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CU CITY LIMITS ROAD SIGN "MILLEN CITY LIMIT" TILT DOWN TO HIGHWAY EXIT. 1950s STATE POLICE CARS WITH LIGHTS ON PULL OFF THE ROAD. TROOPER LIGHTS SAFETY ROAD FLARE

STATE TROOPERS LIGHT ROAD FLARES, PLACE THEM IN THE ROAD

STATE TROOPERS SET UP ROAD BLOCK TO CATCH SPEEDING DRIVER. 4 TROOPERS WITH GUNS DRAWN BACK UP, CAR IGNORES ROAD BLOCK CAR SMASHES INTO WOODEN GUARD RAIL, ASTONISHED TROOPERS. SOUNDS OF CAR CRASH HEARD.
DRIVERLESS CAR RAMS INTO A BRIDGE

TROOPER SEARCHING THE CAR FINDS A CHILD'S HALLOWEEN MASK UNDER THE FRONT SEAT. CRIMINAL'S DISGUISE.

CALLS FOR HER SON JOHNNY ENTERS THE ROOM, MOTHER THINKS SHE HEARS SOMETHING, SON SAYS HE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING, MOTHER LOOKS AROUND & WONDERS IF SHE'S BEING PARANOID. BOY DOESN'T WANT TO WEAR THE SUIT, THINKS THE BOYS WILL MAKE FUN OF HIM FOR GOING TO A FOLK DANCE. BOY PRETENDS NOT TO FEEL GOOD, "MAYBE I'M GETTING A COLD" OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK. MOTHER SCOLDS HER SON AND SENDS HIM TO BED

WOMAN GOES INTO THE KITCHEN, CHECKS THE WINDOW MAKING SURE IT'S LOCKED. SECURING THE HOME FOR THE NIGHT CHECKS DOORS AND WINDOWS BEFORE GOING TO BED

CALLS SON TO THE PHONE "YOUR FATHER WANTS TO TALK TO YOU" FATHER TELLS HIM HE'S THE MAN OF THE HOUSE WHEN HE'S NOT HOME. RESPONSIBILITIES.

CU POLICE DISPATCHER SPEAKING INTO 1950s POLICE RADIO "CALLING ALL UNITS"

POLICE CARS AT NIGHT WITH SIRENS ON, TICKER TAPE MACHINE SPITTING OUT TAPE SUPERIMPOSED WITH DISPATCHERS VOICE CALLING ALL CARS TO REPORT TO CRIME SCENE

SUBURBAN HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN PREPARING BREAKFAST BRINGS FOOD TO THE TABLE AND CALLS FOR HER SON, HE DOESN'T RESPOND, SHE GOES TO LOOK FOR HIM. TURNS OUTSIDE LIGHT OFF.

BOY PUTS SNAKE DOWN, MOTHER TALKS ABOUT NOISES SHE HEARD IN THE NIGHT LIKE DOGS BARKING. SON SAYS "GEE MOTHER YOU ALWAYS HEAR THINGS WHEN DAD'S AWAY"

KNOCK ON THE KITCHEN DOOR. BOY GOES IN TO GET HIS MOTHER WHO IS SITTING AT HER VANITY BRUSHING HER
HAIR. GROOMING BOY DOESN'T WANT TO BE SEEN IN HIS PAJAMAS. MOTHER TELLS TO GET DRESSED, GOES TO ANSWER THE DOOR

QUICK THINKING OR STUPID BOY IN BEDROOM LOADS BULLETS INTO SHOTGUN.

BOY ARMED WITH A SHOT GUN ENTERS THE ROOM AIMS AND SHOOTS THE INTRUDER, ONLY INJURING HIM, INTRUDER WALKS TOWARDS THE BOY SLOWLY AND TAKES THE GUN FROM HIM. BOY DOESN'T RESIST. BOY BEGS TO GO TO HIS MOTHER, INTRUDER LOOKS AT HIS BLEEDING HAND. BOY INJURES INTRUDER, PROTECTING HIS MOTHER

WOMAN TELLS THE INTRUDER TO TAKE HER CAR AND MONEY, SAYS WOULDN'T CALL THE POLICE. INTRUDER DOESN'T BELIEVE HER.

BOY IN THE KITCHEN PULLS OUT BIG KITCHEN KNIFE.
THINKS ABOUT USING IT THEN PUTS IT BACK IN THE DRAWER

INTRUDER INSTRUCTS THE BOY TO "SIT DOWN AND STAY STILL" WHILE WOMAN TENDS TO HIS WOUNDS

WOMAN PICKS UP THE PHONE, GIVES THE OPERATOR PHONE NUMBER INTRUDER PULLS THE PHONE AWAY, ASKS IF IT'S THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, HE CATCHES THE WOMAN TRYING TO GET HELP, HANGS UP THE PHONE, THREATENS TO KILL THEM. GRABS THE BOY BY HIS SHIRT LIFTING HIM UP OFF THE FLOOR, WANTS TO KNOW WHO HIS MOTHER CALLED.
THREATENS HIM "I'M GOING TO COUNT TO THREE." BOY SAYS IT WAS THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, INTRUDER SAYS "YOU BETTER NOT BE LYING" THROWS HIM ON THE BED

INTRUDER WANTS TO KNOW BACK ROADS TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
HE PLANS TO TAKE THEM WITH HIM, KIDNAP THEM. TELLS THE BOY TO GO GET SOME CLOTHES.

INTRUDER BECOMES KIDNAPPER. MAKES THE MOTHER AND SON COME WITH HIM. PUTS HANDGUN IN HIS PANTS, INSTRUCTS THE WOMAN TO GO OUT THE DOOR FIRST, THEN THE SON, THEN HIM. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR SEES THEM, CALLS GOOD MORNING, WALKS TOWARD HIS HOUSE.

THEY COME ACROSS A ROADBLOCK. INTRUDER WARNS "YOU BETTER NOT TRY ANYTHING". STATE TROOPER LEANS INTO THE CAR ASKS WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, ASKS ABOUT HER HEAD, INTRUDER SAYS THEY'RE TAKING HER TO THE DOCTOR, TROOPER LETS THEM GO

HEAD TROOPER GIVES ORDERS, TROOPERS RUN FOR THEIR CARS

CU GUN IN NERVOUS KIDNAPPER'S HAND

CU GUN IN KIDNAPPER'S HAND, OTHER HAND BANDAGED. ASKS HOW FAR, "COME ON, WE'RE GONNA BREEZE THROUGH LIKE NOTHIN'"

POV IN SPEEDING CAR AROUND CURVY BENDS IN ROAD

CU MONTAGE KIDNAPPER'S NERVOUS FACE, LITTLE BOY'S FACE WITH BLANK STARE AND FEMALE DRIVER'S FACE, LOOK OF CONCENTRATION.

KIDNAPPER THINKS THEIR IN THE CLEAR

KIDNAPPER GETS ANGRY, TELLS WOMAN TO DRIVE "FASTER, FASTER, COME ON." WOMAN SPEEDS UP AGAIN. CU HANDGUN

POV IN SPEEDING CAR. CU SMUG LOOK ON KIDNAPPER'S FACE. CU GUN

POLICE ARRIVE ON THE SCENE. KIDNAPPER USES BOY AS HUMAN SHIELD. ARMED KIDNAPPER WARNS "ONE STEP AND I'LL..."

STAND OFF BETWEEN KIDNAPPER AND STATE TROOPER

ARMED STATE TROOPERS WALK SLOWLY TOWARD KIDNAPPER CAUTIOUS

NARRATOR TALKS TO THE CAMERA