"DAWN OF THE DEAD"

Wr.:.tter. by
..;arnes Gunn
Rewrite by
M::.chael 7olkin
Revis::..or. by
Scott Frank

Based on, the original screenplay by

George A. Romero

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 FADE IN:
l CLOSE UP: OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SUNSET -- A SEMI-ORB, BRIGHT 1
LIGHT EMANATING FROM IT.
DR. DHANDWAR (O.S.)
No, no, not tomorrow, the day after
tomorrow, right, ..
But now as the camera pulls back and the image congeals: we
see that we're actually looking at an X-RAY OF THE TOP HALF
OF A HUMAN SKULL, backlit by light from outside a window.
And we now PULL BACK TO REVEAL:
lA INT. SAINT GEORGE'S HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM-LATE AFTERNOONlA
DOCTOR, DHANDWAR 35, studies. the x-ray while simultaneously *
handling a cell phone and looking at a chart held by a nurse,
ANA CLARK, sweetly attractive, in her 20's. They start down
a long corridor ...
DR. DHANDWAR *
You, me, Gary, Brad, we'll tee off
at ... well I like Gary ...
Ana cuts a look at the clock above the NURSES STATION, wants
to get out of there.
ANA
Uh, Dr. Dhandwpr? I'm kind of in a-

DR. DHANDWAR *
We're teeing off seven-thirty and
if you're not there because of
Gary, come on, you know? I gotta
go.
(puzzled by the X-ray)
Am I missing something?

He stops walking, pockets his celi phone.

DR. ROSEN (CONT ID)
Why did Dr. Cho order a head x-ray
when the man was bitten on the
hand?

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ANA
The patient,.was in a bar fight, wa,,s
communicative when he came in
around six. That's six. a.m. This
morning. When I started my shift.

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• Dr. DHANDWAR doesn't get the hint, indicates the x-ray.

DR. DHANDWAR
Where's the patient now?
to, see him.
I'd like
*

ANA
They moved him. I'm sure one of
the night nurses can tell you where-

DR. DHANDWAR *
(starts off)
Page me when you find him.
ANA
Sure. I'll do that.
She starts back for the nurses' station, finds CORA tOLLER,
40's, kind of worn, kind of sexy, organizing some charts.
ANA (CONT ID)
Cora, could you do me a favor,
locate a patient for me?
CORA
Hey, Ana. Sure.
(reads the file)
Edward Solomon.
She moves to a computer.
CORA (CONT ID)
Aren't you off?
ANA
An hour ago.
CORA
(works the computer)
Here he is. They had him
backwards. Solomon Edward-- He's
upstairs, in ICU.
ANA
From a bite?
CORA
(looks at the computer)
I don't know what from.
(MORE)

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CORA (CONT'D)
Toxicology's gonna work him up in
the morning.

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• Ana shakes her head -- "whatever" -- then looks at the clock,

grabs her coat off the rack.
ANA
Could you page Dr. Dipshit for me,
let him know?
CORA
Sure. You talk to Luis about
Sunday?
ANA
I will. G'night, Cora.
She steps aside as TWO PARAMEDICS arrive pushing a gurney. A
WOMAN lies atop it, stares wide-eyed at the ceiling. One of
the paramedics holds a wad of gauze against her neck. Cora
springs into action~ Ana exits, not her problem.
2 INT. ANA'S CAR - DUSK 2

As she goes through her preset radio stations, all playing

commercials. On one a DJ sceptically reads a news item ...
NEWSCASTER (V.O.)
--Now here's one, and I say again,
these are rumors and not confirmed
.reports--
She hits her last preset, and then sits back as the music
fills the car.
3 EXT. SUBURBAN STREET - DUSK 3

As Ana heads up the quiet street in her Escort. VIVIAN,

eight years old, in full ROLLERBLADE REGALIA, skates along
the sidewalk beside her. The little girl waves.
VIVIAN
Ana, Look! I can go backwards!
ANA
I see. That's great-- now watch
out ...
Ana parks the car and quickly exits the car. She is in a
hurry, but as she enters the house she adds.

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3 CONTINUED: 3

ANA (CONT ID)

Maybe tomorrow, after work, I'll do
a few ... backward laps around the
block with you.

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3 CONTINUED: (2) 3

Vivian smiles at he~.

ANA (CONT ID)
Say hey to your mom for me.

4 INT. CLARK BEDROOM - DUSK 4

LUIS Clark, 30, Ana's husband, handsome and genial, watches

American Idol and drinks a beer. Ana enters quickly.
LUIS
You're late. You missed it. They
jµst cut the mailman loose.
ANA
Who? Ritchie? The chubby one?
Oh, man, he had such a sweet
voice ...
Ana takes her place on the bed beside him. He puts his arm
around her but ~ontinues watching the show. They talk, in a
distracted way, while they watch, so there are pauses between
~ questions and answers, as the screen holds their attention.
ANA (COijT ID)
How'd it go today?
LUIS
No complaints. You?
ANA
I'm trading shifts with Cora, if I
take Sunday, I can have a three day
weekend at the end of the month.
Is that okay?
LUIS
Sunday? Sure.
After a ~ornent of the show.
ANA
I think Cora's got a new guy she
doesn't want me to know about.
LUIS
Lucky her.
She takes a swig from his bottle. He grabs it back
playfully.

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4 CONTINUED: 4

LUIS (CONT'D)
Thought maybe you'd gone out with
the girls or something.
ANA
What, and miss Date Night?
She takes the bottle back. A sly look between them.
5 INT. SHOWER - NIGHT 5

And they're in the shower together, and happy about it.

OMITTED SC.6

FAOE TO:
7 INT. THE CLARK'S BEDROOM - DAWN 7

The HUM emanates from a NOISY WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER. The

first light of day slices around duct tape holding the
machine in place.
PAN DOWN PAST an old digital clock on a night-stand -- the
numbers flip to 6:37 a.rn. -- and TO a double bed where Ana
and Luis sleep, curled up like babies.
A bedroom door is near the foot of the bed. It slowly opens.
And, as this is a horror film, it CREAKS. Luis Clark rouses
at the sound. He squints at the doorway.
VIVIAN, the little girl, stands there in silhouette.
LUIS
Vivian?
Ana half-awakes. Vivian doesn't move and Luis shakes Ana
awake.
ANA
(groggy, bewildered)
Wha?

LUIS
Vivian is here.
ANA
She's what? Wh~t time is it?
(she looks, then)
(MORE)

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ANA (CONT.iD)
Vivian, what are you doing? Go
home.

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7 CONTINUED: ( 2) 7

Ana pulls the blanket up, as a punctuation mark. Vivian

doesn't move. Luis is more alert now.
LUIS
Maybe something's wrong. Vivian,
are you alright?
And then Vivian moves into a beam of sunlight. Her lips have
been torn from her face, leaving a toothy death-grin. Her
skin is bluish. A bloody gash runs along her neck. She
opens her mouth and lets out a HIDEOUS MOAN. She raises her
arms toward Luis as if to be lifted.
LUIS (CQNT ID)
Holy fucking shit--
(rousing Ana)
Call an ambulance!
Luis throws his covers aside. He grabs the little girl. She
stares at him, dead-eyed. She clutches onto his face and
shoulder. She opens her mouth wide.
LUIS (CONT'D)
Ana!
Vivian bites into his neck. Deep. Luis tries to push her
off, screaming, but she's strong, holding tight. She tears
the flesh from his throat like a wolf. He SCREAMS.
ANA
(screams)
Vivian! Stop! Stop it, stop it!
She wrenches the child from her husband and tosses her out
the doorway.
Vivian tumbles back into the hall like a rag doll. But then
she rises with eerie quickness. She cocks her head, looking
at Ana with ·dim, hungry eyes. And sprints back toward the
bedroom.
Ana s:ams the door in front of her. Locks it. The little
girl CLAWS at the door. Ana runs toward her .husband.
ANA {CONT'D)
Luis! Luis ... no, no, baby ... no.
Luis clutches his neck. Blood spurts ·between his fingers.
He knocks over a lamp as he topples to the bed. We hear
BUMP ... BUMP ... as Vivian SLAMS herself into the door.

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7 CONTINUED: (3) 7

Luis heaves for breath. Ana does her best to remain calm.
She holds a pillow case on his neck, attempting to stop the
flow of blood.
ANA (CONT'D)
Hold it there. Hold it tight. I'm
calling help, all right?
Luis gazes into her eyes, full of fear, nods lightly. Ana
crawls over the bed to the phone on her night-stand. She
picks up the phone and dials 911. WE HEAR
PHONE VOICE (O.S.)
Due to the unusual volume of calls,
your call cannot be completed at
this time ...
We see Luis and know that he's dead.
ANA
God, no-- no! Don't do this to me!
Come on!
She hangs up the phone and dials 911 again. She doesn't see
behind her:
Luis sits up, stiffly, dropping his hands from his neck. He
turns toward her with the same dim eyes Vivian had.
PHONE VOICE (O.S.)
Due to the unusual volume of calls,
your call cannot be completed at
this time. Please try again later.
She stands, turning toward Luis. Stares at him. He stares
back. For a moment, we only hear Vivian SLAMMING on the
door. Luis stands uneasily.
ANA
Luis?
He reaches ~owards her, as though for love, AND THEN HE LEAPS
AT HER. He grabs her pajama top and rams her against the
wall.
ANA (CONT'D)
Luis! What are you doing?

He's about to bite her. Ana, shocked, yanks herself away

from him. The lower buttons on her pajama top pop off.

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ANA (CONT'D)
Noooo! Noooo!
Luis adopts a crouching, predatory position. He makes a
MOANING, WHISTLING NOISE through the hole in his throat. He
watches Ana closely so that she can't escape on either side
of him. Ana is crying now, terrified.
ANA (CONT'D)
Why are you doing this? Luis, why
are you ... please stop, Luis, it's
Ana, I'm Ana, Luis, stop, please ...
She eyes car keys on the night-stand. She palms them as she
steps slowly backward, toward a bathroom. She whispers:
ANA (CONT'D)
Luis ... I'm going to get help ... I
don't know what's happening. Baby?
Can you understand what I'm--
Luis throws aside the night-stand and springs toward her.
Ana stumbles into ...
INT. THE CLARK'S BATHROOM - DAWN 8

Ana slams the door shut and locks it. Luis SLAMS at the
door. Ana is SOBBING.
ANA
Luis, don't! No!
Ana runs to a small bathroom window. She tries to open the
rusty lock.
Luis SMASHES through the plywood of the bathroom door head
first. Splinters stick in his neck and face but he pushes
through.
Ar.a forces the lock. She thrusts the window open. She
crawls through the window. She can barely fit. Luis
clutches onto her bare foot when she's through. He brings it
toward his mouth, about to take a bite.
9 EXT. THE CLARK'S SIDE OF HOUSE - DAWN 9

Ana dangles upside down. She yanks her foot free, just in
time. She falls into some shrubs. She looks up at the
bathroom window.

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9 CONTINUED: 9

Luis is desperately trying to fit through, but he's far too

large. Ana CRIES:

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9 CONTINUED: (2) 9

ANA
I'll get help, Luis! I just ...
Ana dashes across her front yard. She gets to. her Ford
Escort in the driveway, pauses as she sees A MAN IN HIS
UNDERWEAR, BLEEDING FROM THE HEAD, SPRINTING DOWN THE STREET.
Far down the block, we see two people who seem to be
wrestling in the sprinklers on a front lawn. She starts
towards them, calling out ...
ANA (CONT'D)
Help! Help! ... Help!
A GUY IN A ROBE exits from a house across the street.
ANA (CONT ID)
Please--just tell me what's
happening?
ARMED MAN
Get back Ana, get back, I told you
to get back!
He levels the gun at her. And then AN AMBULANCE comes down
the street, hits the armed man, drags him, runs over him, and
keeps on driving.
She stands there stunned as again, the street grows quiet,
but now we hear distant sirens and a few helicopters.
We hear a MOAN and Ana turns to see Luis running out of the
house toward her. She unlocks the car door. Jumps inside.
Ana starts the car just as Luis SLAMS on the windshield.
ANA
Luis.,.I'm sorry ... I'm so sorry ...
Ana CRIES, shaking beyond any fear she has ever known, as she
Jams the car into reverse, driving over the yard, and
forward: leaving her undead husband behind.
CMIT SC.10 & 11
EX7. RESIDENTIAL ROAD/INT. ANA'S CAR - MORNING 12
Ana's fingers shake wildly as she turns on her radio. She

•.
gets STATIC. She hits her presets and gets nothing but the
same on all of them. She hits SCAN and the stations start
running past one after the other until ...
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12 CONTINUED: 12

She hears the EMERGENCY BROADCAST SIGNAL, with a convincing

but computerized voice like the marine weather report.
VOICE
This is the emergency broadcast
system .for the greater Milwaukee
area. If you live in southern
Milwaukee County, ·there is a
shelter at Wilson High School, 1353
Neckerson Road. If you live in
Wau~esha County, there is a shelter
at Saint Verbena Church, 22 Robin
Lane. If there is no activity
where you live, stay inside and
lock all doors. If you live in
Jefferson County, there is a
shelter at Fort Pastor, Exit 22,
Route 5. This is the emergency
··broadcast system for the greater
Milwaukee area. If you live in
Racine County ...
She continues to finger her presets. The warning is on all
channels. After a moment she looks up from the radio to the
street as she passes a burning car.
OMIT SC. 13
14 EXT. HIGHWAY - MORNING 14

Ana's car travels through the smoke and continues down a

ramp.
She LOCKS THE BRAKES as she sees a METRO TRANSIT BUS blocking
two lanes of traffic.
A distraught NAKED WOMAN runs past Ana.
The windows of the bus are steamed up. There is an unseen,
violent struggle inside the bus. A FACE PRESSES up to the
window, and then a BLOODY STU~P pulls it away from the glass.
She opens her mouth to scream when ... A MAN SUDDENLY APPEARS
AT HER PASSENGER WINDOW. He wears a Metro Transit uniform.
But that's about the only thing we can clearly distinguish
about him since he's covered with blood and bites.
BUS DRIVER
(muffled, through the
window)
Gimme your car!

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14 CONTINUED: 14

Okay, now Ana screams as he opens the door and tries to get
in. She shoves him away, starts to drive as he reaches for
the steering wheel ... she stands on the gas and the car now
veers around the bus and four lanes of traffic narrowly
missing an oncoming car.
The mangled Bus Driver, clings to the seat as best he can,
the lower part of him dragged alongside the car, until he
finally lets go and disappears out the door altogether.
Ana can't control the car at this speed, screams bac·k and
forth across the highway, finally jumps the opposite curb
smashes the barrier and starts down a very steep, grassy
incline ...
OMIT SC.13
15 EXT. EMBANKMENT - MORNING 15

The Escort bounces as it slides down this steep slope. Ana

loses control of the wheel. The car skids across the grass
and SLAMS into a tree. The air-bag is deployed.
WIDE SHOT - WOODED AREA
As the car sits there hissing. Ana doesn't move. We hear
the hell way up on the highway, SIRENS and SCREAMS and now: A
GUNSHOT. We then ...
CUT TO BLACK
15A INSERT TITLE: "DAWN OF THE DEAD" 15A
After a moment, we HEAR a cacophony of voices:
VOICES
... may have begun two days ago and
spreading rapidly ... unconfirmed
reports of thousands of cases
across Northern Europe ... victims
appear to have been deceased before
they showed any signs of ... no
longer have speech functions, but
are highly aggressive ...
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. 15B BEGIN CREDIT MONTAGE
All done as NEWS FOOTAGE. Inside the CENTER FOR DISEASE
15B

CONTROL a nervous SPOKESMAN attempts to give a press

conference to a group of REPORTERS.

(CONTINUEC;
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15B

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15B CONTINUED:

CDC REPORTER #1
Is it a virus?
SPOKESMAN
We don't know.
STOCK FOOTAGE: Civil unrest, traffic jams, looting. Airports
overwhelmed with fleeing passengers.
BACK AT THE CDC:
CDC REPORTER #2
How does it spread?
SPOKESMAN
We don't know.
STOCK FOOTAGE: Armed men in protective suits. Military and
police clashing with frightened citizens. Trying to maintain
order.
BACK AT THE CDC:

CDC REPORTER #1
Is this an International Health
Hazard or a military concern.
As the Spokesman tries to stay composed ...
SPOKESMAN
(beat)
Both.
AN AIRPORT. A quiet SHOT OF AN AIRPLANE sitting alone on a
tarmac surrounded by police.
NEWSCASTER (V.O.)
... prepared to move in after the
crew did not respond to Dulles
traffic controllers ...
STOCK FOOTAGE: And now a shot of the Rev. Jerry Falwell who
looks at the camera and says, in earnest:
JERRY FALWELL
I really believe that the pagans
and the abortionists, and the
feminists, and the gays and the
lesbians ...

0
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15B CONTINUED: (2) 15B

And now a SHOT OF A NEWSROOM. An anchorwoman pitches to a

reporter in the field.

(CONTINUED)
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15B CONTINUED: (3) 15B

ANCHORWOMAN
We now go to Tino Monte, who is
with UN health workers and service
personnel in the Turkish capitol
where the outbreak has hit hard.
T~no, what can you tell us?
We s~itch to a satellite video phone image of a flustered
reporter. Behind him we can just make panicked UN soldiers
in blue helmets.
TINO MONTE
Uh, Jane, things have deteriorated
rather quickly, um, I have been
told that the agenda here has
shifted from, uh containment, to
one of evacuation ...
The men behind the reporter begin firing automatic weapons at
an approaching crowd that we can't see.
TINO MONTE (CONT'D)
Oh my God, they're here ...
The transmission ends abruptly.
BACK AT THE NEWSROOM
ANCHORWOMAN
Tino? Tino? We seem to have lost
Tino.
WE GO TO ANOTHER NEWSROOM.
A CONFUSED REPORTER argues with someone off-screen.
CONFUSED REPORTER
What do you mean don't cause a
panic? I'm going to read it, yes I
am ... I am ...
STOCK FOOTAGE: And now back to Falwell.
JERRY FALWELL
... I point my finger in their face
and say, "you helped this happen".
ANOTHER SHOT where a POLITICIAN stands on a rooftop beneath a
helicopter, wind whirling around her. She's about to leave a
group of Reporters.

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• POLITICIAN
I've just spoken with the
President, and he is in constant
contact with the CDC in Atlanta,
and they have assured him that the
situation is well in hand.
BACK AT THE CDC
CDC REPORTER #3
Are these people alive or dead?
HO.SPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM
Hand-held camera footage of a frantic hospital emergency
room. Doctors and nurses struggle with a man restrained on a
gurney. He is hooked up to an EKG machine which clearly
registers flat-line. He writhes and flails about. Obviously
his brain has not got the message that his heart has stopped.
The ER staff is completely freaked.
BACK AT THE CDC
A SHAKY ZOOM in on the guy, swe~t running down his face as he
shakes his head, then can barely croak out ...
SPOKESMAN
We don't know.
END CREDIT MONTAGE
16 EXT. EMBANKMENT/ WOODS - MORNING 16

We hear STATIC and PULL AWAY FROM ANA who leans against the
AIRBAG. A moment of stillness. And then Ana moans, then
sits up. She struggles to get out of the car.
She tears away the airbag, opens the door and crawls out of
the smoking, demolished Escort. Before she can rise to her
feet she hears.
KENNETH (0. S.)
Stop.
Ana turns to see KENNETH HALL (30's), a black man in a police
uniform, aiming a Benelli 12 gauge shotgun at her. She
raises her arms, starting to break down. It's all too much
for her, too much at once.
KENNETH (CONT'D)
Say something!

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• Please.
ANA

He considers this, and decides she passed the te~t. He.lowers

the gun, turns around, leaving her on the ground, and without
a wcrd, he walks away from her, into the woods.
Ana looks down at her feet. They're sliced up, bruised, and
bleeding. She can still hear the sounds of panic and carnage
on the highway. Kenneth disappears into the woods and she
gets up, following him along a path.
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Kenneth emerges from a pedestrian tunnel with Ana behind him
and bullets EXPLODE around Him. Kenneth turns, aiming his
shotgun at ...
Andre BRYANT (20's), arms covered with TATTOOS, holding a 9MM *
pistol, steps out of the forest, followed by two others.
Kenneth has his gun pointed back at him. FACE OFF.
Focused more on the face off, WE SEE WHO ELSE IS THERE.
LUDMILA "LUDA" MARGOLEVSKY, a nervous, sickly Russian
bleached-blonde, very pregnant, probably a former addict and
prostitute, and MICHAEL SHAUNESSY (40's), wearing a short-
sleeve white shirt spattered with blood. He's grasping a
small crow bar, and looks harried.
A brief stand-off which Michael attempts to diffuse.
MICHAEL
All right, okay. Put the guns down.
(to Andre) *
What are you doing?· Come on. He's
a cop. Put the gun down.
Andre lowers his gun. Kenneth doesn't. *

ANDRE *
(to Kenneth)
I thought you were one of them.
Kenneth finally lowers his gun. He looks at the group, wants
no part of them, and walks on.
Ana is torn, follow Kenneth or stay with the strangers? She
follows the uniform.
MICHAEL
Hey, Officer? You don't want to go
that way.
K~nneth keeps walking.
MICHAEL (CONT'D)
Officer. Sir. You do not want to
go that way!
Ana hesitates, looks at Michael.

(CONTINUED)
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• ANA
What's "that way?"
MICHAEL
It's pretty bad.
Kenneth stops. He looks at Michael.
KENNETH
Fort Pastor?
ANDRE
Maybe you had wings. The roads
that way are all thick with those
fuckers.
KENNETH
How do you--
ANDRE *
We alreAdy tried.
MICHAEL
Back when there was eight of us.
Kenneth looks back up towards the highway. We hear a high
pitched wail from that direction.
KENNETH
Shit ...
They now all turn as one and walk up to the fence and look at
THE MALL.
17 EXT. LOADING DOCK DOOR - MOMENTS LATER 17
The whole gang -- Ana, Kenneth, Michael, Andre, and Luda *
arrive at the service entrance beside the loading dock.
7here's a heavy door, with a buzzer.
Michael presses the buzzer. No answer. Michael forces his
crowbar into the door jamb.
Facing the door, they do not see SOMEONE in a red jogging
suit, running toward them. Luda turns and sees he's ONLY GOT
ONE ARM -- the other is a chewed off stump -- and now she
SCREAMS.

The zombie HOWLS. Andre and Kenneth aim at him. They start *
shooting.

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17 CONTINUED:
They blow off his other arm at the elbow, but he still keeps
corning. A chunk of his thigh. No big deal. He's still
corning.

(CONTINUED)
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17 CONTINUED: (2) 17

Kenneth takes careful aim and shoots the Zombie in the chest
just as he's upon them and the thing goes down.
ANDRE *
Stand back ...
Andre turns and blows the lock. Just as the ZOMBIE POPS BACK *
UP and Kenneth shoots him as Michael throws open the door.
18 INT. LOADING DOCK - MORNING 18

They all rush inside, SLAM the door shut. But the ZOMBIE'S
HALF-SHOT-OFF ARM now sticks in the jam ...
MICHAEL
Shit ...
We can hear the Jogging Zombie MOANING like a dying seal.
ANDRE *
(amazed)
so strong. Fuck.
Kenneth racks the shotgun, puts the barrel in the jamb ...
KENNETH
Let him in.
ANDRE *
What?!
KENNETH
Open it!
Andre backs off, and the door opens further allowing Kenneth *
to blow the Zombie back into the parking lot which then gives
Andre enough time to get the door closed. One lock is *
ruined, but there's a dead-bolt, and Michael turns it.
MICHAEL
Lights--
The lights come on. Ana has found the switch.
ANA
Got 'em.
The zombie outside continues to throw himself against the
door. They all stand there a second staring at the door.

f6'
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18 CONTINUED: 18

·• A time-clock and work schedules are on the wall. Luda checks

the phone, but shakes her head there's nothing. Andre
tries his cell, with no luck. He looks at Luda.
*

ANDRE *
Same recording.
Kenneth turns on his belt radio, and there's static across
the spectrum. He keeps looking fqr a station, and the sound
of the radio is in the background. Occasionally a voice may
flick across, but doesn't stay.
For the moment, they can breathe. There's a coffee maker, a
Sparklett's bottle. Andre gives water to Luda as she sits *
down. Michael cracks open the inside door, raising his
crowbar.
19 INT. METROPOLIS - MORNING 19
Michael peeks into Metropolis. Though the lights are off, we
can see the lit mall through glass doors. They enter
carefully.
Michael tries the glass door. It doesn't open. He looks at
the crow bar; wrong tool.
20 INT. ~.ALL 1ST LEVEL - OUTSIDE METROPOLIS - CONTINUOUS 20

THE METROPOLIS WINDOW. A porcelain TOILET SMASHES THROUGH THE

GLASS. The ALARM sounds.
The group steps through, on their guard, weapons ready,
walking over the shattered glass and into the mall. Ana
tiptoes in her bare, bleeding feet.
They move through the shadowy and silent 1st level: a sort of
consumerist haunted house. MUZAK is playing, soft, ambient
music. :HE ALARM STOPS. Why? It puts Michael on a sharper
edge. He misses nothing. The mall, a temple to capitalism,
is empty. Most of the stores are locked for the night.
21 ANGLE ON FOUNTAIN 21

Ana, still in a state of shock, gazes at a spewing fountain.

It's peaceful. She moves toward it. She throws the water on
her face as if it's life itself. Luda collapses, CRYING.
Kenneth sets his shotgun against the fountain, sits down,
puts his radio on the ledge and takes in his surroundings.

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21 CONTINUED: 21

MICHAEL
We need to make sure this place is
safe.
( looks around)
I'm gonna see if the doors over
this way are locked.
ANDRE *
I'll check down here.
(to Luda)
Be right back, baby.
Andre heads off into the darkness beneath the balcony. *
Michael turns to Kenneth.
MICHAEL
And maybe, officer, you could go
down, that direction, check for--
Kenneth looks at him and doesn't get up, but continues trying
to raise a sound on his radio. Michael doesn't waste time
trying to convince him to help.
MICHAEL (CONT'D)
Okay. Yeah. Maybe it's better,
you stay here with the gun, and
Andre and I'll check around. All *
right?
(to Ana)
Stay with them.
21A OMIT 21A
22 INT. MALL 1ST LEVEL - ENTRANCE - DAY 22
Andre, alone, moves into this .short, wide hallway that leads *
to glass doors. A gun in hand. He's alert as he looks at
the various storefronts, making sure their doors are locked
and closed.
He gets to the end of the hallway, where the glass doors are.
He turns there, beside the glass, when, suddenly
A ZOMBIE POPS INTO FRAME, leaping toward him.
It THUDS against the security glass·. Andre SHOUTS, stumbles *
back. He points his gun at the glass, is about to shoot in a
panic, but stops himself at the last moment.

(CONTINUE!::)
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22 CONTINUED: 22

• The Zombie claws against the glass, trying to get at him.

Andre lowers the gun, smiles, stares at him ...

ANDRE
*
*
Shatterproof--
(flips him off)
--asshole.
23 INT. REFLEX SPORTS - MORNING 23
~ichael walks into this store, one of the few with an open
door. It is almost completely dark. He looks around, making
sure it's safe. It seems to be at first, but then he sees
and unattended mop and bucket. He HEARS something that puts
him on alert.
24 THE FOUNTAIN 24

As -Luda turns, shifts position and accidentally knocks over

Kenneth's shotgun. They both jump.
LUDA
Sorry.
He frowns at her, picks it up and starts reloading it.
25 REFLEX SPORTS 25

Michael nears the dressing room, the source of the noise. He

trades his small crow bar for a croquet mallet which he holds
at ready.
He opens the door: Two ~.AINTENANCE MEN, one a Zombie eating
the other, barely alive, MOANING QUIETLY IN SPANISH. The
eater stops and leaps at Michael. The ec;iter is fast.
Michael hits him over the head with the mallet, breaking it,
but the zombie doesn't stop and knocks Michael down, and he
crashes against a basketball display, sending balls
everywhere.
26 THE FOUNTAIN 26

Kenneth, Ana, and Luda react to the CRASH. They are

distracted and don't see: A SECURITY GUARD ZOMBIE POP into
frame behind them. He MOANS and lunges to bite Luda who is
nearest. Kenneth can't shoot it without hitting Luda so he
butts the zombie in the face with his shotgun, knocking him
off her.
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• 27 REFLEX SPORTS
Michael and the zombie are wrestling on the floor, Michael
fighting with the broken mallet handle.
27

28 THE FOUNTAIN 28
The Security Guard Zombie has turned his attention on
Kenneth, SLAMMING him back against the fountain, bending and
nailing Kenneth's arm against the rim. His head is pushed
underwater.
Kenneth is barely holding back the hungry creature from
biting him. As a result, Kenneth is holding himself
underwater.
Ana grabs Kenneth's shotgun and aims it at the Guard as he
holds down Kenneth. She tries to puil the trigger, but the
safety's Oh. She doesn't know guns.
29 REFLEX SPORTS 29

As the Muscular Zombie is about to bite Michael. Michael

looks at the sharp end of the broken mallet. He shoves it
under the Zombie's chin, all the way to its brain and·the
Zombie falls limp.
30 THE FOUNTAIN 30

Ana finds the safety on the shotgun. She BLASTS the Guard in
the side. He topples back from Kenneth and into the
fountain.
Ana pulls an injured, gasping Kennetp to an elevator.
Michael comes running out of Reflex Sports. Andre joins them *
from the hallway. Ana smacks the elevator button. The
others join her. The elevator doors open.
31 INT. ELEVATOR - MORNING 31
The doors close. For the moment, they're safe. Michael
wipes the zombie gunk from his face. Andre holds Luda. *
Kenneth coughs.
ANA
(to Kenneth)
Can I see your arm?
Ana takes his arm Jnd carefully, methodically, as she was
taught, examines his forearm.

(CONTINUED)
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31 CONTINUED: 31

The elevator doors open to REVEAL:

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• 32 INT. MALL - LEVEL 2 - ELEVATOR - MOR~ING

CJ, head security guard, a resolutely irresolute man in his
30's is pointing a pistol at them. Two other guards, the
large, monolithic Bart, and the smaller TERRY, flank him.
32

CJ
Find someplace else.
MICHAEL
Look, we just need--
CJ
Maybe you didn't hear me.
MICHAEL
(beat)
There is no place else.
CJ
You can't stay here. This is our
place.
BART
Yeah, and you already trashed
Metropolis.
ANDRE
My wife is pregnant, we can't run
anymore.
ANA
(about Kenneth)
His arm.
MICHAEL
Those things are down there.
CJ
These are your problems, not mine.
KENNETH
Say I park my foot in your ass?
Would that be your problem?
CJ looks at Kenneth now, the cop worn out, sick of this.
CJ
Hey, asshole, I'm the one pointin'
a gun at you.
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32 CONTINUED: 32

The two men consider each other a moment as the elevator

wants to close, and for the rest of the scene the buzzer
sounds and the door keeps banging. It's tense.
TERRY
He is a cop, CJ.
CJ
(beat)
So what?
Ana steps in to try and diffuse the situation.
ANA
Look,--we won't cause trouble
(a look at Kenneth)
.. and we'll give you any help you
need. Just let us stay here for a
little while. Please.
CJ thinks it over. It's a sorry ~ooking group. Finally:
CJ
OK. But you listen to me, and I
never say anything twice. Fuck
with me and I'll fucking kill you.
ANDRE *
Whatever you want.
CJ
Corne out of there slowly, and give
your weapons to Bart and Terry.
KENNETH
(he looks at Ana)
Don't do it.
CJ
Then take your fuckin ass to the
Quality Inn, if it's still there.
There's a beat as Ana looks at Kenneth and then offers the
shotgun to Terry.
CJ (CONT ID)
Smart move.
Andre hands his pistol to Bart. *
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33 INT. PANASONIC STORE - LEVEL 2 - MOMENTS LATER 33

Michael and Ana help Kenneth into the room. He's on the
verge of passing out. They sit him against a wall. A_tew
TV's are on, showing the mayhem. CJ, Terry, and Bart settle
down where they had been; beer, ashtrays, some fast food.
The guns are in CJ's lap.
CJ
You all just sit back there and
shut up.

ON THE TV MONITOR -- EXT. RURAL AREA - DAY

A RURAL SHERIFF leads a "posse" of rifle totin' locals across
a field somewhere ... the guys are shooting at anything that
moves. HOUNDS run off in all directions
SHERIFF
Just shoot 'em in the head, that
seems to put 'em down permanent.
But then you gotta burn 'em .•.
Behind him, a group of his men throw bodies on a pyre. He
calls to one of them.
SHERIFF (CONT'D)
Danny, put another round in the fat
one. He's a twitcher.
BACK IN THE PANASONIC STORE
BART
(re: The Sheriff)
That is one cool motherfucker.
SHERIFF (O.S.)
We got a bunch of them this
morning.
Michael watches his protectors with frustration.
LUDA
Excuse me ... please ... is there a
rest room?
CJ
(put upon)
You're staying here.

(CONTINUED)
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33
33 CONTINUED:

ANDRE *
Okay, then could you be kind enough
to tell us what spot in here you'd
like us to piss in?
CJ
All right, all right, around the
corner, that way.

Andre gets up to go with her. *

CJ (CONT ID)
And where are you going?
ANDRE *
She ain't going anyw~ere alone.

CJ
Fucking nursery school. Terry--
TERRY
Right. Let's go.
Terry leads Luda and Andre away as Ana tears Kenneth's
sleeve. She examines his arm and he winces. He is clearly
in great pain. She looks to CJ.
ANA
The bleedin9 won't stop on its own.
I need to stitch his arm
CJ
What are you a fucking doctor?
ANA
Fucking nurse.

CJ throws Bart the keys.

CJ
There's a first aid kit in the
Security Office.

ON 'TV: The Sheriff calmly reflects on the task at hand.

SHERIFF
You know, the hard part of all
this? I know a lot of these people
that we're putting down. But it
has to be done.

(CONTINUED)
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33 CONTINUED: (2) 33

CJ
(nods, serious)
What'd I tell you boys? America
always sorts its shit out.
Michael is watching CJ, not the television.
34 INT. BATHROOM - LEVEL 2 - DAY 34

In the mirror, Luda examines her arm. There's a small gash

where the zombie's te~th marked her. Andre is upset by this. *
The door is open, Terry is outside.
ANDRE *
You're lucky. It could have bit it
off.
LODA
It's just a rub, a ... how do you
say ... ?
ANDRE *
A scratch?
LODA
That word, yes. Scratch.
35 INT. PANASONIC STORE - LEVEL 2 - MOMENTS LATER 35
ON TV: A PRESS CONFERENCE with- a GENERAL. He looks rattled.
GENERAL
Yes, um I believe that you are
referring to a report that came in
this morning ...
REPORTER (0. S;)
I heard that you lost contact with
Central Command.
GENERAL
It is true that we have been out of
contact with them for the past
hour, but ...
ANOTHER REPORTER (O.S.)
Could you comment on the story that
the Governor's chopper went down
this morning in ....

(CONTINUED)
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35 CONTINUED: 35

GENERAL
(interrupts him)
Look, let's just stick to what we
do know.
MILITARY REPORTER (O.S.) ' *
You mentioned that you have
established what you called "zones
of containment". Where are these
zones?
GENERAL
Well, we can say that, uh, here at
Fort Pastor for example, we feel
like we have the situation
contained.
ON KENNETH AND MICHAEL
MICHAEL
That's fifteen miles. There's no
way you could--
KENNETH
My brother's there. He's waiting
for me.
.
Michael stops, just nods as Kenneth stares at the set.
36 INT. SECURITY OFFICE - LEVEL 2 - MORNING 36

Bart opens the door and lets Ana in. He gives her a long up
and down kind of look.
Once inside, out of his view, she breaks down, CRYING. But
she stops herself, regaining control of her emotions.
She looks around the empty, dangerous darkness. She finds
the light box, turns on the fluorescent lights.
She sees a box of I.OST & FOUND and pulls some shoes out of
there and slides them on her bloody feet. She spots the
first aid kit in the back.
37 INT. PANASONIC STORE - LEVEL 2 - DAY 37

As Kenneth takes a couple pills and lays back. Ana prepares

to stitch his wound.

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(CONTINUED)
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37 CONTINUED: 37

ANA
This will hurt a bit.
~ichael watches her work.
MICHAEL
How are you doing?
ANA
How am I doing? Are you serious?
Michael is taken aback.
ANA (CONT ID)
(looks at the TV)
I'm still waiting to wake up.

ANA (CONT ID)

(looks at the TV)
I'm still waiting to wake up.
Beat as they watch TV. An image of chaos which prompts
Michael to move to CJ:
MICHAEL
So, what's the plan?
CJ
The plan is that you drink a nice
tall glass of shut the fuck up.
MICHAEL
Okay. That's one idea. But if it
was my place, I'd lock this. place
down, because sooner or later
they're going to get in here.
CJ
Like I haven't thougpt a that.
Ana turns, listens to how Michael handles CJ.
MICHAEL
Hey, no doubt. And you've probably
already thought about making a sign
up on the roof?
CJ looks at him. A what?

(CONT:N~ED)
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37 CONTINUED: ( 2) 37

• MICHAEL (CONT'D)
Because, you know, there's still
planes in the air. Might be good,
let them know we're alive. ·

(CONTIN.UED)
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37 CONTINUED: ( 3) 37

• (beat)
CJ
We could get some paint from Sears.
Use some of the office doors, board
up the weak spots.
MICHAEL
That's a solid plan, CJ.
CJ goes with it. He stands up, clears his throat.
CJ
Everybody listen up. I'm going to
give you a job and I expect you to
do all of it, not half ...
38 INT. MALL - LEVEL 1 - HALLOWED GROUNDS - DAY 38

As they all EMERGE FROM THE ELEVATOR, about to go off on

their work. Terry looks at the Zombie Security Guard still *
thrashing in the pond.
BART
Hey, CJ, look ... Terry ... take a
look at Ben Cozine. Hey, Ben! *
No response, of course.
TERRY
Look at him. Poor bastard.
CJ *
Fuck the fucker. I told him not to *
go downstairs. *
They watch him sadly a moment. *
BART
TV says you got to shoot him the
head. *
TERRY *
TV said a lot of stuff that wasn't *
true. *
CJ takes a beat, steels himself, and aims his pistol at Ben *
Cozine's head. It's not easy for him to pull the trigger. *
But he does, shooting Ben Cozine in the head. He stops *
thrashing.
Terry and Bart stand there staring at their old friend. *
~
(CONTINUED)
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38 CONTINUED: 38

ti) CJ
Let's go to work.
*

39 INT. REFLEX SPORTS - LEVEL 1 - LATER 39

CJ and Bart walk through this darkened store, making sure
it's clear. Muzzle flashes as they clean house.
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• ,

40 INT. MALL ENTRANCE - LEVEL 1 - LATER 40

Luda watches Andre and Terry move a huge piece of furniture *
in front of the glass doors. In the ~indows just beyond
them, a few Zombies MOAN insanely and claw at the windows,
trying to get at them.
41 INT. OUTSIDE CASE HARDWARE - DAY 41

Ana waits as Michael exits with a dolly full of paint and

paint supplies.
MICHAEL
All set ...
ANA
(picks up a can from the
cart)
Black?
MICHAEL
{patient)
It's for a sign on the roof, not a
kitcl:'ien.
ANA
{equally so)
Yes, and the roof is black.
MICHAEL
Good point.
He turns and heads back into the store.
42 EXT. MALL - DUSK 42
OVERHEAD SHOT: Eve'ryone is gathered on the roof, now painted
bright colors. In huge letters the roof reads, "S.O.S."
Banners hang on the sides of the mall reading, "ALIVE INSIDE"
and "HELP."
Everyone is gathered near the edge. Bart and Terry toss a
body, presumably Ben, wrapped in a white sheet over the edge.
TERRY
Sorry Ben.
CJ has a pair of high-powered binoculars to his eyes.
BINOCULAR'S POV

(CONTINUED)
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42 CONTINUED: 42

Everett's big town/small city commercial district comes into

view. Crossroads Mall is on a road with numerous other
buildings. Much of it looks like a war zone. Some of the
buildings are in flames. Bart recognizes a ZOMBIE.
BART
Hey, I know that guy. He put my
stereo in my car.
(yelling to guy)
Fuck you, man! You did a shitty
job! And look at you now!
TERRY
He can't hear you man. He's dead.
BART
He can fucking hear me alright.
The group·sees zombies stumbling into the parking lot.
There's a steady stream of arrivals.
MICHAEL
What are they?
ANA
I don't know, but look up the road.
There's a lot more of them.
(then)
Why are they corning here?
KENNETH
(watching them)
Memory maybe-. Instinct. What they
used to do. This place was
important to them. It Made them
happy.
(a long beat)
Or maybe they're corning for us.
BART
Instinct huh? So if that was you
down there, Terry, you'd be jerking
off!
TERRY
I would.
They HEAR loud GUNSHOTS.

(CONTINUED)
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42 CONTINUED: ( 2) 42

ANA
Over there. Someone's on the gun
store.
CJ searches for the source with his binoculars.
ANDY'S GUNSTORE is across the street. A MAN -- thirty,
baseball cap stands. on the roof of a building shooting a
gun into the air to get their attention.

(CONTINUED)
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42 CONTINUED: ( 3) 42

• He lifts his own binoculars to his face and waves. He holds

up a dry erase board, on which he has written: "I'M ANDY.
ALONE"
CJ
His name is Andy. I think he's
alone.
, ANDRE
He migot as well be on the moon.
The path between,lthe mall and the gun store is filling with
zombies. Andy p~ints to something above their heads.
ANA
What's! he pointing at?
They ~11 turn and see SOMETHING MOVING IN THE DISTANT SKY.
MICHAEL
Helicopter ...
It's zig-zagging across the horizon. The whole gang SHOUTS.
They jump up and down, waving their arms, trying to get the
helicopter's attention. Suddenly, it turns, starts heading
thei.r: way.
ANDRE
Hey, it's coming--
CJ
Fuckin-A. It's about time ...
The dot on the horizon grows. And now we can just start to
hear the chopper.
CJ (CONT ID)
Everybody move to the side, so he
can put down in the middle ...
They all move to the edge of the roof, watch the chopper
approach. It's getting closer. Louder ...
ANA
Please ...
But it doesn't ~top. They watch the helicopter fly over the
gun store then veer off in another direction, getting smaller
now as it recedes ...
Luda turns away, holds onto Andre.

(CONTINUED)
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42 CONTINUED: ( 4) 42

LUDA
Oh, no ...
ANDRE *
It's okay, honey. They saw us. I
mean, they'll come back, right? Or
send somebody for us?
Ana looks across the parking lot and sees Andy as he slowly
sits down on the roof of the gun store and puts his head in
his hands.
43 INT. METROPOLIS - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 43

CJ locks the group into the bedroom/bathroom store. There

are model bathrooms to one side.
CJ
I don't want anyone sneaking around
and stealing shit. Comprenday?
(then)
Sweet dreams.
He walks away, keys jingling.
e) 43A INT. METROPOLIS - NIGHT 43A

Ana, Kenneth, Andre, Michael and Luda each sit or lay atop a *
different bed. Each bed is in its own idea of a bedroom; hip
hotel, teenage girl pink, colonial four poster.
After a moment, they also hear the chorus of FAINT MOANS and
whines. Luda looks panicked, but Andre takes her hand ... *
MICHAEL
We can't leave these guys in
charge. We have to do something.
ANDRE *
I'm not doing anything to create
problems for Luda and me. That
helicopter will be back any minute.
MICHAEL
I hope so, but we ...
ANDRE *
What does that mean?

(CONTINUES'.
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43A CONTINUED: 43A

MICHAEL
It means it might come, and it
might not. We can't count on it.
Luda doesn't like the idea of this.
LUDA
What do you mean it might not come?
(to Andre) *
You said it was corning back.
ANDRE *
Don't worry baby, it's coming back.
This guy doesn't know shit.
(then to Michael)
You know man, you got a lot to say.
Who the fuck are you that anyone
should listen? What the fuck do
you do?

(CONTINUED)
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43A CONTINUED: (2) 43A

MICHAEL
(beat)
I sell televisions at Best Buy.
That's not what anyone wants to hear.
ANDRE *
That's just great. Officer, how do
you like following a guy who sells
TV's?
KENNETH
About as much as I like following a
guy who steals them.
(then)
Get this straight: I'm not
following anyone. I'm going to
Fort Pastor, get my brother.
Luda watches as Kenneth tries his radio again to no avail.
LUDA
You're a policeman. Please, you
have to help us.
KENNETH
Look, lady, I'm not in the protect
and serve business anymore. That
shit is over.
He goes back to his radio and changes channels.
KENNETH (CONT'D)
We're all on our own now.
Luda sobs. It's all too much.
~NA
When are you due?
LUDA
Two weeks.
ANA
Do you know what it is?

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43A CONTINUED: ( 3) 43A

ANDRE *
No.
(looks at Luda)
We want it to be a surprise.
Ana nods. The room is quiet. Except for the horrible sounds
surrounding the mall.
44 INT. PANASONIC STORE - LEVEL 2 - NIGHT 44

Bart, Terry, and CJ have pulled mattresses into the store.

Bart and Terry are falling asleep. CJ is watching four TV's
at once. The others show static or a TEST PATTERN.
ON TELEVISION #1
We see a tired-looking SCIENTIST ...
SCIENTIST
They feed only on warm flesh. Some
basic skills remain, they don't
seem to have much, if any,

• )
reasoning power .
ON TELEVISION #2
A TELEVANGELIST, bible in his lap ...
TELEVANGELIST
... you .have sex out of wedlock, you
kill unborn children, you have man-
on-man relations, same sex
marriage ... how do you think your
God will judge you?
(zoom-in)
Well friends, nmz you know.
BACK TO TELEVISION #1
7he Scientist in CLOSE-UP ...
SCIENTIST
Every dead body it kills, gets up
and kills--
ON TELEVISION #3
We see a HIGH SCHOOL BOY sitting on his school's Public
Access soundstage. The camera focus adjusts and a GIRL
hurries over to sit down beside him.

(CONTINUED)
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44 CONTINUED: 44

BOY
We're gonna broadcast as long as we
can ... We're trying to stay calm.
The girl looks at the camera, then ...
GIRL
My grandmother used to say that
"When there was no more room in
hell, the dead would walk the
earth ... "
The boy looks at her ...
BOY
Shit, Gina, that's really
helpful ...
ON TELEVISION #1
The scientist now in EXTREME CLOSE-UP ...
SCIENTIST
Do not be lulled by the fact that
these were once our family members
or friends. They must be destroyed
on sight ...

ON TELEVISION #4
A TV ANCHORMAN is signing off. STATION EMPLOYEES walk back
and forth behind him, unconcerned with being filmed. One of
them is nursing a bite wound.
OLDER TV ANCHORMAN
It's been a pleasure reporting the
news to you these twenty-six years.
I don't know when we'll be back on
the air, but until then, God Bless--
And he's cut off as THE STATION LOGO FILLS THE SCREEN.
FADE TO:
45 INT. PANASONIC STORE - 2ND LEVEL - MORNING 45
CJ, Bart, and Terry are sound asleep, looking almost gentle
in their slumber. Suddenly, the lights go on. MUZAK STARTS
PLAYING over the speakers. Bart springs up, pointing his
gun, paranoid. Terry and CJ also wake.

(CONTINUED)
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45 CONTINUED: 45

BART
What the fuck?
CJ
It's the timers. Eight o'clock.
Terry, go shut 'em off.
TERRY
I did it yesterday. It's Bart's
turn.
BART
You're the trainee man, and shit
rolls downhill.
TERRY
Man, I wish someone was working
Hallowed Grounds.
CJ
How hard is it to make a cup of
coffee?
TERRY
I wanted a soy mocha latte with
foam.
BART
Faggot.
Terry walks out as CJ looks over at the TV's. All the sets
now show TEST PATTERNS. He picks up the remote, changes
channels: no luck.
46 INT. METROPOLIS - LEVEL 1 - DAY 46
Terry is walking past the store. Ana goes to the gate.
ANA
Hey!
(he stops)
The bathrooms in here are all fake,
they don't work.
TERRY
I'll tell CJ.
ANA
I'm telling you.

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46 CONTINUED: 46

Terry looks back but CJ is nowhere around. He opens the

lock. And Terry goes on his way. Ana lifts the gate.
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47 INT. MEN'S BATHROOM - LEVEL 1 - DAY 47

Kenneth is in the bathroom, shirtless, washing his upper body *

with paper towels. A nervous Andre enters. He's dressed in *
a new Nike track suit. He enters a stall and a few beats *
later he walks out. ·He washes his hands in a basin next to *
Kenneth who pays him no mind. *
ANDRE *
Good morning. *
KENNETH *
Morning. *
The two men do not look at each other as Andre, after a *
moement, speaks. *
ANDRE *
· ·Hey, I don't know about you but, I *
was up all night, you know, *
thinking about stuff. *
(a beat) *
You're the type of brother that *
goes to church and all that kind of *
shit right? *
Kenneth takes a beat before answering. He still doesn't look *
at Randall. *
KENNETH
I've been. *
This doesn't slow Randall down. *
ANDRE *
So, what you think man? You think *
this is it, the end times? I *
mean ... cause, if it is ... I'm *
fucked. You know? I've done some *
bad things. *
Kenneth sighs, turns and looks directly at Andre. *
KENNETH
What do you want from me? *
(a beat) *
Oh, I get it. You saw hell *
yesterday so now you're scared *
you're going there for all the "bad *
things" you've done? *
(another beat) *
(MORE)

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47 CONTINUED: 47
KENNETH (CONT'D)
Well, I'll tell you what: Go in *
that stall, say five hail Marys, *
wipe your ass, and you and God can *
call it even. *
Andre absorbs this. *
ANDRE *
You think I feel I deserve to be *
here. I don't. And I'm cool with *
that. But that ain't it. Cause I *
think I'm here for another reason. *
I think I'm here to give that baby *
what I never had. I just want the *
opportunity to change everything. *
You know what I'm saying? *
Kenneth softens. *
KENNETH *
Yeah, I do. But either way, we all *
gotta pay for our sins. *
Andre looks at him, taking that in. Then he exits. *
*

(CONTINUED)
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47 CONTINUED: (2) 47

OMIT SC. 48
49 INT. SECURITY OFFICE - LEVEL l - LATER 49

Terry walks in. He looks at the security monitors, seeing

all the floors, the entrances, the loading dock, the parking
lot.
He turns to the Muzak and flips the switch. The music stops.
'While his back is turned to the monitors, we see a TRUCK in
the distance on one of the monitors.
Terry turns to leave and at the last moment sees the-truck is
barreling down the hill and toward the mall. The truck mows
down small trees and bushes. It SLAMS through Crossroads
Mall sign, skidding onto the parking lot.
TERRY
Whoa.
50 EXT. MALL ROOF/MAIN AREA - MOMENTS LATER 50
CJ, Bart, and Terry are on the roof. The TRUCK circles the
mall. A Zombie runs by its side. It grabs onto the door and
leaps onto the truck, trying to get in the cab. Someone in
the cab shoots a rifl~ out the window.
Michael, Ana, Kenneth, Andre and Luda get to the roof, all in *
clean clothes now, faces washed.

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50 CONTINUED: 50

CJ
How'd you get out and who gave you
permission to loot the Goddamn
stores?
Ana ignores him.
ANA
What are we going to do about that
truck?
CJ
We're not going to do anything
about that truck.
ANA
There's people in it.
MICHAEL
Ana, we don't know who ...
CJ interrupts him.
CJ
Yeah. How'd you know they're not
all fucked up like everyone else
out there?
ANA
For one thing, they're driving a
truck.
(we hear a GUNSHOT)
And shooting guns.
CJ looks out. Yeah, okay. That's true. The truck circles,
but there are enough zombies now to give it trouble.
CJ
If we start letting people in,
we're going to let in the wrong
ones and then I'm dead. And I
don't wanna die.
ANA
The 'wrong' ones?
CJ
No one here's sick and I'm keeping
it that way. If anyone w~nts to
argue with me, argue with this ...

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50 CONTINUED: ( 2) 50

ANA
Look, I think we should just see
who's in the--
CJ
I'm not asking for your opinion.
Now, if anyon~ wants to argue with
me, argue with this ...

(CONTINUED)
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50 CONTINUED: (3) 50

He aims his gun at Ana.

ANA
Get that gun out of my face!
TERRY
CJ, you can't turn those people
away. You'll kill'em.
CJ
It's self defense.
They all watch the truck. It's in trouble. There's not a
lot of time.
TERRY
,I'm not killing anybody.
CJ points ·the gun at Terry now. Bart trains his gun on the
others.
CJ
I'll kill all of you to stay alive.
TERRY
Please, CJ, don't do this ...
Bart looks Ana up and down.
BART
Hey, darlin', maybe we'll -kill them
and keep you.
MICHAEL
Hey, Bart?
He turns and Michael nails him one in the face. Blood spills
from Bart's nostrils as he stumbles back, dropping his gun.
Terry points Andre's gun at CJ. *
TERRY
Don't move CJ.

(CONTINUED)
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50 CONTINUED: (4) 50

•• Everyone stares at this in shock.

points at CJ from his other side.
Kenneth grabs his gun and

CJ
You're gonna get us all killed.
KENNETH
Terry, there a holding cell in
here?
TERRY
Sure.
KENNETH
Take me there.
(to Michael & Ana)
I hope you guys have a good plan.
51 EXT. MALL ROOF/ LOADING DOCK - DAY 51

A few minutes later. Luda finishes writing on a huge piece

of plasterboard. She looks down at the rear of the mall.
There are very few zombies there. Most have been distracted
by the truck. Luda lifts her sign, propping it directly over
a closed roll door at street level. The sign reads: ENTER
BELOW, with an arrow pointing downward.
52 EXT. PARKING LOT/ TRUCK - DAY 52

Seen through binoculars, NORMA (58), a tough, masculine

looking broad, and TUCKER (40), a younger red-neck, react to
the sign. Tucker fires a rifle out the window at zombies
that run alongside the truck.
53 EXT. MALL ROOF/ LOADING DOCK - DAY 53
Reveal Ana watching through the binoculars as the big rig
changes course and moves towards the door.
54 INT. LOADING DOCK - DAY 54

Michael and Andre ready themselves. They hear the HORN of

the approaching truck. They stand ready at the fire door
adjacent to the loading dock roll door. Andre moves to open
the door.
MICHAEL
Wait till the truck hits the dock.
There's a tense beat as the men wait for the impact. They *
are terrified. *

(CONTINUED)
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54 CONTINUED: 54

They can HEAR zombies howling on the other side of the door *
and the sound of the truck backing down the ramp. *
OMIT 55 *
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EXT. LOADING DOCK - DAY 56 *

The big-rig backs into the loading dock, crushing a handful
of zombies as it does. The plated steel of the loading dock
buckles, and thirty pounds of rust fall from the
undercarriage.
57 EXT. MALL ROOF/LOADING DOCK - DAY 57

Ana and Luda watch as Zombies run to the rear of the mall.
57A INT. LOADING DOCK-DAY 57A

Andre throws open the door and Michael, pistol at ready,

moves through the door.
58 EXT. LOADING DOCK - DAY 58

The door flies open and Michael and Andre are revealed.
There are a number of zombies on the landing and they turn
their attention to the open door. Michael and Andre both
drop their share of zombies. The men make it to the cab of *
the truck. They see that it is empty. *
Looking up onto the roof of the truck they see Tucker and *
Norma, having climbed out their respective windows, are now *
on the roof of the truck running toward the rear and the *
safety of the mall roof. Norma calls to Michael. *
NORMA
(yells to Michael)
There are six more people in the
back of the truck!

ANDRE *
Oh man, here they come! *
The men see a large group of zombies who had been following *
the truck, running full speed toward them. Michael and Andre *
quickly back their way into the loading dock, firing as they *
go, and close the door behind them. *
59 INT. LOADING DOCK - DAY 59 *
They shut and lock the door. Breathing heavily. Michael *
immediately looks at the large roll door adjacent to the fire *
door. On the other side we can hear zombies howling. They *
bang on the fire door into which Michael and Andre escaped. *
MICHAEL
We got to open that door. *

(CONTINUED)
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59 CONTINUED: 59

•• Andre gestures toward his forehead.

ANDRE
*
*
Are you crazy? I ain't going out *
there again. *
MICHAEL *
We don't have to. They're backed *
right up to this door. When I get *
this one open, reach in and open *
the truck. *
Andre thinks about this. He looks at the door. He sees that *
it can be opened with minimum exposure. *
ANDRE *
I'll cover you. *
Michael nods. Andre holds his gun at ready and Michael *
attempts to roll the door up. But it is stuck. *
MICHAEL *
It's jammed. Help me. *

-
•
Andre leans down to help Michael. Just as he does the door
gives and rises so quickly that they lose their grip and it
flies open, revealing a SNARLING ZOMBIE pinned by the truck
to the loading dock, just inches from their faces. This
zombie wears a Hawaiian shirt and looks he may have once been
*
*
*
*
*
a First A.D. He grabs Andre as he stumbles backwards. He *
tries to pull him within the range of his bite. Michael kicks *
the zombie in the face as Andre pulls free. The men quickly *
rise and watch as the zombie pulls his upper torso free of *
his pinned lower half and attempts to crawl towards them. *
ANDRE *
Now that is some crazy shit. *
He shoots the zombie in the head, killing him. He slumps *
over dead. Before them is the truck door. On either side of *
the door is enough space between the loading dock and the *
truck for zombies to try and squeeze through. But at the *
moment, the coast is clear. They hear pounding coming from *
within the truck. *
ANDRE (CONT'D) *
Go ahead, hero. *
Michael moves into the breach between the loading dock door *
and the truck door. *

(CONTINUED)
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59 CONTINUED: (2) 59

He is reaching for the latch when, from the side a zombie arm *
reached through and GRABS him by the wrist. Andre runs to *
his aid and stomps on the zombie arm. Michael is free. *
Michael sees the zombie who grabbed him desperately *
attempting to squeeze through the narrow opening. Additional *
zombies try to get through the cracks on either side. *
Michael avoids the reaching arms and moves to open the truck *
door. Five people emerge from the truck. They are STEVE *
MARCUS (30's), in an expensive suit and the first one out; *
GLEN CURTIS, a diminutive church organist; FRANK MILLER (50), *
who is nursing nasty bite wounds on his arm and hand; NICOLE *
MILLER (17), who is Frank's frightened daughter; and MONICA
FOREE (22), pretty. They quickly exit the tr~ck. *
Bruce and Frank stop to help Michael drag the Bloated Woman
who though very ill, is not a zombie. Nearby we see a *
wheelbarrow which they move towards. They quickly enter the
loading dock and Andre throws the roll door closed.
60-70 OMITTED 60-70 *

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INT. MALL - HALLOWED GROUNDS - DAY 71

Michael, Andre, Ana, and Luda arrive at the common area

outside Hallowed Grounds where the Citizens have gathered.
They are a sorry looking bunch. Ana sees that some of ,.the
Citizens are injured. She springs into action.
ANA
All right, anybody who is injured,
let's get you into Metropolis.
(to Glen)
Can you help me with--
(refers to Bloated Woman)
--her. What's your name?
GLEN
Glen. Sure. Let me just collect
mysel~ a moment •••
Glen takes a breath, then he and Ana assist the Bloated
Woman, followed by Frank and Nicole, and the limping Tucker
into Metropolis.
MICHAEL
The rest of you, we've got plenty
of food and water. Help should be
along soon.
STEVE MARKUS
Help? Did you hear that from the
same jackass that told us to go to
St. Verbena?
MICHAEL
Church downtown?
STEVE MARKUS
First place I tried. Some dipshit
on the radio said it was safe
there. Boy, was he wrong. Let me
tell you something: by the way,
this whole thing was handled badly.
MICHAEL
That's where you picked them up?

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71 CONTINUED: 71

NORMA
I get this call on the CB, turns
out to be Glen over there sayin'
there's all these folks beached in
the chapel.
MICHAEL
{re: Glen)
He's a priest?
NORMA
Plays the organ. I was in the
neighborhood, so I picked 'em up ...
MICHAEL
Well done.
She accepts his praise with a nod.
NORMA
We were driving for a long time
till we saw your sign. Don't know
what we were going to do. Thanks.
Michael gives his own nod. Steve Markus rolls his eyes,
·then ...
STEVE MARKUS
If you two fellas are done blowing
each other, maybe you can tell us
the deal here.
Michael gives Steve Markus a look. Sizing him up.
MICHAEL
Well, we haven't heard much
since ...
At this point Kenneth has arrived. He carries a backpack and
his shotgun. He is dressed to leave the mall.
KENNETH
Excuse me. Who's rig is that?
NOR.."1A
Mine.
KENNETH
Mind if I borrow it?

(CONTINUED)
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71 CONTINUED: ( 2) 71

NORMA
Well Officer, I'm not using it.

{CONTINUED)
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71 CONTINUED: (3 l 71

• Kenneth nods and turns to leave.

MICHAEL
That truck isn't gonna make it to
Fort .Pastor.
Steve Markus reacts to hearing Fort Pastor.
STEVE MARKUS
Forget the truck, that place is
fucked. Bloodbath city, man.
KENNETH
How do you know?
NORMA
We just came from there.
KENNETH
Everybody there is dead?
STEVE MARKUS
Deadish.
KENNETH
( starts off l
I'm gonna have a look for myself--
MICHAEL
You're not gonna make it.
KENNETH
I'll get as far as I can.
MICHAEL
Which, right now, is about one foot
out the door.
KENNETH
I'll take my chances.
MICHAEL
Don't be an idiot.
Kenneth turns an~ glares at him.
MICHAEL (CONT'D)
Please-- stay. There's people
here, tight now, could use your
help.

(CONTINUED)
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71 CONTINUED: ( 4) 71

Kenneth pauses, looks at all of the people looking back at

him. He turns away.
KENNETH
Fuck all of you.
And then storms off, but not in the direction of the truck.
STEVE MARKUS
Well, nice to see that you've all
bonded through this disaster.
72 EXT. ROOF/MAIN AREA- DAY 72

Kenneth goes up to the roof and sits alone. He puts his head
in his hands and sits there a moment. Still.
GUNSHOTS draw his attention to Andy. He grabs the binoculars
that had been left there and sees Andy holding a sign that
reads, "INFO?" Kenneth takes a moment and then, on the
poster board that Luda used for the truck rescue, writes
back: FT. PASTOR GONE-- NO HELP COMING.
He watches Andy consider this, and then Andy furiously writes
something on his dry board, and then holds it up: SO WHAT'S
THE BAD NEWS?
Kenneth almost smiles.
OMIT SC. 73
74 INT. METROPOLIS - DAY 74

Terry enters Metropolis which has been turned into an

infirmary. Frank lies on a chaise lounge, Nicole sits beside
him. Terry stops by, smiles ...
TERRY
You two need anything?
FRANK
Don't worry about us. We're fine.
NICOLE
He's got a bite on his arm.
Tucker sits with his leg elevated. Ana tends to the Bloated
Woman whose breathing is shallow. She is in very bad shape.

(CONTINUED)
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74 CONTINUED: 74

Ana feels around the severe wounds on her arms, studying the
way the infection spreads from the bites up her arms and down
her back. She puts her hand on the woman's forehead as Terry
approa~hes.

(CONTINUED)
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74 CONTINUED: ( 2) 74

ANA
She's cold.
TERRY
So that's good? No fever?
ANA
I don't know. It's weird. I've
never seen an infection this bad
that ·didn't come with a fever.
She moves to Frank. In the background, Terry gets a
luxurious blanket and covers the bloated woman.
ANA (CONT ID)
Let's see that arm ...
He shows her a few deep bites. She feels around
FRANK
Really. I'm fine. They don't hurt
much at all. Tucker could use you
more than I could. His ankle's cut
pretty bad.
She looks thoughtfully at the bites. In the background, the
bloated woman begins to convulse. Terry calls to Ana.
TERRY
Ana, help.
Ana quickly crosses the room to the Bloated Woman who has
stopped breathing. Ana checks her pulse·. Nothing·. She
stares at her a moment, then covers her with a blanket and
turns back to Frank.
ANA
Does anybody know her name?
They shake their heads. Nobody got it.
TUCKER
Died without a name. Damn.
ANA
(walking away)
Nicole ...
Behind her we see the Bloated Woman, covered with the
blanket, rise up on her bed.

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74 CONTINUED: (3) 74

ANA (CONT ID)

Do you want to--
Frank and Nicole react. Ana turns to see the blanket fall
from her head, and the snarling face of the Bloated Woman as
she stares blank-eyed at Ana.
TERRY
Holy shit!
The Bleated Woman Zombie rushes toward Ana, letting forth a
loud MOAN-GROWL. Ana stumbles back as the creature is inches
from her face. Everyone around Ana screams and scatters.
Ana pulls a rolling cart full of supplies in front of
herself. The Bloated Woman knocks it out of the way.
As Ana backs up she grabs hold of a nearby fireplace poker.
As the Bloated Woman lunges Ana shoves the sharp end into the
Bloated Woman's eye. The creature falls limp. Ana backs
away, shocked that she's taken a life, even a life like this.
She sees the shocked faces of the Citizens around her.
TERRY (CONTI D)
Ana, are you OK?
ANA
I'm OK. I'm OK.
Ana, breathing hard, takes a relieved and horrified beat.
She looks at Frank.
FRANK
She could walk.
ANA
How long ago was that?
FRANK
Four or five hours.
75 INT. HALLOWED GROUNDS - LEVEL 1 - DAY 75

A~a waits with Michael and Andre as Terry leads Kenneth

i~side.
ANA
I think it's the bites. Frank told
me that she was walking on her own
when she got in the truck five
hours ago. The bite killed her,
and the bite brought her back.

(CONTINUED)
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75 CONTINUED: 75

A moment as they all react. The news hits Andre the hardest. *

(CONTINC'ED)
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75 CONTINUED: (2) 75

4f ANDRE
How do you know?
*

ANA
I watched it happen. I felt her
pulse. She was gone. Yesterday, I
saw the same thing happen to ...
someone else.
Michael looks at her, she moves right on ...
ANA (CONT ID)
I think that's why it spread so
fast.
MICHAEL
All right, so who else in the group
is bitten?
ANA
Well Frank, for sure.
Unnoticed by the group, Andre slips out. *
MICHAEL
What about the one with the foot?
ANA
Tucker. He says no. He fell.
MICHAEL
So it's Frank, the tall guy, right?
ANA
Right. So we have to quarantine
him right away.
Michael and Kenneth exchange looks.
KENNETH
And where exactly do we do that?
ANA
I don't know. There must be
someplace in here to put him ...
MICHAEL
And then what?
ANA
I don't know, but--

(CONTINUED)
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75 CCNTINUED: ( 3) 75

Ana looks at all of them. Michael speaks first.

MICHAEL
It's too dangerous to keep him
around here.
ANA
What are you saying? Are you
talking about killing them?
MICHAEL
Would you rather we waited for him
to die, then try to kill us?
ANA
Yes-- No-- I don't want you to
kill him at all. Michael, that's
murder.
MICHAEL
Ana--
ANA
He's got a daughter.
Michael wrestles with that a moment, but then ...
MICHAEL
I'm sorry. But I don't think we
have a choice.
He walks out, carrying the gun. She turns to Kenneth.
KENNETH
He's right.
76 INT. MALL - LEVEL 1 - HALLOWED GROUNDS - DAY 76

Ana follows Michael out into the mall. They're headed

towards Metropolis.
ANA
Michael, you can't do this. What
if I'm wrong?
He pauses, turns to her.
MICHAEL
You've seen it happen before.

(CONTINUEC)
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76 CONTINUED: 76

She stands there looking back at him a moment, then runs

ahead of him into-
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• 77 I~T. ~ETROPOLIS - LEVEL 1 - DAY 77

Her intensity tells the others in the store that she's coming
with bad news. She goes straight to Fran~ as Michael ~qmes
in.

·ANA
Frank, Michael's coming to shoot
you ..
Frank and Nicole react.
FRANK
Why?
ANA
You're infected and eventually
you'll become one of them.
Michael arrives.
fRANK
Is ~his true? Are you here to kill
me?
MICHAEL
(beat)
You've been bitten. It's only a
~atter of time before--
NICOLE
No!
FRANK
Shhh.
(then)
How much time?
NICOLE
NO!
She gets between her father and Michael.
NICOtE (CONT'D)
~eave my Jather alone!
FRANK
Nicole, shhhh--it's alright.·
(to Michael)
(MORE)

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FRANK {CONT'D)
You have to understand, she's lost
everyone. Her mother, her two
brothers ... I'm all she's got ...

{CONTINUED)
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77 CCNT INUE:): ( 2) 77

• Michael just stands there, looks at the girl.

ANA
Well, Michael, what are you waiting
for? Go ahead. Kill him. Kill
Tucker too.
TUCKER
Wait a minute, I didn't get bit.
ANA
We can't be sure. Do it Michael.
Michael looks at Frank. This is harder than he realized. He
cuts a look at Ana, then ...
MICHAEL
We could put you in some kind of
quarantine.
FRANK
(to Ana)
Are you sure it's the bite?
Ana looks at Nicole who's crying.
ANA
No.
MICHAEL
She's sure.
Frank knows this is true.
FRANK
How long do I have?
ANA
I don't know. Your bites aren't
that bad, but the infection is
spreading. Maybe a few hours.
F=ank accepts this news. He takes the sobbing Nicole's hand.
MICHAEL
:•m sorry.
FRANK
Just give us a little while.
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:NT. CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - DAY 78

Andre inspects Luda's bite. It is looking a little worse. *
LUDA *
::::t hurts. *
Andre smiles, tries not to show his fear. *
ANDRE *
It's already starting to heal. *
Luda smiles back. Then concern shows on her face. *

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78 78

LUDA *
I can't have a baby here.

ANDRE
Why r.ot? People've been having
babies for a million years on their
own, no hospitals. We'll do fine.
LUDA
You sure? (Begins speaking
flustered Russian) *
ANDRE
We're gonna be fine.
LUDA
.Chand on her belly)
Oooh-- it's kicking ...
He looks at Luda a moment, smiles the best he can.
ANDRE
Now, this baby needs a name. *

• 79
She sm1les at him.
INT. CELL PHONE STORE - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT
Nicole is still sobbing.
starting to look bad.
Some time has passed. Frank is
79
*

FRANK *
Sweetie, today, all this death
you've seen, all this death without
dignity, that's not what dying is.
She won't look at him. He sits there a moment, looks at h~s
watch, shakes his head.
FRANK (CONT'D)
There's never enough time. And
you, you've got ... so many things
left to do. Nicole, look at me.
He lifts her chin with her finger.
FRANK (CONT'D)
Do me a favor, would you? Baby?

•>
(CONTINUED)
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FRANK ( CONT I D)
Do me a favor, would you? Baby?

(CONTINCED)
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~ She barely nods.

FRANK {CONT ID)
Get through this. Live your life.
Just like you have been.
NICOLE
Daddy, please ...
FRANK
(holds her)
I'm proud of you. I couldn't've
asked for anything more in a
daughter.
His breathing is getting harder. He's fighting something. He
sees KENNETH reflected in the glass, standing there.
FRANK {CONT ' D)
Time to go honey.
Frank stands up now. Nicole starts clinging to him ...
NICOLE
Daddy, no ...
Kenneth turns and moves away. Frank smiles the best he can.
She hangs on tighter, he tries to gently pry her hands free.
FRANK
Nicole--
She lets go, but won't look at him. He studies her one last
time, then.
FRANK {CONT ' D)
I love you.
NICOLE
{can't look at him)
I love you too ...
And with that, she turns and runs out of the shop.
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• ) 79A INT. SECURITY OFFICE - SAME 79A

As Terry sits at a security monitor, he sees NICOLE run

i::-:side one of the stores and fall to her knees sobbing_._ ..
Behind him, we see CJ and Bart in a holding cell.
CJ
Hey, Terry. Come on, man. Open
the fuckin door--
TERRY
(staring at the monitor)
Shut up.
79B INT. CELL PHONE STORE - DAY 79B

The ailing Frank and Kenneth sit across from one another.
The two men stare at each other ... Frank can barely speak.
Kenneth has his shot-gun on his lap.
FRANK
You want every ... single ...
second ...
Kenneth just nods. Frank looks at him.
FRANK (CONT I D)
Won't be long now ...
Frank is fading rapidly. Kenneth watches him closely.
80 INT. METROPOLIS - SAME 80
Alone in Metropolis, Ana turns and sees Michael standing
there. She looks back at him, sighs, TAKES HIS HAND.
MICHAEL
Ana, ...
ANA
(interrupts him)
I'm glad you didn't do it.
And we HEAR the shot, echo through the mall.
FADE TO BLACK
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~ 81 EXT. MALL ROOF/ MAIN AREA - DAWN 81

Kenneth is on the roof, a chess board on a table beside him.
He makes a move, writes the move on a dry erase board, and
holds the board up.

(CONTINUED)
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81 CCNTINUED: 81

TITLE CARD: TWO WEEKS LATER

THE CAMERA RISES OVER HIS HEAD TO REVEAL thousands of Zombies
surrounding the mall -- covering most of the parking l9t.
Andy has a chess board beside him, too, and makes Kenneth's
move. He nods, it was a good move.
82 INT. HALLOWED GROUNDS - LEVEL 1 - MORNING 82

Terry is behind the counter, working that espresso machine

like a Starbuck~ manager. He grinds the coffee, taps it down
into the espresso basket, makes the cup, and steams soy milk
and milk in separate pitchers.
Ana is in one of the comfortable lounge chairs, reading.
TERRY
Two lattes! One soy, one milk!
Ana goes to the counter.
ANA
Which one's the soy?
TERRY
Here you go.
ANA
Thank you, Terry.
And she walks out.
82A INT. MALL - LEVEL 2 - DAY 82A

As she walks through Level 2 of the mall, we see NICOLE

walking around the mall in a Roxy sweat suit, puma sneakers,
and some walkrnan headphones.
Ana glances up at her, concerned. We then follow Ana to
Michael's "apartment" inside the Panasonic store.
83 INT. PANASONIC STORE - LEVEL 2 - DAY. 83
Michael has now constructed a magnificent home entertainment
center, with a plasma screen, surround sound, huge speakers.
He's watching Field of Dreams on DVD.
ANA
Here you go.

(CONTINUED)
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83 CONTINUED: 83

He takes a sip. It doesn't agree with him. He winces.

(CONTINO.ED)
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83 CONTINUED: ( 2) 83

MICHAEL
Oh, man--
ANA
Oh, Terry ... he still doesn't mark·
them, you got the soy. Here.
She gives him the right cup. He takes a cautious sip. A
beat.
MICHAEL
Much better--
(then, smiles)
Thanks.
ANA
Sure.
83A INT. PARKING STAIRWELL - DAY 83A

Nicole using spray paint to tag the walls. She is a

surprisingly good graffiti artist. Her subjects are dark and
nihilist~c. She paints a giant NO EXIT on one wall.

~
OMIT SC. 84
85 INT. REFLEX SPORTS - LEVEL 1 - DAY 85

Kenneth is in the Sporting Goods Store exercise department,

bench pressing large weights.
86 INT. SECURITY OFFICE - LEVEL 1 - DAY 86

CJ and Bart in their cell. They've made themselves

comfortable. Bart does push-ups while CJ sits looking
miserable.
Glen is in the middle of a long and uncomfortable story.
GLEN
I guess the first time I knew I was
gay was when I was thirteen and
this guy, Todd Feldman, came to
build a deck in our backyard ...
CJ
Okay, can you just stop now?
GLEN
I remember he had the most
unbelievably blue eyes ...
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t) 81 INT. MILLENIUM JEWELERS - LEVEL 1 - DAY 87

Where Steve and Monica are fucking with animalistic abandon.

88 IN~. CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - DAY 88
A very pale-looking Luda lies on a bed. Andre rolls up her *
sleeve and exposes the Zombie's scratches. The scratches
look infected, purple and green. Andre uses some hydrogen *
peroxide to clean it. Luda grimaces -- it stings.
LUDA
It is 9etting better, yes?
Andre nods, smiles reassuringly. *
OMIT SC. 89
90 EXT. MALL ROOF/PARKING LOT - LATE AFTERNOON 90

A DISTINCTIVE LOOKING ZOMBIE, sort of like Jay Leno: shot in

the head. We hear laughter and catcalls.
STEVE MARKUS
He got him.
We see Andy on his roof, with a high power rifle set up on a
tripod, braced by sandbags.
TUCKER
Who else do we got?
Steve scans the horde of zombies. He is dressed in a
beautiful suit, expensive shirt, just the right tie,
perfectly polished shoes. He wears a gold Rolex. Beside him
on the wall is a martini shaker and a martini glass.
STEVE MARKUS
Burt Reynolds·! Tell him to get
Burt Reynolds!
Kenneth writes BURT REYNOLDS on the board. Andy sees it, and
scans the crowd.
Ana, standing nearby, has her own binoculars. She finds a
zombie with a crooked silver toupee, a moustache, a Members
Only jacket and a faint resemblance to Mr. Reynolds. The top
of his head comes off.

(CONTINUED)
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90
90 CCNTINUED:

TUCKER
Got him! Damn he's good. That guy
barely even looked like him.

(CONTfNUED)
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90 CONTINUED: ( 2) 90

Ana looks at them sadly. She walks away towards the

stairwell. Behind her we hear.
STEVE MARKUS
Rosie O'donnel, tell him to get
Rosie.
TUCKER
Too easy. Give him a hard one.
ANA
You guys are really fucked up.
STEVE MARKUS
Hey. Honey. Let me tell you
something. You got my permission.
I ever turn into one of them, do me
a favor: blow my fucking head off.
And they all crack up behind her as she goes out the door.
91 INT. STAIRWELL TO ROOF - LATE AFTERNOON 91
She comes down the stairs and finds Michael coming up.
MICHAEL
Hollywood Squares again?
ANA
Yeah it's sick. But you know
what's worse? It's starting not to
bother me anymore.
MICHAEL
They're afraid is all. And
trapped. Some ways, it's better
they take it out on those things
than each other.
ANA
I'm trying to remember that "those
things" were people once.
MICHAEL
Not anymore.
ANA
Nope.
They stand there alone on the stairwell a moment.

(CONTINUED)
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., 91 CONTINUED:

MICHAEL
That perfume?
91

(CONTINUED)
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91 CONTINUED: ( 2) 91

He turns to go and she watches as he resumes heading up the

stairs.
92 INT. HALLOWED GROUNDS - LEVEL 1 - LATE AFTERNOON 92

As Ana comes through. Monica sits in a massage chair while

Norma gives her a massage.
NORMA
At least I got to Paris. I won the
lottery for ten thousand dollars
and I said, I can fix the roof, or
I can see the world, and I said, I
got plenty of buckets and I'm used
to the rain, but I've never seen
Paris. So I took my morn.
MONICA
You have fun?
NORMA
Spent every dime. I even drank a
two hundred dollar bottle of wine.

eJ Andre comes in and goes behind the coffee _counter. He's

looking for something. He's on a mission and pays little
attention to the others.
*

MONICA
Was it any good?
NORMA
What do I know about wine?
ANA
Hey Andre. How's Luda doing?
ANDRE
She's fine. Have you seen that
lemon stuff?
MONICA
It's gone. Steve puts it in his
booze. Try the vanilla.

(CONTINUED)
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., 92 CONTINUED:

ANA
I'd like to stop by and see her,
92

just check and see how--

ANDRE *
(definitive)
She's fine.
(then, softer)
We just wanna be alone.
NORMA
Sure, hon. We understand.
They all watch Andre leave. *
92A EXT. MALL ROOF/MAIN AREA - DUSK 92A

Kenneth is now alone on the roof. He holds up a sign to

Andy: SEE YOU LATER. GREAT SHOOTING. Andy gives him a
thumbs up.
OMIT SC. 93

ti) 94
INT. MALL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 94
We hear PIANO MUSIC. A long table set up by the fountain.
The best chairs, linen, best china, silver, lamps are all
used.
A tray of fast food, presented as attractively as possible,
sits in the middle of the table. Gien sits at an electric
piano playing some show tune. They all sit and laugh and
pretend everything is all right. Steve Markus is wearing
silk pajamas. Monica's all made up. Even Kenneth seems to
be smiling. Luda and Andre aren't here, neither is Nicole. *
Terry keeps glancing up at the record store.
MICHAEL
... the team's down in Arizona.
We're at this party,, a kind of
'Welcome to Spring Training' thing
some local girls were giving.
STEVE MARKUS
What kind of desperate chicks roll
out the felt carpet for a bunch a
minor leaguers?

(CONTINUED)
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94 CONTINUED: 94

• it?
&~A
Thanks for that Steve.
MONICA
I'll go to Graceland. How far is

MICHAEL
560 miles. Could do it in 7 hours
if you're really moving.
STEVE MARKUS
How far to Siegfried and Roy?
MICHAEL
1520 Miles. Take you 20 hours, but
you have to leave right now. I'll
walk you out.
Steve sticks the finger at Michael.
NORMA
Do you work for the Auto Club or
something?

• MICF.AEL
I drove a truck.
ANA
I thou~ht you worked at Best Buy.
MICHAEL
I did. But before that I drove a
beer truck.
STEVE MARKUS
Wow. A man of many talents.
MICHAEL
And before that I worked in a
stationary store, drove a snow *
plow, fixed copiers ... *
NORMA
How many jobs did you have?
MICHAEL
Last time I counted I think I've
had over twenty-two j.obs. *

•
The group reacts .

(CONTINUED)
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94 CONTINUED: ( 2) 94

• ALL
Twenty-two? Why?
MICHAEL
Kind of worked out that way.
*

ANA
What was your worst job?
STEVE MARKUS
I worked for my dad's company one
summer,· well, wasn't a whole
summer, but it really .•••
ALL
Shut up!
Michael thinks about it.
MICHAEL
I can't say which was the worst,
but I know which job I was worst
at. Being a husband.

•
MONICA
That's not a job.
TUCKER
It sure is.
MICHAEL
Tried it three times. Pink slips
every time.
ANA
What job were you best at?
Michael doesn't need to think about it.
MICHAEL
Being a dad. I think I was best at
that.
It's a sobering moment. It takes a moment for the group to
regain its composure. Terry grabs some food and leaves the
table.
CUT TO:

• (CONTINUED)
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94 CONTINUED: (2) 94

MICHAEL
So, I strip down to my skivvies,
jump into the swimming pool. Got
maybe two feet of water in it ...
MONICA
You didn't know?
MICHAEL
Looked full to me. I was still
drinking back then.
(then)
Blew out both knees, missed the
first twenty-two games. Then, of
course, I took that swing at Rudy
and missed the rest.
MONICA
Who's Rudy again?
ANA
Rudy's the umpire.
STEVE MARKUS
So, you blew it huh?
MICHAEL
Yeah I guess I did, but tell you
the truth, I wasn't that good,
least not good enough.
Ana looks at him.
ANA
Maybe you were looking for a
graceful way out.
MICHAEL
I don't know how graceful it was,
but ... maybe.
He is looking at her as now Terry gets up from the table.
95 INT. RECORD STORE - LEVEL 2 - NIGHT 95
As Terry carries a plate of food into the store.
TERRY
Nicole? You in here?

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: 95

No answer. He looks around the store a moment, sees her

lying on the floor in her usual sweats, wallanan over her
ears. The stuffed penguin right beside her as she flips
through a magazine. He stands there, watches her.
95A INT. CAROUSEL BABY SHOP - NIGHT 95A
As Andre looks off, listens to the laughing and the music out *
in the mall.
LUDA
... Andre ... *
He looks at her. She's pale. Her breathing is heavy.
LUDA (CONT ID)
We should have never kept--
ANDRE *
Shhhhh ... it's gonna be okay.
He takes a plastic cup of water and helps her drink some of
it.
tt) 95B INT. RECORD STORE - NIGHT 95B
As Terry comes over to Nicole, she sees his shadow and sits
up and SCREAMS, causing Terry to drop the plate of food ...
TERRY
Hey. . . hey. . . it' s me ...
She pulls her headphones off and glowers at him.
NICOLE
You scared the shit out of me!
TERRY
Sorry--
He indicates the food all over his feet.
TERRY (CONT ID)
I thought you might like some
dinner.
She smiles at that ...
NICOLE
Ooops.

(CONTINUED)
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95B CONTINUED: 95B

TERRY
Yeah ... oops.
(then)
Everybody misses you.
NICOLE
I like it up here.
She stares at the People magazine.
NICOLE (CONT'D)
Look at all of these people.
Winona Ryder, dead. Eminem, dead.
Shaquille O'Neal, dead.
Terry points to ,Keith Richards at his most wasted.
TERRY
Keith Richards. He may have
started this thing.
Nicole points to a picture of the BACKSTREET BOYS.
NICOLE
You know what these guys are?
(then)
Dead.
They both crack up. Nicole makes room for Terry to sit beside
her.
TERRY
So I guess it's not all bad.
And now he sits down beside her, Nicole scooting over to make
room.
95C INT. SECURITY OFFICE - SAME 95C
Where CJ now sits in the holding cell reading the
Cosmopolitan that Glen had been thurnl:;>ing through earlier.
CJ
Says here that male friendships
often become more fragile during
stressful times, whereas female
relationships often grow stronger.
(looks up at Bart)
(MORE)

(CONTINUED)
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95C CONTINUED: 95C

CJ (CONT'D)
This shrink says it's on account of
men not wanting to lose their alpha
male status or some such bullshit.
(turns back a page)
(MORE)

(CONTINUED)
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95C CONTINUED: (2) 95C

CJ (CONT ID)
eJ Figures.
this ...
Fuckin' chick wrote

96 INT. MALL - LEVEL 1 - HALLOWED GROUNDS - NIGHT 96

Michael and Ana, Monica and Tucker, are now dancing to the
music. Ana's a little drunk.
ANA
I usually don't dance with minor
leaguers. But the alcoholic thing
I can't resist.
MICHAEL
Well you got the right guy. Lead
the league in strikeouts and career
blood alcohol. But I'm sober now
and I hope that's not turning you
off.
ANA
(mock disappointment)
Really. Too bad. Since when?
MICHAEL
Since the day I met you, beautiful.
ANA
I like beautiful.
She laughs. He changes the subject.
MICHAEL
What was he like?
ANA
Who?
MICHAEL
The man you never talk about.
She looks at Michael.
ANA
He was--
WITHOUT WARNING, the mall room goes black except for
emergency lights and Exit signs.
97 INT. MALL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 97
Everyone is scared. Everyone is quiet.

(CONT:::NUED)
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• GLEN
They're not inside, are they?
NORMA
I think it's Just the power.
GLEN
Do you know or do you think?
STEVE MARKUS
Great party guys.
98 INT. CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 98

By the light of Emergency Lamps and the Exit·sign, Andre

talks to Luda. She is breathing hard, she's dying.
ANDRE
The baby's on the way, honey ••.
He finds a flashlight, turns it on, brings it to Luda's face.
Now we see that he has already tied her to the table so she
can't get up. He has the area set up for birthing: water,
towels, a receiving blanket •

• 99 OMIT
ANDRE (CONT'D)
Baby's on the way.
99
*
*

•
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• 100 INT. GARAGE STAIRWELL LANDING - MOMENTS LATER 100 *

CJ leads Michael and Bart down stairs to a landing. There is
a door that is marked garage. *
Michael points to another door. This one is a steel door *
with the words EMPLOYEES ONLY written on it. *
MICHAEL *
That it? *
CJ *
That's the sewage tunnel. Under *
the parking lot. Leads you right *
into Indian country. *
He points to the door marked garage. *
CJ (CONT'D) *
It's in employee parking. Level 3.
They keep it in a pen near the
trams. Have fun. *
MICHAEL *

•
Wait a minute. You're coming too. *
CJ *
I said I'd tell you where the *
generators are. I didn't say I'd *
show you. *
MICHAEL *
I'm not leaving you two up here. *
How do I know you'll let me back *
in? *
(a beat) *
Either you come with me, or the two *
of you go back in that cell. *
CJ mulls it over. Michael's got the gun and he's not *
interested in going back in that cell. *
CJ *
All right. But I ain't going *
without a gun. *
MICHAEL *
You're not getting a gun. *

·•
CJ *
Trust, fuckwad. It's the primary *
ingredient in any relationship. *

(CONTINUED)
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100 CON':'INUED: 100

• Michael pauses. He sees a red emergency fire axe in a glass

case on the wall. He shatters the glass and tosses the axe
to CJ.
MICHAEL
Have at em' cowboy.
*
*
*
*
*
CJ looks disdainfully at it. *
CJ *
Asshole. *
Just then Kenneth appears behind them, shotgun in hand. *
KENNETH
We ready to roll?
Michael looks at him.
MICHAEL
You coming with us?

• (CONTINUED)
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100 CONTINUED: (2) 100

• KENNETH
No. You're coming with me.
done this before.
Michael smiles.
with the gun.
I've

Kenneth sees that he is a little awkward

KENNETH (CONT'D)
You ever use one of these before?
MICHAEL *
(points at the barrel)
This is the dangerous end, right? *
Kenneth reaches over and turns off the safe~y.
KENNETH
Now it is.
The four men prepare to enter the darkened parking garage. *
101 INT. MALL - KITCHEN - NIGHT 101
In the darkened mall, Ana supervises Glen, Monica, Norma, and

•
Nicole as they move frozen food into one refrigerator .
102 INT. CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 102
Luda is delirious. She speaks in Russian as she fades away.
Then she goes still. Andre fights back tears, rests his head
on her belly, and holds onto her a moment.
We see movement in her belly, right in front of his face.
Something pushing to get out. Once more and he opens his
eyes. Now he sees it and sits up ...
103 OMIT 103 *
*
*

•
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CJ
Trust, fuckwad. It's the primary
ingredient in any relationship.
Michael pauses. He sees a red emergency fire· axe in a·· glass
case on the wall. He shatters the glass and tosses the axe
to CJ and then enters the parking garage.
MICHAEL
Have at em' cowboy.
CJ looks disdainfully at it. Then he follows.
CJ
Asshole.
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INT. CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 103A

Close on Luda's face as she comes back from the dead, lurches
towards us ...
104 INT. GARAGE STAIRWELL - NIGHT 104

Michael, CJ, Kenneth, and Bart move into the dark stairwell.
They each have a flashlight. We HEAR only WATER DRIPPING.
The flashlights aren't strong enough to erase the darkness.
They travel cautiously down a few flights of narrow stairs in
complete darkness before emerging into a subterranean parking
garage.
104A INT. CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 104A

As Luda st.ruggles against her restraints. Her stomach

buckles and convulses as if the child struggles to be born.
Andre sticks a gag, a leather belt with fabric around it, *
into her mouth. He accidentally bumps a baby mobile, which
begins PLAYING "this old man".

ti) 105 INT. PARKING GARAGE LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 105

Emerging from the stairwell, the group scans the garage with
flashlights.
CJ
This is level one. We have to walk
the rest of the way down to three.
Just then we see a shadow, or maybe eyes, in a distant
corner.
BART
What the fuck was that? I just saw
something.
MICHAEL
Something's down here.
A sound, a panting sound, a sound of something alive,
breathing heavily coming towards them. The flashlights scan
the darkness.
BART
Oh shit, here it comes.
MICHAEL
Quiet.

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105 CONTINUED: 105

The panting continues and gets closer. The light picks up a

fast moving form. Michael takes aim and pulls the trigger,
but Kenneth sees that it is a dog and knocks the shot away.
CJ
It's a fucking dog.
They shine the lights. The dog peeks out at them from around
the corner.
BART
Jesus Christ.
KENNETH
Here boy.
Everyone turns their lights on him: and a big, very happy
lab/shepherd mix comes up to Michael and smells his hand and
wags his tale.
MICHAEL
Well, least we know nothing's down
here, or it would have eaten him.
ti) 106 INT. THE CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 106
Luda, undead. Her body is heaving and bucking.
ANDRE *
(like it's all normal)
The baby is coming, Luda, push
harder, breathe, breathe, in, out,
in, out ... all the way out ...
Luda is groaning, her body shakes more violently.
107 INT. PARKING GARAGE LEVEL 2 - NIGHT 107
Bart checks out a pristine 1966 Mustang.
BART
Hey, it's Ben's car. I call it.
It's mine.
CJ
Stop fucking around.
Kenneth and Michael are ready to move on. But something
catches the dogs attention. It begins to growl.

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107
107 CONTINUED:

• MICHAEL
What's wrong boy?

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.) 107 CONTINUED: (2)

BART
There's nothing wrong. That dog's
107

just fucked up.

Behind Bart we see a LEGLESS ZOMBIE scramble along the pipes
above like a monkey, using only its arms. Before anyone can
react the Legless Zombie drops down onto Bart. Kenneth moves
quick and shoots the Legless Zombie as it falls. But it
still manages to grab hold of Bart and take a big bite out of
his neck.
BART (CONT ID)
Awwwwwwww ! ! ! !

Bart spins and the Legless Zombie falls. Before Kenneth can
finish it, it rises onto its hands and scrambles quickly into
the shadows.
MICHAEL
Run!
They turn to run the way they came, but their exit is blocked
by emerging zombies drawn by the action. CJ takes over.
CJ
This way, to the pen!
They follow him, full-tilt, down the ramp. The wounded Bart
struggles to keep up.
108 INT. THE CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 108

Andre holds up a lantern, and he sees what he's been waiting *

for.
ANDRE *
I can see the head ...
109 INT. MALL - KITCHEN - DAY 109
Ana and Norma have finished with the freezers.
NORMA
I think I'll go check on Andre and *
Luda. See if they need some
candles.
ANA
Ok. Let me know if they need me.
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~
• 110 INT. PARKING GARAGE LEVEL 3 - NIGHT 110

As the group reaches level three they can see the pen, a
chain-link enclosed box about 12 feet by 12 feet. Inside is
a gas pump and some tools. They run for the pen. Zombies
block their path. Kenneth and Michael blast away.
From behind, Bart is spun by one of his pursuers. It slows
him down enough to separate him from the group. The zombies
pounce and tear him apart.
This allows CJ, Michael, and Kenneth to reach the pen. They
blow the lock, and enter, slamming the gate behind them.
They are able to watch the tail end of Bart's death. The
Legless Zombie slams into the cage and scales it. Kenneth
blasts him off with a shotgun.
111 INT. CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 111
As Andre quickly swaddles the baby, looks at Luda ... *
ANDRE *
You wanna see your baby?
He brings the baby around to Luda, shaking in her straps,
ready to break them. At this point Norma enters. She's
carrying some candles.
NORMA
Andre? You okay in here? *
She sees Luda and understands immediately what has happened.
NORMA (CONT'D)
No ... no ... Andre .... oh my God... *
ANDRE *
It's a girl ...
She drops the candles and draws her pistol. She is
speechless. Luda writhes on the table.
ANDRE (CONT'D) *
You gonna kill Luda? You gonna
kill my baby?
NORMA
Andre, please... *

Andre whips out his pistol, aiming it at Norma. *

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111 CONTINUED: 111

ANDRE *
Can't let you kill my family.
She snoots Luda in the head, killing her. Andre fires too, *
hitting Norma in the neck. Norma fires as she falls, hitting
Andre in the chest. *
112 INT. MALL - LEVEL 1 - FOUNTAIN - DAY 112

Terry runs out beside the fountain. Steve Markus and Glen
appear and call to him.
STEVE MARKUS
Where'd the shots come from?!
113 INT. PARKING GARAGE LEVEL 3 - NIGHT 113
The zombies are tearing the pen apart.
114 INT. CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 114

Norma, bullet-ridden, turns onto her side. She sees Andre, *

bleeding, ~till standing over Luda.
ANDRE *
I'm sorry, I fucked it all up ...
You should see her just once--
The wounded Andre attempts to unwrap the child, but he begins *
to fade. He falls to the floor, the still unseen infant in
his lap.
ANDRE (CONT'D) *
Here she--
He dies.
115 INT. PARKING GARAGE LEVEL 3 - NIGHT 115
Kenneth, Michael, and CJ look around as Zombies jump on the
pen all around them, tearing at it. They start pulling the
fencing away from the ceiling.
116 INT. MALL 1ST LEVEL (OUTSIDE CAROUSEL) - DAY 116
Ana :alls in with Terry, pistol in hand. The rest of the
crowd stay a few feet behind them.
ANA
Open the door. Slowly.

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Terry opens the door to Carousel and they see the carnage.

(CONTINUED)
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116 CONTINUED: (2 l 116

• Ana rushes to the mortally wounded Norma.

NORMA
He didn't want me to see it ... he
shot me ... sonofabitch shot me.
And she's dead. Ana watches her a moment.
TERRY
Get away from her.
Terry points his gun at Norma's head.
ANA
Wait.
(checks Norma)
She died from the gunshot. She
wasn't bitten. She's dead ...
TERRY
But she's gonna wake up.
ANA
.No ... she won't •.. If she was one
of them, she'd be up by now.
a) 117 INT. PARKING GARAGE LEVEL 3 - NIGHT 117
The Zombies pull even more fencing away from the ceiling.
Michael grabs the gas nozzle and flicks on the pump. He
douses the Zombies with gas, covering them.
MICHAEL
CJ, 'matches!
CJ feels his pockets, struggles to find his zippo. He does.
CJ lights it and throws it at the Zombies. They all burst
into flames, stumbling and MOANING. Our heroes watch them
burn.
117A INT. CAROUSEL - LEVEL 1 - NIGHT 117A
As Ana, Steve Markus, Terry and Glen look at Norma.
ANA
Now we know ...
(stands up)
You can die.
(looks at Norma)
I don't know why, but it makes me
feel better. You can just die.

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• And now something catches her eye. Something moves in the

dead Andre's lap. It is the baby, still swaddled.

Terry ..•
ANA (CONT'D)

Terry comes over now as Ana slowly unwraps the blanket and
what we see is AN UNDEAD INFANT ... with white marble eyes,
vacant stare.
ANA (CONT'D)
Oh, God •••
We PULL AWAY IN FAST MOTION out the door of Carousel ••• down
the darkened mall until all we see is BLACK and then hear ...
A GUNSHOT.
118 INT. ~L - LEVEL 1 - HALLOWED GROUNDS - NIGHT 118

FADE IN:
The power is back on. The surviving characters stand around
the corpses of Luda, Norma, Andre, and Bart -- all wrapped in

•
sheets •
We hear LAUGHTER OS and they all turn to see NICOLE and the
DOG playing down the mall. Nicole gives the dog the stuffed
penguin to play with. She hugs the dog tight.
TERRY
~aybe we should say something.
STEVE MARKUS
Glen.
GLEN
Me?
ANA
You worked in the church. *
GLE~
I played the organ.
CJ
Well, you must have heard the
priest say something about life and
death, right, it wasn't all bingo,
was it?

• (CONTINUED)
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118 CONTINUED: 118

GLEN
It was a job. I don't even believe
in God.
(looks at the bodies)
I don't know how anyone could
anymore ...
Nicole laughs, runs this way and that with the dog. - They
all stare at the bodies.
ANA
Well, someone should say something.
After a moment, Kenneth speaks.
KENNETH
I've been to a lot funerals. I've
folded the flag and given it to a
lot of wives, and fathers, and
kids. Told them how sorry I was.
And you know, most of the time
that's not really what I was
feeling. In the back of my mind I
was always saying, "better him than
me". But I don't believe that now.
Cause I know there are worse things
than dying
(he looks solemnly at the
four shrouds)
... and one of them's waiting to
die.
There's a beat as the group absorbs the benediction.
ANA
I don't want to die here.
The group is silent a moment. Michael speaks up.
MICHAEL
I saw a couple buses in the garage.
And I figure, we can fix them up,
reinforce them, and then get as far
from here as possible.
A beat as this sinks in.
TUCKER
And then what?
Michael shrugs. Who knows?

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118 CONTINUED: ( 2) 118

STEVE MARKUS
Well, I have a good idea. While
we're at it, why don't we stop off
at the marina and hop on my boat
for a little pleasure cruise you
jackasses.
ANA
(beat)
That's a good idea. There are
islands out there, in the lakes.
Not a lot of people on.them.
STEVE MARKUS
I was kidding.
MICHAEL
How far is the marina?
STEVE MARKUS
Jesus Christ, you're serious.
MICHAEL
I think it's a damn good idea.
What about the rest of you?
Everyone agrees.
MICHAEL (CONT'D)
What about you Kenneth?
KENNETH
We have to stop for Andy, he's part
of the group.
MICHAEL
Done. Everybody, okay?
They all nod, yes, it's what they have to do, except for CJ.
CJ
Excuse me, not to shit on anyone's
riff here, but let me just see if
I ... grasp the concept, okay?
(then, to Michael)
(MORE)

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•
CJ (CONT ID)
You're suggesting that we take some
fucking parking shuttles, put some
aluminum siding on them, then make
our way over to the gun store,
where we watch our good friend Andy
play some cowboy-movie-jump-on-the-·
covered-wagon-bullshit--
(MORE)

(CONTINUED)
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118 CONTINUED: ( 4) 118

CJ (CONT ID)
(looks at Kenneth)
then drive across a ruined city
through a welcome committee of a
few hundred thousand dead cannibals
--all so that we can sail off into
the fucking sunset on--
(indicates Steve Markus)
--this asshole's boat, and then
(looks to Ana)
Head for some fucking "island" that
for all we know doesn't even exist?
The group nods. That's the plan.
CJ (CONT ID)
Okay. Whatever. I'm in.
119 INT. PARKING GARAGE LEVEL 3 - DAY 119
Kenneth and Michael affix sheet metal to the exterior of one
of the shuttles in a shower of sparks.
120 INT. CASE HARDWARE - DAY 120
CJ and Terry move through the store grabbing whatever tools
they may need. CJ stops at a PROPANE TANK DISPLAY and starts
grabbing tanks and loading them on a dolly. Terry carries a
box of road flares.
121 INT. DINER - DAY 121
Monica takes inventory of dry food while Nicole straps a
small backpack on the dog.
NICOLE
That's my boy. That's my baby boy.
Look how cute you are?
Monica is not thrilled with being paired with Nicole.
MONICA
Enough with the dog.
NICOLE
He just wants to help, don't you
Chips?
MONICA
Well, so far "Chips" is doing more
than you are.
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INT. HALLOWED GROUNDS - LEVEL 1 - DAY 122

Ana and Tucker sit at the coffee bar counting out ammunition.
They don't have much left.
TUCKER
We got 12 shotgun shells, 16 .45
Cal, and 25 9 mil.
ANA
That's not much, but it will have
to do. Hopefully we get to the
dock, there won't be too many of
them.
At this point an unshaven Steve Markus walks up in a bathrobe
and slippers looking for coffee.
ANA (CONT ID)
Nice to see you busting your ass.
He looks at her.
STEVE MARKUS
Honey, the Captain never works
alongside his men.
She looks at him with disgust as he walks away.

123 INT. PARKING GARAGE LEVEL 3 - DAY 123

CJ, Michael, Kenneth, and Glen struggle to affix a huge
snowplow to the front of the second ark. Ana installs fog
lights on the roof of the almost completed first ark. She
clicks them on and off.
124 :NT. HALLOWED GROUNDS - LEVEL 1 - DAY 124
Terry packs dry food into suitcases as Monica and Nicole
arrive with more food. Nicole pauses. Looks back ...
NICOLE
Chips?
She starts to immediately panic ...
NICOLE (CONT'D)
Where'd he go? Chips!

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124 CONTINUED: 124

• She drops the food she carries and starts calling for the
dog. Tucker starts to help now ...

Chips?
TUCKER
Here boy ...
MONICA
Oh, fuck the dog ...
Tucker WHISTLES. And a moment later, we see the dog padding
over to him and sits down.
NICOLE
There you are!
And now they all watch as Nicole runs to the dog and hangs
onto him for dear life.
NICOLE (CONT'D)
Don't you leave me. Ever. Ever ...
125 EXT. MALL ROOF/MAIN AREA - DAY 125

It's late in the day. Kenneth holds a sign up to Andy that

says: FIVE MORE DAYS
THROUGH BINOCULARS
Kenneth can see that Andy is not looking good. He is very
thin and looks tired. He struggles to respond on his dry
erase board. His sign says: HUNGRY.
END MONTAGE
126 INT. PARKING GARAGE LEVEL 3 - DAY 126
Ana enters the garage. The two arks are almost completed.
She looks at them under the work lights.
MICHAEL (O.S.)
(from inside one of the
arks)
Hey.
ANA
Hey. Kenneth wants to have a
meeting upstairs.
MICHAEL (O.S.)
Wait, come in here first, you gotta
see this.

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126 CONTINUED: 126

ANA
Come on, I'm not falling for that.
MICHAEL (O.S.)
No seriously. Just for a minute.
She smiles and enters the ark.
127 INT. ARK ( PINTA) 127

The inside of the ark is spare and incomplete. Michael

stands before a large slot in the wall of the ark. He holds
a chainsaw.
MICHAEL
Check this out.
He slides the chain-saw into the slot and walks down the
length of the ark.
MICHAEL (CONT'D)
So when those things are on the
side of the ark, this will get'em
off. Cool huh?
Ana smiles.
ANA
Wow. You know that may be the most
romantic thing anyone has ever
shown me.
Michael smiles as he sets the chain-saw down.
MICHAEL
Come on, I'm trying here!
She steps closer to him. She is still smiling.
ANA
No really, it is.
They smile at each other. She moves to him and they share a
tentative kiss. They like it and they kiss again. They fall
against the side of the ark as they get carried away with the
moment. It is hard and hungry.
FADE TO:
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• 128 INT. HALLCWED GROUNDS - LEVEL 1 - DAY

The group is having a heated discussion about Andy.
~s the cnly missing group member.
128

Nicole

ANA
... it's not just about him starving
Steve, he's got to have his
strength when we pick him up.
Otherwise we'll be carrying him.
TUCKER
She's right. He's a hell of a
shot, too. We need him.
STEVE MARKUS
I'm not saying we don't need him
Tucker ...
MICHAEL
Look, arguing about it isn't going
to help. We need a solution. We
need to get some food over there.
STEVE MARKUS
Why don't we draw straws and the
loser runs across the lot with a
ham sandwich.
ANA
Hey, Steve, could you be a bigger
prick?
The meeting degenerates into an argument. Kenneth is deep in
thought. Nicole arrives and takes a seat. She whistles for
Chips who comes immediately. He is wearing his backpack.
Kenneth watches the girl and her dog.
KENNETH
I have an idea.
129 EXT. MALL ROOF/MAIN AREA - LATE AFTERNOON 129

7he group is assembled on the roof. Kenneth has Chips and he

ties a harness around him, preparing to lower him down to the
parking lot. Nicole has to be restrained by Ana and Monica.
NICOLE
Don't do this! Please don't do
this.

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129 CONTINUED: 129

ANA
Look Nicole, I promise you: they're
not interested in him.
Terry comes over to Nicole, takes her hand.
TERRY
They only want us Nicole. Chips
will be fine. I promise you •.. he
was in the garage with 'em all that
time and he was fine ... okay?
Kenneth grabs the binoculars while Michael prepares to lower
Chips over the side of the roof, stuffs a WALKIE-TALKIE into
the backpack. Glen works on a sign.
KENNETH
Give Andy the sign as soon as the
dog hits the ground. Okay ...
(to Michael)
Start lowering.
As Chips is lowered he looks around innocently at the sea of
zombies. He barks at them. Once he reaches the ground,
Michael pulls the guide wire which disconnects Chips from his
harness. The zombies completely ignore him. He yaps at
them.
KENNETH (CONT'D)
Glen. Now.
Glen holds up the sign that reads: BLOW THE WHISTLE.
POV BINOCULARS
Andy nods and blows the whistle. Chips hears the whistle
and, after a few anxious moments, he starts off toward the
gun shop through a sea of zombies.
TERRY
See Nicole, they're not payin' any
attention to him ... he's okay ...
Nicole breaks free from Ana and Monica and grabs Kenneth's
binoculars.
NICOLE
Let me see. Let me see.

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129 CONTINUED: ( 2) 129

The binoculars are still attached to Kenneth's neck. He

leans awkwardly while she looks through them. He wriggles
out of the straps.

(CONTINUED)
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129 CONTINUED: ( 3) 129

NICOLE (CONT'D)
I don't see him, I don't see him.
I see him! Good boy. Good boy.
He's almost there.

" POV BINOCULARS

Chips is now in front of the gun store. He barks
BACK ON ROOF
ANA
What's happening?
NICOLE
Just a second. He's going in.
KENNETH
Give me those.
Kenneth grabs the binoculars away from Nicole.
POV BINOCULARS
A jerry-rigged dog door slides open. Andy's hand can be seen
through the door. Chips enters the door.
BACK ON ROOF
Nicole looks at Kenneth who is watching the store.
NICOLE
He better not eat my fucking dog.
KENNETH
Oh man, no.
NICOLE
What? What?
We HEAR gunshots coming from the store.
POV BINOCULARS
There is a struggle at the dog door. Zombies have somehow
dragged Andy's lower half out the dog door. He fires a
pistol through the door. Zombies maul his legs as he kicks
and fights.
BACK ON THE ROOF

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CONTINUED:

KENNETH
They got him.
The group reacts. Nicole backs away from them, horrif~~d.
POV BINOCULARS
We see Andy kick and fight, and pull himself back inside.
Frenzied Zombies claw at the dog door.
BACK TO ROOF
MICHAEL
I'll try him on the walkie.
Michael uses the walkie talkie to call Andy.
MICHAEL {CONT'D)
Andy? Andy? Do you copy?
(no reply)
Andy? Are you there?
Again there is a pause. But then Andy answers.
ANDY (O.S.)
I'm here. I'm here.
The gang is relieved.
MICHAEL
Are you hurt?
ANDY (O.S.)
I'm dinged up pretty bad, but ... I
think I'll be okay.
They all relax a bit, then ...
ANDY {CONT ID)
Damn, those bastards bite hard.
Tte gang reacts to the news that Andy has been bitten. Ana
t~rns away. Michael and Kenneth exchange a look.
ANDY (O.S.) {CONT'D)
Just have to stop the bleeding.
It's really going. Hey-- easy
boy ...
{then)
Hey, is this Ken?

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: (2)

Michael looks at Kenneth. Kenneth reaches for the walkie.

He gathers himself.
KENNETH
It's me, brother.
ANDY (O.S.)
Hey, man, good to hear your voice.
I guess we're gonna meet up close
pretty soon, huh. Shit-- hang on
one second.
(then)
Jesus, he got me good ...
KENNETH
Hold tight man. You got the food
right? You're going to be fine.
Andy takes a little longer to answer.
ANDY (0. S.)
... yeah. I'm just trying to
stop ... this bleeding ... Hey this
dog got a name'?
Terry ~urns to where Nicole was standing a moment ago.
TERRY
See, Nicole, Chips is ....
But Nicole is not there.
TERRY (CONT ID)
Hey, where's Nicole?
130 EXT. LOADING DOCK/ROOF OF TRUCK-LATE AFTERNOON 130
We see a pair of feet land on the roof of Norma's truck. We
reveal Nicole running along the trailer on the way to the
cab.
13:!. EXT. MALL ROOF/MAIN AREA - LATE AFTERNOON
Back to the group. Sitting there. Feeling horrible.
ANA
Do we tell him?
Before anyone can answer we HEAR the sound of the TRUCK'S
ENGINE coming to life.

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131 CONTINUED: 131

Black smoke rising from the truck's smokestack. Gears grind

as the group turns quickly to the sound.

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131 CONTINUED: ( 2) 131

MICHAEL
What the hell is that?
TERRY
:!:t's Nicole!
They are helpless as they watch the truck lurching and
grinding across the parking lot. The slow moving truck is an
easy target for the creatures. Kenneth brings the binoculars
up to his eyes.
POV BINOCULARS
We see the truck smash through scores of creatures as it
nears the gun store.
STEVE MARKUS
Idiot's going after ~he fucking
dog.
ON THE ROOF
The group watches anxiously. In the distance the truck jumps
a curb, crushing a couple zombies, and ends up stopping a few
feet in front of the store.
POV BINOCULARS
As zombies scale the driver side of the cab, Nicole ·scampers
out the passenger side window and drops to the ground next to
the dog door. She quickly lifts the door and crawls inside.
ON THE ROOF
KENNETH
She's in.
They all stare at the walkie. Until ...
NICOLE (O.S.)
I'm OK. I found Chips. He's fine.
MICHAEL
Nicole, how's Andy looking?
NICOLE (O.S.)
I don't see him anywhere.
(then)
Ew, there's a lot of blood in
here ...

(CONTINCED)
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131 CONTINUED: ( 3) 131

KENNETH
What a minute. I see him. He's on
the roof. He's writing something.

POV BINOCULARS
We see Andy, his back to us, working on a dry erase board.
He turns and holds it up.
ON THE ROOF
MICHAEL
What's it say?
POV BINOCULARS
The board is smeared with BLOOD. His eyes are dead. Andy
has turned.
ON THE ROOF
KENNETH
Tell her to get out of there, now.
TERRY
What's wrong?
Ana makes a gesture to Michael: "Keep her calm." He nods,
then ...
MICHAEL
Nicole baby, how's the truck?
NICOLE (O.S.)
I think I broke it.
Through the walkie we can hear Chips barking.
NICOLE (CONT'D)
Chips be quiet.
POV BINOCULARS
Over on his rooftop, the undead Andy turns his head and
reacts to the sound of the dog. He drops the board and heads
towards the stairs leading down to the store.
ON THE ROOF
KENNETH
She needs to get the fuck out ...

(CONTINUED)
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131 CONTINUED: ( 4) 131

MICHAEL
(into walkie)
Honey, you have to find a place to
hide. Can you do that?
NICOLE (V.O.)
Why?
MICHAEL
Nicole--
NICOLE (V .0.)
Wait, here comes Andy. Hey, Andy--
MICHAEL
Nicole, listen to me. You--
She screams into the walkie. It then goes dead. Kenneth
drops the binoculars.
ANA
We need to do something. Now.
132 INT. ENTRANCE TO SEWAGE TUNNEL - NIGHT 132
We are inside, at a distance, watching an acetylene torch cut
through the steel bars at the mouth of the tunnel. The bars
fall away and CJ, Kenneth, Michael, Steve, Tucker, and Terry
are revealed. They have to crouch down to peer into the four
foot tunnel.
MICHAEL
Tucker, listen. When we come back
through here, we're liable to have
company. You need to stay here and
make sure that this fire door stays
open.
Steve ~arkus has a problem with this.
STEVE MARKUS
Wait a minute. He gets to stay
here while I go on some suicide
mission to rescue Terry's dipshit,
dog loving girlfriend? No fucking
way.
TERRY
Hey fuck you!

(CONTINUED)
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132 CONTINUED: 132

fj) TUCKER
Michael, it's ok. Let him stay.

(CONTINUED)
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132 CONTINUED: ( 2) 132

MICHAEL
(beat)
Steve. Don't fuck this up.
STEVE MARKUS
Yeah. Yeah.
They enter the tunnel.
KENNETH
Everybody, stay close. Don't waste
ammo.
Their flashlight beams bounce off the walls_ as they make
their way down the small tunnel.
133 INT. SEWAGE TUNNEL - MANHOLE COVER - NIGHT 133
They arrive at a laader leading up to the manhole.
MICHAEL
Are you sure this is the right one?
CJ
Do I look like a fucking plumber?
Kenneth climbs the ladder.
KENNETH
We'll know soon enough.
He prepares to lift the heavy manhole cover with his back.
MICHAEL
(into walkie)
Ana, how are we looking?
134 EXT. MALL ROOF/MAIN AREA - NIGHT 134

Ana is scanning the parking lot with the binoculars.

ANA
(into walkie)
You're looking pretty good. But
you won't have much time.
POV BINOCULARS

We can see the manhole cover, positioned about twenty feet

from the ruined truck and Andy's front door. Zombies are
nearby, but there is definitely room to move.
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• :l.35 EXT. ANDY'S GUNSTORE/STREET - N:GHT

On the manhole cover as it is lifted aside. Kenneth is
revealed. He stealthily climbs out of the hole. There are
zombies nearby, but they have not see him. He keeps his
:l.35

shotgun trained on the nearest zombies. He is about thirty

feet from the gun store and the smoking truck. Michael is
next, weapon also trained. Then CJ. Terry follows, but he
is spotted by a nearby zombie who HOWLS at the four men. The *
zombie horde turns its attention on them and charges. Tucker *
stays behind and pulls the manhole cover closed. The men *
fire shotguns and pistols, leap-frogging on their way to the *
truck driver-side door. Michael is first in the truck. The
other men follow. Kenneth fires his last shotgun shell,
drops his shotgun and scrambles into the cab of truck.
136 EXT. ANDY'S GUN STORE/TRUCK CAB - NIGHT 136

Michael exits the passenger side of the truck cab into the
space between the truck and the door of Andy's store. He
gets through the doggie door. Terry and CJ follow. Then *
Kenneth, who has to really squeeze to get through.
137 INT. ANDY'S GUN STORE MAIN AREA - NIGHT

•
137

It's dark in Andy's store. Weapons line the shelves. The

store looks very lived in. Blood is everywhere. Andy is not
in sight. But we hear POUNDING coming from somewhere in the
store.
7he group scans the darkness with their flashlights. Kenneth
moves to a nearby shelf and grabs a high-tech shotgun. He
finds a box of shells, dumps them out on the counter, and
loads his shotgun. Michael keys his walkie, whispers ...
MICHAEL
Nicole?
They HEAR Michael's voice on the walkie coming back at them.
It startles them. It's coming from behind the counter.
TERRY
Over there!
He starts moving toward the counter. Their flashlight beams
illuminate Nicole's walkie, but Nicole is nowhere to be
found. Michael motions towards the back room, from which
emanates the pounding. They steel themselves to round the
corner .

•
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• 138 INT. ANDY'S GUN STORE - BASEMENT GUN SAFE - NIGHT

~he poundir.g is now at its loudest. In their flashlight
beams they find Zombie Andy, throwing himself with great
:orce at a steel door, over and over again. He doesn't
notice that the five men have come into the room. Michael
138

*
and CJ keep their weapons trained on his back, but none of *
them will take the shot. Finally ...
KENNETH
Hey Andy.
Andy responds to the noise. He stops pounding and quickly
turns on the men. His eyes lock on Kenneth who now raises
his gun.
KENNETH (CONT'D)
I'm sorry, brother.
There is a beat where Andy seems to recognize him. But then
instinct takes over and he lunges at Kenneth, who lets him
have it, point blank, in the face. Andy falls dead. It is
quiet for a moment. Fro~ the other side of the door we hear
the dog bark.

• Nicole!
MICHAEL
Are you in there?
NICOLE
(through the door)
I'm here, I'm here!
MICHAEL
Open the door.
She does and is relieved to see them. She is unharmed.
Terry holds her. The dog wags his tail happily.
138A INT. ANDY'S GUN STORE - MAIN AREA - NIGHT 138A
CJ and Kenneth start, grabbing weapons and ammo off the *
shelves. CJ shines his l~ght on a propane tank. Michael
keys the walkie.
MICHAEL
Ana, how we looking?
139 EXT. MALL ROOF/MAIN AREA - NIGHT 139

Ana watches through binoculars at the outside of the store,

•
now teeming with zombies. Hundreds of zombies mill about
between the store and the manhole.

(CONTINUED)
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. , 139 EXT. MALL ROOF/MAIN AREA - NIGHT 139

Ana watches through binoculars at the outside of the store,
now teeming with zombies. Hundreds of zombies mill about
between the store and the manhole. ...

•' (CONTINUED)
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• ANA
You guys are at~racting a lot of
attention. The truck might be your
best bet.

140 INT. ANDY'S GCN STORE - MAIN AREA - NIGHT 140

Michael processes this info. Kenneth has heard it too.

KENNETH
You ~ot a plan?
MICHAEL
Nope. You?
CJ holds up a propane tank and a road flare.
CJ
How about a barbecue?
141 EXT. ANDY'S GUN STORE/STREET - NIGHT
We see the propane tank, a burning flare duct taped to it, as
it rolls through the sea of zombies towards the manhole. It

•
comes to rest about five feet from the manhole .
142 EXT. ANDY'S GUN STORE ROOF - NIGHT 142
CJ looks through the scope of Andy's hunting rifle. *

POV HUNTING RIFLE SCOPE

We see the glowing propane tank in the cross hairs of the
scope.
ON CJ *
His :inger tenses on the trigger.
143 :NT. ANDY'S GUN STORE - MAIN AREA - NIGHT
Michael, Kenneth,Terry, Nico:e, and Chips wait by the front *
door of the gunstore. The men have removed most of the wood
that reinforced the door.
NICOLE
How do we know if he hits it?
At that moment, a massive fireball illuminate the interior of
the store .

•
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• ·~
144 EXT. MALL ROOF/MAIN AREA - NIGHT 144

Ana watches from afar as the fireball erupts from the propane
tank. Zorrbies are thrown by the blast, clearing a path
between the store and the man hole.
145 EXT.ANDY'S GUN STORE/ROOF - DAY 145

CJ squints from the flash of light. He drops the rifle and *

charges hard to the stairs leading down to the gun store.
145A INT. ANDY'S GUN S!ORE - NIGHT 145A

We follow him through the store ...

145B EXT. ANDY'S GUN STORE - STREET - NIGHT 145B

... Out the front door, through the cab, and into the street.
Once he hits the street w~ see Nicole disappear down the
manhole, followed closely by Chips, Terry, Michael, and
Kenneth. Tucker stands at the man hole firing at the *
zombies. He waits for CJ. The zombies are beginning to *
regroup from the explosion. Some of them still burning. *

•
Once CJ is in the hole, Tucker tries to pull the cover *
closed, but he can't. Tucker barely makes it, as a *
smoldering zombie briefly takes hold of him. HE leaps into *
the hole. *

*
146 INT. SEWAGE TUNNEL - MANHOLE COVER - NIGHT 146

We see Tucker fall past CJ, who is still on the ladder.

Tucker lands hard in a heap. He is injured. CJ hits the
ground, and starts dragging the injured Tucker towards the
xouth of the tunnel as the first of many zombies drop down
the ~anhole behind them.
146A INT. SEWAGE TUNNEL - NIGHT 146A

Terry, Nicole, and Chips lead the group down the tunnel.
They run as fast as the four foot height of the tunnel
a~~ows. Michel and Kenneth are behind them. CJ brings up
the rear, dragging Tucker behind him. Tucker faces
backwards, firing two pistols at the pursuing horde. The
muzzle flashes illuminate the writhin9 mass of the undead .

•
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:i' 147A INT. TOPS OF STAIRS/FIRE DOOR - NIGHT 147A

They climb the stairs to find that the fire door has been
closed. There is no exit.

MICHAEL
God damn Steve Markus!

148 INT. TUNNEL - NIGHT 148

The zombies have caught up with Tucker and one of them clings
to Tucker's injured leg. CJ is in a tug of war with the
horde. Tucker knows it is over.

TUCKER
Let me go! Run!

CJ
No!

But the horde yanks Tucker free and begins to tear him apart.
They pause for a violent group feeding, giving CJ just enough
time to put some distance between himself and the horde.

,i'i 149 INT. TOP OF STAIRS/FIRE DOOR - NIGHT 149

CJ catches up with the rest of the group at the top of the
stairs.

CJ
We lost him.

CJ sees that they are sealed in. Kenneth aims his shotgun at
the door. He fires, but to little effect. They pound on the
door.

ALL
Steve! Open the door!

Behind them the horde is approaching. Kenneth and CJ turn

and fire on them. The only thing that keeps them alive is
that the stairs are too narrow to allow more than a couple
zombies through at a time. Zombie bodies pile up. Michael
and Nicole continue to bang on the door. Michael pushes
Nicole out of the way. He is going to blast the door again.
When it opens.

Ana stands there. Michael almost shoots her. They exit. CJ

and Kenneth back through firing. They struggle to close the
door, but the horde is on them.

(CONTINUED)
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149 CONTINUED: 149

• CJ shoots a zombie with a pistol. The zombie falls in the

doorway. There is no way to close the door now.

(CONTINUED)
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149 CONTINUED: ( 2) 149

MICHAEL
Get to the buses!
They abandon the door, which swings open. Zombies flood into
the hallway as they make their escape.
150 INT. HALLOWED GROUNDS - NIGHT 150
The group rushes past the coffee bar. Monica and Glen are
there.
MONICA
What's going on?
ANA
We're leaving now!
Monica and Glen join them as they run for the elevator.
Zombies flood into the mall. They get to the elevator and
hurriedly press the door close button.
151 INT. ELEVATOR - NIGHT 151

The doors close on the approaching zombies. We HEAR a muzak

version of the Girl from Ipanema as the characters catch
their breath. Ana presses the P3 button.
152 INT. PARKING GARAGE LEVEL 3 - NIGHT 152
7he group emerges from around a corner. Steve Markus is
already waiting by the arks.
STEVE MARKUS
Hey, what happened to you guys?
CJ
I'll deal with you later
motherfucker.
MICHAEL
Everybody in!
They run for the arks. Michael, Ana, and CJ run to one ark,
THE PINTA. In the confusion the dog follows them. Kenneth,
Terry, Monica, Glen, and Nicole run for THE SANTA MARIA.
Nicole sees that her dog has gone into the Pinta and she
follows.
TERRY
Nicole!

(CONTINUED)
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152 CONTINUED: 152

But Steve Markus has pushed Terry into the ark. The doors
close.
153 :NT. PINTA - NIGHT 153
Michael shuts the rear doors. CJ locks the locks. Ana
clicks on a little light bulb overhead. The reinforced
interior is ugly and uncomfortable. There are no seats, only
handles on the walls. A large map is pasted beside the
dashboard. Michael takes the driver's seat. Ana yells into
a walkie-talkie:
ANA
Kenneth, you ready?!
154 INT. SANTA MARIA - NIGHT 154

Kenneth sits in the driver's seat. Steve Markus stands

behind him.
KENNETH
We're cool.
155 INT. PINTA - NIGHT 155

Ana yells into the walkie-talkie.

ANA
Go, g6, go!
156 INT. PA~KING LEVEL 3 - NIGHT 156

7he arks' engines rev up. Their headlights turn on: first
one, then the other. The two arks move out.
156A INT.PARKING GARAGE RAMP - NIGHT 156A

They begin winding up the ramp, level by level, headed for

the surface
157 INT. PINTA - NIGHT 157

Ana grabs a garage door opener from a Velcro patch on the

wall. She pushes the button.
158 INT/EXT. MALL PARKING GARAGE ENTRANCE - NIGHT 158
A garage door rises, revealing the metal arks fully for the
first time. Both have their names painted on: "The Pinta"
and "The Santa Maria." They pull into the sea of zombies.
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159 INT. PINTA - NIGHT 159

I

Michael peers through the metal blinds and chain-link.

:housands of creatures rush the arks only to be lifted·~nd
thrown aside by the snowplow. Others hit the ark from the
side and rock it violently.
160 EXT. MALL PARKING LOT - NIGHT 160
The snowplow punches through this quicksand of the Living
Dead, sifting through it. Some zombies attempt to climb the
sides of the arks.
The Santa Maria gets the worst of it. A flood of creatures
attack it from one side, SLAMMING it, ROCKING it. They cover
the vehicle.
1,61 INT. SANTA MARIA - NIGHT 161
The ark ROCKS violently. Steve Markus, Glen, Monica, and
Terry are thrown around the ark interior. Glen struggles to
start the chain saw.

ff' KENNETH
They're trying to turn us over!
Hit 'em with the saw!
Steve Markus gets his chain saw going, and slams the spinning
blade through the slot.
162 EXT. MALL PARKING LOT/SANTA MARIA - NIGHT 162
Steve's blade comes through the slot on the side of the Santa
Maria. It cuts through the clinging Zombies, bisecting them,
and knocking some of them to the pavement.
.."
163 INT. PINTA - NIGHT 163
Ana peers out the slot and sees the Zombies massing before
them. She calls to CJ.
ANA
CJ, now!
Standing on a step ladder, CJ pops open the hatch in the roof
of the ark. He grabs a mini-propane tank from the floor. He
sparks the flare attached to it. He tosses it out the top of
ark. It rolls down the nose, like a depth charge, and into
the zombies before them. He motions to Nicole.

'j (CONTINUED)
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163 CONTINUED: 163

CJ
Nicole, shotgun!
She hands him the shotgun and he climbs up the hatch.
164 EXT. PARKING LOT/ROOF OF THE PINTA - NIGHT 164

CJ emerges on the roof of the ark. He takes a moment to

blast a zombie who is entangled in the barbed wire that rings
the roof. Through the darkness he can make out the glowing
propane tank. He takes aim and fires. The tank explodes in
a fire ball, briefly clearing the path for the Pinta to
proceed. CJ drops back down and pulls the hatch shut.
INT. PINTA - NIGHT 165

As Michael floors it.

166 EXT. MALL PARKING LOT - NIGHT 166
I
The Pinta powerfully SMASHES through the remaining creatures.
The Santa Maria follows in the Pinta's wake, smashing through
other Zombies. The arks gain speed. Faster, faster. The
Pinta rushes toward the curb.
~·167 INT. PINTA - NIGHT 167
MICHAEL
Hold on!
The passengers grasp onto the wall-handles.
,168 EXT. MALL STREET - EARLY DAWN 168
.. The Pinta POPS up over the curb and lands roughly on the
street. The ark makes a hard right turn.
The Santa Maria pops up over the curb, hot on the Pinta's
tail. This street is less populated with Zombies than the
mall parking lot.
The two arks speed up, swerving around cars and wreckage.
I 169 INT. PINTA - EARLY DAWN 169
l Ana crouches up front with Michael. She traces her finger
along the map on the wall, then looks out the front slot.
ANA
Franklin Street. Here! Turn left!
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ti', 170 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - EARLY DAWN 170

The Pinta turns sharply, followed by the Santa Maria. The
structures that line the street are in shambles, burnt 'down
'
and shattered. It's a ghost town.
The street is littered with vehicles and other debris and
Zombie stragglers. The Pinta and the Santa Maria swerve back
and forth between the objects. We can see that some zombies
still cling to the outside of the Santa Maria.
171 INT. SANTA MARIA - EARLY DAWN 171

Everyone in the ark is thrown back and forth with the force
of the swerving. Monica goes to look out the slot in the
rear of the ark.
KENNETH
Steve, they're still hanging on!
STEVE MARKUS
Which fucking side?
KENNETH
Right side!
Glen struggles to start his chain saw.
GLEN
I got 'em.
POV THROUGH REAR SLOT
Illuminated by the lights at the rear of the truck we can
make cut the pursuing hordes, running full-tilt, after the
arks.
MONICA
They're chasing us! Drive faster!
172 INT. PINTA - EARLY DAWN 172
Michael drives furiously. Ana sees something on the map.
ANA
Hard left, and we're almost there!
Michael turns sharply. The passengers are thrown off
balance.
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173 INT. SANTA MARIA - EARLY DAWN 173

Kenneth turns sharply to follow Michael. As he does, Glen,
who has finally started his chain saw, loses his balance with
and connects with Monica who is making her way to the front
of the ark.
MONICA
They're chasing ... awwwwwwwwww!
The blade cuts deep into her, tearing her almost in half.
Blood covers the interior of the ark, including the
windshield. Terry screams.
174 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - EARLY DAWN 174

The Santa Maria loses control, smashing into a parked car,

flipping on it's side, and sliding towards a glass
storefront.
175 INT. SANTA MARIA - EARLY DAWN 175

The bloody passengers are tossed like clothes in a dryer.

fli' 176 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - EARLY DAWN 176

The Santa Maria has come to rest in the ruins of a storefront
window.
177 INT. SANTA MARIA - EARLY DAWN 177

It's quiet inside the ark. Kenneth moves slowly. Terry and
Glen appear unconscious. Steve Markus is injured, but still
has his wits about him.
KENNETH
Steve, help me.
Steve looks at him. And then moves to the roof hatch, which
is now on the wall of the ark. He opens it and prepares to
exit into the street.
178 INT. PINTA - EARLY DAWN 178
Ana sees the Santa Maria has gone down.
ANA
Michael stop. We lost them!
As he throws it into reverse, Ana speaks into the walkie-
talkie.

(CONTINUED)
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178 C°ONTINUED: 178

ANA (CONT ID)

Steve, are you there? Kenneth?
179 INT. SANTA MARIA - EARLY DAWN 179

Steve Markus is about to exit the ark, leaving the others

behind. The moment he does a creature who had been hanging
on the roof of the ark leaps on him.
180 INT. PINTA - EARLY DAWN 180
The ark moves in reverse. Ana continues to try to reach the
Santa Maria on the walkie.
CJ
If we pull in close, we can let
them in through the back doors.
CJ peers out a slot and sees the Santa Maria on its side.
CJ (CONT ID)
Shit. Can't do it. There's a car
between us.
Nicole looks out a slot and sees Zombies in the distance,
coming up the street.
NICOLE
Here they come! We have to get
Terry!
Ana HEARS a CLAMPING NOISE. CJ is loading up his shotgun.
He is getting ready to go out and get them.
ANA
CJ, what are you doing?
CJ
(racks the shotgun)
Fucking nursery school, man.
CJ throws open the rear doors and exits. Ana follows with a
pistol.
181 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - EARLY DAWN 181
CJ leaps to the ground, we see Zombies approaching in the
distance. He runs towards the fallen ark. Ana follows.
When they reach the ark they find Kennet~, who has pulled the
injured Terry out of the ark.

(CONTINUED)
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181 CONTINUED: 181

KENNETH
Glen is dead. Monica, too. Steve
took off ...
CJ
Let'~ get the fuck out of here.
They're almost on us.
They start running: Ana brings up the rear. Suddenly, from
around the corner comes an UNDEAD STEVE MARKUS.
ANA
I got him--
Ana shoots him in the face. He drops. They are already half-
way to the ark when Ana stops and runs back to Steve Markus.
The zorrbies are almost on her as she rifles through the dead
man's pockets.
182 INT. THE PINTA/EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - EARLY DAWN i82
Nicole waits by the door. She hears CJ on the other side.
CJ
Open the fucking door.
She does. She sees CJ, Kenneth, and the injured Terry.
Michael comes to the rear of the ark.
MICHAEL
Where's Ana?
Michael looks out the back door and sees Ana running away
from the prone figure of Steve Markus, thousands of zombies
behind her.
MICHAEL (CONT'D)
Ana! Run!
CJ and Michael fire on the zombies behind her. A zombie gets
a hold of her. Michael rushes out to pry him off of her. He
scuffles briefly with the zombie, but manages to get him off
Ana. Michael and Ana fall into the ark. CJ pulls the door
shut behind her. The wave of zombies hits the outside of the
truck.
183 INT. THE PINTA-CONTINOUS - EARLY DAWN 183
Kenneth slams the gas. Ana lays half on top of Michael.

(CONTINUED)
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183
183 CONTINUED:

MICHAEL
What the hell were you doing?

(CONTINUED)
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iw
. 183 CONTINUED: (2)

In answer, the breathless Ana opens her hand to reveal:

183

Steve Markus' keys.

183A EXT. DOWNTOWN STREETS (VARIOUS) - EARLY DAWN ,.183A

The Ark travels along downtown streets.

184 INT. PINTA - DAWN 184

Kenneth peers out the front slot. He can see the marina
appear, the rising sun and blue sky behind it.
KENNETH
There it is! I can see it.
Ana looks at a map on the wall.
ANA
Steve's yacht is at the end of Dock
D, a red mast.
Kenneth sees dock D. A red mast rises at the end of it.
MICHAEL
There's our girl.
185 EXT. MARINA ENTRANCE - DAWN 185

The battered Pinta scrapes quickly along on the wheel rims,

toward the harbor and docks. It drives over a parking lot,
then up onto a curb and toward Dock D.
186 INT. PINTA - DAWN 186

CJ
(looks ahead)
Uh-oh ...
187 EXT. MARINA - DOCK D - DAWN 187

Thick log poles jut up at the entry-way to Dock D, meant to

block vehicles from entering. The Pinta RAMS through them.
As it does, its chassis is torn to shreds.
188 EXT. MARINA - DOCK D - DAWN 188
Finally, it stops. The Pinta rests there a moment, smoke
billowing from it. The back doors fly open and the battered
group emerges. First Nicole and Terry. The dog. Ana and
Michael, and Kenneth. CJ is las~. He looks at the
approaching hordes.

(CONTINUED)
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188 CCNTINUED: 188

CJ
Keep going. All the way to the end
of the dock!
Kenneth hesitates.
CJ (CONT'D)
Do it. I'll catch up.
Kenneth leaves. CJ tries to follow but he's cut off by the
zombies who are approaching fast. CJ fires a whole mag at
them. He changes mags. He watches some zombies pass by him
on the way after the departed group.
188A INT. PINTA - DAWN 188A
He backs himself into the truck firing. Zombies close in on
him.
He sees that he's now trapped himself inside the truck. He
grabs the last big propane tank, a flare taped to it. He
looks at it, then at the approaching horde and shakes his
head ...
CJ
It fucking figures ...
189 EXT. DOCK D - DAWN 189
Kenneth and Ana sprint. Terry and Michael are in front of
them, already running down the long dock as CJ AND THE BOMB
EXPLODE BEHIND THEM. Terry, Michael, Ana, and Kenneth are
thrown forward, skidding across the dock.
190 EXT. DOCK D - YACHT - DAWN 190
All of them are burnt and bruised from the explosion. They
look over at Steve Markus's yacht, which remains, unscathed.
Kenneth notices a few Zombi~s on part of a demolished boat,
helplessly drifting toward them. Steve's boat is parked
backwards in the slip, facing out. They step onto the boat.
Kenneth hands the keys to Terry, who moves to bridge.
Nicole collapses on the rear seat. Chips hops in with her.
NICOLE
Chips ...

{CONTINUED)
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190 CONTINUED: 190

Everybody is on the boat except for Michael. He unties the

boat from the dock and hands the ropes over to Ana, who
stands in the bow. She offers her hand to Michael. He
doesn't take it.
MICHAEL
I can't go.
ANA
What?
Michael pulls back his sleeve to reveal a zombie's bite on
his arm. He is matter of fact as the boat begins to:drift
away.
MICHAEL
Downtown, when they jumped on us.
ANA
Oh, no. No, Michael ... no ...
MICHAEL
I have to stay here.
ANA
You can't. Not you ...
MICHAEL
I can't tell you how glad I am you
feel that way, but ...
ANA
Let me help you--
MICHAEL
I don't want your help. I want you
to stay on the boat. Kenneth ...
Kenneth, standing nearby, has heard this. He comes over and
gently pulls Ana back into the boat, turns to Michael. The
two men consider each other a moment. Kenneth is trying to
find something to say. Finally ...
MICHAEL {CONT'D)
Take care of them.
KENNETH
I will.
And then Michael looks at Ana.

{CONTINUED)
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190 CONTINUED: (2) 190

MICHAEL
It's okay. It's gonna be all
right.
ANA
No, it won't.
MICHAEL
It will.
Michael looks up at Terry, at the controls. He waves him on.
Terry, tears in his eyes, starts the engine and the boat
slowly pulls away. As it does:
KENNETH
You sure about this?
MICHAEL
Yeah. I think I'm just going to
stay here awhile. Watch the sun
come up.
OMIT SC. 191 -

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192 EXT. YACHT ON THE WATER - DAWN 192

We move closer and closer on Ana's face as s;1e watches

Michael recede. He stands alone on the dock. The burning
ark smokes behind him. Thousands of zombies writhe at the
dock, unable to get to him. She turns and we move in on her
face. There is a long beat. Then, there's the distant BLAST
of a twelve gauge shotgun.
~

She looks at Kenneth who looks ahead, she looks at Terry up

front, driving with his arm around Nicole, she looks down at
the damn dog as it now lays down and goes to sleep.
She then turns with newfound resolve to the rising sun as we
then ...
FADE TO BLACK