Scream1996

[first lines; phone rings]

Casey Becker:
[picks up phone] Hello?

Phone Voice:
Hello?

Casey Becker:
Yes?

Phone Voice:
Who is this?

Casey Becker:
Um…who are you trying to reach?

Phone Voice:
What number is this?

Casey Becker:
What number are you trying to reach?

Phone Voice:
I don't know.

Casey Becker:
Well? I think you have a wrong number.

Phone Voice:
Do I?

Casey Becker:
It happens. Take it easy. [hangs up, goes to kitchen; phone rings again; Casey picks it up] Hello?

Phone Voice:
I'm sorry. I guess I dialed the wrong number.

Casey Becker:
So why'd you dial it again?

Phone Voice:
To apologize.

Casey Becker:
You're forgiven. Bye now.

Phone Voice:
Wait! Wait. Don't hang up.

Casey Becker:
What?

Phone Voice:
I wanna talk to you for a second.

Casey Becker:
They've got 900 numbers for that. See ya. [hangs up. Goes to the kitchen, turns on a burner, and prepares to cook up Jiffy Pop popcorn. The phone rings a third time] Ugh. [picks up phone] Hello?

Phone Voice:
Why don't you want to talk to me?

Casey Becker:
Who is this?

Phone Voice:
You tell me your name, I'll tell you mine.

Casey Becker:
I don't think so. [shakes the Jiffy Pop]

Phone Voice:
What's that noise?

Casey Becker:
Popcorn.

Phone Voice:
You're making popcorn?

Casey Becker:
Uh-huh.

Phone Voice:
I only eat popcorn at the movies.

Casey Becker:
Well, I'm getting ready to watch a video.

Phone Voice:
Really? What?

Casey Becker:
Oh, just some scary movie.

Phone Voice:
You like scary movies?

Casey Becker:
Uh-huh.

Phone Voice:
What's your favorite scary movie?

Casey Becker Uh, I don't know.

Phone Voice:
You have to have a favorite. What comes to mind?

Casey Becker:
Um, Halloween. [pulls out knife] You know, the one with the guy in the white mask who walks around and stalks baby-sitters. [puts back knife]

Phone Voice:
Yeah.

Casey Becker:
What's yours?

Phone Voice:
Guess.

Casey Becker:
Um, Nightmare on Elm Street. [picks up VHS tapes]

Phone Voice:
Is that the one where the guy had knives for fingers?

Casey Becker:
Yeah, Freddy Krueger.

Phone Voice:
Freddy, that's right. I liked that movie. It was scary.

Casey Becker:
[locks door] Well, the first one was, but the rest sucked. [goes to living room]

Phone Voice:
So, you got a boyfriend?

Casey Becker:
Why? You wanna ask me out on a date?

Phone Voice:
Maybe. Do you have a boyfriend?

Casey Becker:
No.

Phone Voice:
You never told me your name.

Casey Becker:
Why do you want to know my name?

Phone Voice:
'Cause I want to know who I'm looking at.

Casey Becker:
[eyes widen in horror] What did you say?

Phone Voice:
I want to know who I'm talking to.

Casey Becker:
That's not what you said.

Phone Voice:
What do you think I said? [Casey checks outside] What? Hello?

Casey Becker:
Look, I gotta go.

Phone Voice:
Wait! I thought we were gonna go out.

Casey Becker:
Uh, nah, I don't think so. [locks door]

Phone Voice:
Don't hang up on me! [Casey hangs up]