I was going through my Dropbox files last week and came across a great surprise. It was a file that, initially, I thought I must have mistitled. But, when I opened it …
… there was a movie script I had adapted from one of my novels. Not the screenplay I knew I had made from another novel, but a whole different one. I am equally surprised by the fact that I did it, and the fact that I have forgotten it. It would have been at least six months of work. WTF
It is called Darkroom, and is about my psychopathic serial killer, Norman. The other is a horror screenplay is based on a portion of one one of my Satan novels. Perhaps I think of horror as a more visual medium.
At any rate, I think I’ll share a portion or two – or a few – of Darkroom.
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FADE IN:
EXT. CITY STREET – NIGHT
EXT. RUNDOWN THREE STORY MANSION – NIGHT
EXT. LARGE LIT SIGN FACING SIDEWALK – NIGHT
SIGN
Rooms – Week/Month
EXT.ENTRANCE TO ROOMING HOUSE – NIGHT
A Dozen Burly Men crowd through the front door.
INT. STAIRWELL – NIGHT
The Men laugh and roughhouse as they go up the stairs.
INT. STAIRWELL LANDING – NIGHT
The men jostle each other and laugh. A couple wrestle and one
pretends to push another over the railing.
INT. HEAD OF STAIRS – NIGHT
A LAUGHING MAN puts a key in the first door they come to. As it
opens he puts a finger to his lips.
LAUGHING MAN
Shh! It’s my turn to do it.
INT. HALLWAY – NIGHT
The Laughing Man creeps along the hall and stops at the door on
the end. He looks back at the Other Men and giggles. He pounds
and kicks on the door.
LAUGHING MAN
We’re back for another week, Normie.
Did you miss us?
INT. HEAD OF STAIRS – NIGHT
The men crowd into a large room with many beds. The Laughing Man
closes the door behind them.
INT. LARGE ROOM – NIGHT
The Men waste no time getting ready for bed. The Laughing Man beckons
three others to him. Together they pound on the wall.
LAUGHING MAN
Sweet dreams, Adolf.
The Laughing Man stands at attention and gives the Nazi salute to the wall.
The Other Men hoot and holler.
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