Script

It's a late evening in December. Rachel is home alone, sitting in her living room reading a magazine. She is obviously upset as she has just had an argument with her boyfriend. She checks her phone to see if she has any messages and sighs when she sees no one has text her. She goes back to reading her magazine and the doorbell rings. Startled, she jumps and looks towards the door. She gets up and walks to the front door. There is a newspaper on the floor, Rachel picks it up, looks at it and then opens the door, her friend Lex is there holding a bottle of wine.

Lex: Surprise!
Rachel: I'm so glad you're here.

Rachel moves to let Lex in. Lex walks past her then looks back.

Lex: By the way I ordered us Chinese, should be here any minute.

They both walk through the hallway and living room to the dining room. On the way they discuss the newspaper.

Rachel: Have you read this about the murders?

Rachel shows Lex the newspaper.

Lex (reading the newspaper): They still haven't found the guy then? Do we even know any of the girls that have been murdered? It's probably just a story made up to get peoples minds off of swine flu.
Rachel (sarcastically): Yeah. That must be it.

Cut to a shot of the killer outside of the house, he walks up to the side gate and walks to the patio doors and looks into the dining room.

The girls are now in the dining room. Rachel walks into the kitchen to get some glasses and then walks back to the dining room where Lex is still reading the newspaper. Rachel starts pouring the wine into the glasses.

Lex: Oh my god.. The last girl he killed was Sarah Lane? She was in my English! How did i not know this?!

The Intruder walks past the patio doors in the background as Rachel and Lex talk. The characters do not see this however the audience does.

Rachel (scared): I know, its really scary. I guess it's not just a story after all.

The door bell rings and the girls rush to answer it, arguing on the way.

Lex: Yes! Food! I'm starving.
Rachel: Wait let me get some money..
Lex: Oh shut up I'm paying.
Rachel: No.
Lex: Yes. I ordered it.
Rachel: No!
Lex: YES!

When they're out of shot The Intruder comes back to the patio doors and walks through them into the dining room. He tries to close the doors but leaves them slightly open so not to make a noise. He hears the girls coming back and runs into the study.

The girls come back into the dining room holding the Chinese.

Lex: Rach.. Did you open the patio doors?
Rachel: I don't think so..
Lex: You must have! Who else would it have been?

Lex picks up the newspaper.

Lex (sarcastically): The Intruder?

They both laugh, however Rachel seems slightly worried. They walk into the lounge with their food and drinks. Cut to a shot of The Intruder in the study. He is moving around the room, looking for something. He picks up a picture of Rachel's mother, seeming to recognise her. He drops the picture. We then cut to a shot of the girls in the lounge. They hear the sound of the picture being dropped and jump.

Rachel: What was that!
Lex: What the hell.. Did that come from the study?

Lex starts walking towards the study.

Rachel: Are you crazy?! That could be the..
Lex: Come on!

They open the door and walk in. The window is wide open, the picture is smashed on the floor and there are papers everywhere.

Rachel: Someone was in here..
Lex: Okay, maybe you were right..
Rachel: We need to call the police.

They walk out of the room to go and call the police, as they walk out into the dining room they see The Intruder standing there with a knife in his hand. Cut to titles.