Polafersa Eternate (Preview)A Screenplay by zach lyonsA story of an old time cult.
Polafersa Eternate: Short Film Script
BY:
Zachary Lyons
Scene 1:
Setting: 93, Hackworth, ky. Scott pike road.
(two guys are driving on a road trip cross country. New York license plates and other memorabilia from New York line the outside and inside of the car. Iron Maiden’s, Run To the Hills is playing. Verse plays that says: White man came across the sea Guy 1: Hey man you comprehended any of this song? I can’t understand the first thing this pansy’s sayin’. Guy 2: (with heavy accent) Yeah it’s about the settlers and the Indian’s, come on it’s not like its set deep in philosophical meaning or anything. (pause) What do you mean by pansy anyways Bruce Dickinson would knock you out in a fight. Guy 1: yeah yeah whatever. I don’t buy that tough-hair metal attitude all these 80’s singers are throwin’ out there. I bet you 1 on 1 I could take on any of those pricks. Guy 2: Ahhh get-out-a-here. What about Axel Rose you gonna whoop his a*s too? Guy 1: Yeah ill take em’ on at the same time, ill tie there long pansy hair together and play jump rope with it while I’m doin’ it too. (does little hand motions to signal his interpretation of how the fight would go.) (car hits pothole)
Guy 2: damn. I gotta pull over.
Guy 1 : That’s what you get for riding these back roads out here in hickville. We in kantucky now. (laughs) Guy 2: Will you shut up for a sec. (pulls car over, guys get out, turn off ignition but leave radio on.) Guy 1: what you thinks wrong with it.
Guy 2: It’s probably just shook up that’s all. I need to put some water or something in the engine though I’m afraid it’s gonna overheat, go get that bottled water in my glove box. Guy 1: I drank it on the way up.
Guy 2: man what I tell you about getting in my emergency stash, now were stuck in the middle of a road out in the middle of how knows where, this is totally gonna screw up our time. (Getting mad) I have half the mind to beat the….. Guy 1: Chill man, chill its only a water bottle ill get you some liquid there’s running water down there in the woods somewhere I can hear it. Guy 2: Go get it then, you’re going alone though, I ain’t goin’ nowhere near them woods, they look like something straight out of a low-budget horror film. Guy 1: what you afraid of, huh? Bears.
Guy 2: I’d be more afraid of old Billy-bob waitin’ for me down there with a crooked teet’d grin and the thought of some late night fun on his mind. Guy 1: Bring it on. Ill take him and Axel and old Brucy there too. Will have us a good-old-fashion hoedown. Ahahhaha (walks off into the woods.) (guy 2 stands against car. Waiting. Music is playing in background from the car. Goes and turns off song. Leans against car for about 10 sec. rubbing hands together trying to warm them up. Footsteps become audible in the background coming out of the woods.) Guy 2: Hurry up, I wanna get to a hotel im too tired to drive anymore.( Man becomes visible in back part of the frame. Man walks toward the car for about 5 ft. and then yells in some kind of foreign language. Guy 2 turns around. Scared he turns to run away. Standing in front of him is a zombie like creature with a grotesque face and long claws. Creature slashes man’s face. Camera cuts away to a road sign that reads “Hackworth Lane” blood splatters the sign.) [music starts to play and shots of the town of Hackworth, its woods, and other places within the town are shown.] {camera fades from shots of town into next part of film below.} Monologue [voiceover, camera showing main character walking threw the woods. Other shots show short flashbacks, other past events talked about in the monologue.]: My name is Elm Forrestor. On June 12 in the summer of 2012 an artifact was discovered inside of some wooded area outside of Hackworth, KY by a group of local scientist. The records left by the scientist tell of a carving on the bark of an old tree deep in the forest, it reads “Polafersa Eternate”, which was translated soon after to read Life Eternal. Below these words was written a message of considerable length. The scientist however did not leave the translation of this message in their documentations. The only other information on this mysterious tree that the doctors left in their records states that any one whom unlocks the meaning of this message upon this sacred tree shall be endowed with the gift of eternal life. In 2018, two symbologist, Dr. Ayi, and Dr. Gaya decoded the message on the tree, identifying the language on the carving as Yercian, a dead language used by a religious cult dating before the time of Christ. The message reads as follows, “Any creature human or beast who shall drink the blood of another in front of this sacred place shall inherit the ultimate gift of life eternal. Woe to those who accept the ultimate gift, for those who live life eternal must spend it forever guarding this sacred place.” After the chilling meaning of the message was discovered, many set out to obtain this ultimate gift. This went on for years with not one person unlocking the mystery behind this legend. Due to the extreme number of disappearances since then, a guardian force has been set up to block the forest from any adventurers seeking the tree and its ultimate gift. The company incharge of the blockade is a medical research company called Arklan corporations. Who just happen to be my employers. My job along with three others is to carry out the more dangerous seek and retrieve missions for the company. The ones regular archeologist and other scientific folk aren’t “equipped to handle. It is now June 12, 2020, 8 years since the artifact had been reportedly found. Neither the scientist nor the artifact has yet to be seen of. Around a month ago Arklan corporations gained help from an ancestor of the ancient religious cult of the Yercians. He revealed to us the location of the “life tree” and offered to guide me and my team to it, in return for a profital amount of money. We were betrayed by him however and the tribal ancestor led us right into a death trap killing both him and all of my men. Since then I have wondered the woods looking for the “life tree” solo. (during next part of the monoluge action goes along with what is being said.) Recently I have had encounters with many of the people who vanished in the woods. As far as I can tell they have already bestowed upon themselves the “ultimate gift”. They much more resemble the walking dead, than they do eternal beings though. I have discovered that eternal life means nothing if you don’t have a head, a brain or a heart, they are unable to regenerate as well. I am starting to expect that this “ultimate gift” is not eternal life but rather, some sort of dark magic or hypnotism. Either way I have decided to complete my objective. Combine both below:
(beginning credits, shows clips of parts of the woods, in a few shots there may be some dismembered body parts of past explorers who met there demise.) [beginning credits such as names of actors and other people involved in the main aspects of the film are shown on screen during action until title is shown.] (3 slow Zombies are in frame walking toward elm who is in the distance of the shot. Elm spins around after one zombie steps on a branch and shoots all 3 slow zombies in a quick motion. Blood splatters frame. Music starts to play. Camera moves to Elm with a shoot of his shoulders and above, he is holding gun neck level. Some kind of liquid drips onto his barrel. Elm looks up and camera moves upwards. There is a zombie in the tree above that is different than the others. It has long claws, and its hands are inhuman. It also has no nose or mouth. It has two long lines below its eyes that resemble nostrils.) Elm: What the hell? (Hears loud sound behind him and another strange zombie moves into the picture. Elm rolls away. And then you see the two zombies coming diagonally toward elm from two different ways. Shot switches to overhead view of elm and you notice two trees about 3 ft. behind him about the width of the horizontal path created by the two zombies. Zombies rush toward elm and right before they make contact elm rolls once more backwards, pulling out a shotgun off of his back. Shot switches to over the shoulder view for elm and he blasts both zombies in the back. Elm turns and runs. Shot is showing elm running from the sides. Elms runs for about 10 sec, then a fast moving zombie pounces out at him, elm sticks out his knife and catches zombie then punches it in the gut sending it to the ground. [Does all of this while running.] About 5 Sec after throwing zombie to the ground, while in the same kind of shot elm comes to an abrupt shot. Without stopping shot camera goes around to the over shoulder view again. 3 more slow zombies are now in frame, slowly making there way toward elm. Elm pulls grenade out and throws it. It lands in front of zombies. Shot switches to shoulder and head view off the 3 zombies. Grenade explodes dust blows into the whole frame, Dust continues to fill the screen and movie title appears. [Polafersa Eternate].) {elm walks past the remains of the blown up zombies. And goes down a steep slope.} [Cabin is visible in the background. Elm walks toward it. Music plays while Elm walks toward cabin. Slow moving zombies are visible in the background during shots. After about a minute Elm arrives at the cabin (music fades out) bursting into the door immediately.] (The cabin is very dirty. It shows no sign of any occupant for many years. Dust and cobwebs surround almost every aspect of the one room of the cabin. A bed and a table are the only items in the cabin noticeable at first glance. Threw further examination however, Elm finds a book in a corner, nearly completely covered with dust. Blowing the dust off, the book is discovered to be a journal. It shows no name, leaving the author of the book anonymous.) [TO BE CONTINUED]
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1 Review Added on February 29, 2008 Authorzach lyonswaddy, KYAboutIm a modern man. I like film (makin them and watching them), skateboarding, video games(nintendo fanboy), writing, hangin out, and whatever else sounds good at that moment. how would i describe myself.. more..Writing
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