Screenplay for our Film Opener!
Someone Follows
Written by:
Santiago Giraldo
Amaar Farooq
FADE IN:
EXT. EMPTY SUBURBAN STREET – NIGHT
An EMPTY STREET.
Streetlights buzz faintly.
Dense BUSHES line the sidewalk, unmoving.
Too quiet.
KYLE (17) enters frame — a teen with a backpack, relaxed, casual. He walks with an easy rhythm, scrolling on his phone, completely unaware.
CUT TO:
POV – BEHIND A TREE
We watch Kyle from the darkness.
Branches partially block the view.
Kyle continues down the sidewalk, oblivious.
CUT BACK TO:
EXT. STREET – NIGHT
Kyle’s phone VIBRATES.
He stops.
Looks down.
ON PHONE SCREEN:
Unknown Number
“I see you.”
Kyle’s smile fades.
He looks around.
Nothing.
His breathing quickens. He pockets the phone and starts walking faster.
CUT TO:
CLOSE ON: LEGS
Heavy boots step into frame.
Dark JUMPSUIT PANTS.
Slow. Purposeful.
A foot SNAPS A BRANCH.
CRACK.
CUT TO:
Kyle spins around.
KYLE
Hello?
Silence.
Kyle backs up, panic setting in. He turns and RUNS, not knowing what made the noise.
CUT TO:
EXT. BUSHES – NIGHT
Hidden in shadow, THE KILLER reaches down and GRABS AN AXE.
The metal glints faintly.
The Killer steps forward, following Kyle — unseen.
CUT TO:
Kyle skids to a stop.
He turns.
His eyes go wide.
He’s spotted something.
CAMERA PANS RIGHT — toward where Kyle is looking.
Nothing there.
Empty sidewalk.
CAMERA PANS BACK TO KYLE’S POSITION —
Kyle is GONE.
CUT TO BLACK.
Silence.
A beat.
CUT BACK IN:
Kyle lies MOTIONLESS ON THE GROUND, face turned away.
A pair of boots steps into frame.
Hands grab Kyle’s legs.
He is DRAGGED OFF CAMERA.
CUT TO:
NEW ANGLE – TREELINE
The Killer drags Kyle into view and LAYS HIM AGAINST A TREE, his body limp.
The Killer raises the axe.
SWING.
CUT TO BLACK.
The sickening SOUND OF THE AXE CONNECTING echoes.
CUT TO:
Kyle’s body is now PINNED TO THE TREE, the AXE BURIED IN HIM.
Lifeless.
Still.
CUT TO:
EXT. STREET – LATER – NIGHT
Small footsteps.
SEBASTIAN (10) — a little boy in a dark blue jacket — walks cautiously down the same street.
He stops.
Looks up.
His eyes lock onto Kyle’s body.
Sebastian freezes.
Horrified.
The streetlight flickers above him.
CUT TO BLACK.
TITLE CARD:
[MOVIE TITLE: Someone Follows]
FADE OUT.
And that's the screenplay draft for Someone Follows!
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