Theodore finds a mysterious box left at his door on multiple occasions. Each time he opens the box, strange events occur - he experiences disturbing dreams and hallucinations. Theodore struggles to understand what is happening. His friend grows concerned for Theodore's well-being and checks on him. While in the woods together, Theodore passes out and wakes up standing over his friend's body, his hands covered in blood.

1. “THE BOX”
By
Niamh Giddings

2. 2
FADE IN:
EXT. WOODS - MIDDAY
A low angle shot of THEODORE looking down at something on
the floor. His hands are bloody. He looks shocked and
upset. He is wearing a plain t-shirt and is standing in
front of trees. There is little light lighting him up.
THEODORE
Oh shi-
Fades to a black screen. Title appears.
INT. BEDROOM – MORNING
(Soft Focus)
THEODORE is asleep in bed. The doorbell rings from
downstairs. He wakes up and slowly wonders out of bed to
the door downstairs.
INT. FRONT DOOR - CONTINUING
He opens the door and looks down. There is a box sitting
there. He looks around confused but there is nothing but
parked cars and silence. He picks it up and walks inside.
INT. DINING ROOM – CONTINUING
THEODORE places the box down and opens it. He suddenly
wakes up and realised it was a dream. He rubs his eyes and
the doorbell rings. He gets up and starts to walk
downstairs.
INT. FRONT DOOR – CONTINUING

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He opens the door, and again, looks around. There is no-one
else except him. He picks it up and puts it on the table
next to the door and walks away.
INT. KITCHEN – CONTINUING
He walks upstairs then walks back downstairs but has
changed. He makes himself breakfast then walks back round
to the hallway, picks up his bag and walks out the door.
INT. HALLWAY – AFTERNOON
THEODORE walks back into the house with his friend; his bag
is hanging off one shoulder. He shuts the door and drops
the bag onto the floor. His friend places his bag down next
to his. He picks up the box and carries it into his
bedroom. The friend is following.
INT. BEDROOM – CONTINUING
He opens his door wide them sits down on his desk chair and
places the box onto the desk. He opens it carefully. His
friend is watching. The bedroom door slams shut violently.
Their heads turn quickly in that direction. He turns back
to the box and shuts the lid. He carries it back downstairs
and places it by the door to be thrown out with the other
rubbish.
INT. LIVING ROOM – MORNING
(Soft Focus)
THEODORE is sitting on a sofa playing a video game: he is
engrossed. You can only hear the music from the game. There
is a faint scream from upstairs. THEODORE picks up the
remote and turns the volume down. Silence. A few seconds
later he hears another two screams upstairs. They sound
like his parents, so he abruptly stands up and runs out
into the hallway.
INT. HALLWAY – CONTINUING

4. 4
(Soft Focus)
He stands at the bottom of the stairs the screams are
continuing and are getting a little bit louder. He quickly
runs up the stairs.
INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY – CONTINUING
(Soft Focus)
Once he has reached the top of the stairs, he opens his
parent’s bedroom door and looks inside. He turns back
around and slams the door shut behind him. He has a blank
looks on his face.
INT. BEDROOM – MORNING
THEODORE jumps up out of bed. He realises that his parent's
screams were just a dream, but it felt so vivid he goes out
to their bedroom to double check.
INT. PARENTS BEDROOM – CONTINUING
He walks into the room, slowly and lightly opening the
door. Over his shoulder we see that the bed is empty. He
leaves and shuts the door. He looks more concerned.
INT. DINING ROOM – MORNING
As THEODORE walks into the dining room he can see a note.
It is from his parents: they left early for work. You can
see the sudden relief in his face. He walks into the
kitchen and makes himself breakfast.
He walks back to the table and sits down. He gets his phone
out of his pocket to check his notifications. He starts
scrolling through his phone. There is a loud bang upstairs.
He stands up to go and check the noise. He creeps up the
stairs, keeping aware of all his surroundings.
INT. BEDROOM – CONTINUING

5. 5
As he reaches the top of the stairs THEODORE sees that his
bedroom door is wide open. He sneakily peaks into the
bedroom. He sees that it is empty so slowly wanders in. His
eyes are instantly drawn to the box which has appeared onto
his desk. The top is open. He walks cautiously towards it.
He picks it up to look inside. It is empty. He places it
back down and shuts the lid.
INT. LIVING ROOM – AFTERNOON
(Soft Focus)
THEODORE suddenly wakes from a nap. He does not understand
how he got to where he is. The doorbell rings.
INT. FRONT HALLWAY, FRONT DOOR – CONTINUING
(Soft Focus)
He opens the door and his friend is standing on the other
side. He looks very concerned. His FRIEND looks at him for
a few seconds, then looks more relieved.
FRIEND
I was just checking in that you’re okay.
You scared me.
The FRIEND starts to turn around and walk away.
THEODORE
O-okay.
He shuts the door. It cuts to black.
The doorbell rings. THEODORE opens the front door. The same
FRIEND is standing at the door. THEODORE moves to the side
to let his friend in as he started to let himself in.
His FRIEND walks through the hallway.

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INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY
THEODORE is sat on a sofa with his legs crossed. He looks
down to the floor and sees his FRIEND lying there. In a
panic he gets onto the floor and starts shaking him.
FRIEND
(tiredly) Stop.
A relieved face appears on THEODORE. They both get up.
EXT. WOODS – DAY
THEODORE and his FRIEND are walking through the woods to
clear their minds of everything that has been happening.
They both walk in silence. We see a close-up of THEODORE’s
face as he become drowsy and feels sick.
He wakes up a few moments later, but he is standing above a
body. His hands covered in blood. He looks muddled. He
steps back to look at what he thinks he has done.
FADE OUT:
THE END