The Evil Inside

Although the formatting of this version is incorrect, this is the basically the correct scripting.

INT - KITCHEN - 5PM
A 'wanna be' middle class family, two bedroom semi detached home. A modern country style kitchen. Its summer and still light, MUM [early 40's, medium light hair, well dressed] and DANIEL/DAN [med/short dark hair, blue eyes, cheeky look about him] are sitting at a wooden table eating dinner. DAN's twin brother DAMIEN [looks the same as Dan but with a slight 'nerd' look to him]. DAMIEN walks in with a dirty, old looking wooden box and slams it down on the table proudly. Both MUM and DAN look up, DAN has a hidden grin on his face, MUM does not look happy.

MUM what the hell is that?! It’s filthy! Get it off my table!
DAN [mockingly] yeah Dame’ , we’re eating!
DAMIEN Shut up, Dan. Mum, Look what I found!
MUM [un-amused/annoyed] I see it, a box. Well done
DAMIEN It’s not just any box, it’s special… I.. I can feel it
MUM It’s dirty is what it is! Now get it OFF MY TABLE! And wash your hands before you eat. I won’t ask you again! *Huff* I swear, you don’t find Julie’s boys bringing back disgusting old boxes…

[DAMIEN puts the box in his bag and walks off in a huff, you can still hear his mother nattering about Julies children]
INT - BEDROOM - 10PM
DAMIEN is sitting on his bed playing with the box he found earlier, DAN is laying on his bed on his laptop, occasionally peeking his eyes over the top to see what DAMIEN is doing.

DAMIEN arrrgh! This stupid thing won’t open! I’ve tried everything!
DAN [mockingly] Stupid? I thought you said it was “special?”
DAMIEN shut up
DAN come here [he gets up and moves towards DAMIEN] Maybe it just needs a man’s touch
[DAMIEN rolls his eyes as DAN snatches the box from him]
DAN [struggles] uhh, ugh… ah…
DAMIEN [mockingly] a man’s touch?
DAN Shut up [throws box back to DAMIEN] where did you even find that thing?
DAMIEN I went up the mountain for a walk earlier and I just sorta... found it, I guess. I did leave it at first but I saw it again on the way back, I swear it was in a different place though
DAN [sarcastic] So it’s a magic box now?
DAMIEN No! … I don’t know, there’s something [he catches DAN looking at him piss-takingly] Oh, shut up!
DAMIEN puts the box in the drawer of his bed side table and goes to sleep
INT - BEDROOM - 9AM
DAMIEN [being loud enough to wake DAN up] uch! I had the worst night sleep ever. Did you hear all that last night?
DAN [sleepily] Heard? What? No [checks his clock - annoyed] 9am!! Jesus Christ Damien [turns over to go back to sleep]
DAMIEN But, I thought I heard, never mind. Must have been dreaming
DAMIEN gets up to get dressed and notices the box under his bed
DAMIEN What the? How did you get here?
DAMIEN throws the box on his bed
DAN [grunts]
They both hear MUM calling from downstairs
MUM Come on boys! Wake up! You can’t just sleep all day and do nothing you know! Some of us have lives! Now get out of bed and come down here!
DAMIEN [to DAN] Come on sleeping beauty, get up before she starts
MUM Now Daniel!
INT - KITCHEN - 9:30AM - SATURDAY

MUM is standing in the kitchen, not looking too happy, dressed smartly as DAMIEN walks in followed by a very tired looking DAN. They meet her gaze, DAMIEN stands to listen and DAN goes to make coffee.
MUM Right! Now that you’ve both finished school and NEITHER of you decided to go to university, unlike Julies boys, might I add! Do you know her youngest is doing law? LAW! And not one of you two could be bothered to do anything! Do you know how that’s going to make me lo-

DAN Mum!
MUM Sorry, but I’m just saying! Now where was I? oh yeah, you’re both to look for jobs! But in the mean time I want this house completely re-decorated, I’ve finally had some money through from your father and this place could do with a once over to say the least. Since it’s nice out, you can start with the garden, Claire just got hers done, her daughter, you know Jane? Is a landscaper, a landscaper! She’s even got her own water feat-
DAN [tipping a bit of his coffee] Mum!
MUM Sorry darling, just you two not going to uni is just so hard for me to get used to. I just don’t my boys to end up like their father [tears up]
DAMIEN [snaps] Oh shut up Mum!, it’s not all about you, you know!
MUM and DAN look shocked
DAMIEN [storms off to the garden muttering] even fucking university would have been better than this
EXT - GARDEN - 10AM
It’s a beautiful warm, sunny morning in July, DAMIEN is trying to find gardening gloves and DAN walks out to do the same.
DAN [shocked/witty/jokingly ]what the hell was that? Has Damey finally cut his umbilical cord?
DAMIEN Uh, you don’t think I was a bit harsh do you? Just she’s always bloody moaning and I … I snapped.. I don’t know what came over me…
DAN She’ll be fine [jokingly] just remind me never to get in your way!
They both laugh as they pick up shovels and begin digging. A young girl ELLIE [18-20, long dark hair, glasses, nerdy but pretty] walks through the garden towards the twins, waving happily. Damien looks happy to see her, Dan hardly notices she’s there.
ELLIE Morning boys! Isn’t it lovely today?
DAN Can anything be lovely at 10 in the morning?
[Ellie shrugs it off]
DAMIEN Ignore him, I don’t think he’s seen 10am since we finished school last month
ELLIE Hehe, it’s okay, what are you both doing? Gardening?

DAMIEN Yeah, Mum wants us to re-decorate until we find jobs, though how you can re-decorate a garden is beyond me!

[Ellie giggles, Damien smiles]
ELLIE I love gardening, I’ll be more than happy to help, many hands make light work, as they say!
DAN Uch, how can you be so cheery all the time
ELLIE Oh cheer up Dan
Ellie goes to hug him; he likes it for second then snaps back and pushes her off quickly
DAN okay, okay get off, just grab a shovel and dig
They start digging
INT - KITCHEN - 8PM

ELLIE, DAMIEN & DAN are sat at the kitchen table after a long days work, talking about what their plans are now they’ve finished school, MUM is cooking food.

MUM I hope you’re staying for tea ELLIE, it was so nice of you to help out the boys, I’d like to give you something for your trouble. The gardens looks good enough to start laying down a patio! Did you hear about Claire’s daughter? Jane? She’s a landscaper now, Claire has her own water feature! I’d love it if one of my boys -
[DAMIEN and DAN groan]
ELLIE [interrupting MUM] No problem Miss Smith! I love a bit of gardening, I help my granddad sometimes and I’d never pass up on one of your lasagne’s!
DAN [makes kissing noises]
DAMIEN Shut up Dan, Thanks for helping Ellie, we couldn’t have done much without you.
DAN Yeah, cheers El’
[DAN and DAMIEN both smile at ELLIE, DAN turns away quick and ELLIE smiles back at them]

INT – BEDROOM – 10PM
DAN is listening to music on his laptop, DAMIEN walks in and lifts the covers on his bed, looking for the box, he can’t find it, then he see’s it under his bed.
DAMIEN How the hell do you keep moving?!
DAMIEN sits on the edge of the bed and starts frantically shaking the box, he’s frustrated
DAN [takes his earphones out at the sound of commotion] are you still on about that thing?
DAMIEN Yes! Yes I am! Not that it’s any of your business! Why don’t you go and make fun of someone else!
DAN Wooah, chill out, I was just asking. It’s probably empty anyway.
DAMIEN [angrily] Well it certainly doesn’t feel empty!
DAN You’re so moody lately, what’s wrong with you? Are you on your man period Dame? Is Damey growing up?
[DAN laughs to himself and put’s his earphones back in]
DAMIEN Fuck off, Dan.
Damien stares at the box, for a second he sworn he could faint hear voices and a beat. He panics and noticeably throws the box the other side of the room
INT – BEDROOM – 3AM
Damien is tossing and turning in his sleep, you can hear voices but can’t make out what they’re saying, a steady heart beat is also heard.
INT – BEDROOM – 10AM
It’s another sunny day. DAMIEN wakes up feeling and looking like he hasn’t slept a wink all night. Dan is slowly getting up to the sound of his alarm.
DAN Good god, Dame’, you look rough. What did you do last night?!
DAMIEN [snappy] Hmm, how did this get here? I thought I.. nevermind. [he picks up the box form under his bed and quickly turns back to DAN] yeah, shit sleep. What’s it to you?
DAN Alright snow white, I was only saying
DAMIEN Yeah well don’t. Don’t suppose you heard the noise again last night? [he puts the box on his shelf]
DAN Not again, Dame there are no voices, you must be dreaming
[Damien gets up to go to the bathroom, in a mood.]
DAN [shouts after him] MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL AM I THE FAREST DAMEY OF ALL . EHUH! [buzzer sound, he laughs to himself, throws on the nearest clothes to him and heads downstairs]

INT – KITCHEN – 10:30 AM
ELLIE is downstairs eating toast that MUM prepared for her, Dan walks in and finds himself trying to sort out his hair in the mirror, he catches himself, shakes his head and continues to get coffee. Damien follows
ELLIE Oh I do love your toast Miss Smith, we never have real butter in our house – Oh, good morning Dan!
DAN What are you doing here so early?
MUM Daniel! Don’t be rude, she’s come over to help you with the garden!
DAN Nah uh! No way! It’s a Sunday, the day of rest, and I plan to
MUM Honestly Daniel! One day of work and you’re already trying to get days off! It won’t be like this when you go in to a real job you know? Julies boy is in uni from 9-4 Five days a week! That’s 35 hours a week of work, and that’s without homework, and you can’t even manage one day! God help you and your employer, if you ever get one! I’d never hire yo-
DAMIEN [interrupts her] Alright mum, Morning Ellie
ELLIE Morning Dame! Err… good night sleep?
DAMIEN No, not really. But thanks for pointing it out
ELLIE But I –
DAN -Ignore him El’ he’s been a right moody git lately
DAMIEN Sorry, just a bad nights sleep that’s all
DAN just the one?
DAMIEN Alright, leave it. What’s on the agenda today Mum?
MUM Well I did want to get the garden finished or at least started laying down the patio but your brother seems to have other ideas, day of rest my arse. If I had even mentioned rest to my mother I’d have got a clip around the ear! You children these days, you’re lazy and –
ELLIE [interrupts MUM] Shall we just go for a walk instead? I have to pick up milk before the shop closes anyway
DAMIEN May as well
DAN Aye go on then Ellieoh
They head for the front door, Dan opens the front door, Ellie follows him, Damien glances upstairs, he’s obviously thinking of the box, he looks back at DAN & ELLIE and heads upstairs.

INT – BEDROOM – MID MORNING
Damien frantically looks for the box, it’s not where he left it. He slowly picks up the box and shakes it. He mutters to himself
DAMIEN How did you – I thought I - again?
Damien shouts downstairs
DAMIEN Uh, guys, I can’t find my phone- I’ll catch you up
DAN Okay, hurry!
Dan and Ellie head out the door, you can tell by Dan’s face he doesn’t want to be alone with her. Ellie is happily walking along side him
ELLIE So, what’s the deal with your brother?
DAN [jokingly] Why? Has Ellie got a crush?
ELLIE [giggles] Noo, you know what I mean, Dan. His attitude, he’s changed so much lately. He used to be so kind and smart, now he seems angry and withdrawn
DAN You should be a psychiatrist. I don’t know, I can’t say I’ve really noticed
ELLIE Thanks? Really? Not at all?
DAN Well I suppose he’s been a bit more moody, but I don’t think he’s sleeping right, his head’s probably in that bloody box he found, that’s all he seems to care about lately
ELLIE Box?
Dan starts to explain about Damien finding an old box up the mountain, they keep walking to the shop

INT – BEDROOM – MIDDAY
Damien is sitting in his room, holding the box, he looks drained and grumpy. He grabs a Swiss army knife and tries to cut it open, after a minute he gives up and throws it across the room, he hears he beating again, it sounds like a heart rhythm. As much as he wants to leave the box where it is, he feels compelled to pick it up again. He goes over to the box, picks it up and sits on the edge of his bed, holding it, looking at it, listening to it, talking to it as if it was going to give him answers, he’s not scared of the voices or the beating this time.
DAMIEN [mutters to himself] What are you? What are you? What’s inside you?

EXT – STREET – EARLY AFTERNOON
Dan and Ellie are walking back from the shop, he’s carrying her shopping and they walk up to his front door, Dan’s just finished explaining about Damien’s box.
ELLIE That does sound strange
DAN Yeah just a bit, it’s like he’s obsessed. I bet you he’s up there right now
ELLIE Hmm, well let me know if he opens it won’t you. I have to say I’d love to know what’s inside now!
DAN Not you as well!
ELLIE [giggles] No, not me. Well anyways, thank you for carrying my shopping
Dan hands her the bag, their hands touch for a second, there is an awkward pause and definitely tension between them
ELLIE [giggles nervously] Thanks Dan
DAN [nervously] Yeah you too, I mean, for the walk. Fresh air.
ELLIE See you tomorrow?
DAN Yeah, the patio won’t lay itself!
Ellie and Dan both laugh as he goes indoors and she walks across the street. Dan is smiling, he catches himself smiling, shakes his head and heads upstairs to see Damien.

INT – BEDROOM – AFTERNOON
Dan opens the bedroom door to find Damien a sleep on his bed with the box on his chest; he quietly walks over to him, picks up the box and puts it over the other side of the room in a drawer. He walks to the door and closes it behind him
INT – HOUSE – 10PM
Dan hears Damien moving upstairs; Damien opens the bedroom door and shouts angrily
DAMIEN Where is it! Where is it?! I can’t find it! It was right there!
Dan rushes upstairs
DAN what are you shouting about?
DAMIEN My box! Where is it?! You took it! Give it back! NOW![shoves DAN]
DAN Woah Dame! Chill out! You fell a sleep with it on your chest. Since you’ve not been sleeping much lately I thought I’d leave you there and let you get some rest, I put it in my drawer, I didn’t take it.
DAMIEN I know you want it! But you can’t have it! It’s mine!
DAN I don’t want it! [opens drawer] Here, take i- where’s it gone?
DAMIEN Gone? Gone? Where has it GONE?! What have you done with it?!
DAN [notices it under DAMIENS bed and points to it] There it is, that’s strange, I could have sworn I… maybe it’s in love with you [laughs]
DAMIEN [angry]It’s not funny! You Dick! [picks up his box and hold’s it tight]
DAN Chill out, Dame, it’s just a box. Listen to yourself!
DAMIEN Sorry… I… I panicked. I… I’m sorry.
DAN It’s cool… just chill out… I don’t want your stinking box
DAMIEN I know, I know, I think, I guess I must be still tired
DAN [sarcastically] You don’t say, maybe snow white and “sleeping beauty” could both do with some sleep eh?
DAMIEN [laughs] Shut up, Dan
Dan and Damien both get in to their beds and fall a sleep
INT – BEDROOM – 3AM
Watching Damien sleep, he’s tossing and turning the camera moves out to a shot under the bed where the box is, the voices and heart beat gradually get louder we see the box and red mist coming from it going in to Damien. END.

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