Short screenplay from the Done Deal "MADHOUSE - How to make a Monster!" contest,
November 2008
"The Horror From Beyond"
FADE IN:
EXT. SPOOKY CASTLE - NIGHT
Lightning streaks across the stormy black sky, outlining a
sinister Transylvanian fortress.
INT. LABORATORY - NIGHT
Electrical equipment from the 1930s buzzes and crackles.
Something vaguely human in shape lies on a table, covered
with a white sheet.
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
The storm is almost directly overhead!
Thunder BOOMS.
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
Master, I'm frightened!
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
Open the storm hatches!
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
Master, what if something goes wrong?
It could destroy us!
The sound of a painful SLAP.
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
Ow!
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
I said open the hatches!
Hands grip a big lever and pull it over.
A section of the ceiling directly overhead opens, exposing
the stormy sky. Lightning flashes.
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
Excellent! Timing could not be
better. Elevate the subject.
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
Master, I beg you, I implore you not
to do this.
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
Fetch me my big stick.
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
No, Master, no! Not the big stick!
It hurts!
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
Then obey my commands! Elevate the
subject!
Hands move a lever clockwise.
The table is lifted into the air on wires... higher and
higher... towards the open ceiling and the waiting storm.
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
Faster! We must not miss the most
powerful electrical discharges.
Faster!
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
I'm doing my best, Master!
The sound of a painful SLAP.
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
Ow!
EXT. CASTLE ROOFTOP - NIGHT
Pulleys hang over the opening, controlling the cables attached
to the table.
Up comes the table, still covered by the white sheet.
Lightning flashes are dazzlingly bright. Thunder BOOMS almost
in synch.
INT. LABORATORY - NIGHT
Looking up at the table, suspended high above.
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
Open the circuits!
Hands grip old circuit breaker levers and pull them down
into closes position. Sparks fly. Equipment HUMS.
EXT. SPOOKY CASTLE - NIGHT
Lightning rages around the castle -- then a giant bolt comes
crackling down, turning the entire castle negative.
INT. LABORATORY - NIGHT
Machinery blows up, sparks fly, smoke billows.
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
Master!
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
Lower the subject! Lower the subject!
Hands move a lever counterclockwise.
The table slowly descends.
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
Faster, faster!
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
I can't make it go any faster!
The sound of a painful SLAP.
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
Ow!
The table comes back down to its original position.
A hand reaches out, takes hold of the white sheet -- and
pulls it away!
REVERSE ANGLE
For the first time we see the tall EVIL SCIENTIST and his
short hunchbacked FRIGHTENED SERVANT wearing white lab coats.
They're butt-ugly zombie mutant monsters who could crack
mirrors just by looking at them.
Evil Scientist drops the white sheet and reacts with horror
at what he sees. Frightened Servant cowers behind him, even
more horrified.
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
Master! It's hideous! It's
disgusting!
EVIL SCIENTIST (V.O.)
I was a fool! I should have heeded
the warnings! The world is not ready
for this monstrosity!
Lying on the table is the most beautiful woman ever created.
Flawless skin, flowing hair, enormous firm boobs. Her eyes
blink open.
EXT. SPOOKY CASTLE - NIGHT
Lightning streaks across the stormy black sky.
FRIGHTENED SERVANT (V.O.)
Master! Master! I'm frightened!
FADE OUT to corny "BWA HA HA HA!" evil laughter.
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