LOGLINE:
A young boy wants to play cars with his mommy. The only problem? He's dead.
Category: Short, 5 pages. Thriller. Light Horror.
Background: This short was written for an online writer's contest. The challenge: write a 5-page suspense-based horror that includes a vehicle.
Cast: 1 Female, 30s, 1 Male, 50s, 1 Male Child (1 line, VO only)
Production Cost: This tight little 5-page thriller (with slight horror elements) is written to be a one day shoot. Set entirely in a suburban home, and with a cast of two (not including one line of VO), PLAYING CARS is a great low-cost project for any team looking for a quick addition to their portfolio.
Ashley is a woman in distress. It's been almost 3 months since her little boy disappeared. The police have her husband in custody, but with no leads, there's no real hope of finding her son alive.
Today is a particularly tough day, as it's her son's 9th birthday. When Ashley decides to rewrap her son's ungifted Christmas present as a birthday gift, something strange happens: the present (a remote control car) springs into action.
For Ashley, it leads to answers. But, are those answers forcing her to face a truth she already knows? Or, is this the end of her months-long mystery? Either way, she'll need to answer one question: a question she probably heard a hundred times before, but never expected today.
A young boy wants to play cars with his mommy. The only problem? He's dead.
Category: Short, 5 pages. Thriller. Light Horror.
Background: This short was written for an online writer's contest. The challenge: write a 5-page suspense-based horror that includes a vehicle.
Cast: 1 Female, 30s, 1 Male, 50s, 1 Male Child (1 line, VO only)
Production Cost: This tight little 5-page thriller (with slight horror elements) is written to be a one day shoot. Set entirely in a suburban home, and with a cast of two (not including one line of VO), PLAYING CARS is a great low-cost project for any team looking for a quick addition to their portfolio.
Ashley is a woman in distress. It's been almost 3 months since her little boy disappeared. The police have her husband in custody, but with no leads, there's no real hope of finding her son alive.
Today is a particularly tough day, as it's her son's 9th birthday. When Ashley decides to rewrap her son's ungifted Christmas present as a birthday gift, something strange happens: the present (a remote control car) springs into action.
For Ashley, it leads to answers. But, are those answers forcing her to face a truth she already knows? Or, is this the end of her months-long mystery? Either way, she'll need to answer one question: a question she probably heard a hundred times before, but never expected today.
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