FADE IN:

It's late afternoon as JANICE pulls her car into the driveway of
the house that she has just rented.  She's somewhere between
late-twenties and early-thirties.  She's dressed comfortably
because she's been moving.

She climbs out of the car, then moves to the passenger side to
extract a box of junk.  She carries the box to the front door
and lets herself in.


INT. HOUSE - DAY

She closes the door.  The furnishings are sparse.  There are
boxes scattered all over the place.  She dumps the box on the
floor and crashes on the couch.


IN THE BATHROOM - NIGHT

The room is lit by candlelight.  Janice is taking some time to
relax and unwind by soaking in the bathtub with her favorite
bubble bath.

If she was to look through the open door to the bedroom, she
might notice the mist creeping across the floor in the bedroom.
She reaches for her towel without seeing the mist.


IN THE BEDROOM - NIGHT

The mist is gone.  Janice walks into the bedroom, wearing her
towel.  She pulls some pajamas out of one of the packing boxes
in the room.


LATER

Janice is asleep.


IN THE BEDROOM, DREAM SEQUENCE - NIGHT

She stirs and opens her eyes.  She is startled to see a MAN
sitting in the chair at the other end of the room.


BACK TO REALITY - NIGHT

Janice wakes suddenly and sits up in the bed.  She looks at the
chair, which is empty.  She's a bit rattled, but she realizes
that it was only a dream.  She manages to get back to sleep.


IN THE KITCHEN - DAY

The kitchen is a mess of boxes as well.  Janice is on the phone.

                        JANICE
          It was so vivid.  I had to convince myself
          that it wasn't real.

A beat while Janice listens to her friend.

                        JANICE
          You're right.  Things always seem strange in
          a new house.

A beat.

                        JANICE
          No.  I still have one more day to get this
          mess in order.  I'll see you tomorrow at
          work.

A beat.

                        JANICE
          Bye.

She hangs up the phone then turns to survey to organizing job
that's facing her.


IN THE BEDROOM - NIGHT

Janice is sleeping again.  The mist is rolling in across the
floor.


IN THE BEDROOM, DREAM SEQUENCE - NIGHT

The man is now standing at the foot of her bed.  She opens her
eyes and sees him there.  Her dream scream...


BACK TO REALITY - NIGHT

...wakes her and turns into a real scream as she bolts upright
in bed.  But when she looks, nothing.  She flops back down into
bed.  She thinks she must be going crazy.


IN THE BATHROOM - NIGHT

The light comes on and in comes Janice.  She splashes cold water
on her face then looks at herself in the mirror.

                        JANICE
          What is wrong with you?


IN THE KITCHEN - DAY

The kitchen looks much neater now, only a couple of boxes left.
Janice is on the phone again.

                        JANICE
          No.  I need another day.  I'm not feeling
          well.  I didn't get much sleep last night.

A beat.

                        JANICE
                 (defensively)
          No, that's crazy.

A beat.

                        JANICE
          Oh, come on.  Get serious.

A beat.

The look on Janice's face changes.  She can no longer hide the
truth from her friend.

                        JANICE
                 (quietly)
          Yeah...

A beat.

                        JANICE
          I don't know what to do.

A beat.

                        JANICE
          I keep dreaming that there's this guy in my
          room.

A beat.

                        JANICE
          I guess not.  He's just there.

A beat.

                        JANICE
          What do you mean?  Talk to him?

A beat.

                        JANICE
          That's silly.

A beat.

                        JANICE
          Well... I'll think about it.


IN THE BEDROOM - NIGHT

Janice is sleeping again.  The mist is rolling in across the
floor.


IN THE BEDROOM, DREAM SEQUENCE - NIGHT

The man is standing at the foot of her bed.  She opens her eyes
and sees him there.  They just look at each other.

                        JANICE
          What do you want?

He doesn't reply, but he walks over to the door to the hallway.
They look at each other again.  She throws back the covers and
swings her feet to the floor.  There is no mist.

                        JANICE
          Who are you?

He backs out of the door while maintaining eye contact with her.
She slowly gets out of bed and moves to the door.


IN THE HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

He continues to back down the hallway.  Once he sees that she is
following, he turns around and keeps walking.  She follows him
down the hallway.


IN THE BEDROOM, BACK TO REALITY - NIGHT

Janice is sleeping in the bed.  The floor is covered in mist.


EXT. BACK YARD, DREAM SEQUENCE - NIGHT

The man emerges from the closed back door and walks into the
yard.  The door opens and Janice follows him.  He stops at a big
tree.  She stops as well.  He turns to face her and they both
just stand there a moment, looking at each other.

                        JANICE
          What?

He points to the ground at the base of the tree.

                        JANICE
          What do you want?  What are you trying to
          tell me?

He emphasizes his pointing.  Janice looks, but there's nothing
unusual.

                        JANICE
          There's nothing there.

The man walks right up to her.  He suddenly claps his hands in
front of her face, which causes her to...


IN THE BEDROOM, BACK TO REALITY - NIGHT

...wake up.  She lies there for a short time before sitting up
and looking around the room.  Nothing.  She gets out of bed and
grabs her robe.


EXT. BACK YARD - NIGHT

The back door opens and Janice steps out of the house carrying a
flashlight.  See goes to look at the big tree.  It's just as she
remembers from her dream.  She looks around a bit, even scuffs
at the ground with her slipper where the man was pointing.  She
returns to the house.


INT. HOUSE, BEDROOM - NIGHT

Janice enters the room, minus the flashlight.  She kicks off her
slippers and sheds her robe so she can crawl back under the
covers.  She tries to go back to sleep.  She tosses and turns.
No luck.  Her brain is just too active.  She sits up in bed.


EXT. BACK YARD - NIGHT

The back door opens again.  There's Janice.  But this time,
instead of just a flashlight, she's also carrying a shovel.

She goes to the tree and finds a good place to set the
flashlight so that it is pointing at the ground under the big
tree.  She starts to dig.


EXT. STREET - DAY

A busy street.  People are coming and going.  There's a
newspaper vending machine mounted to the sidewalk.

One of the headlines reads "Woman Finds Body" with a subtitle of
"Dream aids discovery."


                                                        FADE OUT.


                             The End