Joey Salami's Halloween by Mike Murphy

All tricks, not one treat.

Type:

Short

Status:

For sale

Page Count:

3pp

Genre:

Horror

Budget:

Independent

Age Rating:

17+

Based On:

My short story.

Synopsis/Details:

Pudgy Joey really wants a Charleston Chew from the Canbys' house, but they are using the animatronic Witchiepoo Max to give out the candy this year - and she scares him.

The life-size figure has all the characteristics of a witch. She cackles and speaks haunting, Halloween-specific phrases that frighten him. His mother reluctantly agrees to hold his sweaty hand for the stroll down the Canbys' cobblestone walk.

As Joey reaches for his treat, the Max comes alive - seizing him and flying off into the night sky on her broom. She is thrilled that she "won't need to buy food for a week."

Story & Logistics

Story Conclusion:

Sad

Linear Structure:

Linear

Cast Size:

Few

Locations:

Single

Special Effects:

Blue/green screen

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Male under 13

Advanced

Time Period:

Contemporary times

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Time of Year:

Halloween

Submitted: August 4, 2022

Last Updated: March 19, 2024

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The Writer: Mike Murphy

Mike, a four-time Parsec Awards finalist, has had over 150 audio plays produced in the U.S. and overseas. He’s won a dozen Moondance International Film Festival Awards (winner, finalist, and semi-finalist) in their TV pilot, audio play, short screenplay, and short story categories. A more complete list of awards is presented below by year. In 2025, his TV pilot script Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator was a quarter-finalist in the Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 9). In the same year, Mike's screenplay Die Laughing was a semi-finalist in the 2025 New York International Screenplay Awards. In 2020, his screenplay Die Laughing was a semi-finalist in the Unique Voices Screenplay... Go to bio