Script Freak
- 1. SAMPLE - FREAK - FREAK - FREAK - FREAK INT. - DEREK’S BEDROOM - MORNING (Opera music opens up) On the walls are dangling clothes pinned pictures of random people who were unaware they were being photographed. There are also posters of astrology, Frankenstein, and Finding Nemo. Derek is lying face down on the bed, motionless, and with a NEUTRAL FACIAL EXPRESSION. Enter title: FREAK Alarm clock on the beside table reads: 7:02am. Derek leisurely turns off alarm, turning off opera music. INT. - BATHROOM MIRROR - MORNING Derek quickly brushes his teeth. DEREK (V.O.) Hmm garlic and toothpaste. I’ll breathe right in Naomi’s face. Fucking bitch. DEREK (stuttering) D-don’t. DEREK (V.O.) Naomi’s a bitch. Cunt. Whore. BITCH. He drops the toothbrush and holds his pounding head. INT. - CLASSROOM - DAY NAOMI is obnoxiously putting Derek on the spot, creating an uncomfortable scene. NAOMI I’ve never been so insulted in my life. This sort of garbage is what makes our generation look like uneducated losers - and I’m talking about his speech too. He was one of our best Presidents and he- They attacked us, okay, that’s the reason why we retaliated. We HAD to. Do you even watch the news?! Can you talk? You obviously...
- 2. 2. NAOMI’S voice fades away into a muffled sound as she furiously rips at his ego. Derek stares blankly at her. INT. - BATHROOM MIRROR - MORNING Derek, trance-like, dispenses soap on his tongue and rubs it in. He gags. INT. - SCHOOL BATHROOM STALL - DAY MONA is throwing up in toilet. INT. - OUTSIDE OF BATHROOM STALL - DAY Derek is dressed in old fashioned Shakespearean-like clothing, is wearing an outdated pair of eyeglasses with no lens, and a tattered backpack. These are the clothes he wears every day. He walks by bathroom and hears Mona. He stops. MONA Tim! Hey babe. Tim, a tall buff guy, walks with a few other guys. They stop to wait on Mona. The two exchange a heavy kiss and walk away Derek spots DONNA, a female outcast. She is sitting on the ground reading a book. They look at each other. Tim’s FRIEND kicks the book out of her hands and the group go into a laughing fit. DONNA Douche! She grabs her book and walks away, looking back at Derek every now and then. INT. BATHROOM MIRROR - MORNING Derek, toothbrush in mouth, messes with his hair in the mirror. He then curiously begins to manipulate his face with his fingers, holding his skin in a contorted position. DEREK (V.O.) Open your heart, to cleanse tainted eyes. Flesh like rain, yet it blankets all lies. Laugh at your woes, says the clown. Laugh at your woes. Derek smears tooth paste on the mirror, covering his mouthsreflection.
- 3. 3. EXT. - CURB OUTSIDE SCHOOL - DAY Derek is sitting under a tree, writing in his book. He is disrupted by the sounds of Donna softly weeping. Derek walks towards the distraught Donna, who is sitting on the curb. She is attempting to smoke a cigarette. It’s obvious she’s never done it before. Derek stops to help her. DEREK You don’t smoke do you? DONNA Yes, yes I do. Yes. Maybe I do, maybe I don’t. No, ok. There. There you go, now you know my darkest secret. Congratulations. Happy? I’m happy. Finally found a Mah-bro. DEREK Marlboro. Donna flashes look, then tosses cigarette. How’d you get that? DONNA I got it off the ground. DEREK That’s gross. DONNA You’re gross! DEREK I smoke. DONNA No you don’t, you liar. Derek grabs the cigarette and puts in his jacket pocket. You do? DEREK No. They laugh.
- 4. 4. INT. - HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY - SAME MORNING Derek, holding a rose, timidly walks down the intimidating hall. He notices Donna, at the end of the hall, looking at him. He’s sweating. Bell rings and students enter classrooms. Derek watches Donna go inside. Doors close. He stands in front of his classroom door. DEREK (V.O.) Open it. The door you little shit, open it. DEREK (trying not to stutter)No. Naomi angrily exits the classroom. Derek abruptly turns the other way and starts to quickly walk off, DROPPING the rose. Naomi stares questionably at Derek. NAOMI What!? He’s gone. She goes into a fit, steps on the rose and rips posters off the wall. NAOMI B minus. B minus. Screw your pep rally. There goes my scholarship! Bitch! INT. - BATHROOM STALL - SAME DAY Eyes wide open, Derek stares into space. The time on his wrist watch is ticking away. The ticking grows louder, until it abruptly stops. Derek loses it, punching and kicking the walls of the stall. As his tantrum dies down, Tim and FRIEND enter. Derek is completely silent and listens. TIM No man, she’s straight. FRIEND Why are all the straight girls at the gay club?! Fuckin’ gross. TIM She’s got friends, dude. FRIEND Yeah, well, if they’re gay, I’m going to throw up, punch you in (MORE) (CONTINUED)
- 5. CONTINUED: 5. FRIEND (cont’d) the face, throw up again, then punch her in the face. TIM I wouldn’t do that. They’re black. FRIEND What the...dude, no! I hope you’re kidding. TIM I’m kidding. Shit. (pause) They’re Latinas. FRIEND (mocking terrible porn voice) Oooh, yeah daddy. Right there. Yes. Lick my Mehican pussy baby. They exit. Derek leaves the stall and turns the faucet on. His knuckles are bleeding. Staring into the mirror, he draws X’s over his EYES REFLECTION with his blood. Shot cont’s into hallway. Tim and his friend taunt DONNA. They are taking her glasses off and try to force a drink into her mouth, as she struggles to escape. No one stops to help. Mona looks uncomfortable and notices Derek watching. TIM Come on. Drink it. Mmm moonshine good. DEREK (V.O.) And like rats, they smear their filth on Earth’s canvas. INT. - BATHROOM MIRROR - MORNING Derek’s starring into the mirror. His chin is down and his eyes pierce through his reflection. QUICK IMAGES:
- 6. 6. EXT. - CURB OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL - DAY Derek and Donna are laughing. INT. SCHOOL Tim and Donna are making out. INT. - SAME BATHROOM SHOT Derek is in a clown costume laughing hysterically. INT. CLASSROOM Derek’s standing in front of class. Donna is sitting at a desk beside him. Mona throws up in the trash can, then applies lipstick. NAOMI Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. The class laugh at him. Donna takes his hand. DONNA Let’s get out of here. INT. - PREVIOUS SHOT Derek is staring into the mirror, Drool drips from his mouth. INT. HOUSE - EVENING Derek and his PARENTS are at the table eating dinner. DEREK I think I’ll ask her out tomorrow. His mom half smiles. They continue eating. INT. - LADDA HIGH HALL - DAY The hall is empty. Derek stops in front of classroom door. He reaches for the door. Circus music plays. Heart beats loud. Breathing quickens.
- 7. 7. INT. -CLASSROOM DOOR - DAY Derek opens the door. Shot cont’s into classroom. No audio. Silence. The class curiously look at Derek. He looks at Donna. Teacher tries to speak to him. Opera music opens. Derek reveals the bomb that is taped on his body. The class becomes hysterical and herd together in the corner of the room, holding onto one another. Derek cries tears of happiness as he stands at the front of the class. DEREK (V.O.) Laugh at your woes, says the clown. Laugh at your woes. Ticking begins Cut between shots of students and Derek, inching closer and closer to his EYE. Derek shuts his eye and the word HAPPY is written on his eyelid. Ticking stops. Black out. THE END.