2014 Br uce Mann- McCl er non St at i on House

St at i on Road
Acl e
NR13 3BZ
The Hi t chhi ker
By
Br uce Mann- McCl er non
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I NT. CAR. EVENI NG
SARAH and her f at her DAVE ar e t r avel i ng i n t hei r f ami l y car
home f r oma l at e eveni ng shop, af t er a shor t amount of dr i vi ng
t hey come acr oss a HI TCHHI KER, a gi r l wi t h scr uf f y but ni ce
cl ot hi ng i s st andi ng sl ouched at t he si de of t he r oad wi t h her
t humb up.
SARAH
Oi , Dad, l ook, I t hi nk she' s t r yi ng
t o hi t ch a r i de, Can we pi ck her up?
DAVE
( wor r yi ngl y)
I don' t t hi nk we shoul d Sar ah, i t
mi ght not be ver y saf e.
SARAH
Come on dad, i t s j ust a young gi r l ,
what ' s t he wor st t hat coul d happen?
EXT. BY THE SI DE OF THE ROAD. EVENI NG
DAVE' S car pul l s up sl owl y by t he si de of t he r oad, and SARAH
unwi nds her wi ndow
SARAH
( happi l y)
Hey! need a l i f t ?
The Hi t chhi ker l ooks at SARAH and does not r epl y t o her wi t h
any speech, i nst ead she j ust nods her head.
SARAH
Gr eat , j ump i n t hen.
I NT. CAR. EVENI NG
HI TCHHI KER
I need dr oppi ng of f about 5 mi l es up
t hi s r oad. My house i s down t her e,
t he one wi t h a r ed door .
Af t er t he HI TCHHI KER spoke a si l ence f el l , no one sai d
anyt hi ng f or t he r emai nder of t he j our ney, DAVE and SARAH
l ooked at each ot her awkwar dl y af t er t he gi r l had spoke, t he
HI TCHHI KER sat st ar i ng out of t he car wi ndow.
EXT. CAR. EVENI NG
The car i s dr i vi ng t owar ds a smal l r ow of houses.
I NT. CAR. EVENI NG
DAVE l eans i n t owar ds SARAH' S wi ndow t o get a cl ear er vi ew of
t he houses, t he car i s sl owl y movi ng al ong t he r oad.
DAVE
( st i l l l ooki ng at houses)
I t hi nk t hi s i s your st op dar l i ng.
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SARAH
( i n di sgust )
Dad? Don' t cal l her dar l i ng, bi t wei r d.
DAVE
What ! I was onl y bei ng ki nd Sar ah,
I ' msur e sur e she doesn' t mi nd,
SARAH
Excuse me do you. . .
SARAH t ur ns ar ound t o ask t he HI TCHHI KER a quest i on but i s
st opped mi d sent ence due t o shock. The HI TCHHI KER has
di sappear ed. DAVE cont i nues t o pul l up out si de t he house wi t h
t he r ed door
DAVE
( j oki ngl y and st i l l unawar e
t hat she has gone)
What ' s t he mat t er Sar ah, have I scar ed her of f haha.
SARAH i s st i l l l ooki ng at t he backseat s, so DAVE t ur ns ar ound
t o see what ' s wr ong. He t hen di scover s she' s gone. DAVE t hen
exi t s t he car .
EXT. OUTSI DE ROWOF HOUSES. EVENI NG
DAVE exi t s t he car and wal ks t o t he backdoor whi ch he t hen
opens. SARAH al so exi t s t he car and t akes a f ew st eps away so
she can l ook at t he ent i r e ext er i or
SARAH
( conf used)
Wher e t he hel l di d she go?
DAVE
I have no i dea Sar ah, no i dea
SARAH
Wel l , uml et s go knock on her house,
maybe someone knows who she i s.
EXT. OUTSI DE OF HI TCHHI KERS HOUSE. EVENI NG
DAVE knocks on t he l ar ge r ed door wi t h SARAH by hi s si de,
t her e i s ar ound a 20 second wai t bef or e t he door i s answer ed.
a t al l 50 year ol d man wi t h gr ey hai r and a l ar ge kni t t ed
f l eece answer ed.
DAVE
Hel l o, si r , me and my daught er have
j ust been dr i vi ng home and we pi cked
up a young gi r l who sai d t hat she
l i ved her e, but as we wer e dr i vi ng up
t he gi r l somehow got out of our car
and no we don' t know wher e she i s,
have any i dea who she i s?
OLD MAN
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One moment .
The ol d man wal ked back i nsi de t he house and pi cked up a
medi umsi ze phot o wi t h a pi ct ur e of t he HI TCHHI KER on i t .
OLD MAN
I s t hi s t he gi r l ?
DAVE
Yes! t hat ' s her .
OLD MAN
That gi r l i s my daught er , she
di sappear ed some year s ago, she was
l ast seen about 5/ 6 mi l es down t hi s
r oad hi t chhi ki ng, and wel l , t oday i s
her bi r t hday.
SARAH and DAVE l ook at each ot her i n hor r or
FADE OUT
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