R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010–2014): Season 1, Episode 17 - Catching Cold - full transcript

A boy becomes obsessed with catching a mysterious ice cream truck that seems to haunt his neighborhood.

[CLOCK CHIMES]

[♪♪♪]

[CHILDREN'S VOICES ECHO]

[GEARS TICK]

[ECHOES OF CHILDREN PLAYING]

[♪♪♪]

[CREATURE SNARLS]

[HISSING]

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC PLAYING]

[TV PLAYING SOFTLY]

[KNOCKING]

MARTY, DIDN'T I ASK YOU
TO CLEAN UP YOUR ROOM?

NO.

YOU SAID, "HOW CAN YOU STAND
LIVING IN A PIGSTY?"

WELL, IF YOU WANT
YOUR ALLOWANCE,

YOU'D BETTER GET MOVING, MISTER.

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC PLAYING]

ICE CREAM TRUCK!

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC PLAYS]

THE ICE CREAM TRUCK!

MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM!

THE ICE CREAM TRUCK!
THE ICE CREAM TRUCK!

I NEED MONEY
FOR THE ICE CREAM TRUCK!

YOU KNOW HOW TO EARN MONEY.

I'LL DO IT LATER! COME ON!

I'M DONE
LETTING YOU CON ME, MARTY.

THAT'S SO UNFAIR!

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC
CONTINUES]

KAYLA, LOAN ME SOME MONEY
FOR ICE CREAM!

NO WAY.
YOU ALREADY OWE ME FIVE BUCKS.

ARGH!

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC PLAYS]

KREEMY KOLD.

HELLO!

HI, DAD!

HI, HONEY!

HEY, GUYS.

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC PLAYS]

[MARTY]: STOP! COME ON!

WAIT! WAIT!

[GRUNTS WITH EFFORT]

WAIT! WAIT!

I'VE GOT MONEY!

HEY, MARTY!

WHAT'S UP, ARI?

CATCH?

OKAY.

JEEZ, MARTY.

YOU GOTTA
THROW IT TO ME.

YOU JUST HAD TO MOVE
YOUR ARM TWO INCHES.

HEY, YOU SEEN
THAT ICE CREAM TRUCK?

WHAT ICE CREAM TRUCK?

KREEMY KOLD.

IT'S GOT THE BIG ICE CREAM CONE
ON IT.

OH, MAN, IT LOOKS SO GOOD.

IT CAME DOWN THE STREET
YESTERDAY.

I DIDN'T SEE IT.

YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT?

NUH-UH.

KREEMY KOLD.

I WISH I HAD
SOME OF THAT RIGHT NOW.

DID YOU SAY KREEMY KOLD?
KREEMY KOLD ICE CREAM?

YOU KNOW KREEMY KOLD?

HAVEN'T HEARD THAT NAME
SINCE I WAS A KID.

THERE WAS THIS BOY--

JIMMY JEFFRIES--

YEAH, LITTLE JIMMY JEFFRIES.

HE USED TO TALK ABOUT
A KREEMY KOLD TRUCK.

MATTER OF FACT,
THAT'S ALL HE COULD TALK ABOUT.

SAID HE COULD NEVER
CATCH THE TRUCK,

BUT THAT IT LEFT HIM SOME OF
THIS KREEMY KOLD ICE CREAM.

LEFT HIM?

YEAH, CRAZY, RIGHT?

AND THEN JIMMY SAID

IT WASN'T LIKE ANY
ICE CREAM IN THE WORLD,

THAT IT WAS THE SMOOTHEST,
THE CREAMIEST.

OH, BOY, HE'D GO ON AND ON
FOR HOURS ABOUT IT.

HE SWORE HE WAS GONNA
CATCH THAT TRUCK.

HE WAS NUTS ABOUT IT.

DID YOU GET ANY?

NO!

WE NEVER SAW A TRUCK.

WE DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM.

I SAW IT!

THE KREEMY KOLD TRUCK.

I SAW IT YESTERDAY!

BUT I COULDN'T CATCH IT.

WE THOUGHT HE WAS MAKING IT UP.

YOU KNOW, I WONDER
WHATEVER HAPPENED

TO THAT JIMMY JEFFRIES.

ONE DAY, HE WAS THERE,
BABBLING ON ABOUT KREEMY KOLD,

AND THE NEXT DAY, HE WAS GONE.

WELL, TAKE IT EASY.

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC PLAYING]

MM!

GIVE ME MORE!

GIVE ME MORE!

I WANT MORE!

I WANT MORE!

MORE!

[SCREAMING] I WANT MORE!

SO, I COME DOWNSTAIRS,

AND ON MY DOORSTEP
IS THIS TRIPLE CONE.

STRAWBERRY,
CHOCOLATE, VANILLA.

NOTHING FANCY, JUST
THE CLASSIC, YOU KNOW?

WHERE WAS THE TRUCK?

IT DROVE OFF.

BUT, ARI, CHECK THIS OUT--

THIS ICE CREAM,
THE WAY IT TASTED...

I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT.

IT WAS LIKE...

IT WAS LIKE...

IT WAS LIKE HEAVEN
WAS MELTING OVER MY TONGUE.

WAS THERE A WRAPPER
OR SOMETHING?

WHAT? YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?

CHILL, DUDE.

FORGET YOU.

I NEVER SAID YOU WERE LYING.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW
IF THERE WAS A WRAPPER.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.

WELL, IT SOUNDS PRETTY WEIRD.

WELL, IT'S THE TRUTH.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO TO THE MALL.

I CAN'T.

I GOTTA WAIT HERE.

IN CASE IT COMES.

THE KREEMY KOLD TRUCK!

YEAH. SURE.

LATER.

SEE YOU.

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC PLAYS]

HUH?

[WATER DRIPPING PLAYS SAME TUNE
AS ICE CREAM TRUCK]

[MUSIC STOPS]

[ALARM CLOCK PLAYS
ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC]

[TUNE CONTINUES PLAYING]

[ALARM CLOCK STOPS PLAYING,
MUSIC FROM OUTSIDE STARTS]

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC PLAYS]

MARTY!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT THERE?

THE--

IT WAS RIGHT THERE!

WHAT'RE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?

MARTY! GET IN
THE HOUSE NOW!

[SIGHS]

NOW, MARTY!

COME ON, MARTY, WE WERE
GOING TO STUDY.

I'M TELLING YOU, ARI,
IT WAS RIGHT THERE.

I KNOW IT WAS.

[SIGHS]

ALL RIGHT.

IF THE TRUCK WAS RIGHT THERE,
WHY DIDN'T YOUR DAD SEE IT?

I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT.

AND?

I THINK
IT'S 'CAUSE I'M SPECIAL.

I THINK
YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE

IN ORDER TO SEE THE TRUCK.

LIKE THAT JIMMY JEFFRIES KID
THE POSTMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT.

JIMMY JEFFRIES MUST HAVE...
BELIEVED.

BELIEVED IN WHAT?

IN KREEMY KOLD.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU, MARTY.

I'M SERIOUSLY
WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

IT GAVE ME A TASTE, ARI.

WHY ME? WHY NOT YOU?

BECAUSE... I DON'T PARTICULARLY
EVEN LIKE ICE CREAM?

I HATE TO SAY IT, MAN,
BUT YOU'RE LAME.

KREEMY KOLD

ISN'T JUST ICE CREAM.

IT'S THE FOOD OF THE GODS.

I WANT MORE.

I WANT A FREEZER-FULL.

I WANT A ROOM-FULL.

I'D LIKE TO DIVE INTO
A GIANT TUB OF KREEMY KOLD

AND LICK MY WAY TO THE TOP.

THAT'S A DISGUSTING IMAGE,
MARTY.

GO HOME, ARI.

GO HOME
AND EAT YOUR FROZEN YOGURT,

OR WHATEVER YOU DO.

YOU'RE BUMMIN' MY TRIP,
YOU'RE BRINGING ME DOWN.

REALLY, GO HOME.

GET SOME, GET SOME, GET SOME...

GOTTA, GOTTA...
KREEMY KOLD, KREEMY KOLD...

[SIREN SOUNDS]

[DAD CHUCKLES]

BOY, OH, BOY,
YOU JUMPED A MILE.

COME HERE,
I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.

I'VE NOTICED
YOU NEVER RIDE YOUR BIKE.

I GUESS YOU GOT TOO BIG FOR IT.

IT'S USED,
BUT IT'S A PRETTY NICE ONE.

I THOUGHT
IF YOU HAD ONE THE RIGHT SIZE,

YOU MIGHT BE
A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE.

THANKS.

[DAD]: THE TRUTH IS,

I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED
ABOUT YOU, SON.

YOU KIND OF HAVE A DAZED LOOK
ON YOUR FACE ALL THE TIME.

MAYBE IF YOU GOT
YOUR BLOOD PUMPING A LITTLE,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

YEAH.
YOU WANT MY BLOOD TO PUMP.

WHAT'S THAT?

[DAD]: IT'S A SPIKE STRIP.

IT BLOWS OUT
THE BAD GUYS' TIRES.

LOOK, I'VE GOT TO GO.

DO ME A FAVOUR.

PUT SOME MILES ON THAT,
WILL YA?

[ENGINE TURNS OVER]

WHAT'S UP, ARI?

HEY.

WHERE'D YOU GET THE BIKE?

MY DAD.

COOL.

SO, LISTEN, UM...

I FELT BAD
ABOUT THE OTHER NIGHT,

SO I GOT YOU SOMETHING.

ICE CREAM.

ALL DIFFERENT KINDS.

HERE, TRY THIS ONE.

THIS IS JUNK!

THIS IS TO KREEMY KOLD

WHAT A SCHOOL HAMBURGER IS
TO THE WORLD'S BEST STEAK.

LISTEN TO ME, ARI.

I FIGURED OUT WHAT THE TRUCK
WANTS FROM ME.

IT'S TESTING ME.

IT WANTS TO SEE IF I HAVE
WHAT IT TAKES TO CATCH IT.

ONLY THE BOLD
GET THE KREEMY KOLD.

LISTEN,
YOU LIKE THIS BIKE.

GIVE ME 20 BUCKS, IT'S YOURS.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO SELL IT?

FOR WHEN I CATCH
THE KREEMY KOLD TRUCK.

SO I CAN STOCK UP,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

LOOK, I'M GONNA
SELL IT TO SOMEBODY.

IT MIGHT AS WELL BE YOU.

ALL RIGHT,

BUT YOU CAN BUY IT BACK
FROM ME ANY TIME YOU WANT.

YEAH, SURE, WHATEVER.

WOW. LOOK AT HIM GO.

YEAH, I WANT TO RIDE MY BIKE
BEFORE I TACKLE MY HOMEWORK.

HE'S UP TO SOMETHING.

NO. I THINK
HE'S GETTING IT.

BINGO.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

HELLO. [PANTING]

HI, MOM.

I'M STILL BIKING...

DONE ABOUT FIVE MILES.

GONNA DO ANOTHER 10...

[PANTING] THANKS.

SEE YA LATER.

WHERE IS IT?

WHERE IS IT?

COME ON.

COME ON. COME ON. COME ON.

[SIGHS]

[VEHICLE SLOWLY APPROACHES]

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC PLAYS]

[UNZIPPING BAG]

IT'S CAUGHT ON THE BAG!

NO, NO! NO!

NO! NO, NO, NO!

STOP! STOP! STOP!

STOP! STOP!

SHOOT!

COME TO PAPA!

[TIRE BLOWS]

[BRAKES SQUEAL]

[AIR HISSES]

THANK YOU FOR STOPPING.

HELLO?

IS IT SELF SERVE?

MM!

[MAN]: IS IT EVERYTHING
YOU IMAGINED?

TAKE IT.

IT DOESN'T WANT
YOUR MONEY.

"IT?"

THE TRUCK.

[ICE CREAM CONE
SQUISHES ON THE FLOOR]

YOU'RE HIM.

THE KID WHO CAUGHT
THE TRUCK.

YOU'RE JIMMY JEFFRIES?

YEAH.

[SINGING]:
♪ LITTLE JIMMY JEFFRIES ♪

THAT'S ME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

HOW LONG I HAVE WAITED

FOR SOMEONE TO WANT IT
AS BAD AS I DID?

I KNEW
IT WOULD BE YOU

FROM THE FIRST MOMENT
I SAW YOU, MARTY.

HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK.

THE TRUCK
DOESN'T NEED A DRIVER.

IT HAS A MIND
OF ITS OWN.

ALL IT NEEDS...

IS A SOUL.

WHAT?

FOR 30 YEARS,

IT HAD MY SOUL,

AND NOW IT HAS YOURS.

THAT'S THE PRICE

FOR KREEMY KOLD ICE CREAM,
MARTY.

[DOOR CLATTERS SHUT]

HEY!

HEY!

HEY! LET ME OUT!

THE TRUCK IS ALL YOURS...

UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE
CATCHES YOU.

UNTIL THEN...

IT'S ALL YOU CAN EAT!

[JIMMY CACKLES]

[JIMMY]: IT'S ALL YOU CAN EAT!

[JIMMY LAUGHS CRAZILY]

IT'S ALL YOU CAN EAT!

[ICE CREAM TRUCK MUSIC PLAYS,
JIMMY LAUGHS]

[GENERATOR POWERS UP]

[TIRES INFLATES]

[JIMMY]: IT'S ALL YOU CAN EAT!

[MARTY]: LET ME OUT!

[JIMMY]: IT'S ALL
YOU CAN EAT!

LET ME OUT!

IT'S ALL YOU CAN EAT!

HELP! PLEASE! HELP ME!

PLEASE! NO!

NO! HELP ME!

[JIMMY LAUGHS CRAZILY]

[MARTY]: HELP!