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…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Web Series Ep 4 “Angels and Demons” Act 1 & 2
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….
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Web Series Ep 3 Act 3
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…
Read moreAstro City (Black Horror Web Series): Ep 2 Final Act
ACT 5, SCENE 1 INT. REV’S HOME – NIGHT FOLLOW SHOT: REV walks through the front door in more pedestrian garb. He is SMILING and putting his stuff down. REV: I’m home. There was a line outside the office. They wouldn’t let me leave. I had to sneak out before Sister Netta’s group…
Read moreAstro City (Black Horror Web Series): Ep 2 Act 4
Act 4, SCENE 1 INT: RISE CHURCH – HALLWAY: AFTERNOON There is a line outside REV MAC’S DOOR. People are standing or sitting on benches patiently waiting to see him. Some are praying furiously and others are crying. On the closed door is REV MAC’S nameplate and his listed office hours. We hear OS SOBBING…
Read moreWe need to talk about THEM (2021).
We need to talk about THEM (2021). You’ve probably seen promos during your standard stroll through streaming television, or maybe heard friends and family applause or pan the infant anthology series. First the premise: THEM (Amazon Prime) tells the story of one 1950s Black Family’s migration West to Compton, California to escape Jim Crow South,…
Read more
Astro City (Black Horror Web Series) Ep 2. Act 1 & Act 2
TEASER ACT 1, SCENE 1 INT: RISE: AME CHURCH – DAY There is a funeral at RISE, and the service is packed. Peace lilies adorn the church, and a coffin sits before an altar. SISTER NETTA is standing in front of the congregation with a choir behind her. SISTER is singing a beautiful hymn passionately….
Read more
Astro City: Ep1 Act 4 (Black Horror Web Series)
Subject matter and language no suitable for all readers. ACT 4, SCENE 1 EXT: CANIFF PARK – LATE NIGHT In the background, the HEIGHTS glisten. Caniff Park is a large woodland trail for runners and bikers like Boston Commons or Central Park. AC METRO BUS hisses and roars OS. SHAUNICE and LEIGH, both dressed to…
Read more