Updated Script

Hey guys, its me Sherjil. We updated a lot of our script. Since during our planning period, we changed so many ideas with character details to make it feel more like a horror thriller. From going over and revising the script, it is safe to confirm that this script will align best for our film opening. After some brief advice, we decided to scrap the last scene and replace it into a scene that will leave off as suspense for the audience. We minimized our dialogue to focus more on silence since, we felt that horror thrillers are more common to have a film opening that is more silent, so our characters in this scenario are represented as isolated and fearful of this regarded scenario.  On top of that, I think it's best for us to just end it with the antagonist putting the body in a plastic bag to the trunk and driving off with a title card "Dhost". 

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The Script (DHOST) 

PROTAGONIST: (passenger)
ANTAGONIST: (driver / Protagonist’s friend)
(THE DOCTOR (MASKED) is later revealed to be the ANTAGONIST)

FADE IN:

(Empty suburban grid. No lights. No movement. Cold blue, low-key lighting.)

(A handmade sign sways.)

CAMERA: ECU — THE SIGN
“I AM GLAD YOU ARE BACK, DHOST.”

(Wind. A faint CREAK. Headlights sweep over the words.)

CUT TO:

(A car enters the neighborhood to explore what this dark, mysterious neighborhood is about.)

(The PROTAGONIST scans the empty streets. The neighborhood has dark, narrow roads with no disturbance—full of silence. No dogs or people. The ANTAGONIST drives, relaxed.)

ANTAGONIST
Hey, buddy.

PROTAGONIST

(When the driver drives midway through the neighborhood, a random garage opens ahead.)

PROTAGONIST (low)
Stop. Look.

ANTAGONIST
What?

PROTAGONIST
That garage. It’s open.

(The ANTAGONIST smiles—quiet, unsettling laugh.)

ANTAGONIST
Yeah… we should.

(The music fades lower.)

CUT TO:

(Headlights stretch shadows. The house looks darker than the rest. Garage half-open.)

(The PROTAGONIST walks in first. The ANTAGONIST follows.)

(No dialogue. Footsteps. Wind.,)

CUT TO:

(Clutter. Broken frames. Shattered lamps. Rusted tools. Almost total darkness.)

PROTAGONIST: (FEARS and is confused why things are on the floor.)
ANTAGONIST: (Silently observes.)

(Faint red lamp glow. Quick flashes of objects—each cut hits with a single piano note.)

(A box sits placed on a table.)

The box reads: “DO NOT TOUCH MY DHOST.”

(The protagonist closely focuses and stares at the box) 

(The PROTAGONIST  slowly walks towards the direction to the box and opens it.)

("BOX OPENS") 

(A gigantic Bear with a knife pulls out.)

ANTAGONIST: Comes behind and quickly hits his friend from the back of the head.

(Chaos. A sudden impact. A body drops.)

CUT TO BLACK.
(THUD.)

(Scene transitions inside of a backyard) 

(The PROTAGONIST wakes tied to a chair. Shadows swallow the space. Light flickers.)

(A figure stands in a doctor suit and mask.)

PROTAGONIST (panicked)
Where am I…? (Moves the chair around aggressively to escape) 

(The figure turns.)

THE DOCTOR (MASKED)
Dhost.

(The ANTAGONIST turns to prepare. A chainsaw rises off-screen. Quick cuts: rope, breathing, mask, closer steps.)

(Chainsaw Sound effect, "Rooooooooooom",) 

(Camera shifts up to a mango tree—leaves moving.)

PROTAGONIST: Screams for help.

CUT TO BLACK.
(Chainsaw spikes, then stops.)

(Silence returns.)

ANTAGONIST: Places the body in a black plastic bag and ties it up, then puts it in his trunk.

(Trunk shuts down slowly)

(The car drives off rapidly out of the neighborhood) 

SMASH CUT TO TITLE CARD: “DHOST.”

FADE OUT.