UTC Script

 Fresh concept:

As a group we are wanting to come up with new ideas for a film using horror conventions

Strong main character:

They need to be very strong but also have some forms of weaknesses shown

Realistic:

Make sure the acting is not cringe and use camera angles to ensure people feel like they are experiencing it themselves

Create a gripping story:

We want to create a story that is realistic and engaging and one that the actors will enjoy playing as we want the actor to really become a part of their role.

OCTOBER 31ST 

By 

ELLIE, ALICE, ISAAC, NOAH 

​FADE IN: 

INT. LIVING ROOM — NIGHT 

A group of teens are sat in a dimly lit room illuminated by a TV screen. From left to right, the friends are – CHLOE (the dumb blonde), TYLER (the confident jock), OLIVIA (the worrier) and ROSIE (horror obsessed). Dressed in casual clothes, they are watching a horror film. 2 of them are sat on the sofa with another on the floor and another on an extra chair.  

A loud sound comes out of the TV. 

OLIVIA 

(Hiding behind a pillow, looking terrified) 

TYLER 

Come on Liv, it is not that bad! 

OLIVIA 

It does not help the fact that we are in this (gestures around the room) house on Halloween! 

CHLOE 

(Applying lip gloss) I do not think this film is that good to be honest. 

ROSIE 

What?! It’s one of my favorites! 

TYLER 

Don’t you think the acting is terrible and the plot is predictable? 

ROSIE 

No, it is a classic! If anything, the acting is terribly brilliant. 

TYLER 

They all have the same thing – dumb blonde girl that eventually gets killed. 

CHLOE 

And you know I personally find that offensive and not true! 

ROSIE 

Chloe, you put salt instead of sugar in those cakes you make the other day and then used real glitter instead of edible glitter! 

CHLOE 

Well – at least they looked pretty. 

A slamming noise can be heard. 

Chloe makes her way to the window and looks out of the blinds/curtains.

 

OLIVIA 

(scared) What was that? 

CHLOE 

Oh god – it’s that weirdo gardener. He always drags out his lawnmower at like 3am. 

TYLER 

Man – I’ve heard some weird stuff about him lately… 

CHLOE 

Did you hear about that family down the road? He cut their grass and then they disappeared the next day. What if they all like died or something? 

TYLER 

Nah – he for sure chucked them in the lawn mower or something! 

ROSIE 

You know what. 

Rosie turns off the TV. 

ROSIE [CONTINUED] 

How about we do something else instead? 

(A knock at the door) 

CHLOE 

Ooh might be some trick or treaters! 

ROSIE 

Let me go and check. 

Rosie makes her way out of the room, grabbing the sweet bowl on her way. From the living room, a scream can then be heard – Rosie is not visible. 

OLIVIA 

What was that? 

Tyler, Chloe and Olivia hurry out of the living room and into the corridor. Once they get there, they see Rosie sprawled on the floor with a fake knife prop through her head. 

CHLOE 

Rosie! Oh my god – she’s dead! 

Chloe kneels to Rosie’s level. 

CHLOE 

I will never be able to give her back those shoes that I borrowed. 

Rosie suddenly opens her eyes. 

ROSIE 

So you were the one that took my shoes! 

OLIVIA 

Rosie that was not funny! 

ROSIE 

What - not even a little? 

The rest of the group shake their heads and make their way back into the living room. 

CHLOE 

So, were there trick or treaters? 

ROSIE 

Nope – nothing there.

 

TYLER 

Ah it has been dead around here tonight to be honest. 

(Another knock at the door) 

ROSIE 

Okay – I’ll get it. 

TYLER 

And no pranks this time! 

ROSIE 

All right, all right. 

She makes her way towards the door – opening it to see a pizza delivery guy stood holding a box in his hand. He is absolutely drenched due to the rain. 

ROSIE 

Hey – how are you? 

They take the pizza boxes from the delivery guy quickly and without hesitation. Not even giving the man a chance to speak. 

ROSIE 

Brilliant. Have a nice night – thank you! 

Rosie slams the door shut. 

PIZZA GUY 

(annoyed) What – not even a tip? 

The pizza guy trudges away from the door. From far away, POV shots show that he is being watched by someone. 

CUT TO: 

ROSIE 

Look – what I have! 

CHLOE 

(excited) Yay! Pizza! 

TYLER 

Thank God – I am starving.

 

OLIVIA 

Me too and I hope nothing disturbs us while we -

Olivia is interrupted by another knock at the door. 

ROSIE 

Hm – I’m guessing the pizza guy forgot something?                                     

 TYLER 

I will get it. 

Tyler goes back to the door, opening it hesitantly. 

On the doorstep is the pizza delivery guy’s hat splattered with blood. 

CUT TO: 

CHLOE 

What was it? Any spooky killers? 

TYLER 

No – just the guy’s hat. Must have dropped it when he walked off. 

OLIVIA 

(scared) Wait - is that blood? 

TYLER 

Oh no – just some exploded ketchup packets. 

Tyler holds up the ketchup packets and shows them to the group. 

TYLER [CONTINUED] 

Anyways – can we eat now? 

The group sit around the hot pizza boxes and start to tuck in. Slowly the camera moves to the door, zooming in to show the door handle turning. 

The door creaks open. 

OLIVIA 

Ooh, actually – I just remembered. I wanted to get a photo of us all. (Holding polaroid camera and showing it to group) 

CHLOE 

Wow, that is so ancient. 

OLIVIA 

Um, not really it only came out a few years ago… 

TYLER 

Can we just get the photo over and done with? 

The group move in close together, smiling into the camera. As the camera flashes, the killer can also be seen in the background. 

Olivia’s stomach makes a noise. 

OLIVIA 

You know what – I think I ate too much pizza. Be right back. 

CUT TO: 

INT. BATHROOM 

Olivia washes her hands. She turns off the tap and looks into the mirror. She adjusts her hair and see a spot of blood on the mirror, wiping it before moving adjusting the mirror. 

Behind there is a figure stood still staring at her. 

She screams. 

CUT TO: 

All the group are scrolling through their phones until they hear a scream echo through the house.  

ROSIE 

Wait - what was that? 

CHLOE 

Oh, it was me watching a proposal video – look how sweet! 

Chloe shoves her phone into Rosie’s face.

 

ROSIE 

No, not that. That. 

The same scream echoes through the house again. 

CHLOE 

Tyler, you should go and look around. 

TYLER 

Me?! 

CHLOE 

Yes – you are the strong one here. 

TYLER 

Just because I have been putting effort into working out does not mean I have to risk my life. 

ROSIE 

Or we could just all leave out of the front door right now. 

Rosie gestures to the front door. 

CHLOE 

Why would we do that? That is pointless.  

The group sit quietly looking at each other, wondering what to do. 

CHLOE 

Ooh I have a great idea. Hear this out. What if... WE ALL JUST SPLIT UP? 

CHLOE 

O-M-G. GENIUS! 

ROSIE 

That is so stupid. You know the killer is just going to pick us off one by one. 

TYLER 

Who? 

ROSIE 

Uh - the killer? 

TYLER 

No – who asked? 

Tyler laughs hysterically and raises his hand for someone to high five him. No one looks interested and his laugh fades away as looks around slowly putting his hand down. 

ROSIE 

Anyways – Chloe me and you stick together and Tyler, you stay here. Got it? 

The others look at Rosie and nod. 

CUT TO: 

INT. KITCHEN 

Tyler – armed with a weapon - is walking around the kitchen. At each corner, he slows down before jumping out in case of any intruders. 

Suddenly, a door creaks open behind Tyler. 

He turns around slowly, making his way towards a dark cupboard. 

After stepping into the small room, the door slams behind him. 

Then, his phone rings. 

TYLER 

Yo, bro. 

He answers his phone on speaker, with the light barely illuminating his face. 

PHONE VOICE (V.O) 

Yo, man, how are you? 

TYLER 

Good, man just chilling. 

PHONE VOICE (V.O) 

Same, here. Just wanted to check – are you still good for tomorrow? 

TYLER 

Yeah – for sure, for sure. Hey, bro? 

PHONE VOICE (V.O) 

Yeah? 

TYLER 

I’m kinda scared right now - got any funny jokes? 

PHONE VOICE (V.O) 

Uhh, kind of caught me off guard. (Pause) Okay, what about – what do mummies listen to on Halloween? 

TYLER 

I don’t know man, what? 

PHONE VOICE (V.O) 

Wrap music.  

A deep male laugh is heard in the room, causing Tyler to let out a big scream. The killer can be seen slightly with the light from the phone screen. 

CUT TO: 

INT. CORRIDOR 

Chloe and Rosie are walking down the corridor, peering into rooms as they walk down the hallway. Chloe is looking at her phone and is taking selfies.  

CHLOE 

Be honest – does this lighting make my face look weird? 

ROSIE 

I do not think that is the biggest of our issues right now. 

CHLOE 

Not for you but for my two thousand Instagram followers – it is! How about… 

Chloe presses on her phone screen and then holds the phone up to her face. The phone screen flashes – illuminating both her face and the area behind her. Behind her moving in the distance the killer’s silhouette can be seen. 

CHLOE [CONTINUED] 

Aha better. 

A phone rings. 

Rosie picks it up. 

ROSIE 

Hello? 

CHLOE [CONTINUED] 

Aha better. 

 

A scream can be heard. 

They stop walking. 

ROSIE 

(scared) What was that?

 

CHLOE 

Oh my god – that was Tyler! 

ROSIE 

Well, you know what he said – we must split up further. 

Chloe and Rosie bolt towards opposite ends of the room. Chloe runs towards the door. 

Chloe runs out of the door, sprinting to the field surrounding the house.  

She looks behind her and the killer can be seen holding a piece of Rosie’s outfit and a bloody weapon. 

As she runs, the camera follows up close mirroring her aggressive movements. However, a long shot then shows Chloe taking small footsteps as she tries to escape. The killer is walking behind her. 

Chloe then trips over nothing, causing her to push herself across the floor. 

She keeps running until she makes it to a tree/wall where she is cornered. The killer approaches her and raises his knife. 

Chloe screams. 

CUT TO: 

INT. KILLER’S ROOM – LATER 

The polaroid that was taken earlier by the group is stabbed into on a wall with the knife of the serial killer – this time covered in blood. On the polaroid is scratched – OCTOBER 31ST. 

The camera zooms out to reveal lots of different polaroid photos of people, each one with a different date on it. 

FADE OUT. 

THE END 

 

As a group we found trouble when filming, from finding time to having wind ruining the audio of the shots we had, as a group we decided to re-think our short film and came to the conclusion that we needed to change the script. We decided to keep the same theme as last but made it so it could be filmed inside to ensure we had time and to make sure the audio was right.

New Octobe 31st script:

October 31st Script.

Set in a typical school classroom, ALICE, NOAH and ISAAC meet in their spare time to catch up on work they’ve missed. ISAAC is late as both ALICE and NOAH wait for him to arrive.

[INT] [DAY] Classroom 

NOAH and ALICE sat in the classroom doing work 

 

NOAH: where’s Isaac he’s late again? 

ALICE: I’m not sure. Didn't he say he was getting the bus? 

 

ISAAC ENTERS THE FRAME AND WALKS PAST THE CAMERA AND BEGINS PREPARING HIS WORK ON HIS MACBOOK.

ALICE: Wow, he actually turned up.

NOAH: You took your time, didn’t you? 

ISAAC:Jeez guys, at least I'm here.

NOAH: Barely, you’re always late and it’s always ‘the bus's fault’.

ISAAC:For once it's actually not my fault! Anyway,what work are you doing?

NOAH: we’re carrying on with the masks we’re designing!

 

ALICE: What's everyone's theme? I'm not sure what mine should be

NOAH: Well, considering halloween is coming up, I thought it would be fitting to create a creepy mask and a headband with a knife through it.

ISAAC: That's what I'm doing too! 

ISAAC shows his design on his computer.

ALICE:(hesitent) Did you not hear about that murder around 5 years ago? 

NOAH: We live in Donny, there’s plenty of those.

ISAAC: Which one?

ALICE: The‘mid autumn murders’ that happened on October 31st.

 

ISAAC: Oh yeah I heard about that one, wasn’t she called Abbi?

NOAH: my brother  went to secondary school with her, she was really clever.

Flashbacks to ABBI running through the forest.

ALICE: I heard she got stabbed by a man in a white mask.

ISAAC: It's a pretty popular Halloween costume.  

NOAH: (Speaks directly to ISAAC) So, how does this correlate to your mask?

ISAAC: Well i guess-

ALICE interrupts

ALICE: Because that is the same exact mask that the murderer had on, how have you even got that?

ISAAC: I don’t even know i just thought of the design,the murder didnt even cross my mind.

 

ISAAC rustles through his bag and reveals the mask he had been working on.

ISAAC: Is this similar to what it was?

ALICE: Wait let me see if i can find any pictures of the killer

ALICE begins researching on her laptop, while NOAH and ISAAC watch on intrigued

Aha! I found it. It’s actually identical to the killers mask, look

ALICE turns her computer around to show the pair.

ISAAC: (Stutters nervously) I- I don't know how that's happened

ALICE: That is really strange.

NOAH: Are you sure you’ve never seen it before?

The school bell rings to break the conversation and signal the beginning of lunch.

[INT] [DAY] CORRIDOR

ISAAC:No… but anyway we should leave this now, it's time to go and get some food.

ISAAC and NOAH hug, and ISAAC is suspicious with a creepy tight hug, sniffing his hair.(shown on CCTV as ISAAC looks up at it and tries to play it cool)The three go downstairs to get some food. As they walk along the corridor, NOAH begins ‘hallucinating’ thinking teachers and other people are wearing the mask, however when she looks again they are back to normal. 

ALICE:(directing at NOAH)Are you alright?

NOAH: Yeah, i just don't feel very good 

Shake head to re-adjust

I just had the most weird feeling through my spine, almost like I was being followed.

ISAAC: That's strange. shall we go downstairs?  

ALICE:I need to go to the printer to get the essay for next lesson.

NOAH: Okay see you later. 

ALICE walks away and goes to the printer, the camera follows her leaving ISAAC and NOAH behind. She gets to the printer and the printer dispenses a close up picture of the mask! it flashbacks to a clip of the murder scene with abbi showing the killers mask again. The camera cuts back to ALICE and the killer emerges behind her.

ISAAC and NOAH comes across ALICE’S lifeless body with the fake knife through her head, it cuts to NOAH’S POV of him looking at the body then at ISAAC then at the body but when he looks back at ISAAC he emerges as the actual killer punching NOAH (the lens) cutting to black.

‘THE END’