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Leprechaun Script Part 4 |
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Written by Mark Jones
Four-Leaf Productions, Inc./Purple Tree Productions, Inc.
The more interesting variations from the finished movie are marked in red.
LEPRECHAUN'S VOICE: I'm right here...
Our group spins around.
82 ON THE FIREPLACE
and Leprechaun drops down into the hearth. Smiling evilly.
LEPRECHAUN: And I'm not Santa Claus...
Nathan aims the shotgun... fires! BAM!
THE OTHERS come running into the room.
A slug SPITS RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF LEPRECHAUN'S HEAD! He goes down, seeming dead.
Green blood oozing.
NATHAN: We got the sucker.
No they didn't... for slowly in the background, Leprechaun
sits up! And no one is watching... and...
LEPRECHAUN
leaps up, grabbing J.D.'s leg. Pulling him toward him. J.D.'s clawing at the
floorboards, trying to get away from this monster's iron grip.
TORY: Dad! Dad!
Leprechaun rips the gold buckle off his hat, it's razor sharp.
LEPRECHAUN: Ah, maybe he's got the rest of me gold...
Nathan tries to aim the shotgun, but J.D.'s too close.
So, Nathan uses the butt of the shotgun and BASHES the Leprechaun in the
side of the head. Leprechaun turns and bites the end of the shotgun. Rips it out
of Nathan's hands.
LEPRECHAUN SLICES J.D. with his buckle.
Leprechaun turns to the others, LAUGHING.
J.D. AND NATHAN
lifts a chair and bashes it down onto Leprechaun, knocking him away.
Nathan grabs the shotgun. Aims. FIRES! Hits Leprechaun in the leg. He cries out
in pain, then...
SCURRIES ACROSS the room as J.D. takes aim and empties his .38 at him. Maybe
hitting him once more in the leg.
Leprechaun paddles into a closet. Slams the door. They have him trapped.
ALl move to the closet, taking deadly aim. The combined fire power will surely
blow the heck out of just about anything. Slowly.
Carefully.
Nathan kicks the closet door open and...
IT'S EMPTY!
A small hole has been chewed in the wall. Just about big enough for a dog... or
a Leprechaun to crawl through.
NATHAN: Where does that lead to?
J.D.: (shrugs) Somewhere under the house?
And now a cold, premonitory dread flushes over them as WE ANGLE DOWN to the floor.
And right about now we HEAR SCRAMBLING under the
house! Leprechaun is MOVING RAPIDLY UNDER the floorboards.
And this is horrifically frightening for our friends. A creature that is moving
right under their feet and no one knowing where or when it will pop up.
OUR GROUP follows the noise. Out of the room. Down the hallway. Around a corner.
Trying not to lose it. It stops.
Very quiet now. No one breathes.
Nathan places his ear to the floorboards and we don't like it. We just know something
is going to happen.
LOW ANGLE AS THE CAMERA MOVES IN CLOSE on Nathan with his ear pressed to the floor...
and we just know something is going to come up from the floor. Something right near
Nathan's head...
OZZIE: Where is it...?
NATHAN: Shhhh...
And now we are very, very TIGHT ON NATHAN'S HEAD as he presses his ear harder
to the floor, trying to hear something.
And we're thinking maybe Nathan should get his head up from the floorboards.
SUDDENLY!
SCURRYING NOISES. Leprechaun is taking off. Our group follows.
Around another corner and the SCURRYING NOISE takes us right through the kitchen
and to the back door, leading outside.
AT THE BACK DOOR
and we HEAR Leprechaun scurry past and out from under the house, into the backyard.
But no one leaves the house. They peer out the curtains on the back door. Looking
for Leprechaun.
And they all breathe a little easier. At least he's out from under the house...
BUT NOT REALLY!
Because...
RIGHT BEHIND OUR GROUP
UP THROUGH THE FLOORBOARDS, comes Leprechaun!
Wood splinters and sprays all over as the wicked, evil creature hoists himself up through
the floor.
Like an evil, baby monster hatching from an egg. He stands. LAUGHING, evilly.
LEPRECHAUN: We've got to stop meeting like this.
Nathan spins around. Levels his shotgun directly at Leprechaun.
NATHAN: You got that right!
He FIRES. BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
The force FLINGS Leprechaun back and right THROUGH the basement door!
We hear him SCREAM in AGONY as he TUMBLES down the stairs. No one is in a hurry to
look down there. Everyone points their weapons in the doorway.
ALEX: Think we killed it?
TORY: (meaning it) Not a chance.
NATHAN: Is there another way out?
J.D.: There's a window that leads to the outside.
And we HEAR GLASS SHATTERING. And Leprechaun crawls out of the basement.
Tory puts her arm around Nathan, comforting him. Then the PHONE RINGS. Tory picks
it up.
TORY: (frantic) Hello! Help! Help us! We're trapped and---
She freezes as she hears:
LEPRECHAUN'S VOICE: (wicked voice) Where's the rest of me gold?
She SLAMS DOWN the phone as if it were diseased... then in a fit of rage, rips the
phone from the wall. And tosses it into the center of the room.
Then the phone RINGS again! How in the hell? A long beat and Tory moves to the
detached phone and picks it up. Listens into the receiver.
LEPRECHAUN'S VOICE: A Leprechaun can do magic, m'dear.
Suddenly the Leprechaun's frightening hand reaches out through
the receiver, trying to grab Tory!
LEPRECHAUN'S VOICE: Now give me m'gold!
She throws down the receiver in panic.
Everyone just stands there, pretty shook up, trying to let the ominous feeling of
what has happened in the last two hours wear down a little. It doesn't.
Everyone is very quiet for a long time. Then:
TORY: My God... what do we do? We gave him the gold... we gave him what he wanted...
Ozzie moves forward.
OZZIE: I think I know what he wants. (beat) He wants his last coin.
NATHAN: What do you mean?
OZZIE: I swallowed one of the coins. When we were hiding it in the well I
accidentally swallowed a coin. It's in my stomach.
No one says a thing.
OZZIE: I guess I better give myself up. Let the Leprechaun take me.
NATHAN: He's not going to take you, Ozzie. We're gonna protect you from whatever
that thing is.
ALEX: But he wants his coin.
TORY: (mumbling) It is a Leprechaun...
Now it all comes together for Tory. Everything that was vague and foggy just hours
ago has come to a focus. As crazy as it might seem, Tory is convinced that they are
coming upon the truth.
TORY: That damn thing is a Leprechaun. And it's not going to stop until it
kills us all. (beat) Our only chance is for some of us to try and make a run for it.
Get help.
CAMERA MOVES IN on Ozzie as he thinks hard.
OZZIE: Y'know, I bet old man O'Grady would know...
All eyes turn to Ozzie.
TORY: Would know what?
OZZIE: How to kill the Leprechaun. (beat) When I was a kid I would come down here
and old man O'Grady would tell me stories... about goblins... and monsters... and little
people. He was Irish, y'know...
ALEX: Those were just stories, Ozzie...
OZZIE: I don't think so. I bet he knows how to kill a Leprechaun. And I bet he's
the one who hid him in the crate...
TORY: (beat) Where is O'Grady?
NATHAN: He's in a rest home at the end of town. Had a stroke about five years ago...
TORY: (determined) We're going to go to O'Grady...
No one says anything for a long time. Then Ozzie sniffs
something.
OZZIE: You smell something?
The others sniff.
NATHAN: Gasoline!
CUT TO:
84 EXT. SIDE OF THE FARMHOUSE - NIGHT
Leprechaun has gotten the GAS CAN from the trunk of the patrol car and is POURING
gasoline around the base of the house. The bastard hums to himself.
LEPRECHAUN: (singing rhyme) One two, buckle my shoe... three four, they're no more...
five six, get their licks... seven eight, it's their fate... nine ten, to death I'll send!
CUT TO:
85 INSIDE THE LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Nathan is furious. His anger boiling and his emotions busted.
NATHAN: The fucker's gonna burn us out!
He grabs more SHOTGUN SHELLS and shoves them into the chamber, cocking the slide...
Moving purposefully to the window. Taking careful aim.
CUT TO:
86 LEPRECHAUN, striking a match, about to toss it at the foundation of the house
where he's poured the gasoline.
CUT BACK TO:
87 NATHAN, and he FIRES the shotgun in rapid succession. BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
BLAM!
88 ON LEPRECHAUN
and he's hit! One. Two. Three. Four. Five times. The force throwing him back, into
the emptied gas can. Where his match lights the residue of the gas fumes, causing a small
BURST OF FLAME to IGNITE Leprechaun's sleeve. He tries to put it out.
Then his HAIR catches on fire.
He tosses dirt on his head to smother the fire. Very calmly. Not too disturbed, just a
conscious effort to put the flames out. But they are beginning to catch faster now. A
little out of control. Now, Leprechaun is getting concerned.
He stands, SCREAMING in pain, his hat and hair on fire! Leprechaun spots a water
bucket by the side of the house.
He dunks his head into the bucket and steam HISSES out. Leprechaun pulls his soaking
wet head out, his hat and hair charred and singed... steam still rising from his head.
He stands there, dramatically backlit, GROWLS at the house, dirty, tattered. Looking
very evil now.
LEPRECHAUN: We're smokin' now, kids...
He scurries away into the darkness.
CUT TO:
89 BACK INSIDE THE HOUSE - NIGHT
TORY: We've got to go now...
J.D.: My Jeep...
NATHAN is moving to the closet with a box, gathering up all the dirty shoes he
can find.
NATHAN: I've got an idea to get you to the Jeep safely. (beat) Shoes... we can use
the shoes to divert him. Gunshots obviously don't kill him...
Tory helps him gather shoes.
TORY: That's right. They're shoemakers. Everyone give me your shoes.
Ozzie takes off his shoes, as does J.D.
NATHAN: I'll cover you until you get to the Jeep.
Tory reacts.
TORY: I can't drive the Jeep.
NATHAN: What?
TORY: Shit. I can't drive a stick.
ALEX: I can. And I know where the rest home is...
NATHAN: We've got no choice. Let's go.
J.D. grabs Tory's hand. Just stares at her. Play the moment.
TORY: (tears in her eyes) Dad... I'll be okay. (beat) Why don't you give me
the shotgun.
J.D. hands the shotgun to her.
J.D.: You be careful...
NATHAN: Let's go...
Then Nathan locks eyes with Alex. They hug. Tightly.
NATHAN: You take care of her, Alex.
OZZIE: Yeah... you be careful, Alex.
ALEX: Roger. (points to Ozzie's chest) What's that? (Ozzie looks down; Alex flicks
his nose) Gotcha!
Ozzie smiles.
NATHAN: Let's move.
Nathan moves to the front door. Opens it. Peers through. Then moves out to the front.
90 EXT. FARMHOUSE - NIGHT
Nathan moves out, carrying the box of shoes, looking everywhere. Tory holds the
shotgun. He moves slowly, heading back towards the house... he passes a tree... and
just when we relax...
LEPRECHAUN
swings down from the tree, hanging upside down... face to face with Nathan!!
LEPRECHAUN: (his wicked voice) Some crazy world, huh?
Nathan quickly takes a dirty shoe and throws it. Leprechaun watches... leaps from
the tree and runs to the dirty shoe.
BEHIND SOME BUSHES
the dirty shoe lays on the ground. Leprechaun skittles INTO SHOT, grabs the shoe and
takes out his shine rag, polishing the shoe. This slows down Leprechaun...
ON NATHAN, TORY AND ALEX as they run to the Jeep.
LEPRECHAUN
as he moves out from the foliage.
LEPRECHAUN: Shouldn't go out after dark.
Nathan throws another shoe out into the field. Leprechaun tries to resist, but chases
after that shoe, grabbing his shine rag and sits, polishing the shoe as fast as he
can.
ANOTHER SHOE is tossed and Leprechaun chases after that one.
ON NATHAN, TORY AND ALEX
Nathan throws the last shoe out. Alex and Tory get into the Jeep.
NATHAN: Go!
Alex starts it, jamming the gear into first, and screeching off down the driveway.
Nathan runs to the house.
CUT TO:
91 INSIDE THE LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Nathan bursts through the front door. The others bolt the door.
NATHAN: (out of breath) They made it.
Everyone smiles. Then... A KNOCK at the front door.
TORY'S VOICE: Dad... Dad... It's me. I've been hurt. Bleeding bad. Let us in.
Everyone exchanges looks. Is it Tory? Or maybe the Leprechaun mimicking her voice.
TORY'S VOICE: Please... Dad, it's me. He got one of my fingers. Open the door.
Oh, God... I'm hurt bad...
J.D. wrestles with the decision to open the door.
TORY'S VOICE: (very convincing) Dad, please... it's not the Leprechaun. It's really
me. God, you have to believe me. Please open the door...
NATHAN: (not sure) It's... gotta be a trick...
J.D.: That's my daughter's voice... what if you're wrong, Nathan? What if she did
come back?
NATHAN: But I saw them make it to the road. Then they ran...
We can feel the trauma going through J.D. He's moving toward the door.
J.D.: That's Tory...
J.D. makes a choice.
TIGHT on J.D.
as he very, very carefully and slowly begins to open the door... just an inch and...
A GREEN SCARY HAND, with sharp, blackened fingernails SLITHERS INTO THE CRACK OF THE
OPEN DOOR...
J.D. and the others bull the door closed.
CUT TO:
92 EXT. ROADWAY - NIGHT
And Alex is driving like a wild man, fishtailing and squealing out onto the
roadway... he's got more guts than skill and the Jeep swerves off and into a small
ditch at the side of the road. And we couldn't have picked a scarier road on a scarier
night.
Alex GUNS THE ENGINE, but the rear wheels just spin in the dirt. Alex grinds the
gears, but the Jeep just rocks.
TORY: C'mon Alex... get it goin'!
ALEX: I'm tryin' as hard as I can...
ON LEPRECHAUN
wearing a pair of "Roller Blade" skates... he's gaining speed as he heads down the
roadway, nearing the stuck Jeep... coming closer and closer...
ON THE STUCK JEEP
Alex trying frantically to get the hell out of there. The rear wheels spinning...
the Jeep going nowhere. Tory looks back and spots the Leprechaun "rolling" their
way...
TORY: Oh, my God... he's coming for us!
Alex turns around just as Leprechaun grabs the back of the Jeep.
LEPRECHAUN: Going somewhere...?
ALEX: That's right, you Mother!
Alex jams it, the Jeep lurches forward, pulling out of the ditch... and Leprechaun
hangs on... and is pulled along behind the Jeep as it gains speed rapidly.
LEPRECHAUN: (frantic) Noooooo!! Ahhhhhhhhhh!!
ALEX: Yeah... I'll stop you!
ON THE JEEP
And Alex makes a sharp right turn... but Leprechaun continues
to go straight... gaining speed and heading down a roadway... unable
to stop as he heads right for:
93 A FENCE
Leprechaun skating INTO SHOT... and BASSSHHHHH!!! Leprechaun smashes right through...
leaving a perfect "cartoon" outline in the fence.
ON LEPRECHAUN
continuing along, heading right for a tree. He SCREAMS as he hits the tree at about
fifty miles per hour! A beat, then he keels over like a fallen redwood. Knocked out
cold...
CUT TO:
94 EXT. STATE REST HOME - NIGHT
A nice place. Peaceful. CAMERA PANS to the parking lot behind the building. The old
Jeep pulls up.
Alex and Tory head into the rest home.
95 INT. REST HOME - NIGHT
Dark. MOVING WITH Tory and Alex as they sneak down a hallway, looking at room
numbers. They come to an elevator. It opens and the two enter, going to the second floor...
DOWN ANOTHER HALLWAY
and we see a shadow on the wall. Could it belong to Leprechaun? A beat, and then we
see it's Alex's, followed by Tory. It's dark and scary. They turn down another hallway...
ON ANOTHER SHADOW
And this time it looks exactly like Leprechaun's shadow. It must be
Leprechaun as we bring up the "SCARY IRISH MUSIC," and then...
Alex and Tory move INTO SHOT, and they see the shadow of Leprechaun on the wall!
Scared shitless, until they spot:
A JANITOR BUCKET AND MOP AND SUPPLIES
arranged so that it casts a shadow that looks
exactly like it belongs to the Leprechaun. Tory and Alex sigh with relief...
as do we, as they move down another corridor.
Suddenly something "alive" skittles PAST CAMERA and follows our two friends.
ON TORY AND ALEX
moving down another hallway. It's too quiet. Dark. Spooky. We sense something
might be watching our friends.
A noise. Tory and Alex turn in the direction of the sound. Nothing is there. They
move on.
DOWN ANOTHER CORRIDOR
Tory and Alex move past the rooms, looking inside, trying to find O'Grady's room.
CLOSE ON A PICTURE OF LEAH O'GRADY
in a frame on a small night stand. Then we PULL BACK to show an OLD MAN strapped
in a wheelchair, staring at the picture. He's in shadow and his back is to us. A sad
old man.
A FIGURE moves into the room, behind the old man.
TORY: (long beat; then softly) He's out. He's out of the crate.
Tory moves in closer... O'Grady is still in shadow.
O'GRADY: (very hoarse voice) You believe it... no one believed it was a Leprechaun.
TORY: I believe it. (beat) How do we stop it? How??
O'GRADY: (long beat) There's only one way... one way to kill a Leprechaun...
Now O'Grady wheels his wheelchair around... and moves into the rich blue moonlight
streaking in through the window.
O'GRADY: But I'm not going to tell you...
And now we see old man O'Grady is not in the wheelchair... it's
Leprechaun in the wheelchair!! And he's never looked
uglier or more sinister!
He SNARLS and smiles his huge, evil grin.
LEPRECHAUN'S VOICE: I'll never tell you how to kill a Leprechaun... that'd never
get me the rest of me gold...
ON TORY AND ALEX
Pure terror on their faces.
ALEX: Holy shit.
The two take off, running down the corridor.
ON LEPRECHAUN
as he wheels his wheelchair RIGHT AT CAMERA, chasing after our friends.
IN THE HALLWAY
Tory and Alex are frantically tearing down the hallway as Leprechaun follows them in
the wheelchair.
A scary, evil looking sight...
TORY AND ALEX
running down another corridor. The scary Leprechaun in the wheelchair right behind
them.
LEPRECHAUN
wheeling faster and faster... like a mad man, skidding around the corridor on two
wheels of the chair. Leprechaun is looking very mean... very ugly... very frightening
now.
TORY AND ALEX
running down the hallway... they spot an exit door. Push on it. It's locked! But
an elevator is next to the door. No other exits... and they can't chance going back
the way they came. They're trapped. The only chance is the elevator...
Alex punches the button... frantically, they wait for the car.
ON LEPRECHAUN
wheeling down another corridor... looking for the corridor Tory and Alex went into.
BACK TO TORY AND ALEX
as they nervously wait for the elevator car. The seconds seem like hours... suddenly!!
LEPRECHAUN
turns the corner in the wheelchair... he wheels down after Tory and Alex.
THE ELEVATOR DOORS
open... and...
THE CUT AND MUTILATED BODY
of Dan O'Grady is dramatically hoisted upside
down from the elevator ceiling! Bleeding. Cut from shoe buckles. Apparently dead.
Tory and Alex gasp in shock.
ALEX: My God... it's O'Grady...
But they have no choice as Leprechaun is nearing them... they enter the elevator
as the doors close!
96 INSIDE THE ELEVATOR
Tory and Alex feel sick... they can't look at the old man. Both close their eyes
and pray this nightmare ends... then...
O'GRADY'S HAND FLOPS DOWN
and touches Tory's shoulder! She SCREAMS right out of her skin!
CLOSE ON O'GRADY'S EYE
It barely opens. The God damn guy is still alive. But barely... and going fast.
O'GRADY: (coughs; hard for him to speak) He came back for me. I knew he would...
but no one believed me.
TORY: My God... we've got to get you down...
O'GRADY: Too late for me... you have to kill it...
TORY: How? How do we kill it?
O'GRADY" (fading fast) A four leaf clover... (beat) Freshly picked. In a clover
field. By the old wagon...
TORY: We'll find one.
O'GRADY: (coughs badly) If you do... place it on his body... it has to touch
him... (beat) Then you can kill him...
Tory nods. And the old man COUGHS again... and dies.
THE ELEVATOR DOORS
open. Tory and Alex rush out.
97 EXT. REST HOME - ON THE JEEP - NIGHT
Tory slides into the driver's seat, starts it up.
ALEX: Can you drive it?
Tory doesn't even answer as she jams it into gear, popping the clutch and the Jeep
takes off like a bat out of hell!
CUT TO:
98 EXT. ROADWAY - NIGHT
The Jeep speeding down the road. Tory drives like a madwoman. Possessed.
CUT TO:
99 CLOSE ON A WHEEL CHAIR WHEEL
rolling along a roadway very fast. A small green hand is propelling the wheel...
CUT TO:
100 EXT. FARMHOUSE - NIGHT
Tory's Jeep bounces up into the dirt drive, roaring past the house and out into
the field near the old carnival wagon.
She skids to a stop, keeping the vehicle's headlights trained on
the clover patch.
TORY grabs the shotgun from the Jeep and cautiously moves out with Alex. They move
to the clover patch. Tory covering them with the shotgun.
ALEX: Look't how big this patch is. We'll never find a four-leaf clover...
TORY: We've got to do it. It's the only way we can kill it.
She stops at a thick patch.
ALEX: But he'll come and get us.
TORY: Not if we find a four-leaf clover first.
Alex bends down and starts looking through clovers. Picking one, looking, discarding,
picking another, etc. Tory helps, all the while her eyes and ears wide for any sign
of the Leprechaun.
CUT TO:
101 EXT. WHEELCHAIR WHEELS
turning up the driveway... this little sucker's got a lot of energy... his little
Leprechaun hands are bleeding green blood as he wheels the chair up the road towards
the farmhouse...
LEPRECHAUN'S VOICE: Someone's in me clover patch.
He wheels along...
CUT BACK TO:
102 TORY AND ALEX
looking frantically through the clover patch. Picking... looking... discarding...
The tension is building. We can sense something is going to sneak up on them...
TORY: (determined) Hurry... hurry...
CUT TO:
103 SOMETHING SCURRYING IN THE BUSHES
and we're not sure what it is...
104 TORY AND ALEX
searching. Pulling up a clover, looking at it, tossing it to the ground. Frustrated.
105 INTERCUT with Leprechaun. He pops his head up from some foliage. He smiles evilly...
LEPRECHAUN: My sweet little, foolish friends...
Leprechaun moves towards the noise...
...and TORY and ALEX searching for the clover. The seconds seem like hours as they
continue looking...
ALEX: (excited) I think I found--- (sadly) No. Never mind.
Now we sense something moving in on them. Definitely something coming out from the
dark shadows. Close. Closer.
TORY: Look harder... faster...
CLOSE ON TORY'S HAND, searching through the clovers and suddenly another HAND SLITHERS
OUT from the bushes and grabs her hand!
IT'S LEPRECHAUN'S HAND! And he has hold of her hand.
LEPRECHAUN: Little girls shouldn't look for four-leaf clovers...
TORY SCREAMS and yanks away, stumbling, grabs Alex and runs. Leaving the shotgun on
the ground.
DOLLY WITH THEM as they tear through the clover patch, heading towards the other end
of the patch.
THE LEPRECHAUN
begins to run after them... then suddenly Leprechaun stops. Looks at the end of
the clover patch that Tory and Alex are running through.
But Leprechaun doesn't go through... he steps out of the patch and
goes around the rest of the clover
patch. The long way around as he chases after them.
TORY AND ALEX
look back as they run... they don't see the Leprechaun.
TORY: Where'd he go?
Suddenly they HEAR SOMETHING skittering towards them from some foliage on the side of
them. Leprechaun pops out of the high foliage and chases after them.
They run. Tree limbs and bushes ripping at them, tearing their clothes...
DOLLY WITH LEPRECHAUN, following them, gaining.
TORY AND ALEX, winded, breathing heavily, not about to stop... not about to look
back. Only one thing on their minds... to keep ahead of this monster.
Tory trips. Goes down. Her ankle's sprained. Alex tries to help her up. She's in
great pain. Can't get up right away.
TORY: Get the hell out of here, Alex!
ALEX: No! Get up! Get up!
They look up to see:
CLOSE ON LEPRECHAUN
circling in on them, chomping his ugly mouth up and down, exposing his rotting teeth.
He moves in, about to take a chunk out of Tory...
ALEX rips his boot off and...
ALEX: Eat this asshole!!
...shoves his boot in Leprechaun's mouth!
This buys Alex and Tory time to hobble up and continue running...
MOVING WITH THEM, Tory about to pass out from pain, running on a sprained ankle.
They spot some thick bushes. They huddle down out of sight. Not breathing.
LEPRECHAUN moves to the bushes... looking around, sizing up where they might be...
IN THE BUSHES
and slowly we see Tory's hand wrap around a small tree branch lying on the ground.
THEIR POV, of Leprechaun beginning to part the bushes, about to expose their hiding
place. And Tory thrusts her hand outward...
JAMMING THE TREE BRANCH RIGHT THROUGH LEPRECHAUN'S EYE!
He SCREAMS IN AGONY, dropping to his knees, grabbing hold of the branch protruding
from his eye socket. He pulls it out.
TORY AND ALEX make a run for it...
CLOSE ON LEPRECHAUN
giving chase...
TORY AND ALEX, slowing... Tory not able to go any further. They come up against a fence,
near a hillside. No time to climb over it. Tory sits, about to pass out.
TORY: I can't go on...
And she cries... the floodgates of her pent-up emotions open.
ALEX: I'm not leaving you.
LEPRECHAUN is almost at them again.
CLOSE ON TORY AND ALEX, as if they have now accepted their fate. There's nothing they
can do. Nowhere to go.
They are about to die... and might as well get it over with. Tory looks up, spotting
the Leprechaun coming towards them. She stops crying now. A kind of bliss swells over
them and Tory holds Alex tight, instinctively maternal.
They both wait for the end to happen.
LEPRECHAUN smiles evilly... about to pounce on them...
BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
Leprechaun is BLASTED BACK... he lumbers into some foliage, screaming in pain!
106 ON NATHAN AND OZZIE
Nathan is holding the shotgun Tory dropped. Tory and Alex look up, utter relief
overcomes them. Nathan grabs Tory. Hoists her up. She holds Nathan tightly. Not wanting
to let go. Nathan and Ozzie are not wearing shoes.
Ozzie and Alex hug.
TORY: My God...
NATHAN: We heard the commotion... (beat) Ran out of shoes.
TORY: (urgently) It's a clover we need. A four-leaf clover to kill the Leprechaun.
NATHAN: (re: Leprechaun) There's no telling where he's gonna pop up.
Suddenly we PUSH IN QUICKLY on Tory's face. She stares straight out... a
sudden realization overcomes her.
TORY: The far end of the clover patch. He didn't run through it
to chase us. It stopped him. That can mean only one thing...
Tory strides purposefully toward the end of the clover patch.
TORY: There's a four-leaf clover in there.
NATHAN: My God... you're right...
TORY: It kept him away... we'll be safe in that area until we find it.
Tory gets on her knees, tears in her eyes as she begins searching.
Picking. Discarding. Picking.
OZZIE: We can find it. I found one when I was a kid once.
Ozzie drops to his knees and helps look. Then Alex begins looking... and Nathan.
Our group is concentrating on the clovers. Intense. As if nothing else in the world
mattered. And nothing else does. Not looking up for a second. Just pick, look and discard.
Pick. Look. And discard.
107 LEPRECHAUN
lumbers out from the foliage... spots our four friends as they sit in the patch,
looking through the clovers. But Leprechaun doesn't go in and get them... he stays away...
LEPRECHAUN: No! Stop it! Stop looking! Don't look in there!
Leprechaun is getting frantic as he dances around, a dozen yards from the kids...
but he can't go any farther.
He's frustrated as he watches the kids look. He drops to the ground, pounding it in
frustration, like a kid having a temper tantrum.
LEPRECHAUN: No! Stop looking! Stop looking! Stop looking!
108 BACK TO OUR GROUP
still searching... picking. Discarding... picking. All intense.
ALEX: We'll never find it... it's gonna be impossible.
OZZIE: (serious) You just gotta believe, Alex. If you believe in magic, you can find
one. Just believe it...
And THE CAMERA MOVES IN on Alex as he has a sudden realization.
ALEX: Okay... okay, fine... I'll believe it, Ozzie. I swear, I'll believe it...
And as Alex reaches down, we suddenly see a STRANGE GOLDEN GLOW twinkle down from
the night sky... it illuminates Alex's hand. He reaches in to the clover patch and...
pulls up a clover.
Alex holds it up. The clover seems to glow a rich golden color. Stares at it for a
moment. Not believing it... CAMERA MOVES IN to show it's a FOUR LEAF
CLOVER.
ALEX: (utter exhilaration) I found it!! I found it!! Look! Look! I got it! I got it!
The others surround Alex and his clover like it was the most fragile thing in
the whole world.
TORY: We've got to get it on him!
ALEX: How? He'll kill us.
NATHAN: (determined) I'll get it on him.
ON OZZIE
thinking... then he grabs the clover from Alex and races out before anyone can
stop him.
OZZIE: No... the coin's in me! I'll do it!
NATHAN: No, Ozzie!
ON LEPRECHAUN
he looks up as Ozzie races towards him.
LEPRECHAUN: (Evil growl!)
OZZIE: I got your coin!
Ozzie points to his stomach.
OZZIE: It's in my stomach. You want it, come and get it.
Leprechaun growls... wants his coin. He moves forward.
LEPRECHAUN: Gimme me coin...
And as the Leprechaun approaches Ozzie, suddenly he reacts and pure terror fills his face.
The four-leaf clover is taking effect.
LEPRECHAUN: Noooooo!!!!
Before Leprechaun can make a run for it, Ozzie is upon him, pushing him to the ground.
Ozzie straddles Leprechaun and attempts to place the four-leaf clover onto Leprechaun's
forehead.
LEPRECHAUN'S HAND grabs Ozzie's wrist... stops him... strains as the clover is
beginning to take effect... Ozzie uses all his weight and strength to press down... the
clover is nearing Leprechaun's forehead.
LEPRECHAUN: No! No! Not the clover!!
But Ozzie manages to push the clover onto Leprechaun's forehead.
THE CLOVER causes Leprechaun's skin to SIZZLE! He SCREAMS out in pain!
NATHAN
picks up the shotgun. Moves to Ozzie and the Leprechaun. Aims the shotgun directly
at Leprechaun's head. Cocks it in SLOW MOTION...
OZZIE: Shoot him, Nathan! Shoot him now!
NATHAN: Get out of the way!
Ozzie rolls off Leprechaun as...
NATHAN'S TRIGGER FINGER pulls the trigger, and...
Click. Nothing!! The shotgun is out of ammo!
LEPRECHAUN
sees his chance... leaps at Ozzie, the four-leaf clover falling off his forehead.
Leprechaun rips his shoe buckle off and begins to slice Ozzie with it. Cutting him badly!
ON TORY, ALEX AND NATHAN
helpless at what to do.
ALEX: He's gonna kill Ozzie!
Nathan uses the butt of the shotgun to bash Leprechaun off of a badly hurt Ozzie.
Nathan and Tory drag a bleeding Ozzie away...
ALEX
spots the four-leaf clover on the ground. Grabs it. Then pulls out his sling-shot.
TORY: What are you doing?
ALEX: I'm gonna get this clover in him.
Alex takes out a wad of gum he's been chewing.
HE STICKS THE CLOVER ON THE GUM, then sticks the gum into the cup of the sling-shot.
Pulls it back...
Alex moves to Leprechaun, who is standing in front of the well.
ALEX: Hey, Lep! I got something better than gold. I got something for you to eat!
Leprechaun growls at Alex, opening his mouth wide, and...
ALEX: Fuck you, Green Bastard!
FLLLLIIINNNGGGG!!!
The wad of gum with the clover attached flings directly into the Leprechaun's mouth!
He chokes, coughs... grabs his throat as if he's just eaten poison!
LEPRECHAUN: Noooooo!!!! Noooooo!!!
Leprechaun SCREAMS IN AGONY. He stumbles about... his inside organs burning up.
109 LEPRECHAUN
stumbles back against the well... then he begins to melt down... into a green, oozy
liquid... a puddle of guts and flesh and pus dripping down the side of the well,
gunking to the ground.
As Leprechaun continues to "melt" he claws at his stomach... desperately trying to
get the clover out of his system... but it's too late.
LEPRECHAUN'S HANDS slosh up from the gooey, green puddle, clawing at the air... finally
the ooze drips down into the well, as we HEAR LEPRECHAUN'S LAST PRIMEVAL YELL... and then
A DULL THUD and SPLASH as it hits bottom.
Everything is very, very quiet now. Just the chirping of the night crickets.
110 ON TORY, NATHAN AND ALEX
as they surround a badly hurt Ozzie. Tory is trying to stop the bleeding... Ozzie
gasps for breath.
OZZIE: (weak) We did it, didn't we?
TORY: We sure did, Ozzie...
OZZIE: And I was smart, wasn't I? I did a smart thing, huh?
ALEX: Real smart, Ozzie. You just hang in there...
Ozzie reaches into his shirt pocket. It's empty. No frog.
OZZIE: I guess ol' Ralph didn't make it.
CLOSE ON OZZIE'S EYES... and they begin to tear for his friend.
OZZIE: I really loved Ralph, y'know... ALEX: (burst out) And I love you, Ozzie!
OZZIE: (trying to smile) Hey, Alex? (points to his chest) What's this? (Alex
looks down and Ozzie flicks his nose) Gotcha! First time I ever gotcha...
ALEX: You did, Ozzie. You really got me.
Alex smiles, he knows Ozzie would want him to.
NATHAN: Hang in there, Ozzie... we're gonna get you to a hospital.
And as they lift Ozzie up, we MOVE IN PAST them and...
111 SUDDENLY THE LEPRECHAUN'S UGLY GREEN HAND reaches up from the well.
Then his other hand comes up as Leprechaun struggles with his dying breath, trying
to climb out of the well.
Just a gunky, green oozy mass...
CLOSE ON LEPRECHAUN'S MELTED HAND
and he opens it and we see a four-leaf clover.
LEPRECHAUN: (barely able to speak; dying) I want me gold coin...
112 NATHAN
BASHES Leprechaun back into the well with the butt of the shotgun, then quickly
moves to the rear of the jeep and grabs the five gallon gas can.
He moves to the well and pours the whole can down into the well. He brings out
a match and lights it.
NATHAN: Run!
TORY AND ALEX
continue dragging Ozzie away as Nathan drops the burning match into the well,
then runs...
ON OUR FRIENDS
as they run from the well as fast as they can, carrying a hurt Ozzie.
SUDDENLY A HUGE FIREBALL EXPLOSION from the well!!
The force of the explosion knocks everyone to the ground, then another FIREBALL OF
EXPLOSION lights up the night sky like daylight!
We MOVE IN THROUGH THE FLAMES and down the fiery well as we HEAR THE FINAL
DEATH GURGLING SCREAM of a dying Leprechaun...
ON OUR FOUR KIDS
looking back at the burning well, knowing the Leprechaun is dead for sure now.
NATHAN: We did it, Tory... it's all over now...
TORY: (staring out; numb) It's all over now...
Alex spots something on the ground...
113 OZZIE'S FROG
hops out from the foliage. Alex scoops it up, holds it out to Ozzie.
ALEX: It's Ralph, Ozzie! Look't! He's alive!
Ozzie smiles and takes his frog.
OZZIE: I guess ol' Ralph made it after all...
ALEX: He sure did, Ozzie. Ol' Ralph made it and so did we...
As the others nod their heads in agreement, we MOVE IN on the flames coming
from the well, and we...
FREEZE... THEN FADE TO BLACK.
ROLL END CREDITS as the EERIE IRISH MUSIC plays...
FADE OUT:
THE END
