Arac Attack (Released as Eight Legged Freaks)

ARAC ATTACK (Eight Legged Freaks) by Jesse Alexander & Ellory Elkayem July 2000 Draft FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY ARAC ATTACK! FADE IN: EXT. DESERT - NIGHT A rabbit hops across rough terrain. EXT. HIGHWAY (DESERT) - NIGHT Three trucks from Chemical Technologies carry barrels of toxic waste. They pass a sign: PROSPERITY, NEVADA, POP 454. INT. THIRD TRUCK (HIGHWAY, DESERT) - NIGHT A sleepy trucker called PIG PEN drives the third truck. SELF-HELP TAPE (V.O.) I will be self-assured and confident around women. PIG PEN I will be self-assured and confident around women. EXT. HIGHWAY (DESERT) - NIGHT The rabbit stops at the edge of the road. The first truck speeds past. Then the second. The rabbit crosses the highway in front of the third. INT. THIRD TRUCK (HIGHWAY, DESERT) - NIGHT SELF-HELP TAPE (V.O.) I will not fear the unexpected. PIG PEN I will not fear the The rabbit appears in the road, frozen by headlights. PIG PEN Ahhhhhhhhhh! Pig Pen jams on his brakes and swerves to avoid the bunny. EXT. HIGHWAY (DESERT) - NIGHT The truck slews crazily. Missing the bunny by a whisker. 2. INT. THIRD TRUCK (BRIDGE, DESERT) - NIGHT Pig Pen sees a bridge ahead. If he doesn’t regain control, he will crash. At the last second, he gets the rig together. EXT. BRIDGE (DESERT) - THIRD TRUCK - NIGHT The rim of a wheel tags the curb. One of those toxic waste barrels falls out of the back and plunges to the water below. EXT.