ACT 4, SCENE 1 INT: BUTLER HOME – KITCHEN – LATE AFTERNOON The house is quiet. The kitchen is dirty with soaked papers and wet floor. A phone starts to ring. CUT TO ACT 4, SCENE 2 INT: BUTLER HOME – STAIRS – SAME The phone ringing gets stronger upstairs. We also hear heavy sobbing….
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ACT 5, SCENE 1, INT: APARTMENT – NIGHT ROMEO is strapped to a chair with a lot of duct tape. His arms are tied up behind the chair. His legs are taped to the chair legs. His mouth is covered with duct tape that goes around his head. His forehead is bruised and bleeding. His…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Webseries, Ep. 6 “Ties” Act 3
ACT 3, SCENE 1 EXT – THE BRICKS – APARTMENTS – AFTERNOON MELISSA DAY is ignoring catcalls as she walks past the burned out shell of one apartment complex and heads towards around. Someone is coming out of the apartment she’s heading towards. MELISSA: Hold the door! MELISSA runs up the steps to…
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TEASER ACT 1, SCENE 1, EXT – J-COOL’S MARKET – MORNING Muffled bachata music is heard as a CAR with tinted windows pulls up to the store and park. Focus on under the car at feet level. The music gets louder as BLACK POLISHED SHOES exit the driver’s side door. Music is muffled again as…
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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…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Webseries: Ep 5, “Addictions” Act 5 and 6
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…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Webseries: Ep 5, “Addictions” Act 3
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 5 “Addictions”, Acts 1 & 2
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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