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SCENE 1
INT. MATTHEWS HOUSE, MATTHEWS BEDROOM – MORNING
Mathew (a 17 year old boy with short blonde hair and blue
eyes around 6’2 and well built) wakes up in his single bed
to his digital alarm going off. Berlioz: Symphonie
Fantastique begins to play, it is 7:00. Mathew turns off
his alarm, rubs his eyes then gets out of his bed. He picks
a towel off his filthy floor and walks out of his room.
INT. MATTHEWS HOUSE, UPSTAIRS LANDING – MORNING
Mathew walks from his bedroom to his bathroom, the white
door shuts on the camera. We see the lock turn.
INT. MATTHEWS HOUSE, UPSTAIRS BATHROOM – MORNING
Mathew gets into his shower after taking off his pajamas
and turns the knob on the shower to full, we see the steam
on the window grow. Mathew is now pleasuring himself in the
shower and when he is finished he gets out and dry’s
himself off checks out his hair in his mirror then leaves
the bathroom. We then see Matthew’s DNA going down the
shower drain.
INT. COLLEGE, CLASSROOM 1 - AFTERNOON
We see Mathew looking out the classroom window in a sort
day dream state, the teacher is talking in the background
but is mostly mumble. Mathew see’s something outside the
window crawling round the side of the building, he stands
up in shock and everyone in the class stares at him
TEACHER
Is everything okay Matthew?
MATTHEW
Uh, Yh I just need the toilet
TEACHER
Well you should have gone at break now take your
seat
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Matthews sits back down and puts his head on his left hand
on his face, the teacher continues talking Matthew’s eyes
start to slowly close…
INT. COLLEGE, HALLWAY – NIGHTMARE
Mathew is confused as to why he is the hallway and has no
recollection of how he got there the lights turn off he is
in a grim light and he hears a gravely whisper. He starts
to walk panicked, he hears a noise behind him and slowly
turns round to see inhuman hands reaching round the corner
then in a screechy shout
MONSTER
FATHER!!
INT. COLLEGE, TOILETS – NIGHTMARE
Mathew runs into the toilets gets in a stool and locks the
door and stands on the toilet so his feet can’t be seen, he
hears the door open and something muttering and crawling
along the floor, after a few seconds the sounds stop and
Matthew’s door starts to shake as if something is banging
on it. Then we see the hands and arms reach under the door
for Matthew. Mathew screams
INT. COLLEGE, CLASSROOM 1 – AFTERNOON
Mathew wakes up and screams, everyone looks at him and
starts laughing the teacher tries to make the class quite
down, Mathew stands up to leave and notices he has wet
himself so puts his bag over his crotch and walks out.
EXT. OUTSIDE A PUB – AFTERNOON
There is a title screen that reads ‘9 MONTHSLATER’. Matthew
and a friend are having a pint of beer at their local pub
in the beer garden, they are sat on a sad looking bench and
are talking about the missing link
WILL
Look I’m just trying to have normal conversation
with you but you are acting as if I’m forcing you to
fuck a dead badger.
MATTHEW
I’m just not interested in the missing link that’s
all.
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WILL
Well just think about it, what happened to the Homo
erectus? Where did it go?
MATTHEW
I don’t know
WILL
Okay well just here me out, maybe there was no Homo
erectus maybe the missing link is some sort of fish
creature.
INT. COLLEGE, TOILETS – NIGHTMARE – FLASHBACK
Matthew’s door starts to shake as if something is banging
on it. Then we see the hands and arms reach under the door
for Matthew.
EXT. OUTSIDE A PUB – AFTERNOON
Cut back to Mathew and Will at the pub Mathew is staring
into nothing and has a slight look of fear on his face.
WILL
See I got you there didn’t I, now I’ll tell you why
the missing link is a fish crea-
MATTHEW
I’m going home
WILL
What why? It’s because you know I’m right isn’t it.
Mathew starts to walk off and as he puts his coat on he
turns around to Will and says
MATTHEW
Do you ever stop for a second to think about the
utter bull shit that dribbles out of your mouth?
Mathew walks off, Will is left puzzled but then turns to
another table of people and says
WILL
I got two words, missing link.
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EXT. A ROAD – LATE AFTERNOON
Cut to Mathew walking down a suburban road, he is visibly
shaken by something as he walks down the road he hears
whispers and murmurs coming from the drains and the trees.
Mathew starts to walk faster but the whispers get louder,
Mathew starts running but trips and falls next to a drain.
He hears a scream from the drain.
MONSTER
FATHER!
Mathew gets up with a look of horror on his face, he runs
all the way home,
EXT. MATTHEWS DRIVEWAY – LATE AFTERNOON
When he gets home he runs up his gravel driveway and when
he tries to unlock his door he drops his keys, the monster
in crawling up the drive towards him.
INT. MATTHEWS HOUSE, HALLWAY – LATE AFTERNOON
Mathew gets into his house slams the door and slumps his
back against the door. He hears raspy breathing and
thudding on his floor, when he looks up he sees his
backdoor is open he stands up panicked he grabs an umbrella
as a weapon and slowly walks towards his back door.
INT. MATTHEWS HOUSE, KITCHEN – LATE AFTERNOON
Mathew slowly walks into his kitchen and looks around he
lets out a breath of relief when he sees no one is in
there, he closes his kitchen door as he turns to leave his
kitchen he sees the monster crawling down his hallway
towards him. Mathew stares in shock for a while then slams
the kitchen door shut. We hear knocking and scraping then
the door handle starts shaking, Mathew holds onto the door
handle to prevent the monster getting in. Matthew’s
doorbell rings, all noises from the monster stops. The
doorbell sounds again.
EXT. MATTHEWS FRONT DOOR – LATE AFTERNOON
Will is standing outside Matthew’s door ringing the door
bell
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WILL
I know you are home because your keys are
in the door, I’m gonna to give you 5 more
seconds or I’m gonna to let myself in.
MATTHEW
No will don’t come in you don’t
understand!
WILL
5
MATTHEW
There’s something in the house don’t come
in!
WILL
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MATTHEW
Stop being a stupid prick!
WILL
2, 1. Okay I’m coming in now.
MATTHEW
Will seriously don’t come in
INT. MATTHEWS HALLWAY – LATE AFTERNOON
Will walks into Mathew’s house and hears Mathew screaming
on the other side of the door telling him to get out. He
ignores him and starts to look around.
MATTHEW
What are you screaming at you bell end?
The monster then leaps onto will, this makes will fall
backwards then he gets ripped apart by the monster. Will is
screaming and shouting until he dies. Matthew opens the
kitchen door and see’s will dead on his hallway floor and
the monster eating some of his insides, the monster turns
around and screams
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MONSTER
FATHER! I REQUIRE SUBSTANCE, SUNLIGHT IS
NO LONGER A SUFFICIENT SUPLLY OF
NUTRIENCE!
The monster starts to crawl towards Matthew, Matthew turns
into his kitchen
INT. MATTHEWS HOUSE, KITCHEN – LATE AFTERNOON
And grabs a knife from the draw he goes back to the hall
INT. MATTHEWS HALLWAY – LATE AFTERNOON
When Matthew returns to his kitchen the monster is gone but
Matthew hears noises up stairs, he goes to his staircase.
INT. MATTHEWS STAIRCASE – LATE AFTERNOON
Matthew walks up his stairs with knife in his hand looking
very cautious he looks at a picture of himself on the
stairs then it changes into the monster, Matthew screams at
this then runs up the rest of the stairs.
INT. MATTHEWS HOUSE, UPSTAIRS LANDING – LATE AFTERNOON
Matthew walks round his landing checking every room until
he comes to the bathroom, he hears whimpering coming from
inside. With his knife at the ready Matthew slowly opens
the bathroom door
INT. MATTHEWS HOUSE, UPSTAIRS BATHROOM – LATE AFTERNOON
Matthew see’s the Monster in the bath tub clawing at the
drain, the monster turns to see Matthew. The monster is
crying and he is visibly weak and unwell.
MONSTER
SEND ME BACK TO THE MOIST DARK TUNNELS FATHER
MATTHEW
What are you talking about? You mean the sewers?
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MONSTER
I MUST RETURN TO THE MOIST TUNNELS,
WEAKNESS IS UPON ME I NEED THE NUTRIENCE
OF THE BROWN SOFTIES. PLEASE FATHER
MATTHEW
Why do you keep calling me father?
MONSTER
YOUR SEED LANDED ON MY MOTHERS EGGS, I
HAVE WAITED TO BE REUNITED WITH MY FATHER
MATTHEW
You killed my friend, you can’t stay here
and what do you mean eggs?
MONSTER
SET ME FREE FATHER, I FEEL MY LIFE FADING.
OR BRING ME ANOTHER BEING TO FEAST ON
MATTHEW
This isn’t little shop of horrors I’m not
feeding you people
MONSTER
IM DYING FATHER, IF I DON’T FEED SOON I WILL
DIE-
Matthew stabs the monster in the stomach, a greenish black
goo leaks from the wound and the monster spits the liquid
all over Matthews face, the monster starts to violently
shake.
MONSTER
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU PROU-
Matthew starts screaming and repeatedly stabbing the
monster until the monster stops moving and dies. Matthew
falls to the floor covered in the monsters blood.
EXT. MATTEWS DRIVE WAY – LATE AFTERNOON
Matthew is carrying two heavy bin bags to the bottom of his
drive way and he leaves them there, he is still covered in
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the monsters blood. We see the greenish black liquid
leaking from the bag. As the shot zooms out it shows all of
the drain covers open. Cut to black.
THE END.
