The Dead Rising (film)/Transcript

This is the transcript for the upcoming animated film, The Dead Rising.

Part 1: Opening/Meet Lena
(Shows Netflix logo)

(The scene fades to the moon on the starry night sky. The camera pans down to a cemetery as the opening credits start playing.)

Netflix presents

A 1492 Pictures and Reel FX Animation Studios Production

(The camera pans to what appears to be Mercy Brown's grave. The lightning flashes as the film's title appears.)

THE DEAD RISING

(The lightning flashes again as the scene transitions to a neighborhood in Exeter, Rhode Island.)

EXETER, RHODE ISLAND 2020

(The camera pans down to three 7th graders, Jacob, Sophia, and Ethan, dressed in costumes, going trick-or-treating. They walk up to the door of a small house and ring the bell. The scene cuts to a grinning jack-o’-lantern flickering on the porch. The scene cuts back to the door when, a moment later, an elderly woman opens it.)

Jacob, Sophia, and Ethan: TRICK OR TREAT!

Mrs. Ainsley: Well, aren’t you all adorable? (to Jacob) Ooh, a vampire! What a handsome ghoul you are.

Jacob: (removing his vampire teeth) Thanks, ma’am.

Mrs. Ainsley: (to Sophia) And what are you, young lady? Some kind of disco singer?

Sophia: Actually, I'm a 1980's pop star.

Mrs. Ainsley: (to Ethan) And, oh, you must be a kitty cat!

Ethan: Well, sort of... I’m Black Panther.

Mrs. Ainsley: You can each take one piece of licorice, okay? Don’t stay out too late.

(Mrs. Ainsley gives Jacob, Sophia, and Ethan a piece of licorice each.)

Jacob, Sophia, and Ethan: Thanks.

(The three 7th graders walk back to the street.)

Jacob: One piece of licorice? Seriously? I was expecting someone to give me a chocolate bar or something like that. (sighs)

(Jacob, Sophia, and Ethan watch two parents drag a screaming toddler dressed as a pumpkin to the next house.)

Sophia: (sighs) This is lame.

Ethan: Let’s just go see a movie.

Sophia: Sure, yeah. Looks like rain anyway.

(Jacob, Sophia, and Ethan start heading towards the movie theater to go see a movie. As thunder rumbles in the distance, a teenage girl in a plain white dress walks by. She drops a silver bracelet. Sophia scoops it up and calls after the girl.)

Sophia: Hey! You dropped your bracelet!

(The girl turns around. She has very pale skin, black hair, and deep-blue eyes. Sophia hands her the bracelet.)

Teenage Girl: Thank you. I like your costumes.

Jacob: Uh, thanks. I’m Jacob. This is Sophia.

Sophia: Hi.

Jacob: And this is Ethan.

Ethan: Hello. What's your name?

Lena: My name is Lena.

Ethan: Are you from Exeter? I don’t recognize you.

Lena: Yes, I’ve lived here forever.

Sophia: So what’s your costume?

Lena: I’m Mercy Brown.

Ethan: Who?

Lena: Mercy Brown. (sighs) She lived here about a hundred years ago. And she... (trailing off)

Sophia: What? And she what?

Lena: She was a vampire. At least, that’s what some people thought.

Sophia: A vampire? You mean like Jacob?

Lena: No, not like that. It was said that Mercy’s spirit rose from the dead to feast on the living.

Jacob: Gross.

Lena: She is buried here in this town. In fact, I am on my way to visit her grave. Do you want to come along?

Sophia: Sure!

Jacob: Totally.

Ethan: (to Sophia and Jacob) You guys just want a photo for Instagram. (to Lena) Actually, we’re going to see a movie.

Sophia: Oh, come on, Ethan. The cemetery is more fun than the movies.

Jacob: It’ll be a Halloween adventure.

Ethan: Fine, fine. Lena, show us the way.

Lena: Will do, Ethan. Come, all of you.

(Jacob, Sophia, and Ethan follow Lena as she leads them to the cemetery where Mercy's grave is.)