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HUSBAND What the heck? This isn't water! It's WORMS! But these are no ordinary worms. They are man-eating NIGHT CRAWLERS! HUSBAND Oh, great! These things are actually EATING me! worms come out of the man's eyes and nose.

When Rowley finished that last drawing, he was white as a ghost. But I reminded him the worms were just candy, and that calmed him down. BACK TO THE KITCHEN. The man runs into the room with a towel around his waist. HUSBAND Honey! Don't use the water! It's-- But it's TOO LATE. The woman is a skeleton.

Now I REALLY started to lose Rowley. I had to remind him this was all make-believe, and we had a plastic skeleton that we were gonna use for this scene. But he was practically hyperventilating. I realized maybe this was a good place to add some comedy, so I put in a line of dialogue, and that brought Rowley right back. HUSBAND Well, I guess this means I'm single! (winks)

After that was taken care of, it was back to the action. And the next scene was a BIG one. The man looks outside. The house is totally surrounded by night crawlers. HUSBAND Oh no! I'm surrounded! I'd better call the COPS! The man puts the phone to his ear and dials 911.

HUSBAND Hello, is this the police? I am calling to report... Wait, WHAT THE--? A worm crawls from the phone into the man's ear and out the other one. HUSBAND AIIEEEEEEE! (dies) After I finished writing that scene, I realized this was taking too much time. Plus, there were some scenes I hadn't figured out how to shoot yet, like the battle between the mayor and the 500-foot King Night Crawler at the end of the movie.

Since we weren't gonna get this whole thing done in one day, I decided we might as well get started and shoot the scenes we just wrote. I found my parents camcorder in Mom's closet, and luckily there was a film cartridge in the camera bag. We also borrowed some clothes from Dad's closet for Rowley's first costume, and even though the pants were a little long, they more or less fit. We shot the opening scene, which took about three times longer than it should've because Rowley had trouble remembering his lines. HI, DEAR. I AM HOME FOR BREAKFAST. I MEAN TO TAKE A SHOWER. HAVE YOU SEE ANY WORMS? DANG IT! After that, it was time to film Rowley as the guy's wife.