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1. The Unicorn of Death
2. The Kidnap
3. The Rescue
4. Night of Terror
5. Skies of Death
6. Caverns of Chaos
7. The Dungeon of Death
8. Vulkar's Revenge
Unfilmed - The Games
Episode Four
Night of Terror
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Script Act 1
Script Act 2
Script Act 3
Script Act 4
Night of Terror
Written by Bill Richmond
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
SCENE 1
EXT. FOREST - DAY
GREYSTONE and ARIEL are walking through a beautiful unspoiled clearing. Greystone is leading Ariel’s black-and-white lapdog, WOJE, on a leash.
GREYSTONE
(O.S.)
Ariel, can we get back to the picnic? We've been walking the dog forever. Let's just eat and get outta here.
ARIEL
Why? It’s beautiful here. We have a perfect spot for a picnic. With lots of shade. I hate the sun. It makes your skin old and wrinkled.
(settling down on the blanket; Greystone settles down beside her)
Squinting makes you wrinkled, too. That's why you never see me squint. If somebody says something I don't understand, I never say . . .
(squinting)
. . . what do you mean? I always say . . .
(forcing her eyes wide open)
. . . what do you mean?
GREYSTONE
I don't like it here.
ARIEL
I don’t see why not. It's beautiful, and there are no crowds.
(picking up Woje, who begins to whine)
I hate crowds. There are always people with colds and icky things.
GREYSTONE
It's creepy around here.
ARIEL
Oh, c’mon, tell me more about the legend.
GREYSTONE
I don’t wanna talk about it.
ARIEL
(to dog; baby talk)
Oh. Big, stwong Gweystone is afwaid of ghosts and gobwins, isn't he, Woje?
Greystone gives the dog a disdainful look as she cuddles it.
ARIEL
(continuing)
Go and sit by the twee.
GREYSTONE
We are on the grounds of Castle Karnaj. In fact, it's right through those woods there.
Ariel turns around as Greystone points. Cut to forbidding view of the CASTLE.
ARIEL
So?
GREYSTONE
So? Things have happened in there that you don't want to know about.
ARIEL
(maybe it's something juicy)
Like what?
GREYSTONE
Like people turning into wild beasts.
ARIEL
Oh, my. Why don't you . . . pour the wine and tell me some more.
GREYSTONE
Why don’t we . . . talk about the food. It looks terrific. Did you fix it?
ARIEL
Of course not. I don't even know where the kitchen is.
GREYSTONE
I bet you told them what to make, though, right?
ARIEL
Yeah, I said make us a picnic.
GREYSTONE
(getting desperate)
Well, you set a nice table.
ARIEL
You’ll clean up the mess, won't you?
GREYSTONE
(with resignation)
Oh, sure.
ARIEL
(beginning to pass dishes around)
Have some quiche.
GREYSTONE
(turning away in manly disdain)
No thanks. I don’t eat that.
ARIEL
Hey, you're not disappointed, are you? I mean, you're not one of those clowns who thinks women should cook and clean and all that . . . garbage, are you?
GREYSTONE
Just a fleeting thought.
He holds up his goblet.
GREYSTONE
(continuing)
To getting acquainted.
ARIEL
To getting acquainted.
She toasts, drinks, and continues nattering on.
ARIEL
(continuing)
After all, that's what servants are for. I figure my job is to look pretty and desirable for my husband. Whoever that turns out to be.
Greystone laughs uncomfortably, feeling on the spot.
ARIEL
(continuing)
I mean, if a man wants a wife to do all those things, he can marry one of those blowsy barmaids they have at Dunfirm Tavern . . . You know, the kind your brother’s always chasing after.
Greystone looks off silently . . . thinking about that.
ARIEL
(continuing)
Right?
GREYSTONE
(coming back with a heavy sigh)
Right. Pass the carpacca salad, please.
ARIEL
Not yet. First I wanna hear about all the wild parties in that house.
GREYSTONE
They weren't wild parties. They were terrible things!
ARIEL
Oh. Okay. Just tell me six of ‘em.
Greystone sighs and hangs his head in exasperation.
ARIEL
(continuing)
Five?
CUT TO:
SCENE 2
EXT. SHOT OF BAALDORF CASTLE; INT. BAALDORF CASTLE DINING ROOM - DAY
A male SERVANT bearing a platter is waiting on KING BAALDORF and LATTINIA, who are dining alone at opposite ends of an enormous table. Baaldorf takes food from the proffered tray as the servant bows.
BAALDORF
Why isn't Ariel eating with us?
LATTINIA
(cupping her hand to her ear)
Hmm?
BAALDORF
Ariel!
LATTINIA
Ah. She's on a picnic with Greystone.
BAALDORF
Ariel? Out in the daylight?
LATTINIA
Oh, she'll stay in the shade. She hates wrinkles as much as I do.
Lattinia takes food from the tray of the servant, who has walked around to her end of the table.
BAALDORF
Oh, I like the wrinkles around your eyes. Gives you character.
LATTINIA
(forcing her eyes wide open)
What do you mean?
The servant exits out of frame.
BAALDORF
Oh, Lattinia, you shouldn't worry so much about your age.
Baaldorf gets up and crosses over to the back of her chair.
BAALDORF
(continuing)
After all, you could be a grandmother soon.
LATTINIA
(laughing nervously)
Ah, well, not too soon, I hope. Anyway, Edwin, I don't mind getting older, I, I just mind looking older.
She primly dabs at her mouth with her napkin.
BAALDORF
You’ll always look young and lovely to me.
Baaldorf kisses her on the cheek.
LATTINIA
(fussing with her wimple)
Edwin, please . . . my hair.
BAALDORF
What hair?
LATTINIA
There's a time and a place for everything.
BAALDORF
(returning to his end of the table)
All right, you pick the time, and I’ll pick the place.
LATTINIA
Just finish your mashed carpaccas.
BAALDORF
(laughing)
So Ariel and Greystone are out in the woods fooling around.
LATTINIA
I --
She and Baaldorf attempt to see one another, peek-a-boo style, around the huge candelabras on the tabletop.
LATTINIA
(continuing)
I didn't say that. They’re on a picnic.
BAALDORF
(sitting down)
Well, when you and I used to go on picnics . . .
LATTINIA
(cutting him off)
All right, all right. Oh, they're such a lovely couple.
BAALDORF
Hmm?
LATTINIA
Couple!
I just know he’s going to ask her to marry him! Then they’ll move into the castle, with us, you know, I've already discussed that with Ariel.
Baaldorf looks like this is news to him.
LATTINIA
(continuing)
We'll remodel the east wing . . .
Lattinia, looking first one way and then the other, appears confused about which direction is east.
LATTINA
(continuing)
Whatever. I figure we can turn that monstrous old banquet hall into two master bedrooms . . . one for him, and one for her.
BAALDORF
(with just a trace of bitterness)
Oh, like ours.
LATTINIA
Right. It's quiet in there, too, so she can enjoy her afternoon naps. You know how I feel about being disturbed during my afternoon nap.
BAALDORF
(with rather more bitterness)
Do I.
LATTINIA
And with her here all the time, we can still go shopping every single day! Hmm! It's all so exciting, I can hardly wait!
Baaldorf lifts his wineglass in a toast.
BAALDORF
To the happy couple . . .
Lattinia returns the toast from across the table.
BAALDORF
(continuing; dryly)
You and Ariel.
Lattinia considers this for a moment, then drinks cheerfully.
CUT TO:
SCENE 3
EXT. FOREST - DAY
A half-reclining Greystone is holding a mirror for Ariel, who is brushing her hair and holding Woje, as they continue their discussion of the legend of Karnaj.
ARIEL
And no one has ever come out of Castle Karnaj alive?
GREYSTONE
Not if they killed anything while they were in there.
Woje starts whining.
ARIEL
Boy, Old Karnaj must have like that pet spider of his a lot.
After she finishes primping her own hair, she begins grooming Woje with the same brush.
GREYSTONE
(in the ominous tone of one telling a ghost story)
Well, supposedly, he loved all living creatures, but when somebody killed that spider, he went bananas.
ARIEL
And he put a curse on the castle.
GREYSTONE
Right! That's why you never see anybody in these woods. Nobody wants to be near the place . . . especially after dark.
Alerted by a slurping noise, Ariel turns to see Woje eating out of the picnic basket. Gasping, she grabs him and pulls him over in front of the mirror that Greystone is still holding.
ARIEL
(baby talk to dog)
Woje! Wook what you've done, you bad wittow boy!
She makes Woje look in the mirror.
ARIEL
(continuing)
You got carpacca salwed on your wittow nose-nose.
The dog doesn't like the lecture and after Ariel sets him down, he takes off into the woods, barking. Greystone sets the mirror down as Ariel, hands on hips, calls after the dog.
ARIEL
(continuing)
Woje!! Woje!
Greystone waves his hands in a sneaky "go away" motion, apparently urging the annoying dog to vamoose.
ARIEL
(continuing)
Come back here!
(to a guiltily startled Greystone)
Whistle for him, I can’t.
He opens his mouth to comply, but Ariel interrupts him.
ARIEL
(continuing)
You know how to whistle, don’t you?
He nods and shrugs in an offhand manner.
ARIEL
(continuing)
You just put your lips together, and blow.
GREYSTONE
(a little taken aback)
I’ll get him.
Greystone gets up and plunges into the woods, his voice strained with more than a little teeth-clenching resentment.
Woje! Woje!
ARIEL
(following)
Woje!
SCENE 4
ANOTHER ANGLE
The dog bounds by the camera and Greystone charges after him, crashing gracelessly through the woods.
GREYSTONE
Woje! Come here, ya little mutt!
He stumbles and falls into a bush.
SCENE 5
ANOTHER ANGLE
There is the Castle Karnaj, forbidding and ghostly. Woje is running toward it, away from the camera. Ariel dashes in front of the camera, pursuing the dog.
ARIEL
Woje! Don’t go in there! They had terrible parties!
CUT TO:
SCENE 5
CLOSE ON GREYSTONE
Greystone scrambles to his feet. We see his horrified expression.
GREYSTONE
Ariel! Don't go in there! I'll get him!
Greystone tears off after Ariel, into an extreme camera close-up.
Ariel!
SCENE 6
ANGLE ON CASTLE - DAY
The barking Woje reaches the castle and hurls himself at the front door, whining and scratching.
SCENE 7
ANGLE ON BUSHES
Concealed nearby, we see the evilly smiling face of VECTOR, who is emitting a red beam of light from his extended fingertip.
SCENE 8
ANGLE ON CASTLE - DAY
As the beam of light touches it, the front door glows red and creaks open. The dog runs in.
SCENE 9
ANGLE ON BUSHES
Vector, arm still extended, glares and waits.
SCENE 10
ANGLE ON CASTLE - DAY
ARIEL
(plaintively)
Woje!
Ariel runs up to the castle door and pauses.
ARIEL
(continuing; more sternly, stomping her foot)
Woje!
Ariel enters.
SCENE 11
INT. CASTLE KARNAJ - DAY
Ariel stands alone in the cavernous hall, looking very small and lost.
SCENE 12
ANGLE ON CASTLE - DAY
GREYSTONE
Ariel!
Greystone comes charging up and enters the castle.
SCENE 13
ANGLE ON BUSHES
Vector indulges in an evil chuckle at their predicament.
SCENE 14
INT. CASTLE KARNAJ - DAY
They are in a great hall . . . obviously abandoned for centuries. The windows glow a dusty blue. The furniture is covered with white cloth. Several suits of armor stand at attention around the room. Over the huge fireplace is an imposing painting of a man, mustachioed and menacing, with eyes that pierce one's soul: Karnaj. Greystone and Ariel stop short in the middle of the room and take it all in. The dog is nowhere to be seen, and is momentarily forgotten by his two stunned pursuers.
GREYSTONE
(touching her shoulder)
Ariel.
She jumps and screams.
GREYSTONE
(continuing; grasping her by the shoulders and speaking with great intensity)
Listen, I am not the smartest guy in the world –
ARIEL
Yes, you are!
GREYSTONE
Thanks. But I know this is not a good place to be.
ARIEL
It is kinda spooky. But I bet it would look nice all fixed up.
She wanders away to look at the painting.
GREYSTONE
Please, don't even suggest it.
He follows her reluctantly.
ARIEL
(indicating painting)
Look! That must be what's-his-name.
GREYSTONE
Karnaj.
Close-up of painting.
ARIEL
Right. He sure was a funny-looking old creep.
GREYSTONE
(to painting)
Only kidding. She didn't mean it, friend.
ARIEL
Oh, Erik, don't be silly.
GREYSTONE
Okay, but let's get out of here. I've . . . gotta get a haircut.
ARIEL
I'll bet there's some fabulous doodads under some of these covers.
She blithely goes exploring.
GREYSTONE
(in a strained voice)
Ariel, will you leave things alone?
Greystone grimly follows her. As he cringes back and half-draws his sword, she whips a dust cover off to reveal a lovely old carved table, and gestures toward it like a game show hostess displaying the grand prize.
ARIEL
See? Isn't that beautiful?
She catches sight of something off to her left, gasps, and makes a beeline for it.
ARIEL
(continuing)
A closet!
She crosses to a door and opens it as Greystone tenses and grabs for his sword.
ARIEL
(continuing)
There are even some old clothes in it!
She reaches in and pulls out an old, tattered, jeweled coat and holds it up for Greystone. He relaxes.
ARIEL
(continuing)
He dressed pretty fancy.
GREYSTONE
Yeah, well, they say he was a musician.
He turns apprehensively toward the painting.
GREYSTONE
(continuing)
And a good one!
She puts the coat back and shuts the door, dusting off her hands.
ARIEL
Well, he must have been weird. I mean, what kinda guy plays with spiders?
GREYSTONE
(to painting, laughing nervously)
Ah, she likes spiders. So do I.
She crosses to another area where a wooden chest sits against the wall.
ARIEL
Look at this!
GREYSTONE
Don't open it!
ARIEL
Why? It might be filled with jewels.
She lifts the lid. It is empty.
GREYSTONE
(sighing heavily as she closes the lid)
Maybe he took ‘em with him.
ARIEL
Look at that!
Hands clasped with delight, she walks toward what appears to be a covered high back chair.
GREYSTONE
(exasperated)
A chair.
ARIEL
Yeah, but look at the size of it! I'll bet it was his throne.
She pulls off the cover. There is nothing under it. They are both startled. Greystone quickly draws first his dagger, then his sword. Befuddled, Ariel looks from side to side for the vanished chair.
GREYSTONE
(with great intensity)
We're getting out of here . . . now.
Ariel dusts off her hands and walks back over to Greystone.
ARIEL
Okay, okay, but I think you can put your sword away, unless you’re planning to kill another chair.
Greystone slams the dagger back into his sword hilt and puts his sword away, each movement adding emphasis to his angry words.
GREYSTONE
(through clenched teeth, with exasperation)
Where's . . . the dog?
ARIEL
Don't call Woje a dog! He's my wittow baby darwing.
GREYSTONE
Well, get your wittow baby darwing and let's get our wittow behinds out of here!
ARIEL
(fondly)
Sweet talker.
She shouts in a shrill, businesslike tone, heading back the way they came. Greystone follows.
Woje! C’mere, baby.
The dog comes from somewhere, barking.
ARIEL
(continuing; picks up the dog)
Woje! You bad wittow boy!
(to painting)
So long, gramps. It’s a weird place you got here.
GREYSTONE
(to painting, laughing nervously)
What a joker!
(whispering to Ariel, grasping her by the shoulders)
Be quiet, be careful, and let’s go. Don't step on anything.
They creep forward at an exaggeratedly cautious pace.
ARIEL
(looking down at the floor, puzzled by the strange admonition)
Like what?
GREYSTONE
Like bugs, or spiders . . . just don't kill anything.
He stresses each word with an emphatic hand gesture.
ARIEL
Okay, okay.
Something whines like a mosquito and bites her on the back of the neck.
ARIEL
(continuing)
Ouch!!
She swats it with her hand. There is a blinding flash of lightning, a deafening CRACK of thunder, and the manaical laughter of Karnaj.
SCENE 15
ANGLE ON PAINTING
We are CLOSE ON the face of Karnaj lit by the lightning.
SCENE 16
BACK TO SCENE
We hear the barking of Woje, who has wisely decided to leap from Ariel’s arms and hightail it out of there.
ARIEL
(continuing)
Woje! Woje!
Greystone takes Ariel's hand and pulls her quickly toward the door. They almost make it, but at the very last second a gleaming steel sheet slams down over the door. Ariel screams. Then in quick succession, we see similar steel sheets SLAM down over the windows. As Greystone and Ariel huddle in each other’s arms, we hear a cacophony of Karnaj’s terrifying LAUGHTER from every corner of the castle. The camera cuts to another closeup of Karnaj, then another shot of Ariel and Greystone in a terrified embrace.
SCENE 17
OUTSIDE CASTLE KARNAJ - DAY
Vector, still outside the castle, watches as it seals itself. His face illuminated by intermittent flashes of lightning, he laughs as maniacally as Karnaj.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
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