Quandary

A thirty-year-old slacker wakes up in an unfamiliar house and assumes it’s another drunken one-night stand, until he discovers that the others trapped in the house don’t know how they got there either.

Type:

Short

Status:

For sale

Page Count:

15pp

Genre:

Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Budget:

Independent

Age Rating:

Everyone

Copyright Details:

Has a copyright.

Synopsis/Details

Story & Logistics

Story Type:

Escape

Story Situation:

Deliverance

Story Conclusion:

Bitter-sweet

Linear Structure:

Linear

Moral Affections:

Accusation, Bad Man, Condemnation, Disapprobation, Guilt, Illegality, Impenitence, Intemperance, Judge, Punishment, Scourge, Selfishness, Vice, Wrong

Cast Size:

Several

Locations:

Single

Special Effects:

Minor cgi, Significant cgi

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Female Adult, Female Teenager, Male Adult

Hero Type:

Anti-Hero

Villian Type:

Supernatural

Stock Character Types:

Damsel in distress, Everyman, Girl next door, Hag, Jock, Loathly lady, Town drunk, Tragic hero, Villain

Advanced

Subgenre:

Action Suspense-Thriller, Black/Dark, Comedy, Comedy Thriller, Conspiracy, Escape, Experimental, Fantasy, Fish-out-water, In Peril, Life Story, Mysteries, Psychological, Slacker, Social Commentary, Survival, Suspense-Thriller, Vice

Subculture:

Bodybuilding, Bro, Emo, Goth, Jock

Equality & Diversity:

Diverse Cast

Life Topics:

Approaching Death, Death, Quarterlife Crisis

Drug Topics:

Illegal Drugs

Time Period:

Contemporary times

Country:

United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Relationship Topics:

Abusive relationship, Emotions and feelings

Writer Style:

Charlie Kaufman, Ingmar Bergman

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Submitted: 2017-Sep-03

Last Updated: 2025-Apr-14

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The Writer: Brandi Self

Produced, Award-Winning Screenwriter I create surreal, carefully constructed stories that dissect love, morality, oppression, identity, perception, alienation, and stagnation by catapulting characters into sometimes absurdly juxtaposed worlds where they must use self-examination as a tool for escape and redemption. Influences: Ari Aster Rod Serling/Twilight Zone Charlie Kaufman David Lynch Franz Kafka Background: I guess it all began with me hanging out of the back of a moving van as I threw raw meat to an angry grizzly bear, hoping the cameraman could get the perfect shot. Yeah, I started in production, reality television to be exact. But, it wasn’t all bad, I got to party with rock stars… Go to bio

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The Writer: Brandi Self

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