The Unusual Story of the Serial-Killer Hand and the Background of its Origins
Published by K Kishmot at Smashwords
Copyright 2011
THE
UNUSUAL
STORY
OF
THE
SERIAL-KILLER
HAND
AND
THE
BACKGROUND
OF
ITS
ORIGINS
A
short screenplay by K.Kishmot
1.
EXT. NIGHT – STREET
She
walks in the middle of the street. It is dark but there is lamplight.
Nevertheless it is late and so it is safer not to walk on the
pavements but to be in full view of the windows of the houses on
either side.
But further up there is something very strange,
also in the middle of the street. It looks like a giant crab… No,
it is… a giant hand supporting itself on its fingers that prp it up
like legs. It must be an art installation or perhaps they are filming
but if they were filming there would be more people around, more
noise and activity, and lights.
Suddenly the hand starts to
run towards her. She starts to run, she starts to scream. The giant
hand jumps and lands on her. A car has turned into the street but the
hand is quick and rolls to one side with the woman in its grasp. The
woman screams but it is her last scream. The hand has crushed her to
death.
HAND:
(Thought
bubble)
I
LOVE YOU!
2.
EXT. DAWN BUILDING SITE
A
homeless man takes a final drunken swig of alcohol. Out from the
coverings of a corrugated iron shelter The Hand crawls out. The
drunken homeless man points at the giant Hand and goes into fits of
laughter even though the hand is rushing towards him.
The Hand
stops tips over onto its side with the little-finger on the ground.
The Hand which is a bit taller than the homeless man closes around
him. The homeless man struggles and screams as the Hand crushes
him.
HAND:
(Thought
bubble)
I
LOVE YOU!
3.
EXT. NIGHT – WOODS
The
Hand lies under a grotty old blanket that barely covers it.
HAND:
(Thought
bubble)
Hwhat
are me ? Hwere are me am me i from? I even n’t unnerstand me
thoughts own…
4.
INT. DAY – POLICE STATION
Five
police officers are gathered together. Their chief is standing at a
board.
CHIEF:
The
conclusive evidence is that it’s a giant hand that crushed Sandra
Johnsworth and the homeless man we only know as Jiff.
POLICE
OFFICER(1):
Sounds
like King Kong is on the loose…
POLICE
OFFICER(2 – Female):
If
only. If it was a giant ape or something we would have spotted
it.
POLICE
OFFICER(3):
You’d
be surprised.
CHIEF:
The
forensics suggests it’s human and that it is organic. There was an
idea that it was a contraption, a device of some sort but the organic
matter.
POLICE
OFFICER (2 – Female):
What
are the finger-print checks… and any DNA?
CHIEF:
David
Caltomant went missing in mysterious circumstances six months ago.
Body never found. All suspects cleared with one hundred per cent
alibis. The finger prints are a direct match, size of the hand taken
into consideration.
POLICE
OFFICER (4):
He was
a social worker as I remember.
CHIEF:
That’s
right.
SIX
MONTHS EARLIER
5.
EXT. NIGHT - TOP OF A SCENIC HILL WITH A CLEAR STAR-FILLED
SKY
DAVID
CALTOMANT is a
blonde haired, blue eyed man. He is in an open top coupe looking at
the stars and speaking into his mobile.
DAVID
CALTOMANT:
The
stars are just amazing tonight here on the hill… When are you
coming back…? I just wish you were here… OK next time you’re
here we’ve got to come up here. Just pray for clear skies.
He
puts his mobile away and admires the stars. A star starts to get
bigger and bigger. It’s astonishing. Then it lands in front of
CALTOMANT’S
coupe. It’s a
UFO. CALTOMANT
starts the car and revs it. But two aliens have come out of the UFO.
They are like starfish, a little taller than six feet. One of them
raises a gun and zaps CALTOMANT
.
6.
INT. UFO HOLDING BAY
DAVID
is in his coupe in suspended animation. The starshaped aliens are
looking at him.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 1:
(Alien
language)
It’s
been a long time since we played the sport of sports.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 2:
How did
you find out about this planet? It’s got rich pickings…
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 1:
I saw it
on one of my dad’s maps. He’ll kill me if he finds out what we’re
doing.
7.
EXT. PLANET OF THE STARSHAPED ALIENS
It’s
a big strange planet that looks like a coral reef full of
technological and architectural marvels.
8.
INT. ‘LAB’ ON PLANET OF STARSHAPED ALIENS
CALTOMANT
is laid out naked on a table with wires in him. The table is 12 times
the size of CALTOMANT.
The lab is huge. Three STARSHAPED
ALIENS stand
around the table. ALIEN
1 and 2 are at
the control-panels of the lab.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 5:
Dudes this
is impressive. It’s been a long time since we played the sport of
sports.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 4:
It’s
been fifteen star laps, guys.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 1:
If you
think you’re going to get killed, back out. If we have to go to
hospital for Resurrection treatment we’ll be put in jail for
this.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 2:
Are you
saying we’re gonna battle a giant?
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 1:
I’m
asking if you want it but we just got to be careful ‘cos we just
don’t want to visit hospital.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 5:
Max it
dude. We don’t get to play this often enough.
STARSHAPED
ALIENS(All):
Maxi-MUM!!!
CALTOMANT
grows and grows until he almost fills the table. He is now a
giant.
9.
EXT. DESERT - PLANET OF THE STARSHAPED ALIENS
It
is a gladiatorial contest. This is the sport of sports. The
STARSHAPED
ALIENS are in
combat gear using large long light sabres fighting the giant
CALTOMANT who
is also wielding a light-sabre.
Suddenly one of CALTOMANT’S
hand is chopped off.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 2:
Hklnggg! I
think your dad’s flying in.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 1:
Shit! Zap
the giant. Zap the giant.
All
five STARSHAPED
ALIENS zap
CALTOMANT until
he is no longer visible. But his hand remains.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 1’s DAD
has arrived and hovers in a coupe flyer above the five STARSHAPED
children. DAD
is about twice the size of the children.
STARSHAPED
DAD:
Where the hell
have you been? What are you doing?
He
looks down and sees the giant severed hand.
STARSHAPED
DAD:
You silly
twit! You stupid children. You could be jailed.
STARSHAPED
ALIENS:
(All
minus ALIEN 1, ashamedly looking at the ground)
We’re
really sorry Mr HkklngggHkkl!
STARSHAPED
DAD:
Sorry! You
will be when I tell your parents. As for you son when I’ve got
this being here revived you’re taking it back to its planet and
you’re grounded for a whole starlap... And if I catch you at this
again you’re leaving this planet forever. Do you hear me?
10.
INT. ‘DAD’S LAB’ ON PLANET OF STARSHAPED ALIENS
Even
more impressive then the lab the kids used, CALTOMANT’S
giant hand lies on a table with wires in it. STARSHAPED
DAD is at the
controls.
11.
EXT. NIGHT - TOP OF A SCENIC HILL WITH A CLEAR STAR-FILLED SKY
The
HAND
sits inside the coupe. STARSHAPED
ALIEN 1 and 2
are getting back into the UFO. They look over their
shoulders.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 1:
Good job
Dad didn’t know about us zapping that being.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 2:
Maybe he
did know. My mum said he had to put some kind of brain into the
thing.
STARSHAPED
ALIEN 1:
Cool.
That’s my dad!
BACK
TO THE PRESENT
12.
EXT. NIGHT – A MOCK BATTLEFIELD WHERE TANKS TRAIN
The
HAND
sees a tank coming its way and bounces towards it.
HAND:
(Thought-bubble)
I
LOVE YOU!
13.
INT. TANK
COMMANDER:
What
the shit is that?
OPERATOR:
It
could have a bomb inside it.
COMMANDER:
Blast
it!
14. EXT
NIGHT – MOCK BATTLEFIELD
Boom!
A shell goes straight through the middle of the HAND.
HAND
is dead.
Moments later the four soldiers in the tank stand
around the HAND.
DRIVER:
What
in God’s name is it?
COMMANDER:
Looks
like a giant hand.
DRIVER:
Yes.
But...
COMMANDER:
No
buts. This is classified from here on. We got to tell the brass. I
reckon it’s something those sneaky Russians or Chinese have dreamt
up. Maybe it was an alien. Who knows?
The
UFO of STARSHAPED
ALIEN 1 and 2
hovers above, unseen, and then accelerates away from planet
Earth.
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