R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010–2014): Season 1, Episode 10 - Alien Candy - full transcript

A sixth grader who believes in extraterrestrials is approached by two eighth graders who invite him to join a special club.

[CHURCH BELLS CHIME]

[♪♪♪]

[WOMAN OVER P.A.]: ATTENTION.
ATTENTION, ALL STUDENTS.

THERE WILL BE AN ASSEMBLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON

IN THE AUDITORIUM.

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY.

AND THE SPECIAL TODAY
IN THE CAFETERIA

IS THE EVER-POPULAR
CHICKEN NUGGETS.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S
EVER GONNA WASH OUT?

MY HAIR?

'CAUSE HALLOWEEN
WAS, LIKE, TWO WEEKS AGO.

THE BOX SAID SEMI-PERMANENT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST USE
THE STUFF WE GOT LAST YEAR?

WITH MY RED HAIR?

IT CAME OUT PURPLISH.

I COULDN'T GO AS HAN SOLO
WITH MUPPET HAIR--

NOT AFTER GETTING MY COSTUME
JUST RIGHT.

AN ICON MUST BE RESPECTED.

HOW'S THAT BOOK ANYWAYS?

IT'S GOOD,

EXCEPT FOR THE HOKEY COVER
AND CLICHE-LOOKING ALIEN.

HEY, YOU WANT TO GO
TO THE LIBRARY?

MAYBE THEY'VE GOT
SOME MORE STUFF THERE.

YEAH.

WHAT'S SO FASCINATING, DWEEB?

COME ON, DWAYNE,
GIVE IT BACK.

"THE QUEST FOR ALIEN CONTACT."

FORGET HOW TO PHONE
THE MOTHER SHIP?

CUT IT OUT, DWAYNE.

BUTT OUT, BUTT FACE.

GIVE IT BACK!

GIVE IT BACK,
DWAYNE. COME ON!

[COOK]: SWIFT MOVE, BOYS.

WITH ME!

NOW!

[STUDENTS CHEERING]

FIVE POUNDS
OF MY HOMEMADE NUGGETS.

WASTED.

HOMEMADE?

I'M SORRY, MISS BAXTER.

WELL, YOU'D
BETTER BE.

NOW, WE'LL BE SQUARE
ONCE YOU COME BACK AFTER SCHOOL

AND HAUL MY TRASH
TO THE DUMPSTER ALL WEEK.

NOT ME.
I'VE GOT FOOTBALL PRACTICE.

I KNOW COACH WARNED YOU
ABOUT FIGHTING.

HOW MANY TIMES NOW?

AFTER SCHOOL.

ALL WEEK.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST
LEARN TO TAKE A JOKE?

HE'S...SMALL.

ONLY A SIXTH GRADER.

HIS INTELLECT
IS WHAT COUNTS.

[DWAYNE]: COACH IS MAKING ME SIT
OUT A GAME!

I'M GONNA PUT THE HURT
ON THAT WUSS.

HI!

I'M BONNIE.
THIS IS GREG.

YOU DROPPED THIS.

OH, THANKS.

S.E.T.I. PROTOCOLS...
PROJECT OZMA...

DRAKE EQUATION?

WHAT'S THAT?

AN ESTIMATION OF THE NUMBER
OF INTELLIGENT CIVILIZATIONS

IN THE GALAXY.

YOU MUST REALLY BE
INTO EXTRATERRESTRIALS.

IT'S COOL. SO ARE WE.

[BONNIE]: IN FACT,
WE STARTED A CLUB.

AND WE THINK YOU'D FIT RIGHT IN.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A CLUB
LIKE THAT HERE.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

IT'S NOT EXACTLY...

IT'S NOT EXACTLY
A "SCHOOL" CLUB.

IT'S PRIVATE.

[BONNIE]:
VERY HUSH-HUSH.

WE DON'T LET JUST ANYBODY IN.

AND YOU CHOSE ME?

LET ME GUESS--

THE INITIATION IS THROWING
A VOLLEYBALL AT MY HEAD?

OR IS IT A WEDGIE THIS TIME?

YOU THINK
WE'RE MESSING WITH YOU.

WE'RE NOT.

AND WE CAN PROVE IT.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
OF "PROJECT BLUE BRIDGE?"

ACCORDING TO UFOLOGY WEBSITES,

IT'S A CLASSIFIED OP

TO ATTEMPT COMMUNICATION
AND ALLIANCES

WITH EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS.

[BONNIE]:
"TO BRIDGE THE GAP

BETWEEN HUMAN
AND ALIEN SPECIES."

SOME RUMORS SAY IT WORKED

AND WE'RE EVEN TRADING
TECHNOLOGY.

[BONNIE]:
THEY'RE NOT RUMORS,

THEY'RE FACTS...

MY DAD WORKS
FOR "PROJECT BLUE BRIDGE."

YOUR DAD?

HARDLY ANYONE COMES DOWN
TO THIS PART OF THE SCHOOL...

WE CAN MEET HERE IN SECRET.

THIS IS FROM
A TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND
OF MICROCIRCUITRY

IN A CONDUCTIVE FLUID.

IT'S BIOMETRIC--

LIVING ELECTRONICS.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

WHAT DOES IT DO?

THAT'S ALL WE CAN TELL YOU NOW.

[BONNIE]: UNLESS...

YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US
AND BECOME A CANDIDATE.

CANDIDATE?

FOR "PROJECT BLUE BRIDGE."

WALT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET
AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL?

OKAY, THEN...

ALL CANDIDATES
NEED SPECIAL PREPARATION.

[GREG]:
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT...

YOU NEED TO EAT THESE.

JELLYBEANS?

[BONNIE]:
IT'S NOT REALLY CANDY.

IT'S A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
FORMULATED BY A GOVERNMENT LAB.

[GREG]:
IT CONDITIONS THE BRAIN

TO RECEIVE TELEPATHIC MESSAGES

SO THAT HUMANS AND ALIENS
CAN COMMUNICATE EASILY.

[BONNIE]: WALT, YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS IS ALL CLASSIFIED?

THAT MEANS
YOU CAN'T TELL ANYONE.

WALT?

[PHONE BEEPING]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

DUDE, WHAT'S UP?

YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING YOUR PHONE.

SORRY...

IT MUST'VE GOTTEN TURNED OFF.

OOH! JELLYBEANS!

CAN I HAVE
SOME OF THESE?

NO! THESE ARE FOR...

FOR LATER.

WHY ARE YOU ACTING SO WEIRD?

TIM, IF I TELL YOU SOMETHING,
WILL YOU SWEAR NOT TO TELL?

SURE.

SWEAR-SWEAR?

OF COURSE.

SOME OF THE...

SOME OF THE EIGHTH GRADERS
ASKED ME TO JOIN A CLUB.

AND...

IT'S MORE THAN A CLUB,
IT'S A SUPER CLUB,

IT'S AWESOME, IT'S...

WHAT?

IT'S SECRET.

NEVER MIND.

I PROMISED NOT TO TELL.

OH, COME ON!

YOU CAN'T TELL ME

THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU CAN'T TELL ME

AND THEN NOT TELL ME.

WAIT. I CAN'T TELL YOU,
BUT THEY WILL.

YOU TOLD SOMEONE ELSE
ABOUT THE CLUB?

NOTHING SPECIFIC.
I PROMISE.

AND HE'S NOT JUST SOMEONE,
HE'S MY BEST FRIEND,

AND I KNOW HE'LL BE GREAT

IF YOU LET HIM JOIN.

THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS.

HE GETS GOOD GRADES,
BELIEVES IN EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS

AND WILL WATCH ANY OLD MOVIE
THAT'S SET IN OUTER SPACE--

THIS CLUB IS NOT FOR JOKERS
WHO WATCH INVASION MOVIES

OR BLOW UP ALIENS
IN VIDEO GAMES.

IF YOU DON'T GET THAT BY NOW,
WE SHOULD CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE.

WAIT! NO!

I WANT TO BE IN THE CLUB,
I DO...

IT'S JUST THAT TIM--

[BONNIE]:
IS NOT YOUR CALIBER.

WE ONLY TAKE SERIOUS CANDIDATES.

I'LL TELL HIM YOU SAID NO.

DID WE CHOOSE THE RIGHT ONE?

ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY SAID NO?

I'M SORRY. I TRIED.

MAN, I'M SO THIRSTY.

AND YOU'RE STILL
GONNA JOIN.

WITHOUT ME. THANKS.

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THIS CLUB IS ABOUT.

BECAUSE YOU WON'T TELL ME.

YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME

A CLUB WOULDN'T LET
ONE OF US IN.

YES, IT IS.

THE BOWLING LEAGUE,
THE YEARBOOK COMMITTEE--

THEY WOULDN'T LET
EITHER OF US IN.

LOOK, I CAN'T HELP IT

IF THEY WANT TO KEEP IT
EXCLUSIVE.

YOU WANT EXCLUSIVE?

HERE, THE TABLE'S ALL YOURS.

ARE YOU OKAY, SON?

[ECHOING]
ARE YOU OKAAAAY?

[WALT GROANS]

YEAH. I'M FINE.

[BONNIE]: WALT!

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE?

WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.

FOR WHAT?

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

YOU'VE BEEN EATING THE CANDY?

EXACTLY LIKE YOU TOLD ME.

EXCELLENT.

[BONNIE]: SUBJECT IMMOBILIZED.

REDUCTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS INDUCED.

THREE MINUTES TO REANIMATION.

BLOOD, 4.1 LITERS.

PROTEINS SATISFACTORY.

HE CONSUMED
ADEQUATE SUPPLEMENTS.

ANY VIRUSES
SHOULD BE NEUTRALIZED.

ALL TOXINS ELIMINATED.

THE CANDIDATE
IS SUITABLE FOR DIGESTION.

[ROARING]

[SIGHS]
IT WAS A DREAM.

I'M LATE!

WE SHOULD NEUTRALIZE HIM.

UNNECESSARY CASUALTIES
ATTRACT ATTENTION.

HE WILL REALIZE
SOON ENOUGH.

NO ONE WILL BELIEVE HIM,
THEY NEVER DO.

BESIDES, HE JUST HELPED US
CHOOSE OUR NEW CANDIDATE.

I'M MISSING A GAME
BECAUSE OF YOU.

IF YOU DON'T WANT
TO GET IN TROUBLE,

STOP PICKING ON KIDS
HALF YOUR SIZE

AND TWICE YOUR I.Q.

WHOA. SOMEBODY GREW A PAIR.

BUT YOU GOTTA GROW
A LOT MORE THAN THAT

BEFORE YOU CAN
MOUTH OFF TO ME.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?

[SCREAMS]

STOP YOWLING,
YOU FOUR-TOED FREAK.

CALM DOWN, WALT.

SORRY ABOUT THE TOE,

BUT YOU SAW THAT OUR SALIVA
HAS HEALING ABILITIES.

I HOPE YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO TELL ANYONE.

THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM.

[GROWLS]

[SCREAMS]

[WALT]: SOMEBODY, HELP, PLEASE!

LET ME GO! LET ME GO!
LET ME GO, YOU BUG-UGLY ALIEN!

DWAYNE?

THAT'S FOR GETTING ME
IN TROUBLE...

GIVE ME THAT.

[WALT]: LET ME OUT!

COME ON, DWAYNE, PLEASE?

LET ME OUT OF HERE!

THAT'S FOR MOUTHING OFF.

COME ON.
SOMEBODY, HELP! PLEASE!

LET ME OUT!

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

YOU'VE BEEN EATING IT?

ALL AFTERNOON LIKE YOU SAID.

USUALLY, WE'D EXPLAIN FIRST,

BUT WE HAVE TO GET YOU
UP TO SPEED FAST...

SINCE WALT VOUCHED
FOR YOU AND ALL.

OH, AND WE WANT THIS
TO BE A SURPRISE,

SO DON'T TELL WALT, OKAY?

[DIALING, PHONE RINGING]

COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.

[TIM]: DUDE, WHAT'S UP?

TIM. OH MAN. LISTEN.
THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

I CAN'T EXPLAIN NOW.
CAN YOU MEET ME?

[TIM]: I'M KIND OF
BUSY RIGHT NOW.

WHERE ARE YOU?

I'LL CATCH YOU TONIGHT.

HE'S GOING
TO BE SURPRISED.

DO YOU GUYS
HAVE ANY WATER?

SO, DO YOU WANT TO SEE
HOW THIS WORKS?

TIM! I'VE GOT YOU, BUDDY.

[ALIENS CHOKING]

WALT?

WHERE AM I?

I HAD A NIGHTMARE.

IT WASN'T A DREAM, PAL.

WE'VE GOT TO
GET OUT OF HERE.

LET'S GO!

COME ON!

WALT! WALT!

LET GO, YOU BUG-UGLY!

LET'S SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT!

WE'RE SO DEAD!

THIS IS JUST
RITUALISTIC BEHAVIOR.

THEY'RE JUST TRYING
TO INTIMIDATE THEIR PREY.

IT'S WORKING.

-TIM--
-YEAH?

GO FOR THE EYES. NOW!

-WHAT DID YOU DO?
-I DON'T KNOW--THE SALT...

THEY HAVE PERMEABLE SKIN
LIKE FROGS OR SLUGS.

THE SALT'S BEING ABSORBED

AND DISSOLVING THEM
ON THE INSIDE.

THAT'S DISGUSTING!

[ALIENS SHRIEKING]

WHOA.

YEAH.

SHOULD WE TELL SOMEBODY?

YOU MEAN, LIKE THE ARMY?

I WAS THINKING THE PRINCIPAL.

BUT THE ARMY'S PROBABLY BETTER.

NO ONE WILL BELIEVE US.

[DOOR OPENS]

[COOK]:
JUST PUT 'EM ON THE COUNTER.

[COOK SHRIEKS]

WHAT ON THE GOOD GREEN EARTH?

IF I FIND WHO DID THIS--

MIGHT AS WELL GET TOMORROW'S
BATCH OF NUGGETS GOING

WHILE I TEND THIS MESS.

SALT...

YEAH. CLOSER THAN
I CARE TO ADMIT.

ONE WRONG MOVE, AND WE
WOULD HAVE BEEN ALIEN KIBBLE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE CAME THAT CLOSE

TO BEING EATEN
BY EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS.

I KNOW.

[DWAYNE]: DO THE NUGGETS
TASTE DIFFERENT TODAY?

YEAH, I THOUGHT SO...

MORE FLAVOR THAN USUAL.

YOU DON'T SUPPOSE...

[BOTH SCREAM]