FIRST KID
(peering in))
It's that psycho from upstairs.

SECOND KID
He's a fucking nutter. (mocking) Ivor the Engine!

FIRST KID
(imitating flapping)
chu-chu-chu-chu-chu-chu

SECOND KID
(joining in)
chu-chu

TAXI DRIVER
(pulling down window)
clear off

SECOND KID
(giving fingers)
fuck you slap head

FIRST KID
Baldy bastard

Driver gets out and the kids run off laughing. He lights a cigarette and
walks over to join the removal men.

REMOVAL MAN
What's up?

TAXI DRIVER
(confidentially)
One of those special needs taking the piss. I’ve gotta wait while he take him
upstairs.

REMOVAL MAN
(indicating a chair)
Have a seat.

TAXI DRIVER
(sitting)
So what are you waiting for?

REMOVAL MAN
Been here all day. The lifts broke.

REMOVAL MAN 2
The whole place is fucked
In the background Kerr leads Billy towards the flats.
ext.flats.day.

KERR and BILLY at entrance intercom.

CARETAKER
(Sticking up sign)
Power failure use the stairs.

Int. FLATS Stairwell. Day.
This sequence is cut and paced over the soundtrack to build a sense of
forboding. It uses the shadow and echo of the stairwell and sharp bursts of
image from pre-title sequence.

BILLY AND KERR on the stairs. They pass an old man sitting

OLD MAN
(wheezing)
These stairs will be the death of me.

Int.Flats. Day.
BILLY holds his finger on the doorbell. The door is opened by Mrs. Lynes. She
is dressed in black.

MRS. LYNES
(alarmed)
Oh my God!