INT. CHUCK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT
Chuck plays his video games while getting high. The phone rings. After he lets the phone ring about nine times, he finally answers.
CHUCK: (slurs) Hello?
There is no answer.
CHUCK: (clears his throat) Hello?
Still nothing.
CHUCK: Look, you little bastards—
A distorted voice comes through the line.
GHOST (O.S.): (from phone) Hello.
Chuck quickly hangs up the phone and tosses it to the side. He just stares at it for a moment then looks at the joint in his other hand, smoke rising from its glowing ember. He laughs and blows it off.
Chuck sets the joint in the ash tray and leaves the game on pause to go and take a shower.
BATHROOM
Chuck enters and turns the light on. He catches his reflection in the mirror and scares himself.
CHUCK: (to himself) What the flip, Chuck?
He leans in close to the mirror, his eyes badly bloodshot. He just smiles a dopey smile at himself and shakes his head.
CHUCK: (to himself) Trippin'.
Chuck turns the water on in the shower. He adjusts the temperature then hops in.
INSERT - LIVING ROOM
All is quiet and dark; only the light from the TV shines.
INSERT - KITCHEN
All is quiet and dark.
INSERT - BEDROOM DOORWAY
All is quiet and dark.
BACK TO SCENE
Chuck showers on.
A shadow suddenly sweeps across the shower curtain. Chuck pops his soapy head out to inspect.
CHUCK: (looks and listens) Hello?
Nothing. Chuck slowly closes the curtain.
INSIDE SHOWER
Chuck rinses his hair till all the soap is gone. When he opens his eyes the curtain is wide open and the Ghost stands before him.
The Ghost screams, her mouth stretching open on her fleshy white face.
Chuck gasps for air and reaches a hand towards her, pleading for mercy. She sucks the life right out of him. His arms and face start to turn dark with black creeping veins.
INT. CHUCK'S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
Chuck wakes up in a cold sweat, still on his couch in front of the TV. He frantically looks around and gasps big gulps of air. He quickly grabs the phone and calls James.
INT. DURANTS' HOME - LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS
James springs up from the couch to answer the phone.
INTERCUT - TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
DURANT HOME
JAMES: Hello?
CHUCK'S APARTMENT
The Ghost approaches behind Chuck. Creeps closer.
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Mountain Falls (Screenplay)
Horror** ~ Winner in the 2020 @EYHO_AWARDS ~ ** Two weeks after James and his pregnant wife are knocked into a coma by a freak accident, only James awakens but into a personal hell: a decaying world plagued by a faceless wraith, where time doesn't seem to...
