Horror Movie Daycare

By

Owen Parsons

          INT. DAYCARE OFFICE - DAY

          KATHRYN DAISY sits at her desk in the office of Happy Dreams
          Daycare, facing camera in a confessional shot.

                              KATHRYN
                    I'm Kathryn Daisy, and I'm the
                    Director at Happy Dreams Daycare.

          Quick cuts of kids playing, gradually reveal they are creepy
          girls with long hair, dark haired boys in suits, pale-eyed
          blondes, typical horror movie kids. No one is smiling.

                              KATHRYN (V.O.)
                    We offer a welcoming environment
                    for all children regardless of
                    whatever personal or supernatural
                    issues they might struggle with at
                    home. We don't use words like
                    "slow," or "possessed" or
                    "antichrist." Happy Dreams is a
                    place where kids can just be kids.

          INT. DAYCARE PLAYROOM - DAY

          Kathryn offers DANNY from THE SHINING a juice box.

                              KATHRYN
                    Danny, do you want a juice?

                              DANNY
                         (raspy voice)
                    Danny's not here, Mrs. Daisy. Only
                    Tony now.

                              KATHRYN
                    Well does Tony want a juice?

                              DANNY
                         (beat)
                    ...yes.

          CREEPY TWIN GIRLS appear across the room.

                              CREEPY TWINS
                    Come play with us, Danny.

          Danny shakes his head, scared.

                              KATHRYN
                    Danny, remember we talked about
                    socializing? Go play with them.

          INT. DAYCARE OFFICE - CONFESSIONAL

          Kathryn at her desk. A child finishes writing "REDRUM" in
          multicolored finger paint across her office window.         

                              KATHRYN
                    We try to engage kids with group
                    activities to make learning fun.

          INT. DAYCARE PLAYROOM - DAY

          All the kids stand in a circle. Kathryn plays the piano,
          singing the alphabet song.

                              KATHRYN
                    D, E, F, G...

                              KIDS
                         (ominous whisper-singing)
                    H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P.

                              KATHRYN
                         (clearly terrified)
                    ...great!

                              KATHRYN (V.O.)
                    We also make sure kids get plenty
                    of outdoor time.

          INT. DAYCARE DOORWAY - DAY

          Kathryn leads kids inside.

                              KATHRYN
                    Thirty eight, thirty nine... we're
                    missing one. Where's Kevin? Kevin!

          Reveal empty playground - a creepy child in overalls sits
          all alone on a rusty swing set. Ominous wind noises.

                              KATHRYN
                    KEVIN! Come inside!

                              KEVIN
                         (whispering)
                    The harvest is coming.

                              KATHRYN
                    It's snack time!

          Kevin hops off the swing and comes running.

          INT. DAYCARE OFFICE - CONFESSIONAL

          Kathryn at her desk.

                              KATHRYN
                    I've always loved working with
                    kids. Before this, I was a nurse in
                    a youth mental hospital. After that
                    burned down I became a governess at
                    an old orphanage, then after that
                    burned down...

          She's interrupted by a tapping at the office window. Camera
          shifts to reveal a LITTLE VAMPIRE GIRL is hanging
          upside-down, tapping on the glass.

                              VAMPIRE GIRL
                    Can I come in?

                              KATHRYN
                    Not right now, Abby, okay?

          Girl hisses, slithers away. Kat shakes her head and laughs.

                              KATHRYN
                    She gets grouchy when she's hungry.

          INT. DAYCARE PLAYROOM - DAY

          Kathryn sits in a chair in front of a semicircle of kids.

                              KATHRYN
                    Did anyone bring a book to read?

          Four glowy-eyed blond children hand her a NECRONOMICON.

                              KATHRYN
                    Okay, fun choice. Let's see.

          She opens the book and begins muttering deeply in ancient
          Sumerian. Ghostly voices echo her. Kids sway back & forth.

                              KATHRYN (V.O.)
                    Some parents come to me at their
                    wits end, and I understand. There's
                    nothing scarier than parenthood.

          INT. DAYCARE OFFICE - DAY

          Kathryn sits across from a CONCERNED MOTHER. Outside, a
          small dark-haired child in a suit stares eerily in at them.

                              KATHRYN
                    Thanks for coming in, Mrs. Thorn -
                    I was concerned by something Damien
                    drew today. Let me find it...

          She thumbs through a stack of HORRIFYING KIDS' DRAWINGS
          featuring death/monsters/family members with eyes scratched
          out in black crayon. She comes to a crude drawing of boobs
          signed "Damien" & shows it to the mother, who gasps.

                              KATHRYN (V.O.)
                    And some kids are a real handful.

          INT. DAYCARE PLAYROOM - DAY

          An Exorcist-style possessed girl stands on the table and
          spins her head on her shoulders. Other children egg her on.

                              KATHRYN
                    Regan! Stop it! Do not make
                    yourself dizzy!

          Regan starts projectile-vomiting in a fountain all over
          everyone. Kathryn struggles to stop her.

                              KATHRYN (V.O.)
                    But you know what... each day come
                    nap time, you can remember what
                    little angels they really are.

          INT. DAYCARE PLAYROOM - NAP TIME

          Everyone sleeps soundly. Kathryn reads a book. Ominous
          music builds until static from a TV set lights up the room.

                              KATHRYN
                    What? Who... Samara?

          Reveal SAMARA from THE RING is inside the TV set.

                              KATHRYN
                    Samara, get out of the TV! TV time
                    is over!

          End.