Before we actually catch up to the current scene in the slideshow, we have to deal with a few other scenes:
77 EXT: COLLINSPORT INN - NIGHT 77
CLOSE UP of the police car's flashing red light. PULL BACK to see car stopping in front of Collinsport Inn. A policeman SETH gets out of the car.
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It's obvious from the way things are typed that what's upcoming for Scene 78 and the first section of Scene 79 is another rewrite, but this one isn't dated.
78. INT. LOBBY - INN - NIGHT
TODD is putting coins in the cigarette machine. Seth brushes past him, entering.
TODD Hi, Seth.
Seth nods, walks to the registration desk. CAMERA TRUCKS him to TOW SHOT. The manager, BUD, is behind it.
SETH Evenin', Bud. The chief wants a list of your guests the last two nights. Another woman's been attacked out on Beach Road.
Todd, passing the desk, frowns.
( SETH ) Yeah (Same kind of attack as Daphne) (Budd's yesterday. ) | TODD | Another one? | | SETH v (turning to Todd) Yeah, only this one's dead.
79. INT. COLLINSPORT INN-DINING ROOM - NIGHT Todd's CAMERA is TIGHT on Carolyn Stoddard's face.
CAROLYN (VO) She was strangled?
CAMERA PULLS BACK. Todd sits beside her. They are on a banquette against the wall.
TODD Yes, but the weird thing is that she was also bitten like Daphne. Finish your drink. I'll take you home.
She shakes her head, very upset. She doesn't want anymore.
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And we'll leave things there for now.
And what's different when it comes to the dialogue, the descriptions and directions is that Scene 77 doesn't appear in the film because it was never shot - in Scene 78 Todd actually says "Hey, Seth. How are ya?" while he's bending down to retrieve his cigarettes and -
- the manager is hanging up the phone - and Seth actually says "Good evening, Joe" (perhaps the real name of the manager who might be playing himself) - and Todd actually asks -
"What happened?" - and as indicated in the script, two bits of Seth's dialogue are combined as he turns to Todd actually saying "Same kind of attack as Daphne Budd's yesterday. Only this one's dead" - and in Scene 79 Todd actually says "Yeah" rather than "Yes" after Carolyn delivers "She was strangled?" off screen as added to the script, and he taps the table -
- as he does so - and then Todd actually says "But the weird thing is she was bitten", then he pauses and adds "just like Daphne" - and then he taps Carolyn's hand and actually says -
"Come on, let's get out of here" - rather than the scripted "Finish your drink. I'll take you home", so we don't actually see Carolyn shake her head no - and then Todd pulls the table aside so that -
- Carolyn can get up easily.