OFF, crashing into some dead bodies, which cushion his fall.
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Beowulf then runs toward Grendel, who is trying to flee towards the open door at the end of the hallway that leads out of the mead hall, still dragging the chain along behind him.
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Beowulf, fearing that Grendel might escape, dives for the chain and grabs it, causing him to be dragged along with it into the
77 HALLWAY
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which leads to the large main doors to Herot, and ultimately to the outside.
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In mid-slide Beowulf manages to hook the chain onto a large nail half sticking out of a massive support beam, jolting Grendel to a stop just in the threshold of the door, with an unsettling POP OF DISLOCATION in his shoulder.
The chain, hooked onto the nail, has yanked at the beam so hard that it has ripped it partially from the wall. Support stones, wood planks, and mud-fill begin to shower down from above as the hallway begins to partially collapse.
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Grendel ROARS in agony and pain as he tugs at the chain and claws at his wristâs shackle.
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78 INT. HEROT - HROTHGARâS QUARTERS - NIGHT
78
We can hear, slightly muffled, the THUDS and CRASHES of the battle between Grendel and Beowulf going on. Hrothgar lies in bed, covered with furs, beside Wealthow, listening to the noise.
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Then the NOISE STOPS.
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Wealthow begins, very softly, to cry.
WEALTHOW
He is dead. Beowulf is dead.
HROTHGAR
I had hoped it would be otherwise.
Hrothgar shakes his head. Then he moves closer to Wealthow, and reaches out a hand to paw at her breast. Wealthow hits at it.
WEALTHOW
Monsters come out of your cock. How can I let you inside me, knowing you were in her?
HROTHGAR
I should never have told you.
WEALTHOW
(getting progressively more turned on as she talks)
Poor, poor Beowulf. Now he is dead, and he will never make love to me. He will never touch me with his strong hands, and his hot mouth.
Hrothgar looks uncomfortable at this.
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79
Beowulf, who is by now cut, bruised, and bloodied sees that Grendel is captured and unraveling the chain from his wrist. Beowulf scrambles to action and runs toward Grendel.
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Grendel, who sees that Beowulf is running toward him, quickens his efforts to free himself.
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But itâs too lateâ¦
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Beowulf slides like he was coming in to home base and kicks the door closed with his foot, SLAMMING the heavy wooden portal onto Grendelâs arm. He has Grendel caught by the arm, and while Grendel can flail wildly he canât seem to get loose. The demon lets out the SCREAM OF A CAGED HOWLERMONKEY.
BEOWULF
(holding the door shut on the flailing arm)
Your days of blood-letting are finished, demon!
GRENDEL
Letâ¦Grendelâ¦free!
Beowulf is a little shocked. He didnât expect to be able to hold a conversation with this nemesis.
BEOWULF
It speaks!
GRENDEL
I speak! I think! I am!
BEOWULF
Perhaps you areâ¦but you wonât be for long!
He begins pressing the door shut with the wedge, causing the sinewy tendons to begin to SNAP and Grendelâs bones to POP free from the socket. Grendel SHRIEKS.
BEOWULF
Think you now of the Thanes whose lives youâve stolen! Think you of them as you die your demonâs death!
And with one powerful lunge with the wedge Beowulf causes the door to SLAM shut. The arm, with a SQUISHY RIPPING SOUND, falls free from its socket and lands on the floor with a satisfying MEATY THUD.
Beowulf stands there, staring at the arm for a momentâ¦when suddenly it grabs his foot. He kicks wildly at it, finally shaking it loose.
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The arm flops around on the stone floor for a few moments like a beached fish and then suddenly seizes into a contorted position of agony.
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Beowulf, for the first time, is freaked. He stands there, leaning against the door, breathing heavily in great gasping WHEEZES.
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Several Thanes, swords drawn and bodies bleeding, appear at the
80 OPPOSITE END OF THE
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Beowulf then runs toward Grendel, who is trying to flee towards the open door at the end of the hallway that leads out of the mead hall, still dragging the chain along behind him.
Â
Beowulf, fearing that Grendel might escape, dives for the chain and grabs it, causing him to be dragged along with it into the
77 HALLWAY
77
which leads to the large main doors to Herot, and ultimately to the outside.
Â
In mid-slide Beowulf manages to hook the chain onto a large nail half sticking out of a massive support beam, jolting Grendel to a stop just in the threshold of the door, with an unsettling POP OF DISLOCATION in his shoulder.
The chain, hooked onto the nail, has yanked at the beam so hard that it has ripped it partially from the wall. Support stones, wood planks, and mud-fill begin to shower down from above as the hallway begins to partially collapse.
Â
Grendel ROARS in agony and pain as he tugs at the chain and claws at his wristâs shackle.
CUT TO:
78 INT. HEROT - HROTHGARâS QUARTERS - NIGHT
78
We can hear, slightly muffled, the THUDS and CRASHES of the battle between Grendel and Beowulf going on. Hrothgar lies in bed, covered with furs, beside Wealthow, listening to the noise.
Â
Then the NOISE STOPS.
Â
Wealthow begins, very softly, to cry.
WEALTHOW
He is dead. Beowulf is dead.
HROTHGAR
I had hoped it would be otherwise.
Hrothgar shakes his head. Then he moves closer to Wealthow, and reaches out a hand to paw at her breast. Wealthow hits at it.
WEALTHOW
Monsters come out of your cock. How can I let you inside me, knowing you were in her?
HROTHGAR
I should never have told you.
WEALTHOW
(getting progressively more turned on as she talks)
Poor, poor Beowulf. Now he is dead, and he will never make love to me. He will never touch me with his strong hands, and his hot mouth.
Hrothgar looks uncomfortable at this.
CUT TO:
79 INT. HEROT - HALLWAY - NIGHT
79
Beowulf, who is by now cut, bruised, and bloodied sees that Grendel is captured and unraveling the chain from his wrist. Beowulf scrambles to action and runs toward Grendel.
Â
Grendel, who sees that Beowulf is running toward him, quickens his efforts to free himself.
Â
But itâs too lateâ¦
Â
Beowulf slides like he was coming in to home base and kicks the door closed with his foot, SLAMMING the heavy wooden portal onto Grendelâs arm. He has Grendel caught by the arm, and while Grendel can flail wildly he canât seem to get loose. The demon lets out the SCREAM OF A CAGED HOWLERMONKEY.
BEOWULF
(holding the door shut on the flailing arm)
Your days of blood-letting are finished, demon!
GRENDEL
Letâ¦Grendelâ¦free!
Beowulf is a little shocked. He didnât expect to be able to hold a conversation with this nemesis.
BEOWULF
It speaks!
GRENDEL
I speak! I think! I am!
BEOWULF
Perhaps you areâ¦but you wonât be for long!
He begins pressing the door shut with the wedge, causing the sinewy tendons to begin to SNAP and Grendelâs bones to POP free from the socket. Grendel SHRIEKS.
BEOWULF
Think you now of the Thanes whose lives youâve stolen! Think you of them as you die your demonâs death!
And with one powerful lunge with the wedge Beowulf causes the door to SLAM shut. The arm, with a SQUISHY RIPPING SOUND, falls free from its socket and lands on the floor with a satisfying MEATY THUD.
Beowulf stands there, staring at the arm for a momentâ¦when suddenly it grabs his foot. He kicks wildly at it, finally shaking it loose.
Â
The arm flops around on the stone floor for a few moments like a beached fish and then suddenly seizes into a contorted position of agony.
Â
Beowulf, for the first time, is freaked. He stands there, leaning against the door, breathing heavily in great gasping WHEEZES.
Â
Several Thanes, swords drawn and bodies bleeding, appear at the
80 OPPOSITE END OF THE
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