BRAINS
By
Patrick T. Sheridan
1 INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 1
POV. A hand reaching into a potato chip bag. The hand
brings the chips up towards the CAMERA and crunching can be
heard. The POV shot pans to a television in which THE
VENGEANCE OF SPACE LORD is playing. A pair of legs are
extended out from the camera and are propped up and spread
out on a coffee table.
MEDIUM SHOT. A MAN is sitting on a couch eating a bag of
potato chips and watching THE VENGEANCE OF SPACE LORD. He
is slightly overweight and wearing a pair of gray sweatpants
that are rolled up to the middle of his calf. He is also
wearing a white tee shirt and a pair of black
slippers/sandals.
A CLOSE-UP of him smacking his lips and licking his
fingers. He reaches into the bag again but there are no
more chips. He grumbles angrily and reluctantly gets up
from the couch, shutting the TV off and tossing the
controller down on the floor next to a crumpled up Playboy
magazine.
2 INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT 2
The man shuffles his feet as he enters the kitchen and
begins tearing through the cabinets and drawers but finds no
food worth eating. He sighs heavily and slams a cabinet,
grunting like a caveman. Shaking his head, he looks over to
the refrigerator.
DRAMATIC MUSIC plays as CAMERA ZOOMS in TIGHT on fridge.
DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS as CAMERA ZOOMS in dramatically (and
hilariously) again on his eyes as he stares wide-eyed and
intently.
EXTREME CU as he bites his lower lip and salivates, licking
his lips seductively.
PANNING SHOT as he takes a quick step back and stumbles
awkwardly towards the fridge but loses his footing and
falls, sliding hard into the refrigerator door.
CAMERA moves across the room and settles in on his face as
he winces in pain. He attempts to say something but he
grabs his cheek in pain as blood drips out of his mouth.
MAN
Ugh...
CAMERA ZOOMS out slightly as he props himself up against a
cabinet door and reaches into his mouth and rips out a
molar. More blood comes dripping out of his mouth and
stains the white shirt he is wearing.
He slowly gets to his feet and grabs the handle of the
fridge, pulling the door towards him and shining the light
on his face. He is shocked to find the entire refrigerator
completely empty except for a square object wrapped in
aluminum.
POV. CAMERA is looking at sandwich. CAMERA TILTS up and
PANS to the left and right, looking for anyone - or anything
- that might have placed the sandwich in the fridge. He
finds nothing.
MS of the man looking down at the sandwich. He stares at it
suspiciously for a moment before shrugging his
shoulders. He slams the door shut and leaves the kitchen.
3 INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 3
The man enters the living room. A FIGURE enters the frame
on the right and quickly exits on the left. LOUD JARRING
MUSIC plays as the figure appears and disappears.
The man - completely unaware of the intruder’s presence -
rubs his cheek in pain as he plops down on the couch and
opens the tin foil to reveal a delicious looking
sandwich. The man sniffs the sandwich cautiously.
CU of the man sticking his tongue out and licking and poking
the sandwich with his tongue. He shrugs his shoulders again
and opens his mouth to bite into the sandwich but he is
still in pain from his tooth being knocked out and recoils
in pain. He takes a deep breath and opens his mouth,
placing the sandwich in between his teeth.
He lets out a guttural growl and his eyes widen as he
finally manages to bit into the sandwich. But he doesn’t
stop there. He takes several more voracious bites as he
devours almost three-fourths of the sandwich in a matter of
seconds.
He tosses the rest of the sandwich on the table and sits
back on the couch. He is barely managing to chew the
sandwich when he begins to choke. He sits up panicked and
looks down down.
CAMERA ZOOMS in quickly into a CU on his face as he looks
down.
POV. CAMERA ZOOMS in quickly into a CU on a large cup of
soda.
He picks up the cup and begins to chug, but his mouth is so
full that most of the soda runs down his bloody chin and
drips onto his bloody shirt.
CU of the man finishing chugging the soda and swallowing
down the last bits of the mystery sandwich. He lets out an
extremely obnoxious burp. After a few moments, he grabs his
stomach and doubles over in pain.
He gets up from the couch and staggers out of the living
room.
CAMERA lingers and ZOOMS in on the remaining one-fourths of
the sandwich resting on the coffee table. EERIE MUSIC
plays.
4 INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT 4
The man stumbles down the hallway and falls into the
wall. He manages to right himself and continues to stagger
until he reaches the--
5 INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT 5
--bedroom. Pushing the door violently into the wall, the
man stumbles to the bed and collapses onto the soft
blankets.
CU on his face as his eyelids flutter violently for a few
moments until they shut.
MS of the man laying in bed. CAMERA is at ceiling height,
looking down on him as he lays in bed, sprawled out. A LOUD
NOISE is heard and a BRIGHT WHITE FLASH is seen as the man
appears to have a brief seizure, flailing his arms and legs
and twisting his neck unnaturally momentarily before coming
to a stop.
Another LOUD NOISE and BRIGHT WHITE FLASH as the man flips
over onto his back and shakes his head violently. White
foam oozes out of his mouth and drips down his cheeks and
chin. He once again, comes to a stop.
Another LOUD NOISE and BRIGHT WHITE FLASH as his body
bounces violently on the bed until he arches his back
awkwardly so his body is shaped like an upside down
"u". His body then goes limp.
One last LOUD NOISE and BRIGHT WHITE FLASH as he opens his
mouth and unleashes a low-pitched demonic scream as the
CAMERA ZOOMS in slowly and ENTERS into his mouth until all
was see is darkness.
CU of a clock on a nightstand next to the bed which reads
11:45 PM.
CU of the man’s leg as it lies on the bed, bent awkwardly.
CU of the clock as it still reads 11:45 PM and a
CROSS-DISSOLVE into another CU of the clock which now reads
3:37 AM.
CU of the man’s open hand and we ZOOM out extremely slowly
until we see that his arm up until his elbow is hanging off
the bed. As if devoid of life.
Another CU of the clock which still reads 3:37 and a
CROSS-DISSOLVE into another CU of the clock which now reads
7:44 AM. It changes to read 7:45 AM and a soft, but steady
BUZZING NOISE is heard.
EXTREME CU of the man’s eye opening. His pupil is now a
strange shade of yellow.
CU of the clock. CAMERA ZOOMS out slowly and stops when a
pale, decrepit-looking hand violently slaps the alarm clock
and grips it. From what we can notice, the hand and arm
look like they should belong to a body that has been rotting
for several weeks.
POV shot from the man as he looks at the clock and picks it
up from the night stand and brings it close to his eyes and
GRUNTS at it strangely.
He sits up in bed and continues to stare at the clock. He
pokes it a few times until he becomes angry and grunts
several more times and smacks and strangles the clock until
the alarm shuts off.
He gets off the bed and almost falls down, but steadies
himself and begins to awkwardly limp and stagger.
MS (shoot this two ways: 1) The MS of him leaving the
bedroom, and 2) The CU of him leaving the room) on the floor
of the man’s leg as he stumbles, mumbles, and groans on his
way to the door. He opens the door and leaves the room.
6 INT. HALLWAY - EARLY MORNING 6
POV of the man stumbling down the dark hallway towards the
bathroom. He raises his arm and extends his index finger as
he lurches forward. Without applying and real pressure, he
slowly pushes open the bathroom door with his hand.
7 INT. BATHROOM - EARLY MORNING 7
POV of his finger poking around on the wall until it flips
on the light switch. CAMERA TILTS up until you can see the
sink.
MS of the man’s reflection. His face is a greenish white
and appears to be rotting. There are dark black circles
around his eyes. He is. . . a ZOMBIE.
A LOUD, LONG HIGH-PITCHED GUITAR SQUEAL as CAMERA slowly and
dramatically ZOOMS in on his reflection until it settles
into a CU of his face. The Zombie cocks his head and looks
quizzically at himself.
ZOMBIE
Brains?
END OF FIRST WEBISODE
