CHARACTERS
Mark
Rose
Melchizidek
Delphine
Stan
Student #1
Conference Official
Assorted student extras
FADE IN:
MUSIC UNDER: Classy, cheesy.
INT. GORGEOUS HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM
Sweeping pan of ceiling and tables.
ANNCR (O.S.): It was planned as a weekend to remember.
INT. ENTRANCE TO CONFERENCE ROOM
CONFERENCE OFFICIAL sits behind table handing out name tags.
CONFERENCE OFFICIAL: Welcome to the leadership project weekend.
INT. DINING HALL
Pan of people eating, talking, laughing.
ANNCR (O.S.): A time of growth, warmth, and love.
INT. CONFERENCE HALL—MED. DELPHINE sitting.
MELCHIZIDEK sits next to her.
MELCHIZIDEK: Hi, I’m Melchizidek.
DELPHINE: That’s nice.
They stare at each other as MEL waits for her to say something else.
INT. CONFERENCE HALL—AUDIENCE REACTIONS TO A SPEECH
Various shots of people laughing, listening attentively.
ANNCR (O.S.): Everything was perfect. Everything was planned.
INT. CONFERENCE HALL—CONFERENCE OFFICIAL AT PODIUM
CONFERENCE OFFICIAL: This has been the best Leadership Project Weekend we have ever experienced.
INT. CONFERENCE HALL—WIDE OF AUDIENCE
Audience claps and cheers.
CUT TO BLACK.
MUSIC OUT.
ANNCR (O.S.): Except for one uninvited guest.
FADE IN:
INT. HOTEL ROOM—PHONE
Camera weirdly revolves around phone in dimly lit room as PHONE RINGS FIVE TIMES. Different angles.
MED. HAND REACHES FOR PHONE, MEL ANSWERS
We see only the back of his head, slowly ZOOM IN.
The VOICE is sinister.
VOICE: (filtered) Remember me?
There is a moment of suspense.
MEL turns to camera, blank surprise, completely unafraid.
MEL: No.
MUSIC UP: Hard, threatening, exciting.
INT. HALLWAY—MED DELPHINE
DELPHINE turns, SCREAMS.
STAN: (O.S.) So some psychopathic killer called you at 3 am and said we would all be dead by midnight?
INT. DINING HALL
STAN crawls desperately underneath the table between chairs.
The previous line continues over this shot.
INT. HOTEL ROOM—MED. MARK
STAN: …How do you know he was a psychopathic killer?
INT. HOTEL ROOM—MED. MEL
MEL: He said so.
INT. HALLWAY, NEAR VENDING MACHINE
MEL gets a can from machine. MARK stands there.
STAN: (O.S.) It was just a prank call.
CU—MEL REACTS IN SUPRISE
CU—CAN
On can is a paper that reads, “MELCHIZIDEK, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.”
MELCHIZIDEK: Melchizidek, you are going to die.
MED—MEL and MARK
MARK: Must be some other Melchizidek.
INT. LOBBY—FRONT DESK
STAN: (O.S.) We’ll mention it to security.
The desk is empty. We approach quickly. On the desk is a paper that reads, “SECURITY IS ON A LONG VACATION. HA HA.”
INT. LOBBY—MEL and STAN
STAN: I’m not worried yet.
INT. LOBBY—FRONT DOOR—-DAY.
MEL yanks at doors. Different angles.
It is broad daylight, but the doors are locked.
EXT. LOBBY—THROUGH FRONT DOOR—-DAY—-MED MEL and STAN
STAN: I’m worried.
INT. CONFERENCE HALL—ENTRANCE
MARK bursts in confidently.
MARK: Everyone stay calm!
*INT. CONFERENCE HALL—WIDE OF AUDIENCE.
Audience reacts in surprise.
INT. CONFERENCE HALL—MED MARK and STAN
STAN: That helped a lot.
INT. HOTEL ROOM—MED. ROSE
ROSE: I don’t care, I’m calling the police.
ROSE picks up the phone, puts to ear.
VOICE: (filtered) Hello.
ROSE screams, drops the phone.
INT. HOTEL ROOM—MED. MARK
MARK: How does he do that?
INT. HALLWAY AT CORNER.
MEL crouchs, waiting.
ANNCR: (O.S.) In a world turned upside down…
INT. CONFERENCE HALL—STAN AT PODIUM
STAN: He’s asking you all to stay in your rooms.
INT. CONFERENCE HALL—STUDENT #1 sitting between two others.
The other students are petrified, STUDENT #1 is unconcerned.
STUDENT #1: Guys, we have cable.
INT. HALLWAY—MED MEL
MEL looks disturbed, we swing to see the long hallway.
It seems to stretch for forever. Possibly distorted.
ANNCR: (O.S.) …there is only one way out…
INT. HOTEL ROOM
WIDE—MEL, STAN, ROSE and DELPHINE are sitting in the room.
MEL: I’m not going to wait for him to come get me!
INT. HOTEL ROOM—STUDENT #1’s ROOM
STUDENT #1 is watching TV. We approach him from behind.
STUDENT #1 turns and SCREAMS.
INT. HOTEL ROOM—STAN, ROSE and DELPHINE
THEY sit, tense.
STAN: We should be safe in here.
Lights go out.
STAN: Maybe.
INT. HALLWAY
ANNCR: (O.S.)…and only one man who can lead the way.
MEL is in another long hallway, alone. Looks down at paper.
CU—PAPER ON GROUND
Paper reads, “THIS WAY OUT.” Has arrow pointing into closet, the door is ajar.
Voiceover continues.
MED—MEL from ABOVE
MEL looks up suspiciously.
Voiceover continues.
INT. HALLWAY—MEL, MARK, ROSE and DELPHINE.
MEL leads, with MARK behind, then the girls.
MEL: There has to be another way out of here.
INT. HALLWAY—EMERGENCY EXIT
MARK (O.S.): What about the emergency exits?
We see a PAPER taped to the door. “OFF LIMITS. USING THIS WOULD BE CHEATING.”
MED MEL
MEL turns around, disgusted at the suggestion.
MEL: Mark, those are only for when there’s a fire.
MED MARK, MEL
MARK reacts to this, then looks over MEL’s shoulder and SCREAMS.
MEL turns and reacts in horror.
CUT TO BLACK:
KEY: HOTEL HORROR
ANNCR (O.S.): ‘Hotel Horror.’
INT. ENTRANCE TO LAUNDRY ROOM
DELPHINE is SCREAMING at the CAMERA as we RUSH towards her. Just in time MEL yanks her in and slams the door.
ANNCR (O.S.): Starring [name of DELPHINE]
INT. LAUNDRY ROOM—CU DELPHINE
DELPHINE looks up adoringly.
DELPHINE: I love you.
INT. HALLWAY—MEL
ANNCR (O.S.): [name of MEL]
MEL runs up, stops just short of hitting cameraman and looks at something horrible.
MEL: (O.S.) Oh, I see how it is…
INT. LAUNDRY ROOM—MEL + DELPHINE.
MEL regards her cynically, looks away.
MEL: …I save your life and now you talk to me.
MEL realizes what she said.
INT. LAUNDRY ROOM—CU MEL
HE turns to her suddenly, scared and maybe happy.
MEL: What?
INT. DINING HALL—STAN UNDER TABLES
ANNCR: (O.S.) [name of STAN]
STAN crawlings under the table as before, he reaches the end, exhausted, and places his hand on the shoe of a man who waits for.
INT. DINING HALL—ANGLE ON STAN
STAN (O.S.): Do we have any clue who this lunatic is?
STAN looks up and pales.
INT. HOTEL ROOM—MEL, MARK, and STAN
MARK is genuinely terrified.
MARK: Maybe he’s one of us.
MARK looks into the camera.
MEL reacts like, “Oh no, not another stupid plot complication.”
MEL: Oh great.
INT. LAUNDRY ROOM—MEL AND DELPHINE
THEY peek out from behind the laundry machine, tense.
ANNCR (O.S.): ‘Hotel Horror.’ The Weirton Weekly raved…
INT. HOTEL ROOM—STUDENT #1:
TV SET has paper reading, “TV WILL KILL YOU.”
We see the feet of STUDENT #1 on either side as he lies on the floor.
ANNCR (O.S.): “Best Picture of the Year”!
KEY: “BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR!”
INT. HOTEL ROOM—ANGLE ON STAN LOOKING DOWN.
STAN: I’m sensing some sarcasm here.
INT. HALLWAY—LOW ANGLE ON MEL
MEL crawls, looks up at camera quizzically.
ANNCR (O.S.): The Steubenville Steel Post called it, “Okay”!
KEY: “Okay.”
INT. LAUNDRY ROOM—MEL AND DELPHINE
THEY hold the door shut as SOMETHING pushes violently.
MARK (O.S.): We could try to defend ourselves.
INT. HOTEL ROOM BATHROOM—MARK and MEL
MEL: With what?
MARK picks up a shampoo sample.
MARK: This stuff really stings.
VARIOUS SHOTS OF MEL, STAN, MARK, DELPHINE, ROSE, OTHERS RUNNING AROUND AND SCREAMING INTO CAMERA.
ANNCR (O.S.): And the Tri-State Tribune dubbed it, “Just a lot of people running around and screaming into the camera.”
KEY: “Just a lot of people running around and screaming into the camera.”
INT. HOTEL ROOM BATHROOM—MARK and MEL
MARK: Do you have any better ideas?
INT. HALLWAY—MED MARK AND MEL
THEY both wear sheets, impersonating ghosts.
MEL: I don’t think we look that scary.
MARK: I’ll keep the shampoo handy.
MEL: Let’s practice one more time.
SOMETHING pushes them from behind, pulls off their sheets. THEY fall forward into the camera.
LOW ANGLE ON MARK AND MEL
THEY fall and scream.
CUT TO BLACK
KEY: HOTEL HORROR.
ANNCR (O.S.) Hotel Horror. Coming to theaters this thanksgiving.
KEY: [other credit information]
ANNCR (O.S.) There is no escape.
MUSIC OUT:
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