ACT 2, SCENE 1 INT: HOME – KITCHEN At the kitchen table are MATEO, MARIA, SISTER, and LEIGH. SISTER is cooling down her cup of tea, eyes dashing all around the table. MATEO is sipping tea loudly. MARIA is smiling brightly, hardly touching her tea, and LEIGH is flabbergasted. SISTER: Leigh, you’re likely…
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ACT 4, SCENE 1, INT: ASTRO CITY HIGH – AFTERNOON LEIGH’S walking down the school hall during a change of periods. STUDENTS are going between lockers and classes. LEIGH spots SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS using bolt cutters to get into a locker. LEIGH: What the hell are you doing? LEIGH slams the locker door close…
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ACT 4, SCENE 1, INT: ASTRO CITY HIGH – AFTERNOON LEIGH’S walking down the school hall during a change of periods. STUDENTS are going between lockers and classes. LEIGH spots SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS using bolt cutters to get into a locker. LEIGH: What the hell are you doing? LEIGH slams the locker door close…
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ACT 3, SCENE 1 INT: NETTA’S HOME – BEDROOM – MORNING/DAY LEIGH is wide awake in bed. Knock at the door. Then SISTER enters. SISTER: Good morning. We’ll leave here in a few. LEIGH nods. CUT TO ACT 3, SCENE 2, INT: NETTA’S HOME – BATHROOM – SAME LEIGH is in church clothes…
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TEASER ACT 1, SCENE 1, EXT: ASTRO CITY STREETS – LATE NIGHT LEIGH SUAREZ is on the ground, stunned, and looking up at NEBTHET ENNEAD who slowly stands up to reveal wings as shiny as any metal constructed from her shopping cart material. It’s like an armor corset. NEB jumps. PULL OUT/NEB’S POV as LEIGH…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Web Series Ep 4, Act 5 “Angels and Demons”
ACT 5, SCENE 1 INT: RISE CHURCH – BASEMENT – LATE NIGHT SISTER and MELISSA are alone in the church basement, laughing during a private conversation. MELISSA: I’m telling the truth. He was dancing on me in front of all those people. I felt like I was in a Zane novel. SISTER:…
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Act 4, SCENE 1 INT: AMED/LINDA HOME – LATE NIGHT LINDA opens the door for OMAR. OMAR: Hey. Where’s he? LINDA: Upstairs. I was finally able to get him to put some clothes on. He was standing naked in the kitchen and mumbling to himself over a pot of hot water….
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ACT 3, SCENE 1 INT: AMED/LINDA HOME – NIGHT LINDA BUTLER comes running into the front door of the house. LINDA: Amed. Amed, where are you? The house is dark. LINDA turns on the light, but everything appears normal. In the distance, there are voices. She follows them into the LIVING ROOM, where…
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TEASER BLACK SCREEN. HEAVY PANTING AND SNIFFLING. DIAL TONE and 3 LOUD BEEPS. DISPATCHER (O.S.): 911, what’s your emergency? A CHILD starts to cry. His voice is trembling. In the BACKGROUND, hysterical screaming and a crying baby. DISPATCHER (O.S.): Hello? 911, what’s your emergency? BOY (O.S.): Send help please….
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ACT 5, SCENE 1 EXT: J-COOL’S VARIETY – LATE NIGHT Outside the store is a mild commotion. Police sirens light up the street. Passersby stop and look on curiously. LEIGH is sitting on the sidewalk curb desperately searching through her phone. Her hands are trembling. She’s crying. In the background, JOSE tells an officer his…
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