DAY OF THE DEAD (The original script) by George A. Romero

[the Unholy]

126   CONTINUED:

            TOBY
      Tricks, it's Tyler. We're inside.

            TRICKS (o.s. - filter)
      What? Was that you that set off the
      alarms?

            TOBY
      No. There's some loonies from outside.
      They're gonna try to blow the powder
      magazine.

            TRICKS (o.s. - filter)
      Where are you? What's the plan?

            TOBY
      Find Mary. If you can get help do it.
      We're gonna hit the power station and
      haul-ass outa here. We'll be at exit
      five...that's exit five in exactly ten
      minutes.

            TRICKS (o.s. - filter)
      I think I can get a couple guys.

            TOBY
      And Mary! You gotta find Mary!

            TRICKS (o.s. - filter)
      I'll try, Tob. I'm gone.

   TRICKS clicks off. TOBY levels his AUTOMATIC at the RADIO
   CONSOLE and FIRES. SPARKS FLY, CHUNKS OF WOOD AND METAL SHOOT
   OFF IN EVERY DIRECTION.

            McDERMOTT
      HOLD ON! HOLD ON! Yer wastin' yer
      ammunition. Hit 'er in here...then
      around back in the circuit boards.

[the Unholy]

TOBY levels off again, this time at the "kill-zones". BULLETS
   FLY. MORE SPARKS DANCE as THE UNIT BREAKS APART.

            McDERMOTT
      (shouting) AND OVER HERE. THE ALARM
      SYSTEMS. THESE CENTRAL PANELS HERE.
      THESE CIRCUITS.

   SARAH AND SALLY step up and start BLASTING. A PROFUSION OF
   SPARKS this time as THE ALARM SYSTEMS SEEM TO EXPLODE.

   Suddenly A COLLECTION OF RED LIGHTS START BLINKING URGENTLY. A
   BELL SOUNDS. THE LARGE RECTANGLE OVER THE EXIT IS FLASHING A
   NEW WORD: EVACUATE! EVACUATE! EVACUATE!

            McDERMOTT
      Jesus, Mary and Joseph! (he slugs from
      his flask) By blowin' the alarm
      panels...we signalled an Evac!

127   INT. CORRIDORS IN THE CAVE - NIGHT

   MONTAGE: A LOUD BUZZING IS HEARD as DOORS OPEN everywhere, some
   sliding, some swinging back, some rolling into the walls.
   TROOPERS caught trotting through halls are taken by surprise.
   CITIZENS spill out of apartment doors that have opened
   electronically.

128   INT. ENTRANCE SEVEN - NIGHT

   THE DOOR TO THE JUNGLE SWING OPEN. JULIE GRANT looks over at
   DOC LOGAN. The madman struggles to his feet. Supporting himself
   against the wall of the control booth, he reaches inside and
   starts pushing buttons.

            JULIE
      Those buttons won't work! The
      evacuation command overrides them.

   JULIE looks through the open entranceway. Barely visible in the
   DIM BLUE MOONLIGHT are the hulking shapes of TWO...NO THREE
   ZOMBIES, approaching the open hatch.

129   INT. THE COMMUNICATION ROOM - NIGHT

   McDERMOTT is explaining to the others.

            McDERMOTT
      All the doors in the Cave have been
      sprung open...all the ones that work on
      electric. It's so nobody'll get trapped
      anywhere.

130   INT. ENTRANCE SEVEN - NIGHT

   LOGAN stares dumbly, without comprehending, at THE ZOMBIES
   which are lurching forward out of the night.

            JULIE
      CUT ME LOOSE! PLEASE! CUT ME LOOSE!

[the Unholy]

131   INT. THE DORMITORY - NIGHT

   THE LATCHES ON THE CELL DOOR CLICK. With BUZZING, MOTOR NOISES,
   THE DOORS OPEN OUTWARD. THE ARMY OF RED COATS marches out into
   the hall. We might recognise TONTO, BLUTO, SAMSON....we
   certainly recognise big Bub. (HOTD)

132   INT. A HOLDING PEN IN THE CAVE - NIGHT

   We see A LARGE PEN, its GATE SWINGING OPEN. From inside,
   MOANING HUNGRILY, come FORTY OR FIFTY ZOMBIES, BLUE COATS AND
   WHITE.

   GUARDS outside the pen start to panic. They OPEN FIRE. A FEW
   ZOMBIES ARE HIT but there are too many, way too many. THE
   GUARDS turn tail and retreat off into the Cave.

   THE ZOMBIES are out! Free to find their own suppers!

133   INT. THE GYMNASIUM - NIGHT

   THE DOORS have opened here, too. THE CROWD, having heard the
   EVACUATION SIGNAL, is panicking. MANY are running out past THE
   GUARDS and into the hallway. GASPARILLA is trying to reinstate
   calm.

            GASPARILLA
      STAY HERE! STAY PUT! WE'LL BE ALRIGHT!
      WE'RE SAFE HERE! JUST AS SAFE AS
      ANYWHERE 'TIL WE FIND OUT WHAT'S GOIN'
      ON!

   MARY HENRIED takes advantage of the confusion. She slips
   out behind TWO COUNCILMEN AND THEIR LADY-FRIENDS.

134   INT. NURSERY CORRIDOR - NIGHT

[the Unholy]

THE HALLWAY is in chaos. TROOPERS run by, CRAZED CITIZENS flee
   in both directions. MARY HENRIED is stopped by A NURSE standing
   in AN OPEN DOORWAY.

            NURSE
      What is it? What's happening?

            MARY
      It's an evacuation signal. The radios
      are out. People are panicking.

            NURSE
      What should we do?

   MARY looks past THE NURSE into A ROOM where A GROUP OF
   CHILDREN, a dozen or so, ranging from twelve-years-old down to
   infancy, are huddled. Some are crying.

            MARY
      God. I, er...I dunno what to say. It      (Property
      could be a real evacuation or it could          of
      just be a glitch in the system. Wait         hotd.)
      here for now. I'll...I'll make sure you
      get the word what to do, okay?

            NURSE
      Please...hurry...

   MARY takes off down the hall.

135   INT. ENTRANCE SEVEN - NIGHT

   CLOSE ON: JULIE GRANT'S FACE, screaming, in agony, on the brink
   of insanity. THE ZOMBIES have reached her. They're started to
   pull at her arms, her legs. ONE BITES HER HAND, ANOTHER HER
   ARM, ANOTHER HER CALF.

   DOC LOGAN is watching from the control booth, all the while
   fiddling with BUTTONS, DIALS, LEVERS.

            LOGAN
      We'll be in Heaven soon. We'll all be
      in Heaven soon.
      (Julie's screams penetrate the fog in
      his brain. He frowns.)
      Pain. God forgive the pain inflicted by
      surgeons. We must atone. We must atone
      for our sins.

   His eye is attracted to A LARGE LEVER seemingly separate from
   everything else. It's marked: SIREN. He pulls it.

            LOGAN
      We must...atone. We must. Validation.

136   EXT. THE SIREN HORN - NIGHT

   Slowly, THE THROATY WAIL RISES and calls out over the jungle.
   It's the "Feeding Signal" we heard earlier.THE HALLWAY is in chaos. TROOPERS run by, CRAZED CITIZENS flee
   in both directions. MARY HENRIED is stopped by A NURSE standing
   in AN OPEN DOORWAY.

            NURSE
      What is it? What's happening?

            MARY
      It's an evacuation signal. The radios
      are out. People are panicking.

            NURSE
      What should we do?

   MARY looks past THE NURSE into A ROOM where A GROUP OF
   CHILDREN, a dozen or so, ranging from twelve-years-old down to
   infancy, are huddled. Some are crying.

            MARY
      God. I, er...I dunno what to say. It      (Property
      could be a real evacuation or it could          of
      just be a glitch in the system. Wait         hotd.)
      here for now. I'll...I'll make sure you
      get the word what to do, okay?

            NURSE
      Please...hurry...

   MARY takes off down the hall.

135   INT. ENTRANCE SEVEN - NIGHT

   CLOSE ON: JULIE GRANT'S FACE, screaming, in agony, on the brink
   of insanity. THE ZOMBIES have reached her. They're started to
   pull at her arms, her legs. ONE BITES HER HAND, ANOTHER HER
   ARM, ANOTHER HER CALF.

   DOC LOGAN is watching from the control booth, all the while
   fiddling with BUTTONS, DIALS, LEVERS.

            LOGAN
      We'll be in Heaven soon. We'll all be
      in Heaven soon.
      (Julie's screams penetrate the fog in
      his brain. He frowns.)
      Pain. God forgive the pain inflicted by
      surgeons. We must atone. We must atone
      for our sins.

   His eye is attracted to A LARGE LEVER seemingly separate from
   everything else. It's marked: SIREN. He pulls it.

            LOGAN
      We must...atone. We must. Validation.

136   EXT. THE SIREN HORN - NIGHT

   Slowly, THE THROATY WAIL RISES and calls out over the jungle.
   It's the "Feeding Signal" we heard earlier.

[the Unholy]

137   EXT. THE JUNGLE - NIGHT

   MONTAGE: as everywhere in the jungle ZOMBIES turn toward the
   call of THE SIREN. They start to walk...toward the SOUND,
   toward the place where there is food.

138   INT. ENTRANCE SEVEN - NIGHT

   JULIE is still screaming wildly. THE ZOMBIES ARE TEARING HER
   APART, LITERALLY.

   DOC LOGAN inadvertently kicks THE PISTOL left by DIESEL and is
   skitters across the floor. He flops down on his knees.

            LOGAN
      WE WILL ATONE. WE WILL BE THE
      SACRIFICE...THE COMMUNION...WE OFFER
      OURSELVES UP...OUR SOUL...AND OUR
      BODIES...

   JULIE GRANT finally loses consciousness. MANY MORE ZOMBIES are
   pressing in through the entrance now. They reach LOGAN
   and start to tear at him. Something clicks in his brain and
   he realises what's happening. He starts to scream. His hands
   find THE PISTOL on the floor.

   ONE ZOMBIE TAKES A BITE OUT OF HIS LEFT ARM. He shrieks and
   brings up THE PISTOL, FIRING. THE FIRST SHOT RIPS OPEN THE
   CREATURE'S SKULL. The next FIVE SHOTS are wasted, FIRED WILDLY.
   The GUN CLICKS emptily as THE ZOMBIES engulf him, TEARING,
   BITING, EATING HIM ALIVE.

   MORE ZOMBIES come out of the jungle...a lot more...called by
   the SIREN. In waves they enter the Cave looking for food.

139   INT. A CORRIDOR IN THE CAVE - NIGHT

   TRICKS is running through the hall with TWO BUDDIES. MARY
   HENRIED jumps out of the crowd.

            MARY

[the Unholy]

Tricks! What's going on?

            TRICKS
      Toby's in the Cave. We're gonna make
      our move. There's rebels out to blow
      the powder magazine. Come on. Come with
      us.

            MARY
      Where are you goin' out?

            TRICKS
      Exit five.

            MARY
      See ya there.

   She turns away and starts back in the direction she came from.
   TRICKS calls after her.

            TRICKS
      SEVEN MINUTES, MARY. EXACTLY SEVEN
      MINUTES!

140   INT. THE MAIN CHAMBER OF THE CAVE - NIGHT

   RHODES AND EIGHT TROOPERS turn a corridor and there, before
   them, is a sight out of Dracula's tomb. Moving through the
   lava-stone arches, between the giant earthen pillars, is THE
   ARMY OF BLUE AND WHITE ZOMBIES. RHODES and his men can't
   possibly fight them, there are too many. RHODES spots A DOOR
   WITH A CAGED RED LIGHT OVERHEAD. They can get to it by slicing
   through only A FEW OF THE ADVANCING GHOULS.

            RHODES
      THIS WAY. OVER HERE! SHOOT! SHOOT THEM!
      SHOOT TO KILL! IN THE HEAD!

   Their RIFLES BLAZE as they drive through the edge of THE ZOMBIE
   HORDE. SEVERAL OF THE CREATURES GO DOWN, THEIR HEADS BLASTED
   OPEN BY RAPID-FIRE ROUNDS.

   ONE grabs RHODES by the sleeve of his jacket. The captain turns
   on his heels and stares at the thing with outraged disbelief.
   He raises his MAGNUM and pumps TWO QUICK SHELLS INTO THE
   CREATURE'S BRAIN.

   THE PLATOON finally reaches the door. RHODES holds it open
   while his MEN run inside. He holsters his PISTOL and unslings
   his AUTOMATIC. THE ZOMBIES press towards him. He selects A FEW
   OF THE CLOSEST ONES, aims, and FIRES, with a look of enjoyment
   on his face. For a moment he resembles Doc Logan, madness
   bristling inside him.

   THE ZOMBIES fall, THEIR HEADS SHATTERED, ONE OF RHODES' MEN
   calls from inside the doorway.

            TROOPER
      Captain...CAPTAIN!

   RHODES FIRES ANOTHER QUICK BURST, then he turns and moves
   through the doorway.

[the Unholy]

141   INT. A CORRIDOR IN THE CAVE - NIGHT

   SPIDER is walking along, careful to avoid jolts, support-under
   her arms by the giant DIESEL. JACK walks with them, his
   nervousness irritated by the need to move slowly. CITIZENS run
   past, none of them paying attention to the desperadoes.

   Suddenly they encounter A TROOP OF SOLDIER who come trotting
   around a corner. Nervous JACK OPENS FIRE. TWO SOLDIER GO DOWN.
   A gunfight erupts as the rest of the TROOPS scatter in the
   hallway, CIVILIANS are caught in the crossfire. TWO ARE HIT.

   DIESEL manages to steer SPIDER around a corner to safety. JACK
   keeps FIRING but he's trapped in A HAIL OF BULLETS. A RED LINE
   CUTS ACROSS HIS CHEST and he flies back, dead, his GUN STILL
   FIRING.

   Out of the Troopers' sight, DIESEL checks his map and moves
   into A DOORWAY, one of several on the area, guiding SPIDER
   through beside him.

142   INT. ANOTHER MAINTENANCE SHAFT - NIGHT

   They find themselves in one of those work corridors. The giant
   man shoulder his RIFLE and gently lifts SPIDER into his arms.
   He moves, as smoothly as he can, down the shaft and around a
   bend.

143   INT. A CORRIDOR IN THE CAVE - NIGHT

   TOBY leads JOHN AND THE REBELS out into A HALLWAY. They break
   across to an opposite door. Before they can escape, A TROOP OF
   SOLDIERS appears. A GUNFIGHT ENSUES.

   TWO SOLDIERS GO DOWN. JOHN IS WOUNDED IN THE SHOULDER but he
   stays on his feet. THE SOLDIERS have them divided in the two
   opposite doorways.

   Suddenly, TRICKS AND HIS BUDDIES come charging around a corner.
   THEY OPEN FIRE. THE SOLDIERS RESPOND. TWO MORE SOLDIERS GO
   DOWN. ONE OF TRICKS' MEN IS KILLED. TRICKS himself IS WOUNDED
   BADLY IN THE STOMACH.

   Caught in a crossfire, THE LAST FOUR TROOPERS throw down their
   guns. They flee wildly down the corridor. THE REBELS pick up
   and file through one of the doors. TOBY rushes to aid his BADLY
   WOUNDED BUDDY.

            TOBY
      Tricks...Jesus...

            TRICKS
      I'm alright. Let's go.

   They follow after the others.

144   INT. THE GYMNASIUM - NIGHT

   A SCREAM GOES UP! A WOMAN near the exit has spotted something
   terrifying in the hallway. THE GUARDS panic. ONE OF THEM OPENS
   FIRE.

[the Unholy]

145   INT. THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE GYMNASIUM - NIGHT

   A MASS OF ZOMBIES COME SHUFFLING DOWN THE CORRIDOR. Their
   VOICES ECHO IN GROTESQUE HARMONY, the song of the living dead
   that we've heard before.

146   INT. THE GYMNASIUM - NIGHT

   THE GUARDS are trying to close the entrance doors manually. The
   big slabs won't budge. Suddenly GASPARILLA appears. Drawing A
   PISTOL from A HOLSTER he wears, without warning he SHOOTS ONE
   OF THE GUARDS. THE OTHER GUARD flees.

   GASPARILLA falls onto the dead man and rips off his ORANGE-
   CIRCLE VEST. THE ZOMBIES are pressing in now, into the
   gymnasium. GASPARILLA AND SEVERAL REMAINING PARTY-GOERS (none
   with vests) are trapped.

147   INT. A CORRIDOR NEAR THE DORMITORY - NIGHT

   MARY is running along with THE NURSE AND THE CHILDREN.
   Suddenly, from out of a doorway, comes CAPTAIN RHODES WITH
   HIS STORM TROOPERS.

            RHODES
      HENRIED! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

   Without answering, MARY leads her band through A MANUAL DOOR
   that leads to the Dormitory.

            RHODES
      STOP THEM! SHOOT!

            SOLDIER
      The...the children, sir.

            RHODES
      After them then! I want them stopped!
      That woman is dangerous!

[the Unholy]

148   INT. THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE DORMITORY - NIGHT

   MARY AND HER REFUGEES are stopped in their tracks by BUB AND
   HIS CADRE OF RED COATS. THE NURSE screams and tries to back
   away. THE CHILDREN cling to her, petrified, shrieking, starting
   to cry.

   BUB lumbers up to MARY and...salutes. MARY returns the
   formality.

            MARY
      It's alright. I don't think they'll
      hurt us. Try to stay calm.

149   INT. THE OUTER CORRIDOR - NIGHT

   THE MANUAL DOOR has been locked from inside.

            RHODES
      SHOOT IT OPEN!

   THE SOLDIERS follow orders, TWO OF THEM FIRING AT THE LOCK.

150   INT. THE FIRING RANGE - NIGHT

   MARY is at A CABINET pulling out PISTOLS AND RIFLES, passing
   the weapons around to TONTO, BLUTO, SAMSON. BUB is strapping
   on his TWO-GUN HOLSTER SET all by himself, fumbling a little,
   but succeeding.

151   INT. THE CORRIDOR WITH RHODES - NIGHT

   RHODES' MEN kick open the door and charge into the Dormitory
   corridor.

152   INT. THE FIRING RANGE - NIGHT

   THE NURSE slams ANOTHER MANUAL DOOR, locking and bolting it.

            NURSE
      They're coming! They're coming!

   She hurries along the caged alley behind the firing stalls
   guiding THE CHILDREN to an opposite exit.

   BLAM! BLAM! MARY IS FIRING at AN ORANGE CIRCLE VEST on one of
   the cut out target figures in the range. THE RED COATS are
   watching with curiosity, cocking their heads.

152   CONTINUED:

   MARY moves to fire again but BLUTO grabs her hand.

            MARY
      NO...BLUTO...I'M TRYING TO...

   The dumb creature keeps his grip. MARY has to appease to him.
   She grasps his hand and shakes vigorously. When he finally lets
   go, she aims her PISTOL again and FIRES AT THE VEST SEVERAL
   MORE TIMES.

            MARY
      Look. It's good to shoot the circles.
      Good. Good.

[the Unholy]

THE ZOMBIES are confused. Exasperated, MARY tears off her own
   vest and tosses it down the alley. THE RED COATS look
   befuddled, and a little angry. MARY FIRES at the vest she threw
   down. TWO BULLETS HIT IT before MARY'S PISTOL CLICKS...empty.

   There's A POUNDING AT THE DOOR. It's RHODES AND HIS TROOP.

   Suddenly BUB steps into position. WHAP! One of his famous quick
   draws! BLAM!!! HE FIRES. THE VEST ON THE FLOOR, MARY'S VEST, IS
   HIT. BUB FIRES AGAIN, the other gun this time. THE VEST ON THE
   TARGET IS HIT squarely in the center of its orange circle.

   TONTO now turns. He lifts his PISTOL and FIRES. THE VEST ON THE
   TARGET IS HIT AGAIN, off center, but hit.

            MARY
      THAT'S IT! THAT'S IT!

   Suddenly THE DOOR AT THE END OF THE RANGE FLIES OPEN. THREE OF
   RHODES' MEN RUSH IN, wearing, of course, orange circles. THE
   RED COATS OPEN FIRE. THE TROOPERS ARE CUT TO RIBBONS. Others
   outside the door duck back behind the walls.

   THE ZOMBIES lumber toward the open doorway, STILL FIRING AS
   THEY GO. MARY is backing away through the opposite exit. BUB
   sees her leaving. He calls to her with a deep, pleading moan.
   MARY stops and looks at him sadly. He shoots off a military
   salute. MARY salutes him back. There are tears in her eyes.

   She turns and hurries off. BUB joins his fellows in pursuit of
   Rhodes' and his men.

[the Unholy]

153   INT. THE GYMNASIUM - NIGHT

   A WOMAN'S FACE IS FULL SCREEN. She is screaming in agony as she
   is TORN APART BY ZOMBIES. The creatures have invaded the
   gymnasium. They're CLAWING AT THE FAT-CAT COUNCILLORS, MAULING
   THEIR WOMEN.

   GASPARILLA AND TWO OTHER MEN are rolling around crazily,
   bumping into exercise machines, knocking over wine bottles and
   tables full of hors-d'oeuvres. The single vest they are
   fighting over rips apart into two pieces, its orange circle
   severed into two useless halves.

   GASPARILLA backs across the floor, his blubber bouncing. He has
   a tattered piece of the vest clutched in his hands. He tries to
   spread it out on his chest but it's too late... and THE ZOMBIES
   are too hungry...much too hungry.

   MONTAGE: as ALL OVER THE ROOM THEY STRIKE. This is it, gore
   fans. The gross finale. The intestine-tugger. THE ZOMBIES GET
   THEIR SUPPER. THEY FEAST AMONG THE PILLOWS, like Romans at an
   ****. MUSIC still plays over the gymnasium speakers, rock-a-
   billy in a gleeful tempo.

   GASPARILLA has retreated into his tanning-coffin but a pudgy
   arm and a leg are dangling outside. ZOMBIES CHEW HUNGRILY on
   the juicy morsels. From inside the coffin, where ultraviolet
   glows brightly, come the piercing, agonised screams of the fat
   General.

154   INT. THE MAIN CHAMBER OF THE CAVE - NIGHT

   DIESEL guides SPIDER through the huge earthen archways. ZOMBIES
   here are scattered now, but they provide for delays. DIESEL
   FIRES and ZOMBIES ARE HIT but few are hit fatally. DIESEL'S
   free arm can't fire accurately while he's trying to support the
   walking bomb beside him.

[the Unholy]

DIESEL stops to check his map. A ZOMBIE looms up behind him and
   takes a HUGE BITE OUT OF HIS SHOULDER. DIESEL screams. He lets
   go of SPIDER who stumbles away from him, almost falling but
   saving herself. Her eyes are bugging with pain.

   DIESEL FIRES POINT BLANK AT THE ZOMBIE, BLOWING ITS HEAD TO
   BITS. MORE CREATURES are pressing in close. DIESEL bats at one,
   kicks another, punches a third. Then he rushes to SPIDER'S side
   and scoops her into his arms again. Wincing in pain from THE
   BLEEDING WOUND IN HIS SHOULDER he manages to move out of
   immediate danger.

   THE ZOMBIES lumber after the two, groaning in chorus as they
   walk.

155   INT. THE CORRIDOR AT EXIT FIVE - NIGHT

   MARY, THE NURSE AND THE CHILDREN come charging down the hall.
   TOBY, SARAH, AND JOHN are waiting for them near the open door
   which leads out into the jungle. TOBY AND MARY rush into each
   other's arms and they flee, with the others, out into the night.

156   INT. A CORRIDOR NEAR THE DORMITORY - NIGHT

   RHODES AND HIS MEN rush into another corridor where they are
   met by a crowd of DROOLING ZOMBIES. THE MEN OPEN FIRE but the
   ZOMBIES are too close in. They get the upper hand.

   RHODES FIRES HIS MAGNUM, his eyes insane, his face boiling red
   with disbelief. After TWO SHOTS BLAST OPEN THE HEADS OF THE
   CLOSEST ZOMBIES, THE MAGNUM just CLICK-CLICK-CLICKS! RHODES is
   out of lead.

   He's grabbed by ONE ZOMBIE, then ANOTHER. He fights to free
   himself but HE'S BITTEN ONCE...TWICE...

   BLEEDING, he fights on. He struggles to a doorway and pushes
   through.

157   INT. ANOTHER CORRIDOR - NIGHT

   RHODES comes face-to-face with...you guessed it...big BUB. THE
   ZOMBIE faces off, ready to draw those SIX-GUNS that hang at his
   hips. RHODES turns and runs.

   WHAP! BUB slaps leather. BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! RHODES turns a
   corner but ONE BULLET BITES HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS SHOULDER.
   Terrified, fighting pain, he staggers on with the gun-totin'
   RED COAT following behind.

158   EXT. THE JUNGLE - NIGHT

   THE REBELS lead MARY, THE NURSE AND THE CHILDREN through the
   underneath. TRICKS is bleeding badly. TOBY helps him along.
   Suddenly, as they break into a clearing, SARAH stops cold.
   There on the ground, lying where we last saw it, is THE CORPSE
   OF MIGUEL.

            JOHN
      What is it?

            SARAH
      It's...he was...one who came to the
      island with me.

                     (CONTINUES)

[the Unholy]

158   CONTINUED:

            TOBY
      Come on. No time.

            SARAH
      He was killed...five days ago.

            MARY
      Maybe...maybe he wasn't dead. Are you
      sure he was dead when you left him?

            SARAH
      Look at him. A hundred bullets. You
      tell me. Was he dead?

   There are tears in SARAH'S eyes.

            SARAH
      Five days...and he hasn't...risen. He
      hasn't risen.

            TOBY
      Come on. There's no time. There's no
      time to lose.

   THE GROUP pushes ahead. SARAH kneels. She blesses herself and
   makes the sign of the cross over the corpse. Then she stands to
   see that JOHN is waiting for her. He holds out his hand, she
   takes it and follows the others.

159   EXT. THE BACKWATER - NIGHT

   THE SOLDIERS aboard THE FISHING BOAT hear NOISES coming from
   the surrounding jungle.

            SOLDIER
      WHO IS IT? WHO'S OUT THERE?

[the Unholy]

JOHN (o.s.)
      WE WANT THE BOAT! DROP YER GUNS OR
      WE'LL BLAST YOU!

   THE SOLDIERS hesitate, looking around at the dark jungle.

            TOBY (o.s.)
      WE GOT YOU SURROUNDED!

   A SUDDEN BURST OF AUTOMATIC FIRE LIGHTS UP THE BLACK FOLIAGE.
   THE SOLDIERS react, flinging their WEAPONS over the side into
   the water.

   THE REFUGEES spill out of the undergrowth and scramble over to
   the boat, lifting THE CHILDREN and THE WOUNDED TRICKS on board
   carefully.

   JOHN pauses to look back into the jungle.

            JOHN
      Damn you, island. Damn you ta Hell and
      worse!

            McDERMOTT
      We ain't outa here yet. Get yer ass
      movin' ya dumb bastard.

   McDERMOTT tries to slug from his flask, finds it empty. With a
   shrug he tosses the thing into the backwater. THE ENGINE STARTS
   as JOHN climbs aboard, SARAH AND TOBY giving him their hands.

160   INT. THE MAIN CHAMBER WITH DIESEL AND SPIDER - NIGHT

161   INT. THE LABORATORY AREA WITH RHODES AND BUB - NIGHT

   (These two sequences will be intercut for parallel action)

   ZOMBIES are crawling all over DIESEL now. He fights them off
   valiantly but his super strength is waning. HE IS BITTEN AGAIN
   AND AGAIN but he tries to keep himself between THE CLUTCHING
   CREATURES AND THE LITTLE DEAF MUTE who is stumbling along
   ahead. She's getting very close to a huge SET OF CONCRETE
   SLABS...THE DOORS TO THE POWDER MAGAZINE.

   Meanwhile RHODES approaches another corner in the hallway near
   the Conditioning Room. BUB follows, his boot heels CLICKING the
   way RHODES' own heels once clicked.

   RHODES dives for the corner. BUB slaps leather and FIRES OFF
   ALL TWELVE. RHODES rolls on the ground crazily. HE'S HIT
   SEVERAL TIMES...but he's still alive. He pulls himself, in
   agony, out of range. Calmly, BUB dumps out his spent shells and
   starts to reload.

   IN THE MAIN CHAMBER, DIESEL IS OVERCOME, DRAGGED DOWN BY A MOB
   OF ZOMBIES. THEY START TO TEAR HIM APART BIT BY BIT.

   SPIDER walks on alone. She is just a few feet from the POWDER
   MAGAZINE now. A ZOMBIE grabs her from behind but just gets a
   handful of shirt. SPIDER reaches forward but the creature holds
   her back. Her SHIRT IS RUNNING RIVERS OF BLOOD NOW where the
   vials are implanted underneath.

[the Unholy]

RHODES crashes through a doorway into THE CONDITIONING ROOM.
   He realises, too late, that there's no exit. BUB'S BOOTHEELS
   are getting LOUDER. RHODES crawls around behind THE TABLES
   FULL OF TESTING EQUIPMENT, WOODEN SHAPES, FLASH CARDS
   SCATTER. Over near the LARGE COLOURED SYMBOLS which are
   mounted on the wall there's A WEAPONS CABINET. RHODES grabs a
   chair and smashes open the glass.

   BUBhstepsointotthedopen doorway, stillhreloading hisoPISTOLS.
   He standstthere, adgolem, his fingers slowly, calmly working.
   He drops ahshell orotwotbut soondthe barrels are filled with
   fresh loads.

   RHODES reaches in through the broken glass and pulls out AN
   AUTOMATIC.

   BUB slaps his PISTOLS back into their HOLSTERS and face off.

   RHODES lifts the AUTOMATIC...aims...

   BUB DRAWS! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! VAL!
   BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! EACH ONE OF THE TWELVE BULLETS HITS
   RHODES SOMEWHERE, many of them in the "kill-zones". He screams
   when the first few rounds hit, but his screaming stops about
   halfway through the barrage. That's when he dies. His leg bones
   support his corpse long enough for the last six bullets to
   reach him. Then, as THE SOUND OF BUB'S GUN ECHOES AWAY down the
   corridors, RHODES BODY slides down the wall and crumples to the
   floor in a heap, leaving MUCH OF HIS BLOOD on the ORANGE CIRCLE
   that's mounted behind him.

   IN THE MAIN CHAMBER, A ZOMBIE TAKES A BITE OUT OF SPIDER'S
   SHOULDER. IT PULLS OUT A BIG CHUNK OF FLESH, AND WITH IT, STUCK
   IN THE CREATURE'S TEETH, COMES ONE OF THE NITRO VIALS.

   SEVERAL ZOMBIES are pulling at the woman. She is still reaching
   for the POWDER MAGAZINE DOORS but the ghouls are pulling her
   away.

   THE CREATURE WITH THE TEST TUBE IN ITS MOUTH pulls the
   bothersome thing out from between its teeth. It studies the
   vial curiously for a moment, then it tosses it angrily towards
   SPIDER, toward THE MAGAZINE DOOR...

   KA-BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

162   INT. THE MAIN CHAMBER (EFX) - NIGHT PROPERTY

   A HALLACIOUS FIREBALL RIPS THROUGH THE CAVE.

163   INT. THE CONDITIONING ROOM - NIGHT OF HOT

   BUB stands in the open doorway staring at RHODES' still
   twitching corpse. He slaps his SIX-GUNS back into their leather
   HOLSTERS, then he shoots off one of those military salutes of
   his....just as the walls fall in on him.

164   EXT. THE FISHING BOAT - NIGHTD