Aryeh is brought to a Nazi concentration camp with his mother and forced to watch as the camp commander brutally beats and kills his mother. Over months of imprisonment, Aryeh endures torture and forced labor as his faith in God wavers. An old inmate claims Satan wants to give Aryeh power for revenge. After the old man dies, Aryeh hangs himself but is revived with supernatural powers. He kills two guards in a violent rage before the scene changes to the camp commander celebrating expansion plans while unaware of Aryeh's transformation.

1. THE SATANIST
Written by
Alex Gambino

2. SUPER: “ “If there is a God, he will have to beg for my
forgiveness” ~ Written on a wall at the Mauthausen Camp.”
EXT. CONCENTRATION CAMP - DAY
SUPER: “Mauthausen, Austria -- Feb. 1941”
A German car drives toward the work camp. The car passes
through the security gate and through a small series of
fences into a yard. The vehicle stops in the center. GUARD
#1, 30s, with a trench coat, steps up to the car.
EXT. CONCENTRATION CAMP - YARD - DAY
Guard #1 opens the driver door and out steps WARNER STEIGEN,
42, a perfect example of the Aryan ideals and Nazi SS
colonel. Guard #1 salutes in typical fashion.
GUARD #1
Colonel Steigen, the guards are
rounding up the inmates now.
Steigen points to the trunk of his car. Guard #1 motions for
GUARD #2, 30s, stocky, to come over and assist.
The Guards open the trunk to find a young boy, ARYEH CHOSHEK,
15, tall for his age with black hair and steel blue eyes, in
a Russian military jacket, and his MOTHER, 45, strong
features, inside. The Guards forcefully drags them out of the
trunk and brings them to the feet of Steigen.
ARYEH (V.O.)
Dear Yahweh, The one true God and
father of all men...
MOTHER
Please! Stop! Leave us!
Steigen smirks. Aryeh’s Mother grovels.
STEIGEN
Scum.
ARYEH (V.O.)
...I can no longer accept you as
the protector of your people.
GUARD #3, 30s, tall, and GUARD #4, 30s, crew cut, force the
camps INMATES into the yard. Manacled together, beaten and
malnourished, the Inmates all kneel.

3. The sky opens up, snow flurries fall. A wolf HOWLS in the
distance.
A raven perches itself up on the fence.
Steigen turns to the inmates and opens his arms as if
addressing a crowd in a theater.
STEIGEN
It appears the city beyond this
fence is still infested with
vermin.
He points to Aryeh’s Mother.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
Try as we might to exterminate this
plague on humanity, you have
continued to breed.
Aryeh looks green. He scans the inmates.
ARYEH (V.O.)
I no longer believe you are mercy.
The Inmates all keep their heads down.
STEIGEN
This world will be made pure by
Aryan fires, and your kind will
take its --
Aryeh vomits. A small amount hits Steigen’s boot. Steigen
turns to Aryeh in a rage.
MOTHER
Stop! He’s only a child.
Steigen turns his attention toward Aryeh’s Mother. Steigen
holds his hand out toward Guard #1. Guard #1 places a baton
in his hand.
STEIGEN
I will not be interrupted by filth.
Steigen hits Aryeh’s Mother across the face. Aryeh tries to
stand up. Guard #1 holds him down.
ARYEH (V.O.)
I watched the brutality of man.
Steigen continues to beat Aryeh’s mother bloody. Aryeh looks
down. Every THUD of the baton makes Aryeh shudder.
2.

4. ARYEH (V.O.)
I watched as you’ve done nothing.
Steigen turns toward Aryeh.
STEIGEN
You!
Guard #1 stands Aryeh up and shoves him toward Steigen.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
Clean this.
Steigen wipes the bloodied baton on Aryeh’s jacket.
ARYEH (V.O.)
I prayed for your protest.
Steigen turns back toward The Inmates.
STEIGEN
Children of the Extermination!
You’re worth is less then the dirt
on which you kneel.
ARYEH (V.O.)
I received silence.
Steigen turns back to Aryeh. Steigen sinks down and grabs
Aryeh’s face. He examines it closely.
STEIGEN
Tsk! Such Aryan eyes. Shame they
exist on such impure scum.
Aryeh bites his lip so hard it bleeds. Steigen watches the
blood pour from the wound.
Aryeh spits in Steigen’s face. Steigen wipes it off and grits
his teeth. With the baton, He CRACKS Aryeh and teeth fly.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
How dare you?
The baton CRACKS on Aryeh’s face, and cuts above his eye.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
You are my inferior.
The Inmates all look at the ground. The THUMP of the baton
continues on Aryeh’s flesh. Steigen grips Aryeh’s collar.
Aryeh looks off toward The Inmates. Aryeh’s body convulses.
3.

5. STEIGEN (CONT’D)
You are a slave species. Created to
labor for your betters. Do not let
your filthy blood touch me again.
Aryeh forces himself to look Steigen in the eyes. He glares
at Steigen and tears up. A slow, devious smirk crawls across
Steigen’s face.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
Get the woman on her knees.
Guard #2 complies. Steigen grabs Aryeh by the hair and drags
him to his feet. Steigen takes his Luger pistol and places it
in Aryeh’s hand. Aryeh looks at the pistol and tries to raise
the gun to aim at Steigen.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Aryeh’s struggles to stay up. Steigen walks behind Aryeh,
grabs his wrist, and points the pistol toward Aryeh’s mother.
ARYEH (V.O.)
You watched me...
STEIGEN
There are no women in this camp.
Aryeh stands, unable to pull the trigger. Steigen shakes
Aryeh’s arm and the gun GOES OFF.
ARYEH (V.O.)
... as I was forced to kill my own
mother.
The bullet hits Aryeh’s mother in the throat. She gurgles and
grips the wound and falls on her back. She writhes in agony.
Blood pools and steams in the icy weather.
Aryeh drops to his knees. Steigen stares on and smirks.
ARYEH
No! No, no!
Aryeh muscles himself to his feet. He stumbles to his
Mother’s side. Guard #2 throws Aryeh into his Mother’s blood.
Aryeh makes eye contact with his Mother.
ARYEH (CONT’D)
Mama? Mama? Noooo!
Her wide, terrified eyes shift from blue to grey and she
gurgles a final gasp. Snow sticks to her body
4.

6. ARYEH (CONT’D)
Don’t go! Please!
Aryeh screams and cries. Steigen motions to Guard #2.
ARYEH (CONT’D)
I love you, Mama!
Guard #2 lifts Aryeh to his knees and holds his jaw shut with
his hands. Aryeh’s Mother’s blood drips off of him. Steigen
turns to the gathered Inmates.
ARYEH (V.O.)
... and you did nothing.
STEIGEN
This is the example for you all.
Death is inevitable, but there are
things far worse than death.
Steigen takes a bow. The spent casing glints in the snow.
Steigen picks it up. He motions to Guard #3 and Guard #4 to
put the inmate’s back to work. Steigen walks up to Guard #2
and Aryeh. He holds the casing up to Aryeh’s face.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
Good shot.
Steigen smirks as Aryeh tries to move in protest. Steigen
places the casing in Aryeh’s hand.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
It’s a good practice to remember
your first kill.
A tear slaloms down Aryeh’s face. Guard #1 takes Steigen’s
place.
GUARD #1
Welcome to the bone-grinder.
He CRACKS Aryeh in the face with the butt of his rifle.
Aryeh’s vision begins to blur.
STEIGEN (O.S.)
Take him to processing.
INT. BATHROOM - DAY
Aryeh sits strapped into a barber’s chair. Bruises and cuts
cover his face. GUARD #5, 30s, has a mustache, shaves Aryeh’s
head.
5.

7. ARYEH (V.O.)
When we needed you most...
INT. CELL - DAY
Aryeh strapped into a different chair. His left arm exposed.
GUARD #6, 30s, has a cigar, dips a tattoo gun in ink. The
tattoo gun BUZZES. It marks Aryeh’s arm.
ARYEH (V.O.)
... you were as silent as ever.
INSERT - TATTOO
“42 15 33”
INT. MUNITION’S FACTORY - DAY
SUPER: “April 1941”
The REPETITIVE CLUNK of the machinery echoes in the factory.
Aryeh blankly watches the bullets move along a conveyer belt.
His bruises slightly less pronounced and his body skinnier
than before. He pulls and pushes the levers of the machine.
ARYEH (V.O.)
I have spent months...
An OLD MAN, 80s, jittery, works the station next to Aryeh.
His eyes dart around the room. The Old Man notices the casing
around Aryeh’s neck.
OLD MAN
Ssssshe watches yoooou.
ARYEH
Who? My Mother?
Aryeh twirls the casing. The Old Man shakes his head “no” so
feverishly his body shakes side-to-side.
OLD MAN
Deeeeeeper. Daaaaarrker. All the
way down. Where angels burn all who
refuse to wear God’s chains. Mmh.
ARYEH
Loon.
OLD MAN
You know her name... Shhhhhhe
watches. Aryeh.
6.

8. Aryeh shoots the Old Man a confused, angry look.
ARYEH
How do you know my name?
OLD MAN
Her voice burned it in my mind.
Ohhh, she watches. She knowssss.
The hate in your veins burns as
bright as the sun.
Aryeh seeths. He lets go of the lever for a moment. GUARD #7,
30s, stands on a catwalk, aims his rifle at Aryeh.
GUARD #7
Hey!
Aryeh looks at Guard #7 and slides back to his workstation.
ARYEH
Who is she?
OLD MAN
Sssssssssssssssatan.
ARYEH (V.O.)
...trying to understand...
Aryeh’s eyes go wide. He takes a long deep breath.
ARYEH
Yahweh will save us. I do not
believe in Satan.
OLD MAN
She believes in you! Your God’s
eyes wander not here. He wants
obedience. He sees you as a slave.
Created to do his labor.
Aryeh turns back to his station, but doesn’t continue work.
OLD MAN (CONT'D)
But. She. She loves you. She wishes
to give you revenge. She wishes you
free.
The Old Man clasps his hands and chuckles to himself.
OLD MAN (CONT’D)
Freedom, yes. But. But. But. Yooou
must take your own life.
Aryeh turns his head back to the Old Man.
7.

9. ARYEH
If she wishes to give power, then
why not take your own life?
OLD MAN
Not special. Hermes. Spent too much
time chained. My soul knows no
freedom.
The Old Man point a withered finger at Aryeh.
OLD MAN (CONT’D)
You. You. Yesss. Yours burns with
freedom. Desire. Hope. Even when
there's none to be had.
The Old Man bobs his head while surveying the room.
OLD MAN (CONT’D)
Take your life, child. Before they
do. Shhhhhe will open the power in
your blood.
ARYEH
But suicide is a sin.
OLD MAN
Sin is a word. Suicide is baptism.
ARYEH (V.O.)
... how you could stand idle and
let this happen.
Aryeh turns back to his machine and continues to work with
his eyes widened.
EXT. QUARRY - DAY
SUPER: “Aug. 1941”
Aryeh swings a hammer and crushes a stone. The Old Man works
next to him. Aryeh’s hair has grown back and he looks even
more malnourished. His face looks almost healed. Aryeh
struggles to lift the hammer again. He takes a breath and
wipes the sweat from his brow. GUARD #8, 30s, muscular, walks
over to him.
GUARD #8
No breaks.
OLD MAN
Break the chains. From Nazis. From
God. Time empties. For you. And I.
8.

10. The Old Man collapses. Guard #8 turns away from Aryeh and
walks over to The Old Man.
GUARD #8
Get up!
Guard #8 kicks the Old Man and gets no response. He then aims
his rifle at the Old Man’s head and FIRES A SHOT. Guard #8
tosses the body toward the center of the quarry. It tumbles
on top of a thousand other bodies.
ARYEH (V.O.)
I always come to the same
conclusion...
Guard #8 comes back over to Aryeh, points his rifle at him
and COCKS it.
GUARD #8
I said no breaks!
Aryeh stares at Guard #8 a brief second, then picks the
hammer back up.
INT. BUNKROOM - NIGHT
SUPER: “Dec. 1941”
Aryeh lays in his cot. His face has healed. He stares blankly
into the ceiling. DISTANT SCREAMS can be heard. Aryeh sits up
in his cot.
ARYEH (V.O.)
You simply. Do. Not. Care.
Aryeh gathers a few blankets and ties them together.
ARYEH (V.O.)
I will no longer serve a silent,
weak God.
Aryeh stands on the cot and ties one end to the rafters.
ARYEH (V.O.)
A God who lets prayers go
unanswered.
Aryeh ties the other end into a noose.
ARYEH (V.O.)
I refuse to die on your terms.
Aryeh places the noose around his neck.
9.

11. ARYEH (V.O.)
I reject you.
Aryeh steps off the cot. He violently thrashes for a moment.
ARYEH (V.O.)
I reject this life.
Aryeh’s body goes limp.
ARYEH (V.O.)
I will be free. Aryeh Choshek.
Thirty-first December, 1941.
EXT. CONCENTRATION CAMP - NIGHT
SUPER: “December 31st, 1941 -- 23:50”
INT. BUNKROOM - NIGHT
Aryeh hangs motionless. His black hair turns white. His skin
pales. His blue eyes turn gold. His body becomes athletic.
A SHADOWY FIGURE enters the frame. Her voice FLANGS.
SHADOWY FIGURE
I love you, Aryeh.
EXT. CONCENTRATION CAMP - NIGHT
SUPER: “January 1st, 1942 -- 00:00”
A lime green light emits from the camp.
INT. BUNKROOM - NIGHT
Alone, Aryeh’s body glows with the bright green light. The
light dissipates. All noise from the camp fades to silence.
Aryeh inhales sharply. The blanket rips and Aryeh falls to
the ground. He convulses.
His eyes burst with a sickly green flame. He vomits a
viscous, black substance that gurgles his screams. He
continues to force the screams out until they are clear and
loud. GUARD #9, 30s, has a flak jacket, and GUARD #10, 30s,
short, enter the bunk room.
GUARD #9
What the --
10.

12. Aryeh grabs the baton from Guard #9 and CRACKS him in the
side of the head and dislodges his eye.
Aryeh CRACKS Guard #10 over the head with the baton. Guard
#10 falls to his knees. Aryeh pulls him in, drives his thumbs
through Guard #10’s eyes, and vomits the black ooze into his
mouth. Like acid, the black ooze ruptures Guard #10’s gut.
GUARD #9 (CONT’D)
God, help me.
Aryeh gets nose-to-nose with Guard #9.
ARYEH
God is deaf to those with flesh!
INT. COMMANDER’S QUARTERS
Steigen shares a glass of beer with OLGA, 24, a petit, blonde
guard. He sits at his desk, an oversized hunk of solid wood,
with a massive tapestry of an eagle holding a swastika draped
behind him. Olga sits playfully on his desk.
STEIGEN
I’m glad you were able to join my
guard here, Olga.
OLGA
How can I say no, Herr Steigen? The
plans for expanding the Mauthausen
camp are brilliant.
Steigen takes a swig of his beer.
STEIGEN
You’re a smart girl.
He looks at his watch.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
Ah! It’s past midnight! Happy new
year, Olga.
OLGA
Happy new year, Herr Steigen.
STEIGEN
To the Third Reich.
Olga raises her glass in salute. They CLINK glasses and down
the beers.
11.

13. STEIGEN (CONT’D)
How I wish the war was over and we
could celebrate in Berlin.
Steigen pours Olga another beer and encourages her to down
it. Olga finishes it and puts her glass down next to several
empty pitchers.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
You would be in my bed, were we in
Berlin. I’m afraid my bed here
isn’t designed for two.
He puts his hand on her thigh and nods to the desk. He smirks
and looks at her with lust.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
This will have to suffice.
The door flies open and in charges GUARD #11, 30s, a
lieutenant.
GUARD #11
Colonel Steigen, We’re under --
Steigen rolls his eyes in disbelief.
STEIGEN
-- How dare you barge in!
GUARD #11
Forgive me, Colonel --
Steigen slams his fist on the desk.
STEIGEN
-- I should strip you of your rank
and place you and your ill-bred
family with the scum --
GUARD #11
-- Colonel Steigen --
Aryeh runs through the opened door and tackles Guard #11 and
jabs a knife into his throat repeatedly.
Aryeh looks up at Olga and Steigen, his eyes still aflame.
Olga clasps her mouth. Steigen pulls the Luger out of his
desk and SHOOTS Aryeh three times. The bullets connect with
Aryeh’s chest and ooze black blood. Unaffected, Aryeh raises
his arms and ghostly wisps phase through the wall.
12.

14. INT. COMMANDER’S QUARTERS - LATER
Steigen regains consciousness, naked, strapped down, to the
desk. Olga’s skeleton is in the corner of the room and
smolders in her uniform. Steigen tuns to look at Aryeh. Aryeh
sits in Steigen’s chair. Steigen struggles in his
constraints.
STEIGEN
Who are you?
Aryeh stares at Steigen whilst playing with the knife. His
wounds have healed. His eyes no longer aflame.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
What do you want?
ARYEH
I want you to suffer.
STEIGEN
Ha! Revenge? Tell me, Sorcerer,
what did I do to you? Hmm? Kill
your band of Gypsies?
ARYEH
You made me kill my mother.
Aryeh twirls the bullet casing on the necklace. Steigen
stares at the casing.
STEIGEN
Ah... yes... the defiant boy. You
look different..., more... impure.
Tsk. And you’ve ruined your eyes.
Submit, child, and I’ll see your
death is swift.
Aryeh scoffs.
ARYEH
Submit? I have you tied down.
You’re at my mercy.
STEIGEN
You think you’re the first mage
we’ve encountered?
Aryeh points to a mound of skeletons in Waffen SS uniforms.
ARYEH
They came half an hour ago. You’re
alone.
13.

15. Steigen’s eyes dart over the bodies and he licks his tooth.
He turns to look at Aryeh.
STEIGEN
Well... what are you waiting for? I
do not fear death.
Aryeh grabs the casing on the necklace and twirls it in his
fingers.
ARYEH
You once said there are things much
worse than death.
Steigen laughs and points to Olga’s corpse.
STEIGEN
Her? She was simply a tight, young
means to an end.
Aryeh slits his hand open. He walks over to Steigen and lets
his blackened blood drip. He draws an infinity symbol
attached to a cross with two horizontal lines crossing the
vertical. Steigen flails in a craze.
STEIGEN (CONT’D)
I warned you not to touch me with
your filthy blood!
ARYEH
I have been freed! I plan to free
this world from things that would
bind it.
Aryeh’s eyes ignite with the green fire again.
ARYEH (CONT’D)
Zodacare eca od Zodameranu.
The blood on Steigen boils and his flesh blisters. He
screams. Aryeh’s fist ignites with the same flame. He lifts
it high and expands his fingers.
Steigen’s skin splits and his skeleton crawls out. The
skeleton shambles over to Aryeh, and drops it’s entrails and
vital organs along the way.
Steigen’s lifeless husk expels its soul. The soul floats
over to Aryeh’s open hand. A DISTANT SCREAM comes from it.
ARYEH (CONT’D)
Welcome to un-death, Colonel. A
slave to a slave.
14.

16. The soul whispers.
STEIGEN (V.O.)
Hypocrite.
Aryeh ignores the soul. He tilts the skeleton’s head back and
tears off it’s mandible. He takes the soul and places it in
the skeleton’s skull. The green flames burst from the
skeleton’s eye sockets.
ARYEH
A prison for your soul to rot.
You’ll need a new name. Scum...?
Yes, Scum. That’s fitting.
The skeleton kneels in front of Aryeh. Aryeh sheaths the
knife and takes the Luger pistol.
ARYEH (CONT’D)
Scum, follow. There’s work to be
done.
END.
15.