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This script is for a short horror film titled "Lurking in the Dark". It follows a female lead who wakes up to find her parents missing from her home. She discovers a torn religious leaflet with an address and realizes from news reports that a mysterious church has been abducting young people. Trapped in the empty house, she hears voices and screams until waking up in the church. There, the voices get louder until she encounters two demons who provide cryptic clues about finding her parents but also increase her panic and sense of danger.

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Initial Script

This script is for a short horror film titled "Lurking in the Dark". It follows a female lead who wakes up to find her parents missing from her home. She discovers a torn religious leaflet with an address and realizes from news reports that a mysterious church has been abducting young people. Trapped in the empty house, she hears voices and screams until waking up in the church. There, the voices get louder until she encounters two demons who provide cryptic clues about finding her parents but also increase her panic and sense of danger.

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Keyshawna Bailey
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Script

Title:Lurkinginthedark

MainCharacter:
Characters:

Demon1:
Demon2:

PossibleActors:
ShannonBeldam

Order
Startsoffwithfemaleleadwakinguptonoonehome,shewandersaroundroomsto
realiseatornandbatteredupreligiousleafletisonthefloor.[addressisonthe
leaflet]
Panicthenarisesasthefemaleleadrealiseswhatshappened[scenecutstonews
reportsofmysteriousnewchurch,abductingyoungpeopleforexperimentaluses].
Femaleleadthenbeginstoscourforawayout,onlytorealiseallthedoorsand
windowsarelocked[Bangsonthedoorsandwindows]
Herpaniccauseshertohearvoicesandscreams[shotcutsabruptly,andanew
scenefadesin].Femaleleadislayingonthefloorofachurch.
Shehearssmallvoicesandwhispersaroundthechurchwhichslowlyprogresstoget
louder.thereisascreamwhichleadshertowardsherfirstroom.
Onopeningthedoor,itletsoutacreak.

Possiblefilmingspot:
http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk

Script

Directions
Dialogue
Sound/Visual

Alarmclockgoesoff
Femaleleadverylazilyliftsherarmuptoturnoffthealarm,aftersittingatthesideof
thebed
Femaleleadsthenwalksdownthestairs
Femalelead:Mum?[pause]Dad?
Femaleleadbeginstopanicasshewandersthehousepaceincreases
Heavybreathing,andincreasesintempofromthenondiegeticaudio
Blurrylowshot

Dialogueformissingpeoplescene
Rosalie:Isthissomesickjoke?!
Rosalielooksateachphoto
Rosalie:Whatishappeningtome?Hello?

DialogueforscenewithDemon1
Rosalie:Wwwhatareyou?
Demon1:*sheremainsquietwithnothingbutasmileonherface*
Rosalie:Well?Speaktome
[Demon1beginstoleave]
Demon1:Comeherechild
*shechasesherintothenextroom..*

DialogueforscenewithDemon2
Demon2:Youkeptmewaiting[pause]

Rosalie:[looksather]Imsorry,doyouknowwheremyparentsare?

Demon2:*sinisterlaugh*Yourparents?Idhappilyhelp

Rosalie:Really?!Wherearethey?

Demon2:*smiles*itsnotthateasy,tofindyourparentsyoumustfirstsolvethis
riddle.
Imagineyouareinacompletelydarkroomwithnowindowsordoorsand
nothinginit.Inordertoreachyourparentsyoumustfirstfigureoutwhytheroomisdark,
somethinglaysamongthisdarknesswithyou,ifyouleavethedarkness,itwillfollow.But

youmustgetthedarknesstoleaveyouinordertofindthelightthatleadsyoutowardsyour
parents.
Rosalie:WhathowwouldIdothat?Tellme?*Demon2disappears*

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