VIXEN: the screenplay

wow.... this ... this is good. grunger, you should make this into a book! id buy it. and that was a great cliff hanger. keep up the good work.

I've reead the whole story.. Great, though it gave me a nightmare so terrible, I shall never sleep again.. *shuddrrs*

Tanner wrote:

wow.... this ... this is good. grunger, you should make this into a book! id buy it. and that was a great cliff hanger. keep up the good work.

it's not even over yet. i'm gonna try and enter it in to EOTL and see if i can take it farther.

Ricky grabs a stick and holds it up.

RICKY
Get your ass away from me! Wait a minute...

FLASHBACK MODE

INT. FITCH'S RESIDENCE

Flashing back to when Ricky was able to live with his parents. Ricky is now 6 years old. MR. FITCH, 37, comes in with a dog that looks strikingly similar to the fox.

MR. FITCH
Happy birthday, son.

YOUNG RICKY
Thanks, Dad.

Young Ricky embraces the dog.

YOUNG RICKY (to dog)
I'll call you Sparky.

INT. NEIGHBORHOOD

Young Ricky is taking Sparky for a walk in the neighborhood. A car pulls up next to them. The windows on the car roll down. His radio is turned up all the way on a Hard Rock station playing "No Sleep Till Brookyln" by Beastie Boys.

MAN DRIVING CAR
Wassup, kid?

YOUNG RICKY
Nothing. Just walking my dog.

DRIVER
That's a nice dog ya got there. What's he called?

YOUNG RICKY
He's Sparky.

DRIVER
Wow. You think I could have 'im?

YOUNG RICKY
No. He's my dog. I got him 3 years ago.

DRIVER
Too bad. I want the fuckin' dog.

YOUNG RICKY
You aren't supposed to use that kind of language.

DRIVER
Says who? A weak-ass pussy like you? Ha!

He opens the door and grabs Sparky's leash. Young Ricky is pulling on another part of the leash trying to get Sparky away.

DRIVER
Let go, bitch. You're chokin' 'im!

YOUNG RICKY (to dog)
I'm sorry Sparky. I'm trying to protect you from that bad man.

DRIVER
"Bad man"? Fuck you, pussy!

EXIT FLASHBACK MODE

INT. BROOKLYN PET CEMETARY

We flash back to the present Ricky is staring at the fox remembering all those memories with Sparky.

RICKY
Sparky?

The fox growls and jumps on Ricky's face.

INT. GILTBERT'S RESIDENCE

Dan is still watching TV. He is sitting on the couch.

We can hear Ricky screaming. Dan hears it also.

DAN
Oh, God. What's he bitching about now?

INT. PET CEMETARY

Fox is mauling Ricky's face. Until Ricky gets another look at the fox.

RICKY
Oh, hell. Sparky? AAA!!!

Dan comes.

DAN
Alright what mess have you gotten yourself into this time...?

Dan sees the fox.

DAN
Oh my God! Ricky wait here!

RICKY
Wait! Don't leave me!

DAN
I'll help you, buddy!

RICKY
Then get your ass back here!

DAN
Wait!

INT. GILTBERT'S RESIDENCE

Dan gets back in the house. He opens the closet. He pulls out a shotgun.

DAN
Oh, yeah. Finally I get to use this thing.

INT. PET CEMETARY

Dan comes back with the shotgun.

RICKY
Great! Just fuckin' great! You came to put me out of my misery!

DAN
Hell, no! I'm gonna shoot the fox!

RICKY
Good idea.

DAN'S POV

We see through that part of the gun that aims. The aim is at the fox's spine. Dan pulls the trigger.

EXIT POV

We see the bullet shoot into the fox's spine, spreading blood all over.

RICKY
Thank you, man. I totally owe you one.

DAN
Can I watch Earl?

RICKY
Yeah.

DAN
But what'll you do all day?

RICKY
Hide upstairs. Now let's get back to the house.

INT. GILTBERT'S RESIDENCE - LIVING ROOM

Dan and Ricky are sitting on the couch watching TV.

DAN
So, Ricky, what do you think about that fox.

RICKY
I think that was the dog I had when I was 6.

DAN
Sparky?

RICKY
Yeah.

DAN
Bullshit. Sparky's dead.

RICKY
Apparently, he's been resurrected.

DAN
By who?

RICKY
How the fuck am I supposed to know?

INT. DAN'S ROOM

Dan is asleep in bed, with his radio on playing "Getting Away with Murder" by Papa Roach.

RICKY (O.C.)
AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

Dan turns radio down.

DAN
Oh, fucking no.

INT. KITCHEN

Dan comes downstairs in his pajamas. He sees Ricky sitting against one of the cabinets next to the oven. His eyes are wide open staring at the wall.

Dan looks at the wall. He sees the words "VIXEN" written on there in blood. He grabs Ricky, looks at his hands. They are all bloody.

DAN
You cut yourself?

RICKY (mumbling)
Sparky... back from dead...

DAN
Who the hell is Sparky?

RICKY (mumbling)
He's GONNA GET ME!!

Ricky grabs the knife in the drawer and continues to cut himself.

RICKY
Killing spree.

Dan grabs the knife back.

DAN
Dude, don't cut yourself. It's not gonna make you feel any better.

RICKY (yelling)
VIXEN! Horrible things will happen very soon.

DAN
Speak fucking English, man. I can't understand a fucking thing out of you.

Ricky grabs the knife back and begins cutting into his veins.

DAN
Gimme that!

RICKY
Vixen! Can't die! Vixen!

DAN (on "die")
What can't die? Oh, my fucking god.

INT. BROOKYLN HOSPITAL - ROOM 666

Ricky is asleep in the hospital bed. Standing over him is an old man of his 60s-70s, DOCTOR REDD RIDER, and Dan.

DAN
You sure he's gonna be okay, doctor?

DOCTOR
Sure. He'll be just fine. Just a few cuts and bruises.

DAN
Okay.

DOCTOR
I'll be right back.

INT. BROOKLYN HOSPITAL - WAITING ROOM

Doctor Rider walks up to the secretary.

DOCTOR
You know where I can find that thing that amputates the arm.

SECRETARY
You're the doctor. You should know.

DOCTOR
I'm drunk, alright.

SECRETARY
Well, ask someone else.

DOCTOR
Jeez.

INT. BROOKLYN HOSPITAL - ROOM 666

Ricky wakes up in bed. Dan is still over him.

DAN
Wassup, Ricky?

RICKY
Not much. You?

DAN
You're in the hospital?

RICKY
WHAT?!

DAN
Relax, dude.

RICKY
AAAA!!!

DAN
Don't worry. Doctor Rider says you should be fine.

WINDOW - RICKY'S POV

We see the fox on the windowsill from Ricky's POV. He is scratching at the glass.

EXIT POV

RICKY
Sparky! Windowsill!

DAN
Maybe it would be better if you got some more sleep.

RICKY
Look at the fucking window, Dan.

Dan turns around.

WINDOWSILL - DAN'S POV

There is nothing there.

EXIT POV

DAN
I don't see anything.

RICKY
He's gone. He's in hiding waiting to kill you all! AAAA!!!

DAN
Take a freakin' chill pill, Ricky. The doctor says everything's going to be fine.

RICKY (singing)
I am aware now
How everything's gonna be fine.
I am prepared now
I am fiiinne
Again

DAN
Yeah, that's right.

RICKY (singing)
I'm not okay
I'm not okay
I'm not okay
You wear me out

DAN
Oh, great. Well, I can't just stand over you all day. I'm going home.

RICKY
NO!! He's gonna kill me! VIXEN!! VIXEN!! I'm gonna die! He's after me! NO!!

DAN
Get some rest, okay.

RICKY
Don't leave me!

DAN
Sorry, but I have to. You're gonna be fine!

RICKY
Bullshit!

DAN
Catch ya later!

RICKY
It was nice knowing you, you thoughtless son of a bitch!

Exit Dan.

INT. GILTBERT'S RESIDENCE

Dan enters house. He puts his coat up. He immediatly begins panicing.

DAN
Where's the phone! Where's the phone! Where's the phone!

He starts running around the room.

INT. KITCHEN

Dan runs into kitchen. He finds the phone. He immediatly picks it up and calls the police. He waits for his call to be answered.

DAN
C'mon! Pick up you worthless bastards!

Someone answers on "you".

POLICE SECRETARY (V.O.)
Yes? This is the "worthless bastards".

DAN
Sorry. I was waiting to be answered.

POLICE SECRETARY (V.O.)
Well, yes?

DAN
Well, this is gonna sound fucked up but there is a fox on the loose in Brookyln. I need you guys to be ready.

POLICE SECRETARY (V.O.)
There's always a fox here in Brooklyn.

DAN
This one's gonna kill everyone in Brooklyn. You must be ready for it. It is the ghost of my friend's dog taking on the form of a fox.

INT. POLICE STATION - SECRETARY DESK

POLICE SECRETARY
I assure you everything will be fine. There's always a fox in Brooklyn. Nobody got killed.

DAN (V.O.)
That's because it never got the chance.

POLICE SECURITY
Get to sleep, whacko.

INT. KITCHEN

Dan is still on the phone

DAN
Fine! That's motherfucking fine with me! I could give less of a fuck about your godforsaken fucking fucked up fucking town! You want your fucking asses torn up by a fox! Fine! I don't give a fuck! Fine! Fine! Fine! Fuck this shit! I don't need it!

He slams the phone back on the receiver.

DAN
Such fucking bastards.

INT. HOSPITAL - ROOM 666

Ricky is in the hospital bed asleep. The fox comes to the windowsill. It breaks through the window. It jumps onto Ricky. Footsteps are heard. Doctor Rider comes in. The fox hides.

DOCTOR RIDER
Ricky?

THE ROOM - DOCTOR RIDER'S POV

The room is quiet. No living thing is seen except Ricky sleeping on the hospital bed.

EXIT POV

DOCTOR RIDER
I must be hearing things.

He turns to leave the room. The fox jumps on his back and digs into his skin with his claws and pulls out his veins and cuts them.

Then the fox grabs Ricky's body and drags it along with him out the window.

INT. GILTBERT RESIDENCE - STAIRWAY

Dan walks up the stairs.

INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY

Dan walks through the hallway. He opens one door. Enters

INT. DAN'S BEDROOM

Dan enters his room. He turns on his radio. They begins to play "45" by SHINEDOWN. As the song plays, Dan gets into his pajamas and gets in bed.

We hear noises outside. Dan continues to sleep.

INT. OUTSIDE HOUSE

The camera leaves the house and moves to the electrical wire.

Ricky's dead body is there. He is cut in half, his right half is strangled by the electrical wire.

INT. MONICA'S BEDROOM

Monica is in her bedroom wearing only a towel. She walks into her closet. The camera follows her. She drops the towel and opens a drawer pulling out some clothes.

INT. MONICA'S BEDROOM - WINDOWSILL

We see a fox on the windowsill. It breaks through the glass.

INT. MONICA'S BEDROOM - CLOSET

Monica's in her closet getting dressed. She hears the glass break. She exits closet wearing only a black bra.

INT. MONICA'S BEDROOM

The fox is hiding.

MONICA
Ricky? Is that you?

The fox jumps out and lays her down on the windowsill and closes the window on her neck causing her head to break off.

INT. DAN'S BEDROOM

Dan is still sleeping. We hear something dropped on the roof. It wakes Dan up.

DAN (yawning)
Goddamn kids.

Dan puts on a coat.

INT. STAIRWAY

Dan exits the bedroom and walks down the stairway.

INT. LIVING ROOM

Dan walks through the living room to the door.

INT. FRONT YARD

Dan exits the house. He looks around the house.

DAN
Where are you you little fuckers?

He sees Ricky's body strangled by the electrical wire and partially cut in half.

DAN
AAHH!! RICKY!

He runs into his car.

INT. CAR - FRONT SEAT

DAN'S POV

We see the fox in the front seat from Dan's POV.

DAN (O.C.)
Holy fucking God!

We see the door close. The fox breaks the glass and jumps out of the car. It begins chasing after Dan. He starts running

INT. SATAN'S EYE ROAD - SIGN

Dan's running through the street. He runs past the sign. The fox follows.

INT. LEATHER'S FACE GATE

Dan runs into the gate that allows people to go in or exit the nieghborhood. The gate is locked shut with chains.

DAN
Why now?

Dan finds a hammer on the ground next to the gate. He picks it up. He uses it to break the chains. They break. He pushes the gate open before the fox comes. He runs out of the neighborhood.

INT. BROOKLYN POLICE STATION

Dan bursts through the doors.

DAN
Is this the police.

POLICE SECRETARY (sarcastically)
Is this the police? Wow... good question.

DAN
Sarcasm...

POLICE SECRETARY
What the hell do you want?

DAN
I've found proof of that killer animal.

POLICE SECURITY
That was you?

DAN
Who were you expecting? Rumsfeld?

POLICE SECURITY
Actually, yes.

DAN
Never mind. I found the body of Ricky Fitch strangled by the electrical wire.

POLICE SECURITY
Look the heat ain't got your back unless you have the goddamn animal right here alive.

DAN
The damn thing mauled me in my own fucking car!

Dan shows the Secretary the bruises.

DAN
See?

POLICE SECRETARY
For all, I know you were probably slitting yourself. Like that hitchhiker on the van in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

DAN
You watch those kind of movies? Never mind, again. Fine, I'll get the son of a bitch. I'll kill it. While you just bitch and suck your thumb!!

DAN
Peace out!

Dan leaves.

POLICE SECURITY
I'm gonna get some coffee.

Secretary leaves police station.

INT. POLICE STATION - PARKING LOT

Secretary goes to a black van with graffiti on it. The graffiti says Rage Against the Machine-style phrases like:
"KILLING IN THE NAME OF"
"SOME OF THOSE THAT WORK FORCES ARE THAT SAME THAT BURN CROSSES"
"AND NOW YOU DO WHAT THEY TOLD YA"
"THOSE WHO DIE ARE JUSTIFIED FOR WEARING THE BADGE THEY'RE CHOSEN WHITE"
"YOU JUSTIFY THOSE THAT DIED FOR WEARING THE BADGE THEY'RE CHOSEN WHITE"
"NOW YOU'RE UNDER CONTROL"
"FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME"
and "MOTHERFUCKER"

She opens the door. There is a fox on the seat.

POLICE SECRETARY - FOX'S POV

The fox uses it's claws to rip at the secretary shirt. The shirt rips open revealing no bra and showing her breasts. The fox rips it's claws into her skin and pulls out several veins.

POLICE SECRETARY
AAHH!!!

The secretary falls to the ground.

EXIT POV

The fox crawls over her and leaves.

INT. SEVEN-ELEVEN - SIDEWALK

Dan is outside the 7-11. He sees a teenage girl across the street. This is his ex-girlfriend, AMY CONSTANCE, a girl from school. She broke up with him a year ago after being pressured into sex. He runs toward her.

DAN
Wassup, Amy? Long time, no see.

AMY
Same here, Dan. How's your horny problems going?

DAN
Don't remind me. Everyone's dead. Ricky. Monica. Everyone. We're the only one's alive.

AMY
What the fuck is going on?

DAN
I'm not telling you. You wouldn't believe me.

AMY
I'll believe anything you said.

DAN
Fine. Only because you have hot sexy tits.

AMY
Yep, you still have horny problems.

DAN
Can we discuss that later?

AMY
Quit making comments about my tits!

DAN
Fine! A fox is going around Brooklyn killing people.

AMY
That's bullshit.

DAN
If I'm right, you have to fuck me.

AMY
You're on!

A fox appears.

DAN
So, when will we have sex?

AMY
After we GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!

They start running. The fox runs after them.

INT. POLICE STATION - PARKING LOT

Dan and Amy run here. Dan finds the Secretary dead. He stares at her breasts. He then grabs a gun in the back.

DAN
This should help.

The fox comes. Dan whacks it with the gun. They continue running.

AMY
Where are we going?

DAN
My house?

AMY
Sex or hiding?

DAN
Both!!

INT. GILTBERT'S RESIDENCE - FRONT DRIVEWAY

Dan and Amy run here. They go up to the door.

INT. GILTBERT'S RESIDENCE - LIVING ROOM

Dan and Amy burst through the door. Dan closes it and locks it.

DAN
So, I think you should start.

AMY
No, you.

DAN
You.

AMY
You!

Dan and Amy do a Rock-Paper-Scissors game. Dan wins.

DAN
Strip.

AMY
Fine.

The walk into the bathroom.

INT. GILTBERT'S RESIDENCE - BATHROOM

Amy and Dan close the door and lock it.

AMY
Get ready.

Amy removes her shirt. She is wearing a bra. Dan pulls down her tight jeans and rips off her panties. He goes down on her. Then they hear a tapping at the front door.

DAN
Who's that?

AMY
Probably the police.

DAN
Nah. The Brooklyn police are dead.

AMY
All of them.

DAN
All of them.

AMY
Just get the door.

DAN
Fine. Don't get dressed. Stay here.

INT. GILTBERT'S RESIDENCE - LIVING ROOM

Dan gets out of the bathroom. He closes the door. He opens the door. The fox is there. It jumps at Dan.

DAN
AAHH!!

AMY (O.C.)
Dan?

DAN
It's him!

AMY (O.C.)
How do you know it's a he!

DAN
Because I know a guy when I see one! Get the gun!

AMY (O.C.)
Okay. Just let me get my pants back on.

DAN
Hurry!

Amy enters. She has her pants back on. She grabs the shotgun. She gives it to Dan.

DAN
Thanks.

AMY
No prob.

Dan drops the gun.

DAN
Oh shit! Get the gun and start whacking at him with it.

Amy grabs the gun and starts whacking the fox with it. The fox comes and jumps at her.

AMY
What about me?

DAN
I can handle this!! I got it!!

INT. GUN'S AIM

Dan tries to aim the gun at the fox. The aim keeps going on Amy's breasts.

AMY (O.C.)
You're trying to shoot the damn animal! Not shoot my tits off!

DAN (O.C.)
Is it my fault you have sexy tits?

AMY (O.C.)
How do I know that?

INT. GILTBERT'S RESIDENCE - LIVING ROOM

Dan has the gun in his hand. He pulls the trigger.

We hear a quiet whimpering. The fox falls down on the floor.

AMY
Next?

DAN
Continue fucking.

They go into the bathroom.

INT. NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT - FRONT OFFICE

Dan and Amy are brought the the NYPD.

DAN
And so, this fox comes into Brooklyn and starts killing everyone in Brooklyn. Only we survived.

AMY
The corpse is at his house.

OFFICER
The only proof we have about this is the disappearances of everyone in Brooklyn except you two. You'll have to show me the fox at his house.

AMY
Okay.

INT. GILTBERT'S RESIDENCE - LIVING ROOM

There are cops everywhere. By now, the corpse of the fox is rotted out. Dan and Amy are standing over it.

OFFICER
Alright. My advice is you get out of Brooklyn. Move to another state.

DAN
Where?

AMY
Ohio.

DAN
Ohio?

AMY
Slipknot came from Ohio. There are more chances of getting to one of their concerts.

DAN
Gotcha.

INT. DAN'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM

The TV is on My Name is Earl. The radio is on "People = Shit" by Slipknot. Dan and Amy are making love on the couch.

DAN
You regret what you said before we first broke up?

AMY
Yes. Keep going.

DAN
Whatever you say.

INT. WINDOWSILL

We see a fox on the windowsill.




THE END.

Sequel coming soon.

EOTL?

idk wtf it is