INT. COUNTRY CHURCH -– DAY

Preacher Bubb enters the church, unseals the basement door. 
Goes down.

BASEMENT - The only source of light:  A window, obscured by
pageant props and Christmas garnishes.  Preacher goes towards
it, whispering:

                     PREACHER
           Who's there?

The back corner of the basement is empty. Preacher turns and
stares out grimy windows. THE PREACHER SEES:

EXT. COUNTRY CHURCH - DAY

The picnic table sheets have blown away.  Plates of chicken,
decomposed.  Deflated crispy old balloons.  Flies.

                     PREACHER (V.O.)
           This is the story of why I got left
           behind.



EXT. COUNTRYSIDE (SERIES OF SHOTS) - DAY

BEGIN CREDITS

Signs of the rapture: the landscape is empty.  Abandoned
cars.  Junk yards, abandoned houses.  Stubble fields. 
Tractors stopped in the midst of harvesting.

Preacher stares out of the window.



EXT. CHURCH CEMETERY - DAWN

Preacher steps over graves behind the church.  They have been
dug up months ago it seems.  He inspects them, curious.
Looking inside the deep graves he sees open coffins.

He hears a RUSTLING and MOANING (O.S.) in the cornfield.



EXT. CORNFIELD - DAWN

He slips between the cornrows, walks in deeper.  Hears the
sounds of sex, Louder.  Guttural, angry, full of spit.

Preacher gets down on his knees, crawls in the dirt and pulls
apart the cornstalks.