Screenplay

By

Cameron McRae

INT. MENTAL HOSPITAL MAIN LOBBY - NIGHT

An old wooden door CREAKS open, CHARLES steps out of his

office and marches towards the front desk.

CHARLES

Fourth one this week, Fred. I think

we’re gonna need to check all of

the others, just to be sure.

FRED

Should I alert the, uh.. Y’know?

CHARLES

No, no, let’s keep this quiet until

we know what we’re dealing with.

Arrange for the patients to be

examined in the morning.

CHARLES turns around and walks sluggishly towards his

office. FRED looks down at the security monitor.

FRED

Hey uh.. Charles? Come look at

this.

CHARLES

Hm? What is it?

CHARLES walks behind FRED’S desk and looks at the monitor.

FRED

This guy, he just walked out of the

cabinet in the storage room...

CHARLES

Who is this guy? He’s not staff,

and he doesn’t look like a patient.

FRED

I dunno man. I think you should

check this out, I’ll keep an eye on

the camera.

CHARLES

Nope, you’re coming with me.

CUT TO:

2.

INT. STORAGE ROOM - NIGHT

CHARLES and FRED slowly open the storage room door with a

CREAK. As they enter, FRED flicks on the light switch.

CHARLES looks around.

CHARLES

I don’t see him. Check the cabinet.

FRED walks up to the cabinet and quickly pulls it open.

FRED

What the... Charles... I think I

know how that guy got in.

CHARLES runs over to FRED and looks into the cabinet.

CHARLES

What is this? Some sort of secret

entrance to a hidden room in this

building?

FRED

I don’t know. But I’m not going in

there. We can just tell the

higher-ups about this and let them

deal with it.

CHARLES

No, they probably know about this

already, I bet they’d fire us if we

told them. I’m gonna go in and look

for that guy.

FRED SLAMS the cabinet shut.

FRED

No man, I don’t think you should do

it.

CHARLES opens the cabinet again.

CHARLES

I’m gonna go in, with or withou-

This is different.

CHARLES and FRED stare into the cabinet.

FRED

It didn’t look like this the last

time... Uh, close and open it

again.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 3.

CHARLES slowly shuts the cabinet door as FRED stares through

the gap, then pulls it back open.

FRED

What? How? It’s different again,

this new room looks like it’s made

of... Flesh..

CHARLES

That’s disgusting. Next room.

CHARLES slams the door shut and pulls it open again. A man

steps out of a room plagued with shadow. He is wearing mask

of a medieval plague doctor.

The unknown man turns to FRED.

UNKNOWN

I sense it within you. I assure

you, my cure is most effective.