A young couple do what they must to escape a lingering death on a remote desert planet.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
20pp
Genre:
Horror, Sci-Fi
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Based On:
A shorter version of this same storyline written by me.
Synopsis/Details
A thrill seeking young couple named BOB and JOAN crash land and find themselves marooned on a remote desert planet. The scarce resources of the planet offer them little more than the prospects of a slow and lingering death. After two years of isolation and deprivation, their situation seems to take a turn for the better when a deep space trucker named BERT and his little dog JACK land to make some minor repairs. Three actors, one small dog, low-ish budget, minimal FX and a location that looks remarkably like the area in and around the Salton Sea in California.

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The Writer: John Hunter

After graduation from college, I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Latin America. I later worked in construction management, big ticket sales, commercial graphics, and as a packaging design consultant. I now live in Central Florida and enjoy telling a wide variety of slightly dark and quirky stories with a dash of humor. My dystopian horror Baby Soup won the 2013 Florida Independent Filmmakers Contest and six of my short scripts have been produced, including the Companion Shop , a story about the difficulties which arise when an elderly woman tries to return an AI companion purchased with a discount coupon. More recently, I declined an offer from mainland China for my mid-budget creature… Go to bio
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