On Halloween night, young trick-or-treater Daniel sees the town's sinister old undertaker -- and turns out to be the last person to see him alive. Forty years later, Daniel receives a visit from his ghost.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
12pp
Genre:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
Everyone
Copyright Details:
WGAwPAU
Synopsis/Details
Suspense/horror in the vein of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone.
Four characters, minimal dialogue, two locations.
Story & Logistics
Story Conclusion:
Bitter-sweet
Linear Structure:
Linear
Cast Size:
Few
Locations:
Couple
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Male over 45, Male under 13
Hero Type:
Ordinary
Advanced
Subgenre:
Action Suspense-Thriller, Classic, Crime Drama, Drama, Ghosts, Gothic, Halloween, Horror, In Peril, Macabre, Mysteries, Nostalgia, Other Dimension, Psychological, Quest, Social Commentary, Supernatural, Suspense-Thriller, Teen Terror, Terror, Tragedy
Life Topics:
Afterlife
Time of Year:
Halloween
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Submitted: 2019-Oct-16
Last Updated: 2023-Oct-06
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The Writer: Jason K. Allen
Jason Allen is a writer and filmmaker from Nashville, TN. He is also a wilderness guide, nature photographer and award-winning journalist. His first produced screenplay was the 2009 feature comedy Lucky Fritz starring Corey Feldman and Julia Dietze. Since then he's won Best Screenplay honors at the Nashville Film Festival, San Diego Film Awards, Mountain of Laughs Comedy Fest, TSA Screenwriting Awards, and Artlightenment Film Festival, and is a seven-time finalist of the Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. His scripts have also been finalists in the ScreenCraft and ScriptVamp competitions. His writing credits include the award-winning short films You Destroy Me , American… Go to bio
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