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…
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 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…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Web Series Ep 3 Act 4
Act 4, SCENE 1 INT: MOTEL – LATE NIGHT MAYOR: This isn’t going to be easy for me. You know this. MAYOR is sitting on the edge of the motel bed. SARAH sneaks up behind him and buries his face in her hair. SARAH: I know it’s not. I’m here for…
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ACT 3, SCENE 1 INT: ASTRO CITY’S GANG UNIT HQ – INTERROGATION RM- AFTERNOON LOCO sits with his hands uncuffed and folded neatly across a table. His head is tilt over the back of the chair and staring up at the halogen lights. From HIS POV, in the brightness is The Goatman. Door opens, enters…
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TEASER ACT 1, SCENE 1 INT: ASTRO CITY HIGH – CLASSROOM – AFTERNOON (CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE SEQUENCE) A diverse group of students sit together looking solemn and depressed. Among them is LEIGH SUAREZ. TEACHER (O.S.): Alright class! Free period! Suddenly the students come alive and break into an uplifting and hopeful dance, music should…
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