Soon after a small-town police officer learns that the CEO of the town’s largest employer (a firearms manufacturer), has been murdered, his home is invaded by a young girl suffering from fatal gunshot wounds.
Type:
Short
Status:
Available for Free
Page Count:
6pp
Genre:
Fantasy, Horror
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Synopsis/Details
SHORT – fantasy / horror ——— It’s evening, as shabby sedan navigates the streets of a small town in New Mexico. Eventually it arrives at an unkempt family home. Floyd, a police officer, once shared the house with his wife and kids. He now lives alone. Floyd’s usual night of getting drunk in front of the TV is interrupted by a colleague, with the news that the CEO of the town’s largest employer (a firearms manufacturer) has been murdered. Annoyed by the idea of the extra work the murder would entail, he is relieved to hear the crime didn’t occur in his jurisdiction. Later he awakes to find a young Girl standing in the room with him. Alarmed and angry, he demands to know how she got into his house, but she doesn’t answer. Instead she steps out of the shadows and he sees she is encrusted with dried blood. Freaked out, Floyd stares as she approaches him, digging out a bullet from her mangled torso as she walks. Terrified, Floyd grabs his 9mm and shoots, but the bullets have no effect on the Girl. With Floyd paralysed with fear, the Girl places her hand with the bullet against his chest ... Sometime later, red and blue lights flash through the curtains. Floyd, his face fixed with an expression of horror and agony, lies dead in the corner. There is no sign of the Girl. The Girl, Aisha, smiles out from a photo. It is one among a dozen others affixed to the fence of a school. A memorial to yet another mass shooting. ——— Here’s the ‘logistical’ details: locations • small town streets – evening • small town family home – night actors • lead (man, 40s) • colleague (man, 30s – voice only) • girl (girl about 10yo) effects etc • handgun being fired • bloody wounds (static, i.e. makeup) • gore and gunshot wound (dynamic)

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The Writer: Robert Bruinewoud

Melbourne, Australia 1982. I submit my first "screenplay" (and I use the term very loosely) to the BBC. It was a hugely expensive Doctor Who saga. Needless to say, it wasn't picked up. You can read all about it here . Now, I’ve been advised that the above is not the way to sell myself as serious writer. I’m not sure why. The fact that any screenwriters’ first screenplay doesn’t sell is, I would’ve thought, to be expected and so not something anyone should hide. Nor is the fact that I’ve been writing screenplays (off and on) for forty years, something to be shy about. During that time I had my paying job (graphic designer and advertising art director) distracting me, but over those years I… Go to bio
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