SCREENPLAY:
UNSEEN
written by ROBERT BRUINEWOUD
GENRE: sci-fi horror – SHORT, 22-pages
LOGLINE:
When her ex-business partner begs her to resolve an issue with his new software, a hacker learns that the app actually exposes users to a weird, parallel dimension that places them in grave danger.
SYNOPSIS:
Late at night, a programmer is interrupted while working, by a phone call from her ex-business partner.
The next day she is driven by her friend to the ex-partner’s mansion in the country. There, the ex-partner reluctantly reveals the problem with his new software: i.e. it opens up people’s perceptions and exposes to them a parallel dimension haunted by vicious creatures. The demonstration goes out of control, turning the ex-partner into a human-creature hybrid and releasing a horde of creatures into our reality.
The programmer and her friend try to flee, and are forced to kill the ex-partner to save themselves.
Meanwhile, in the US, after ignoring the email telling him not to activate the app, a beta-tester and his mother are killed by creatures.
A full synopsis is available on Script Revolution at the link below.
THE VIBE:
A contemporary riff on Lovecraft’s classic From Beyond.
NOTE:
While the script works as a standalone short, there is a plenty of potential within the premise to expand it into a feature.
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If you’re a producer, director and/or SFX studio interested in a script requiring extensive CG imagery to play with, Unseen might be for you. Unseen is available to read at Script Revolution or you can contact me via the contact form.
Here’s the ‘logistical’ details:
locations
• exterior, old apartment building – night
• home office / bedroom night
• exterior, old country mansion – day/evening
• interior, old mansion, various – day/evening
actors
• lead (she, her, 30s)
• friend (they, their, 30s)
• ex partner (he, his, 40s)
• mom (she, her, 40s)
effects etc
• extensive CG creatures
• pyrotechnics
• minor ‘stunt’ driving