todd is half-way down the stairs when he freezes. sprawled out on the ground below him is archie, motionless. the meat fork still protrudes from his neck like an antenna.
todd runs down the stairs and leaps over archie's body. under the dim glow of a single naked bulb hanging from the ceiling, he searches for a way out. he crosses the dirt floor toward a tiny window high on the opposite wall.
todd realizes he can't get through the bars. he turns around to find another option. in the obscured background, archie begins to stir. silent and bewildered, he feels the area around him and rises slowly to his knees. todd doesn't see him and moves into a dark corner of the cellar, rummaging through the piles of cluttered junk for something to help him escape. he disappears for a moment into complete darkness and then emerges holding a shovel, a fresh confidence on his face. he holds it like a sledge hammer.
archie blocks the stairs from todd.
archie pushes the shovel in too far and can't retrieve it. todd grabs the other end and pulls it through.
a shaft of dull light from the kitchen cuts across the cellar floor, revealing archie's slain body. an expanding pool of blood seeps out from his head. as the door upstairs opens wider, the light falls on todd standing over archie, the shovel still in his hands, his face spattered with blood.
a series of shots showing todd cleaning up the mess. he is on the stairs sponging up the blood. then we see him skimming the area where the pool of blood was with the shovel. the next shot has him sprinkling fresh dirt over the same area. then, on his knees, he carefully picks up bits of broken glass from the light bulb and drops them into a bucket. in the final shot, todd stands on the steps as his eyes comb the cellar. the shovel has been cleaned and replaced. the floor looks smooth and even. satisfied, he goes upstairs.