Unheimlich (Working Title)

EXT. Dark. Bench in park. The weather is calm but the only sources of light come from the phone and some street dim lighting. JAKE is sat on the bench on the phone. He wears a black coat and blue jeans.  

JAKE 

Yeah, okay. Well I’ll speak to you later.  

DAISY walks past the bench and nods at JAKE. She wears a grey hooded top and jeans. He nods back politely.  

JAKE gets up and walks away from the bench, in the other direction. We see MASKMAN walking behind him.  

He hears footsteps behind him and quickly turns around. He sees no one. 

He turns back around and starts walking faster. Suddenly, a high-pitched laughing sound in the air is heard and he pulls out his phone again and goes to call someone. 

He sees red liquid trailing down his fingers and flips his hand over. 

There is are large wounds on the back of his hands.  

JAKE 

What is this??? 

He drops his phone and starts to panic. The laughing continues and he turns around to be face to face with the man following him, who wears a large black garment and a mask. 

A hand touches JAKEs shoulder. 

Fade to black. 

INT. Dark Room. JAKE is sat in a chair in the middle of the room.  

He has a strange device strapped to his head and his arms and face are covered in injuries. He starts to shake. 

EXT. Dark. Bench in park. JAKE is sat on the bench on the phone. He flips his hands over and there are no wounds on them. 

MASKMAN 

Hello? Jake? Can you hear me? 

JAKE 

What’s going on? What the fuck just happened? 

The phone hangs up.  

DAISY walks past the bench and turns to nod. JAKE gets up and starts to run. He keeps turning and watching his surroundings as he runs.  

He hears the laughing start again. As he turns again he sees someone stumbling towards him. They fall at their knees and cry for help.  

STRANGER 

I don’t… understand… 

They fall on the ground and lay dead. JAKE leans down and shakes them. 

JAKE 

What don’t you understand? What’s happening? 

Suddenly, the strangers head spins around, and he’s wearing the same mask as MASKMAN, he starts to laugh and seize up. JAKE gets up and stumbles backwards.  

Standing just away in front of him he sees the masked man watching him. The man starts to walk towards him.  

INT. Dark Room. JAKE is sat in a chair in the middle of the room. 

He shakes and his face twists in pain. 

EXT. Park. JAKE falls backwards over the man behind him. He looks up and the masked man is over him. 

Fade to black. 

INT. Dark Room. There is a knife on the floor dimly lit. It’s covered in blood. 

Fade to black. 

EXT. Park. Woman kneeling on ground, head down. She’s reaching up and her body is shaking. 

Fade to black 

INT. Dark Room. MASKMAN stands looking dead on. 

Fade to black 

EXT. Park. Pile of bodies’ lies on the ground covered in wounds and blood. The masked man walks slowly away from them. 

Fade to black 

EXT. Park bench. JAKE is on the park bench with the phone to his ear.  

VOICE ON PHONE 

Hello? Jake? Can you hear me? 

JAKE 

You’re him… aren’t you? The masked man 

Laughing is heard on the other end of the line.  

This time the voice speaks, and it choruses out as a combination of many voices 

MASKMAN (CHORUS) 

You’re mine 

JAKE 

Why… 

He says, shaking and distressed. 

The phone hangs up again 

Daisy walks past the bench, she turns and this time she is wearing the same mask as MASKMAN.  

JAKE flinches in shock and backs from the bench away from the girl.  

He keeps backing away from the bench and turns around slowly. In front of him is the pile of bodies covered in blood and injuries. He shivers and begins to hyperventilate.  

When he turns back around he sees the MASKMAN standing in the distance walking towards him.  

INT. Dark Room. JAKE is sat in a chair in the middle of the room. 

He thrashes and this time he has a knife in his hand. His head snaps back onto the chair 

EXT. Park. JAKE is staring at the masked man walking towards him. He looks down and sees a knife in his hand.  

MASKMAN keeps walking towards him, his drape flowing in the wind and his face looking menacing in the dim light.  

JAKE begins to walk towards the MASKMAN triumphantly. 

JAKE 

Enough. 

JAKE slashes the knife up at the MASKMANs face, the mask shatters into pieces on the ground and the pile of drapes falls empty on the floor.  

INT. Dark Room. JAKE is sat in a chair in the middle of the room. 

He tears the machine off his head and throws the chair to the side.  

Actors in use –

JAKE – Taylor Crowley

DAISY – Amy May

MASKED MAN – Jonathan Tonks

STRANGER – Magnus Mckail

Production –

Music – Jonathan Tonks

Originally composed music on piano. 1 Piece already written, need 2 more. Need to use studio to record music and put through post production. Music is light and atmospheric. Mainly use arpeggios in minor key.


Camerawork – Mainly Jonathan Tonks

Props –

Fake Blood – Bought

Mask – Not Bought

Robe – Bought

Filming –

Film half in studio with black background.
Other half needs to be filmed in a park – probably Worthing Leisure Centre Park.