy it. Seth looks at Jacob, then picks up the bottle. SETH Jacob, I want you to have a drink with me. I insist. Jacob slides his empty glass.over to Seth. Seth pours booze in Jacob's glass and his own. Both men pick up the glasses. SETH To your family. JACOB To yours. They both knock 'em back and slap the empty glasses down. JACOB Now, is your shit together? SETH Forever together. Seth turns to Scott. SETH In that camper out there I saw a guitar. I take it that's yours. SCOTT Yeah, it's mine. SETH Go out and bring it in. I feel a song coming on. CUT TO: 37 Seth sitting at the table, playing guitar, singing Mexican 37 songs. Some bikers, truckers, and whores have gathered around their table. Everyone's groovin'. Seth finishes the song. Everybody applauds. Razor Charlie behind the bar grabs the greasy microphone that he uses to announce dancers. RAZOR CHARLIE (announcer voice in Spanish And now for your viewing pleasure. The Mistress of the Macabre. The Epitome of Evil. The most sinister woman to dance on the face of the earth. Lowly dogs, get on your knees, bow your heads and worship at the feet of SANTANICO PANDEMONIUM! The lights go down low. A light hits the stage. The opening notes of the Coaster's "Down in Mexico" fills the room. The crowd hushes up. And on the stage steps SANTANICO PANDEMONIUM. This Mexican goddess is beautiful, but not the beauty that Stendhal described in "As the Promise of Happiness," but the beauty of the siren who lures men to their doom. She dances to the raunchy music, netlike she owned the stage, but like she owned the world. And if the patrons of the Titty Twister are her world, the world is proud to be her possession. All activity in the bar, save Santanico, stops. Even the Fuller/Gecko table falls under her spell. Especially Richard, Scott and Kate. Seth knows this song and accompanies from the table with the guitar. When the music builds to its explosive section. Santanico LEAPS from the stage, LANDING in the middle of the room. She does an eyes-closed voodoo dance in perfect step with the beat. As the music continues to play, a very fucked-up looking Chet Pussy walks in. He goes over to Razor Charlie and points at Seth's table, describing what happened. As the last verse plays, Santanico, like a snake, comes up from the ground, on top of the Fuller/Gecko table. Richard, Kate and Scott are enraptured. Santanico scans the table, zeroing in on our boy Richard. She STANDS OVER him. While moving her body to the music, she lifts up the whisky bottle from the table, and pours the whiskey down her leg. She lifts up her foot, with the whiskey dripping from her toes, and sticks it in Richard's face. SANTANICO (to Richard in Spanish) Drink up. Richie, mesmerized, sucks the whiskey off her toes. The CROWD GOES WILD. Santanico smiles, master of all she surveys. Jacob and Scott are embarrassed. Kate, oddly enough, is turned on by the controlling power this woman has over a man she's deathly feared. Seth laughs out loud a Mexican "yi yi yiii" laugh, keeping the beat with his guitar. Across the room, Razor Charlie, Chet by his side, motions over Big Emilio. He begins explaining with pointing what Seth and company did to Chet. Richard continues to suck her toes. The song ends, Santanico extracts her foot from Richard's mouth. Steps off the table. Takes a drink of whiskey. Looks down at the seated Richard. She GRABS the back of his hair, YANKS his head BACK. His mouth OPENS because she's hurting him. She LEANS her FACE OVER his like she's going to kiss him. Then let's the whiskey from her mouth fall into his. They never touch. The crowd applauds. She lets go of Richard's hair. Except for Jacob and Richard, both for their own reasons, the table applauds, none louder than Seth. SETH Brave! Brave! Brave! Now that's what I call a fuckin' show! One of Santanico's FLUNKIES brings the naked woman a robe, which she puts on. Richard, still in a daze, looks up at his new friend. SETH (snapping his fingers) Earth to Richie. Don't you wanna ask your new friend to join us? RICHARD Yeah. SETH Well, then ask her, dumb ass. RICHARD (looking up at Santanico) For favor, Senorita. Would you care to join us? SANTANICO (to Richard) Muy bien, gracias. Santanico sits down next to Richie. Seth pours her a drink. SETH Richie, you lucky bastard! (to Santanico) Now, little lady, you could of just as easily done that to me. Whoa Nelly! You got my dick harder'n Chinese arithmetic. The table laughs. SETH Which reminds me of a joke. Little Red Riding Hood is walking through the forest and she comes across Little Bo Peep, and Little Bo Peep says: SETH ( ) "Little Red Riding Hood, are you crazy? Don't you know the Big Bad Wolf is walking these woods and if he finds you he's gonna pull down your dress and squeeze your titties?" Then Little Red Riding Hood hitches up her skirt and taps a .357 Magnum she has holstered on her thigh and says: "No he won't." As Seth tells his joke, Jacob notices Razor Charlie, Big Emilio and Chet moving rapidly towards their table. JACOB (to himself) Oh, shit. (to Seth) Seth -- Seth waves him away. SETH Not now. So finally she comes across the Big Bad Wolf and the Big Bad Wolf's laughing and says: "Little Red Riding Hood, you know better than to be walking around these woods alone. You know I'm just gonna have to pull down your dress and squeeze your titties." Then Little Red Riding Hood whips out her .357, cocks it, sticks it in the Big Bad Wolf's face and says: "No you won't. You're gonna eat me, just like the story says." Seth starts laughing at his own joke uproariously. Richard, Kate, Scott and Santanico join in too. Before Jacob can say anything -- The Titty Twister trio stand over the table. RAZOR CHARLIE (to Chet in Spanish) Which one? CHET (pointing at Seth) This piece of shit broke my finger and my nose... (pointing at Richard) then this fag kicked me in the ribs while I was down. That's all Big Emilio has to hear. BIG EMILIO (to the Gecko brothers) Up! RICHARD Fuck off, ape man! Big Emilio leans in with his beefy hand, GRABS Richard by the shoulder. Richard lets out a howl as blood pours from his wounded shoulder. Santanico steps back from the table. Seth jumps to his feet and FIRES a round from his .45 into Big Emilio, sending his bullet-ridden body to the floor. Razor Charlie whips out a straight version of his namesake and SLASHES Seth across the face. Seth SCREAMS at the top of his lungs as his hand goes up to his laid open cheek. Richard, who has fallen to the ground holding his wound, brings up his .45 and starts BLASTING. Razor Charlie takes a bullet in the head, chest and belly before he hits the floor. Jacob and his children have hit the floor as well to stay out of gunfire. The bikers, truckers, waitresses and whores all stop what they were doing. The music continues to play, though the dancers stop dancing. Santanico, who's closest to the two brothers, smells something. Her NOSTRILS FLARE. Richard moves to his brother, who takes out a handkerchief and puts it to his face. RICHARD How are you? SETH Scarred for life, that's how I am! Seth looks up and sees Chet still standing there. SETH You thought it was pretty funny, didn't you? Both brothers FIRE on Chet. Chet's blown left... right... left... right... then drops, Pointing their guns towards the crowd. SETH Everybody be cool, or you'll be just as dead as these fucks! SLOW MOTION: Blood drips down the side of Seth's face. SLOW MOTION: It splatters to the floor. The CAMERA scans the crowd. The patrons are scared, but the waitresses, whores and dancers lick their lips. SLOW MOTION: Blood drips from Richard's shoulder. It falls to the floor, splattering. WE MOVE INTO SANTANICO'S FACE. A special aroma fills her nostrils. Her eyes lock on Richard. The look on her face could easily be read as intense sexual desire. CU KATE ON FLOOR looks up and watches, eyes wide with fear, Santanico's transformation. Her NOSE RECEDES INTO her face like a rodent's. The whites of her eyes turn YELLOW. The FANGS of a beast PROTRUDE from her mouth. Kate yells from the floor. KATE (yelling) Richie, look out! Before Richie can turn around. SANTANICO LEAPS ACROSS THE FLOOR, LANDS on his BACK and SINKS her FANGS into Richie's wounded SHOULDER. Richard LETS LOOSE with an agonizing SCREAM. Seth turns to his brother's cry. He sees SANTANICO PANDEMONIUM, like a mongoose attached to a cobra, legs wrapped around Richard's waist, fangs buried deep in his shoulder, and Richard screaming and slamming about, trying to knock her off. Richard screams to Seth: RICHARD Shoot her! Shoot her! Get her off! Seth tries to aim his gun, but there's too much movement. He can't get a clear shot. Jacob and his children can't believe what they're seeing. Richard can't take it anymore, his knees buckle. Santanico rides him down to the floor. Seth gets a clear shot, he takes aim and FIRES, hitting the vamp in the head, blowing her off his brother. Richard, who's on all fours, tries to stand and gets about half way before he stops, saying: RICHARD (with his dying breath) Fucking Bitch! He tumbles over, a corpse. SETH Richie. Suddenly, the eyes of Big Emilio, Razor Charlie and Chet Pussy pop open. The "dead" men sit up with evil grins on their faces. The patrons scream. A WHORE locks the front door (which is a complicated lock with steel rods going into the ground), turns toward the bar and yells: WHORE Dinner is served! The bikers and truckers who have been transfixed, watching the impossible, realize that the waitresses, naked dancers and whores who they were pawing just five minutes ago, have turned into yellow-eyed, razor-fanged, drool-dripping vampires. The vamps attack. What follows is a shark feeding frenzy. Whores, who had been sitting on customer's laps, sink their teeth into unshaven necks. Naked strippers and bikers wail the shit out of each other. Truckers get their heads caved in by women half their size. The patrons use whatever they can find to fend off the monsters: chairs, chair legs, broken bottles, switchblades, anything. Jacob, Kate and Scott make a dash and dive behind the bar. They hide and watch. Seth stands where his was, limp dick of a .45 in his hand, too freaked, scared and stunned to do anything. He stands motionless, watching what he can't believe. Behind him, Santanico, who lies next to the dead Richard, eyes POP OPEN. She RISES in her snake/dance way. Seth feels her and SPINS in her direction, gun raised. SANTANICO Let's see if you taste as good as your brother. She approaches Seth, who FIRES at her. BAM... BAM... BAM... CLICK,.. CLICK... CLICK... CLICK. She laughs and gives her hair a toss back. Seth, moving backwards, is terrified. Santanico gives Seth a SWINGING ROUNDHOUSE PUNCH to the JAW that sends him FLYING over a table, SLIDING ACROSS the FLOOR and INTO the WALL. A bad ass biker named FROST, with a hideous burn on the side of his face, stands on top of a pool table, swinging a pool cue, left to right, fending off vamps. Big Emilio picks up a biker who stabbed him with a switchblade and throws the poor bastard from one end of the bar to the other. The biker-winner of the bare knuckle fight, SEX MACHINE, goes head to head with a stripper. The vamp might have superhuman strength, but Sex Machine has close to superhuman strength, and he's matching the vamp bitch blow for blow. Then he GRABS her by the waist, LIFTS her up over his head and BRINGS her DOWN HARD on an upturned table, IMPALING her on the wooden leg. FROST is still swinging his POOL CUE, when Razor Charlie appears, straight razor in hand. Frost JUMPS off the table to meet the challenge. Razor Charlie SWINGS at him, Frost LEAPS back, SWINGING his pool cue at him. They do this dance, till Frost CRACKS Charlie UPSIDE the HEAD with the pool cue, breaking it in half. Charlie FEELS the HIT. Frost PLUNGES the splintered end of the cue in Razor Charlie's heart. Green blood comes out of his chest, as Charlie screams the vampire's death scream. Seth comes to and finds Santanico standing over him. He tries to rise, but Santanico places her bare foot on his chest, pinning him down to the floor. He tries to move, but the pressure of her foot is equivalent to an engine block placed on his chest. SANTANICO I'm not gonna drain you completely. You're gonna turn for me, You'll be my slave. You'll live for me. You'll eat bugs because I order it. Because I don't think you're worthy of human blood, you'll feed on the blood of stray dogs. You'll be my foot stool. And at my command, you'll lick the dog shit from my boot heel. Since you'll be my dog, your new name will be "Spot." Welcome to slavery. SLOW MOTION: A WHISKEY BOTTLE FLIES THROUGH the AIR, sailing end over end. CU SANTANICO looking down at Seth, her face contorts to FEED MODE, when the bottle HITS her SQUARE in the HEAD, SHATTERING. We see that Jacob behind the bar threw it. Santanico, bathed in whiskey and broken glass, is momentarily dazed. She looks down at Seth. Seth sits up, .45 in hand, and fires. Santanico is HIT in the CHEST. The bullet from the gun makes the liquor-soaked robe ignite. Santanico SCREAMS as she GOES UP IN FLAMES. Big Emilio sees Santanico's fiery death. He lets out a cry. BIG EMILIO Noooooo! He turns his hateful gaze on the two humans. Seth and Jacob see Big Emilio zeroing in on them, Then they see him move his big frame in their direction. Seth turns to Jacob. SETH We may be in trouble. Big Emilio walks steadily through the bar like Godzilla walks through Tokyo. Tipping over tables, knocking fighting vamps and humans alike on their asses on his way to stamp out Seth and Jacob. A TRUCKER JUMPS in his path to attack him, with a QUICK SWING of his hand the trucker is brushed aside, receiving a broken neck for the effort. Big Emilio never breaks his stride or takes his eyes off Seth and Jacob. Seth and Jacob both grab pieces of wood, holding it like a weapon, but the wood looks puny compared to their opponent. Big Emilio stands in front of them. The two men hold their wood tight. Fangs grow in Big Emilio's mouth that make him look like a huge walking shark. Just when Big Emilio's ready to strike, he hears behind him, VOICE (O.S.) Hey, you, monkey man! Big Emilio turns and sees Sex Machine across the room. SEX MACHINE Anything you gotta say to them, say to me first. Both Seth and Jacob ATTACK Big Emilio from behind. He effortlessly knocks them away. They both hit the ground. Sex Machine gestures with his hand to Big Emilio to "come ahead." Big Emilio CHARGES towards Sex Machine, like a runaway locomotive. Sex Machine stands his ground waiting for IMPACT. The two huge men COLLIDE. What follows is literally a war of the Gargantuans. The two mastiffs POUND each other till one buckles. Finally, the one who buckles first is Big Emilio, who HITS the floor. Once on the floor, Seth and Jacob, stand over the huge vamp, BEATING him with clubs and pipes, like L.A.'s finest. The vamp can do nothing except SQUIRM on the floor from the savage beating. SEX MACHINE That's enough. Jacob and Seth stop. Sex Machine holds a pool cue in his hand. He SNAPS off the end tip, making it jagged, and like a spear, STICKS it into big vamp's fallen body. Big Emilio, SCREAMS, TWITCHES and dies. The pool cue sticks out straight up from the dead vamp. Chet Pussy spies Ms. Apple Pie Pussy herself, Kate. He breaks into a lecherous grin and licks the blood from around his mouth. Kate and Scott are cowering behind the bar when Chet appears over the top. They both let out a scream. Scott goes to protect his sister and receives a punch in the face for his trouble. Chet dives at Kate. CHET You know what everybody says about me? I suck! Chet goes to bite Kate, grabbing at her t-shirt, and sees her crucifix. HE recoils backwards. Scott grabs hold of his head from behind. Kate jumps up from the floor, rips off her cross and grabs Chet by his beatnik beard, opening his mouth. She SHOVES the cross inside. Chet's eyes roll up back into his head. Scott SLAPS Chet hard on the back. GULP. Chet has swallowed the crucifix. A SIZZLING sound is heard moving down from his throat to his belly. He opens his mouth and lets out a noise similar to a train whistle. He jumps up from behind the bar, doing a wild dance from pain. He jumps from wall to wall and floor to ceiling, screaming all the while. Kate and Scott watch him from the bar, mischievous grins on their faces. Chet is on his knees, arms stretched out, yelling at the top of his lungs like a vamp King Lear. CHET I-AM-IN-AGONNNYYYY! Chet breaks off a chair leg, muttering to himself. CHET Stop the pain, stop the pain, stop the pain, stop the pain, stop the pain... He plunges the stake into his own heart, but instead of the vampire's cry that escapes from the others upon being staked, Chet lets out a sigh of relief. By this time there are not too many people left. Most of the vampire have been killed by wooden stakes and most of the customers have been butchered or drained. All that's left on the vampire side are two naked dancers and two whores. On the human side are Seth, Jacob and his kids, Sex Machine and Frost. Aside from the children, who are hiding behind the bar, all the humans are holding wooden stakes. The four human men group together. The four female vampires charge, teeth exposed, snarling and dripping with blood. Seth, Jacob, Sex Machine and Frost raise their weapons and slam, almost simultaneously, the four vamps. All four staked bodies hit the floor. Kate and Scott run from behind the bar to their father's side. They all stand looking at the horrible carnage that has taken place. The floor is littered with dead bodies. FROST Ain't they supposed to burn up or something? At that moment a bright flash ERUPTS, illuminating everyone's face. The sound of quick burning flames fills the air. Everybody shields their eyes from the intense light, which lasts only a split second. It vanishes, along with the bodies of the vampires. All that remains is a smoldering mess of goo where the bodies once lay. They all stare at the mess for a few seconds and then RUN for the door. It's locked. They BANG on the door, but it's useless. It ain't budging, yet they all go on banging. Except for Seth. He never ran for the door. He walks over to his dead brother's body and kneels beside it. He takes his dead hand. SETH Richie, I'm sorry I fucked things up. You'd really like it in El Ray. We'd find peace there. I love you little brother, I'11 miss ya bad. Seth goes to kiss his brother's lips when, RICHARD'S EYES POP OPEN. They're YELLOW. Seth RAISES his head in surprise. RICHARD I'm glad you feel that way, Seth. I love you, too. Richard GRABS Seth by the front of his shirt and pulls him down to him. Fangs are now exposed. Seth tries to pull away. He SCREAMS for the others to help. Richard PULLS Seth down to striking distance and opens his mouth to take the big bite, when Sex Machine grabs Seth from behind and YANKS him from Richard's grasp. Jacob, Frost and the kids have surrounded Richard and proceed to KICK him and STOMP his head. Sex Machine picks up a chair and SMASHES it against a wall. He picks up one of the chair legs and walks over to where the others are holding Richard down. Richard sees the wood in the biker's hand. He knows what that means. Seth whips out his .45 and points it at Sex Machine. SETH Touch my brother with that stake, biker, and vampires won't need to suck your blood, they'll be able to lick it up off the floor. SEX MACHINE He ain't your brother no more. SETH That's a matter of opinion, and I don't give a fuck about your's. Jacob, Frost and the kids continue to hold Richard down to the ground. JACOB Don't be an idiot, he'll kill us all! Seth aims his gun at the group. SETH Shut up! Richard's giggling, RICHARD Yeah, shut up. Seth, still holding the outstretched gun, takes the stake out of Sex Machine's hand. Seth lowers the .45. SETH Hold him down. The smile evaporates from Richard's face. SETH Richie, here's the peace in death I could never give you in life. Seth puts the stake over Richard's heart. Using the butt of his .45 like a hammer, he POUNDS the stake into Richard's heart. Richard screams and dies. They all stand around the body as it BURSTS INTO FLAMES and disintegrates into goo. Seth breaks away from the group and walks over to the bar. He grabs a bottle of whiskey and starts downing it. Kate, of all people, walks away from the group and joins Seth at the bar. KATE Are you okay? SETH Peachy! Why shouldn't I be? The world's my oyster, except for the fact that I just rammed a wooden stake in my brother's heart because he turned into a vampire, even though I don't believe in vampires. Aside from that unfortunate business, everything's hunky-dory. KATE I'm really sorry. SETH Bullshit! You hate us. If you had half a chance you'd feed us to them! JACOB Then why didn't I? Jacob walks over to Seth. JACOB I saved your life. I didn't have to, but I did. And I'm sorry you lost your brother. I'm sorry he's dead. I'm sorry everybody's dead. Now, if we're gonna get out of this we need each other. And we need you sober and thinking, not drunk and... As Jacob has been talking, a sound has started that has grown LOUDER and LOUDER. Jacob stops in mid-sentence to identify it. JACOB What the hell is that? FROST At first I just thought it was birds. SEX MACHINE No, it's more of a gnawing sound. Birds peck, they don't gnaw. Rats gnaw. Seth puts the bottle in his hand down. SETH It's bats. 38 EXT. TITTY TWISTER - NIGHT 38 The outside of the Titty Twister is literally covered with hats, CLAWING, FLAPPING, GNAWING, trying like hell to get inside. Everybody listens to the bats SCRATCHING and clawing all along the walls, the roof and at the front door. Everyone's scared shitless and nobody has the slightest idea what to do next. The door begins to crack and splinter, little claws poke their way through. JACOB Give me a hand! Jacob runs to a table top. He grabs it and covers the area the bats are trying to claw through. The others grab other items to help secure and barricade the door. As the survivors are panickedly boarding up the door and the windows, a DEAD BIKER that the vampires fed on pops open his yellow eyes. He sits up and sees all the furious activity. Everyone's so busy they don't notice their new friend. The dead biker vamp sets his sights on Kate, who's putting a board into place. He springs to his feet and POUNCES on her, just as Sex Machine turns from across the room in her direction. SEX MACHINE Watch out, girly! The biker vamp GRABS Kate from behind. She lets out a scream. The vamp holds her close to him in a bear hug, but she's moving around so much he can't get a clear bite. The others hear the scream and look toward Kate. Sex Machine, Big Emilio's baseball bat in hand, is halfway to the rescue. As the biker vamp opens his mouth to take a juicy bite out of Kate's shoulder, Kate RAMS her head back, hitting the vamp in the mouth and breaking his fangs. He releases her and spits out his teeth just as Sex Machine runs up and SWINGS the baseball bat upside the vamp's head, breaking the bat in two and sending the vamp to the floor. As the vamp lies on the floor seeing stars, Sex Machine grabs one of the broken ends of the bat and SHOVES it in the vamp's heart. He dies and bursts into flames. At that point, three other dead victims rise to a sitting position. Sex Machine grabs a chair and THROWS it to the ground, breaking it. He grabs the four legs. SEX MACHINE (mumbling to himself) Goddamn fuckin' vampires. The biker has turned into Captain Sex Machine, Vampire Hunter. He stakes two of the vampires as they get to their feet. Both SPEW green blood, scream, die and burst into flames. The third, a trucker vampire wearing a cat cap, SMACKS Sex Machine in the mouth, which sends the biker for a loop. As CAT CAP runs toward the fallen Sex Machine, Kate JUMPS on his back from behind. Both of them go tumbling into a stack of whiskey cases. Sex Machine runs over and grabs Kate by the hand, pulling her up and out of the way. Cat Cap is lying in a pile of broken bottles and whiskey. Sex Machine raises his stake as Cat Cap dies and DRIVES it in the vamp's black heart. Cat Cap dies and bursts into flames, which hits the whiskey, starting a giant fire. SEX MACHINE Fire! Frost and Jacob stop barricading and run to the fire. FROST (to Sex Machine) We'll put this out. You stake the rest of these fuckers. SEX MACHINE Way ahead of ya. (to Kate) What's your name, girly? KATE Kate, what's yours? SEX MACHINE Sex Machine. Pleased to meet'cha. Kate, let's stake these blood-sucker fuckers. E(ate and Sex Machine give each other a high five and go to work STAKING the dead bodies. Jacob and FROST beat down the fire with their jackets and whatever else is at hand. A hole begins to appear where a window had been plastered over. Little claws scrape their way through. Scott stands in front of the window. SCOTT (yelling) We got a problem! Seth, who is barricading doors and window, looks in scott's direction. The hole in the plaster cracks open and out POPS a little, fleshy vampire bat/rat head. The bat/rat, which is SQUEAKING and HISSING its head off, tries to SQUEEZE its body through the newly formed hole. Seth, gun in hand, RUNS to the window. He points the .45, point-blank range at the head of the bat/rat. The bat/rat sees this, makes an "oh shit" face, and YANKS his head back through the hole. Seth was ready to fire, he lowers his gun in bewilderment, when... WHAM ! The bat/rat BURSTS through the hole, like shot out of a cannon, HITTING Seth in the gut and sending him FLYING, LANDING HARD on his back. Once Seth hits the ground, the bat-thing (which has the body of a fat rat with a bat's large wingspan) lickity-split RUNS UP Seth's body to his juggler. Seth's hand GRABS the bat's neck, and tries to PUSH it away. But the bat-thing has its CLAWS DUG in Seth's clothes. The bat-thing is just inches from Seth's face. Its mouth is SNAPPING. SETH Get this bastard off of me! Frost leaves Jacob with the fire, comes from behind and GRABS the bat-thing and YANKS it off of Seth. Sex Machine and Kate are a green, bloody mess from their preventative staking of dead bodies. Sex Machine kneels by a dead body, raising the stake in his hand to spear him. The body SPRINGS UP and bites Sex Machine on the arm. Red blood squirts all over. Sex Machine screams, then brings the stake down in the body's chest. It dies, burns and turns into goo. Sex Machine holds his bit arm and wraps it with a piece of his shirt. He quickly looks around to see if anybody saw him get bit. Nobody saw it, everybody was too busy. Frost holds the FLAPPING, FIGHTING, SNAPPING bat-thing in front of him at arm's length. He struggles with it for awhile, then... BASHES its head against the bar. The first bash takes some fight out of the little fucker, so... Frost BASHES his head against the bar six or seven times. He then THROWS the bat-thing on the bar, turns it over, garbs a pencil in a cup next to the register, and RAMS it in the bat-thing's heart. The bat-thing coughs and dies. There's a FLASH of FLAMES, followed by a pile of goo. Sex Machine and Kate have covered up a hole in the plastered window with a table while Frost, Scott and Seth wrestle with the bat-thing. Jacob has put out the fire. Everybody comes together, exhausted, and takes a breather. Outside, the bats continue to try and claw their way in. JACOB Is everybody okay? Everyone mutters "yeah." JACOB Okay, does anybody here know what's going on? SETH Yeah, I know what's going on. We got a bunch of fuckin' vampires outside trying to get inside and suck our fuckin' blood! That's it, plain and simple. And I don't wanna hear any bullshit about "I don't believe in vampires" because I don't fuckin' believe in vampires either. But I-do believe in my own two fuckin' eyes, and with my two eyes I saw fuckin' vampires! Now, does everybody agree we're dealin' with vampires. Everybody agrees. SETH You too, preacher? JACOB I'm like you. I don't believe in vampires, but I believe in what I saw. SETH Good for you. Now, since we all believe we're dealing with vampires, what do we know about vampires? Crosses hurt vampires. Do you have a cross? JACOB In the Winnebago. SETH In other words, no. SCOTT What are you talking about? We got crosses all over the place. SCOTT ( ) All you gotta do is put two sticks together and you got a cross. SEX MACHINE He's right. Peter Cushing does that all the time. SETH I don't know about that. In order for it to have any power, I think it's gotta be an official crucifix. JACOB What's an official cross? Some piece of tin made in Taiwan? What makes that official? If a cross works against vampires, it's not the cross itself, it's what the cross represents. The cross is a symbol of holiness. SETH Okay, I'11 buy that. So we got crosses covered, moving right along, what else? FROST Wooden stakes in the heart been workin' pretty good so far. SEX MACHINE Garlic, holy water, sunlight... I forget, does silver do anything to a vampire? SCOTT That's werewolves. SEX MACHINE I know silver bullets are werewolves. But I'm pretty sure silver has some sort of effect on vampires. KATE Does anybody have any silver? No. KATE Then who cares? SCOTT When's sunrise? Jacob looks at his watch. JACOB About two hours from now. KATE So all we have to do is get by for a few more hours and then we can walk right out the front door. SEX MACHINE Yeah, that's true, But I doubt our barricades, that door, those plastered windows and these walls will last two more hours with those bat fucks fuckin' with 'em. JACOB Has anybody here read a real book about vampires, or are we just remembering what a movie said? I mean a real book. SEX MACHINE You mean like a Time-Life book? Everybody laughs. FROST (in a cowboy voice) John Wesley Hardin, so mean he once shot a man for snorin' JACOB I take it the answer's no. Okay then, what do we know about these vampires? SETH Aside from they're thirsty. FROST Well, one thing, they might got super human strength, but you can hurt 'em. JACOB Yeah, that bottle upside the head of Santanico didn't kill her, but it didn't feel too good either. SEX MACHINE Another thing, you try and ram a broken chair leg in a human, you better be one strong son-of-a-bitch. The human body is one rough-tough machine. But these vamps got soft bodies. The texture of their skin is softer, mushier. You can push shit right through 'em. Conceivably, if you hit one hard enough, you could take their fuckin' head off. SCOTT You could take their head off. SETH Actually, our best weapon against these satanic cocksuckers is this man. (he points at Jacob) He's a preacher. Frost and Sex Machine look toward Jacob. SETH As far as God's concerned, we might just as well be a piece of fuckin' shit. But he's one of the boys. Only one problem, his faith ain't what it used to be. Jacob PUNCHES Seth in the mouth, sending him to the floor. Jacob stands over him. JACOB I've had enough of your taunts. Seth looks up from the floor. SETH I'm not taunting you. We need you. A faithless preacher doesn't mean shit to us. But a man who's a servant of God can grab a cross, shove it in these monsters' asses. A servant of God can bless the tap water and turn it into a weapon, Seth rises. SETH I know why you lost your faith. How could true holiness exist if your wife can be taken away from you and your children? Now, I always said God can kiss my fuckin' ass. Well, I changed my lifetime tune about thirty minutes ago 'cause I know, without a doubt, what's out there trying to get in here is pure evil straight from hell. And if there is a hell, and those monsters are from it, there's got to be a heaven. Now which are you, a faithless preacher or a mean, motherfuckin' servant of God? Jacob has to laugh at that. So does everybody else. Jacob sticks out his hand and shakes Seth's. JACOB I'm a mean, motherfuckin' servant of God. The laughter and good humor passes quickly and the only sound to be heard is that of the bats gnawing and clawing. It immediately reminds the group of the deep, deep shit they're in. KATE I don't know if I can take two hours of that noise. FROST You can. You'll take it 'cause ya got no choice. How'd ya like twenty four hours of it, lying in a muddy ditch with only the rotting corpses of your friends to keep you company? JACOB What are you talking about? FROST Back in '72 I was in Nam, trapped behind enemy lines, lying in a rat hole with my entire squad dead. They thought they killed everybody, and except for me, they were right. But it wasn't for lack of trying. A grenade blew up right next to me, that's why I'm so pretty. FROST ( ) They thought I was dead, so I played dead. They dumped all the bodies in a ditch. All I could do was lie there playing possum. Dead bodies under me, dead bodies on top of me, listening to the enemy laugh and joke hour after hour after hour... As Frost goes into his monologue, the sound fades out and the camera moves to Sex Machine. He's having a hot flash. He can't hear anything. He's looking at Frost speaking, but he doesn't hear any sound. Then he hears a deep, MALE VOICE say: MALE VOICE (V.O.) Thirst. "Who the fuck was that?" he thinks to himself. He turns around: nobody's there. No one else in the group seems to hear it, A FEMALE VOICE seductively says: FEMALE VOICE (V.O.) Thirst. We hear Sex Machine's thought in a voice answer. SEX MACHINE (V.O.) Stop fucking saying that! TWO MALE VOICES (V.O.) Thirst! SEX MACHINE (V.O.) That bite weren't nothin'. It just hurt like a son-of-a-bitch, that's all. It barely punched the skin. Sex Machine looks at Frost, who's acting out his story. The biker is pantomiming fighting and slashing. He's describing all the while, but we can't hear anything. All we hear are many voices, male, female, children saying: VOICES (V.O.) Thirst... Thirst... Thirst... Sex Machine begins looking at the other members of the group in a thirsty way. He stares at each of their necks, closer and closer until he can see the veins on Frost's neck actually pulsating, throbbing, beckoning to him. Sex Machine has turned into a vampire. The sound comes back as Frost finishes his story. FROST and then when I came back to my senses, I realized I had killed the entire V.C. squadron singlehandedly. My bayonet had blood and chunks of yellow flesh on it like some cannibal shish kabob. And to this day I don't have the slightest idea how I -- Sex Machine lets out a hideous cry. SEX MACHINE THIRST! Frost SCREAMS as Sex Machine grabs hold of him and BITES into his neck. The group tries to PULL the TWO men apart. Jacob gets his arm around Sex Machine's neck and tries pulling. Sex Machine takes his teeth out of the biker's neck and SINKS them in Jacob's arm. Jacob SCREAMS and lets go. Seth, Kate and Scott react to Jacob being bit. Sex Machine GRABS Jacob and TOSSES him effortlessly over the bar, CRASHING into a shelf full of liquor bottles. Frost HOPS around the room, mad as a hornet,holding his bleeding neck. FROST I been bit! He fuckin' bit me! Sex Machine PUNCHES Seth in the face, dropping him like a sack of potatoes. He smacks the shit out of Kate. She goes FLYING into a table. Sex Machine turns, seeing Frost breaking off a big table leg. Frost looks at the big vamp. FROST (to Sex Machine) You're dead, motherfucker! You're gonna bite me! You just turned me into a vampire, asshole! SEX MACHINE What are you gonna do about it? Frost, table leg in hand, RUNS, SCREAMING his head off, straight at Sex Machine. Sex Machine's nostrils flare. He raises his meaty fist and pulls it back, so he can really haul off. Frost, top speed, stake raised, screaming. Sex Machine lets loose with his punch, Seth, Scott and Kate look up from the floor. Jacob rises from behind the bar. Frost's face COLLIDES with Sex Machine's fist. Sex Machine hits Frost so hard it lifts the biker off the ground and propels him through the air. Seth sees where Frost is heading and says: SETH Oh shit! Jacob sees. JACOB Good lord! Frost, in mid-air, HITS the barricaded, plastered over window and CRASHES through it. Sex Machine lets loose with a maniacal laugh. Hundreds of bat-things fly into the bar. Seth grabs the two kids by the hand and runs for the back room. Behind the bar, Jacob grabs two pieces of wood from off the ground. Ten bat-things are in hot pursuit of Seth, Kate and Scott, who are RUNNING for their lives. They get to the door of the back room, whip it open, dive in and SLAM it behind them. An ugly, fleshy bat-thing manges to get its head caught in the door as it closes. Kate and ScottPUSH on the door as hard as they can. The bat-thing's head, which is inside, screams, howls and snaps in fury. Seth turns toward the bat/vamp in the door. He sticks his .45 in its big mouth. SETH You wanna suck something, suck on this! He FIRES four shots that blow the bat vamp's head all over the wall. Kate yells: KATE We have to go back for Daddy! SETH Daddy's dead. KATE Noooo! She spins and grabs the door knob, ready to fling the door and help her father. Scott grabs her and pushes her up against the wall. SCOTT He's right, Kate. Daddy's dead! He was too far away. If flinging that door and filling this room with those bat-things would save him, I'd fling it. The only thing it'll do is turn us into one of them. SETH He needs our help! SCOTT He's beyond our help. You saw him get bit. I saw him get bit. We all saw it. You can't help him. I've got no one left to lose but you. I can't be alone again. We're sticking together. Just then they hear Jacob's voice BOOMING from the barroom. 40 INT. BARROOM - NIGHT 40 Jacob, holding a cross made out of two sticks and reciting appropriate verse from the bible, is keeping the vampires at bay. But, as Seth predicted, it is the shining power of his restored faith that is his mightiest weapon. Jacob is making his way through the vampires, toward the back door. A lot of the bats have transformed into bat/devil/human creatures. The creatures stand at the edge of Jacob's force field of holiness. Many bat things fly around the bar like mad, whirling dervishes. A cluster of bat-things over above and in front of Jacob. They all growl and hiss at the man of god. For every one step forward Jacob takes, the vampires take one step back. Jacob recites the verse from the bible in a threatening, mean, motherfucking, servant of god tone. As he speaks with authority and strength, he sees Frost lying on the ground, bat-things on him like ants on a candy bar. But Jacob is too much in control to let even this repugnant sight trip him up. Jacob has backed himself up by the door. JACOB Open the door. 41 The door FLIES open. Jacob jumps inside. The door SLAMS 41 shut. Jacob hugs daughter and son. As he hugs them, we see his bloody arm. When he releases them, they can't help but notice. SETH Did he...? JACOB Yep. Seth explodes, knocking over boxes, busting chairs, tipping over tables and cussing a blue streak. SETH Fuck, piss, shit! Motherfuckin' vampires! Motherfuckin' vampires! Goddamn motherfuckin' vampires! Seth runs over to the barricaded door and yells to the creatures on the other side. SETH You all are gonna fuckin' die! I'm gonna fuckin' kill every last one of you godless pieces of shit! JACOB (to Seth) You bet your sweet ass you are, and I'm gonna help you do it. But we ain't got much time. Kate is crying, she knows what's happened to her father. KATE You're gonna be okay, aren't you, daddy? JACOB No, I'm not. I've been bit. In effect, I'm already dead. Scott and Kate, crying, grab their father and hold on for dear life. Jacob wants to cry, but if he breaks down, the kids will never have the courage for what they must do. JACOB (to his children) Children, listen to me. I love you two more than anybody. And I just want you to know you've made me proud all your lives. But never more so than tonight. And I wish we could sit here and cry till I pass on, but we can't. Because I'm not going to pass on. I'm going to turn into a monster. And when I do, I'm going to be dangerous. But before that happens, just know I love you. (to Seth and the kids) Now, I'd say in the next twenty or thirty minutes our friends outside will bust in this door. And I'11 probably turn into a vampire within the hour. Now, you have two choices. You can wait for me to turn, then deal with me, then wait for them to burst inside here and the three of you will deal with them. Or, we can kick open that door and the four of us can hit 'em with everything we have, and carve a path right through 'em to front entrance. But if we're gonna go at 'em, we gotta go at 'em now. I confused them, I scared them, I took them off guard. But they're going to get unconfused, they're going to get unscared, they're going to get together and they're going to hit that door like a ton of bricks. And when that moment arrives, we gotta be ready. Jacob sees that the back room is pretty damn big and filled with boxes and crates. JACOB What's this stuff? SETH My guess is that this little dive's been feeding on nomad road waifs like bikers and truckers for a long time. This is probably some of the shipments they stole off the trucks. JACOB Well, I say lets tear this place apart for weapons. So when they burst through that door, we'll make 'em wish they never did. SETH I don't give a shit about living or dying anymore. I just want to send as many of these devils back to hell as I can. JACOB Amen. MONTAGE 42 42 The survivors are opening boxes and prying open crates. A lot of what they find is bullshit. Pantyhose, coffee, teddy bears, etc. But a few of the boxes are justwhat the doctor ordered. Cases from a sporting good supplier yield a shipment of baseball bats. Meant to arrive at toy stores are a shipment of Uzi replica squirt guns and a box of balloons. And captured en route to a hardware store are shipments of power tools, saws and jack hammers. Seth and Scott saw the bats into wooden stakes. Kate fills the Uzi squirt guns with tap water from the back room sink. Jacob, with Seth's knife, etches a cross into every bullet in the .45 automatic's last full clip of ammo. Vampires all start converging on the back room door, getting their courage back. Kate makes water balloons. Scott sharpens the stakes to a point with the tools. Seth attaches a wooden stake to the end of a jackhammer. Jacob blesses the water in the squirt guns and balloons, turning it into holy water. Our heroes work together, preparing for the battle to come. The back room door, barricaded with crates and boxes, begins to be pounded on by the undead on the other side. The room tone is a combination of chewing, scratching, pounding, squeaking and screaming. Finally they're ready. 43 Jacob turns to his kids. 43 JACOB Before we go any further, I need you three to promise me something. I'11 fight with you to the bitter end, but when I turn into one of them, I won't be Jacob anymore. I'11 be a lap dog of Satan. I want you three to promise you'll take me down, no different from the rest. The kids can't say the words. SETH I promise. JACOB Kate, Scott? KATE I promise. JACOB Scott? SCOTT Yeah, I promise. Jacob doesn't believe them. JACOB Why don't I believe you? (he picks up the ..45) I'm gonna ask you two again, then I want you to swear to God that you'll kill me. If you don't, I'm gonna just kill myself right now. Now, since you need me I think you better swear. Kate, do you swear to God that when I turn into one of the undead, you'll kill me? Kate doesn't answer. Jacob places the .45 barrel against his temple. JACOB Kate, we don't have all day, so I'm only gonna count to five. One... two... three... four... KATE Okay, okay, I promise I'11 do it! JACOB Not good enough, swear to God. KATE I swear to God, our father, that when you change into one of the undead, I will kill you. JACOB Good girl. Now, Scott, we have even less time, so I'm only giving you the count of three. One... SCOTT You don't believe in suicide. JACOB It's not suicide if you're already dead. Two... SCOTT Okay, I'll kill you when you change, I swear to God in Jesus Christ's name. JACOB Thank you, son. SETH Okay, vampire killers, let's kill some fuckin' vampires. 44 INT. BARROOM - NIGHT 44 The vampires, bat-things and what have you, start BREAKING down the door. They are in a mad frenzy. They burst through the door. Waiting for them are Scott and Kate holding Uzi squirt guns and water balloons draped down their chests on a belt like grenades. Jacob is holding a cross made of sharp wooden stakes and the .45 with the cross bullets. Seth is holding the jackhammer. The survivors walk out of the back room into the bar. The vamps back up, letting them inside. What we have here is a Mexican standoff, a la "The Wild Bunch." A moment of peace before the battle. The vamps just watch the humans. The humans just watch the vamps. Then, like the bull in the china shop, Seth ends the peace by starting up the jackhammer. SETH Kill 'em all! Jacob holds up the cross, the vamps react. The kids SPRAY the crowd with UZI fire, burning vampire flesh. The pack of vamps retreat while the Fuller squad walk forward. They are attacked on all sides, but they keep moving towards the door. Seth slams the stakes into several of the vamps, it speeds in and out of vampire chests, each time spraying him in green vamp blood. Jacob shoves his cross stake into a vampire with one hand and SHOOTS three vampires with blessed bullets with the other. Flame BURSTS from the vampires' chests when the bullets hit. Kate and Scott both whip water balloons off their belts and toss them into the crowd. They burst and FRY several of the vamps, who fall, screaming in pain. From its perch on a wood ceiling beam, a bat-thing drops and HURLS toward the group. Jacob sees it, raises his gun and FIRES. The bat-thing bursts into a ball of screaming fire. Seth continues carving a path to the front door by slamming the hammer stake into vampire chests. The front door is barricaded again by a big table and other junk. SCOTT (yelling) Why did they block the door again? JACOB (yelling) To keep the daylight out! This is where they sleep! Get to the door! Seth tries to get to the front door, when Sex Machine, now a half bat, half devil vamp, about six foot seven, drops from above in front of him. Seth RAMS the stake in its chest. The Sex Machine-thing screams out, LIFTING the hammer and Seth off the ground. Seth is thrown from his hold on the hammer across the room, He CRASHES into a table. The Sex Machine-thing falls back with the jackhammer sticking out of his chest, dead. Kate, spraying Uzi fire like Rambo, sees Seth fall. She screams: KATE Seth! Seth quickly gets up to find himself surrounded by vampires on all sides. With no weapons, he puts up on dukes. SETH Okay, deadboys, come on! Take a bite and feel all right! Kate clusters with her father and Scott. KATE (yelling) I'm going for 'em! JACOB No! KATE Everybody goes home! Kate turns into a squirtgun firing, water-balloon throwing, one-woman army, as she breaks from her father and heads in Seth's direction. KATE (screaming) Die, monster, die! Die, monster, die! Kate mows down the group by Seth, they lie on the floor, burning in agony. Kate takes Seth's hand and gives him a couple of water balloons and a stake. KATE (to Seth) Watch my back! SETH Anytime, Cutting through vampires, the two make their way across the bar. Jacob, firing the .45, takes out several more vampires in fiery death. Scott fires the Uzi and chucks more water balloons. As Jacob fights, all of a sudden the sound goes out. He can't hear anything. He wonders if he's gone deaf. He starts to hear the words: "Thirst, thirst, thirst." He notices the vampires have stopped attacking him. They look at him wit happy smiles on their devilish faces. Fangs begin to grow. His eyes are yellow. Scott turns to his dad. He sees his father is a monster. Jacob, with a devilish grin on his face, GRABS Scott and sinks his teeth into Scott's forearm. Scott screams bloody murder as his dad begins to drain him of blood. Scott takes one of the water balloons he's wearing and SMASHES it against Jacob's head. The holy water melts half of Jacob's face away. He lets go of Scott, screaming, and drops the .45 on the floor. Scott drops to the ground, picking up the gun. He brings it up to fire. A totally evil Jacob, with only half a face, matches stares with the boy he once called his son. Scott's eyes turn to steel. SCOTT I swear to God, in Jesus Christ's name. He FIRES, sending a holy bullet into Jacob's forehead, creating a hole from which fire shoots out. Jacob's entire head bursts into flames, then explodes. From across the room, Fate sees her daddy ignite. She cries out. In the thick of the battle, Seth yells: SETH Fight now, cry later. Kate takes his advice and hits a vamp square in the face with a holy water balloon, which melts his head. A bat-thing lands on the back of Scott's neck. He screams as it bites into him. He drops the .45. Kate sees Scott get bit. KATE Oh my god. Another bat-thing lands on Scott's arm and takes a bite. Scott screams. KATE You bastards! She goes to spray them when her Uzi runs out of water. Now seven bat-things are on Scott biting and sucking blood. Scott is in agony. SCOTT Kill me Kate! Kate runs for her brother, does a DIVE and a ROLL, coming up by the .45, SNATCHING it in one motion and FIRING three times. One... two... three bat-things are hit, shoot flames, then all of them EXPLODE, BLOWING UP Scott. The remaining vamps approach. All the humans have left is a few bullets and one holy balloon. SETH How many bullets left, kid? KATE Not many. SETH Well, when you run out of weapons, just start cold cocking 'em. Make 'em sing for their supper. The two survivors are backed up against a wall. Two bat things do a Kamikaze dive from the air toward Seth. Seth throws the holy balloon at them. Direct hit. The two bat-things burst into flames and spiral to the floor. The two survivors look at the vampires, who stand before them. A moment of stillness before the attack. Kate stands holding the .45, arm outstretched. KATE (to Seth) Should I use the last bullets on us? SETH You use 'em on the first couple of these parasites that try to bite you. The vamps begins to close in. Kate lines up the .45 sights on the face of an approaching vampire. Seth holds the Uzi like a club, ready to bash in the first vampire's head that gets in swinging distance. Beams of sunlight shoot through the holes that Kate shot through the wall. Approaching vampires burn. The scorched vamps scream like they've never screamed before. SETH Shoot more holes! Kate turns away from the vamps and shoots holes in the wall behind him, Daylight comes through, providing Kate and Seth with a safe, lighted area. The .45's empty. The vamps hiss and scream at the frustration of not being able to get at them. The two survivors hold hands, when... All of a sudden the door to the Titty Twister is pounded on from the outside. The vamps look towards it in horror. From the other side of the door, we hear a voice with a Spanish accent. CARLOS (to Seth) What the fuck-'was going on in -' there? Seth signals Carlos to wait a minute while he catches his breath. Then he hauls off and PUNCHES Carlos square in the kisser. Danny and Manny aim their shotguns at.Seth. CARLOS (in Spanish) Whatsamatter with you? Are you crazy? SETH Why the fuck, outta all the god forsaken shitholes in Mexico, did you have us rendezvous at that place? CARLOS I don't know, one place's as good as another SETH Have you ever been there before? CARLOS No, but I passed by it a couple of times. It's out in the middle of nowhere. It seems like a rowdy place, so there wouldn't be a lot of police. And it's open from dusk till dawn. You said meet you in the morning. SETH Well, because you picked that place out of hat, my brother's dead now. And this girl's family's dead. Carlos stands up again. CARLOS I'm sorry to hear that. What were they, psychos? SETH Did they look like psychos? They were fuckin' vampires. Psychos don't explode when sunlight hits'em, I don't care how crazy they are. Danny and Manny react to the vampire news by crossing themselves again. CARLOS Oh, Seth, how can I ever make it up to you? SETH You can't, but fifteen percent instead of thirty for my stay at El Ray is a good start. CARLOS Twenty-eight. SETH Jesus Christ, Carlos, my brother's dead and he's not coming back, and it's all your fault. Twenty. They look at each other., then shake hands, saying in unison. SETH AND CARLOS (in Spanish) Twenty-five. SETH (to Kate) Go to the Winnebago and get my suitcase, Kate runs off to get the money, leaving Seth, Scott, Carlos, Danny, and Manny together. Carlos offers everyone a fancy imported cigarette. Everybody accepts, Scott included. Manny lights everyone's smoke. SETH I got a joke for you guys. Little Red Riding Hood is walkin' through the forest and she comes across Little Bo Peep, and Little Bo Peep says: "Little Red Riding Hood, are you crazy? Don't you know the Big Bad Wolf is walking these woods and if he finds you he's gonna pull down your dress and squeeze your titties." Then Little Red Riding Hood hitches up her skirt and taps a .357 Magnum she has holstered on her thigh and says: "No he won't." As Seth goes on, the sounds goes out for Scott. He can see Seth tell his joke in an animated way, but he can't hear anything. Then, inside his head, he hears Jacob's voice say: JACOB'S VOICE (VO) Thirst! The sound is back on. Seth moves to the punchline. Scott is acting funny, he's hearing voices and is as hot as hell. SETH Then finallyh she comes across the Big Bad Wolf and the Big Bad Wolf's laughing and says: "Little Red Riding Hood, you know better than to be walking around these woods alone. You know I'm just gonna have to pull down your dress and squeeze your titties." Then Little Red Riding Hood whips out her .357, cocks it, sticks it in the Big Bad Wolf's face and says: "No you won't. You're gonna eat me, just like the story says." Carlos lets out a hearty laugh. Danny and Manny laugh like Crazy. Seth is laughing at his own joke. Scott turns into a bloodthirsty vampire and knocks Seth out cold, sending him flying over the Mercedes. Then he attacks Carlos, Danny and Manny. CUT TO: INT. WINNEBAGO Kate has the suitcase full of money and heads out the door, only to see Scott covered in blood, draining the last drops from Carlos's throat. She lets out a scream. Scott turns, hearing her. His body is beginning to smoke from the destructive effects of the sun. He stands and begins walking toward her. His face is no longer that of innocent youth, but now a twisted incarnation of evil. KATE No Scott. Not you. SCOTT It's about time I became a man. Kate turns and climbs into the winnebago, slamming the door in her brother's face. Scott pounds at it, then rips it from its hinges. His body billowing smoke, ignites in a ball of flame as he enters the motor home. The camera travels the length of the vehicles exterior. All the way the camper shakes and rocks. We can hear screaming from within as the camera dollies to the rear of the camper. Just the the windows SMASHES and Kate struggles to climb through, falling with the suitcase to the ground. She scurries away. Suddenly, fire erupts from the windows and the winnebago EXPLODES in a massive fireball. Kate hobbles over to where Carlos and the others lie, looking around for Seth. She finds him just regaining consciousness behind the car. SETH (groggy) Argh...What the fuck hit me? KATE Are you all right? SETH Yeah, are you? What happened? Then from down the road, a slew of Mexican police and Border Patrol cars pull in, skidding to a stop. Officers jump out and position themselves behind their vehicles. From one of the cars emerges Chase, his drawn gun pointing right at Seth. CHASE All right, Gecko. Let the girl and the money go. Kate looks at Seth, who nods. She picks up the suitcase and walks away as he put his hand into the air. SETH How'd ya find me? CHASE You fucked up, kidnapping the family, leaving your car at the Dew Drop. It was just a matter of time. Kate moves over and stands along side one of the officers. Chase motions the Federales to take him prisoner. They move in and begin to cuff him when suddenly, from behind the Mercedes, Carlos, Danny and Manny jump up, scaring the shit out of the officers. Kate knocks the gun fron the officer's hand and quickly picks it up from the ground, holding him at bay. The other officers fire at the three amigos, but their guns do nothing as the three approach, their bodies smoking. Seth jumps up and runs toward Kate, who's still holding several officers at gun point. Seth grabs the gun and motions them away from a car. The officers continue to fire at the vamps. BAM, BAM, BAM! BOOM! Danny explodes. BOOM! Manny explodes. BOOM! Up goes Carlos in a fireball. The officers look at their guns as if they were some sort of super weapons. Seth and Kate climb in the car, slam the door and start it up. Chase regains his senses and turns, FIRING at the car. Click, click. His guy runs out of bullets. Seth shoots out the tires on the other cars. SETH (to Chase) Better luck next time, asshole. VARROOMM! He guns the engine and hits the siren. The car rips out, spitting dirt as it zips down the road. CHASE FUCK! CUT TO INT. POLICE CAR - DAY SETH Thanks for the hand back there. Why'd you do it? KATE I don't know. SETH You could have gone with them, they'd have taken you back home. KATE I don't have a home now. SETH What about family? KATE You're my family now. Kate turns to Seth, they both laugh maniacally. CUT TO: EXT. HIGHWAY - DAY The car speeds down the road and into the distance. THE END A very special thanks to Tim Hewitt for providing the final three pages of the script Kale Cast List: Quentin Tarantino__________Richard Gecko George Clooney___________Seth Gecko Harvey Keitel_____________Jacob Juliette Lewis_____________Kate Tom Savini_______________Sex Machine Selma Hayek______________Santanico [Image]