The premise: A group of misfit teens from the wrong side of town find themselves trying to survive a bloody night that has ties to a decades spanning town mystery. This NOT your PG-13 Goosebumps. Before I launch into what I liked and what I didn’t about this film, a massive shout out to R….
Read moreACT 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 moreACT 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 moreTEASER 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 moreACT 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:…
Read moreAct 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….
Read moreTEASER 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….
Read moreACT 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 moreAct 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…
Read moreACT 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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