Notes:
From the beginning, there’s a lot of passive writing that needs to be cleaned up.  The first page could be cut to half a page easily.  The kid reminded me of Sid from Toy Story.  You introduced some of the ants without caps.  Page two, you have COUPLE MOMENTS LATER??  Just LATER or CONTINUOUS is better.  These issues are all the way through the script.  

So, either you’re a new writer, or this was done on purpose to the degree to make a point.  If you are a new writer, congrats on finishing a short script for a One Week Challenge!!!  Not easy to put together a story in that amount of time.  The issues with the script need to be fixed in order for this to be read past the first sentence in most cases.  It can be fixed.  If you want suggestions (probably already have many to this point in the challenge), I can suggest some after the challenge is over.

Not really horror, unless you’re an ant!  If it were Family/teen horror, maybe.  Not Action Horror, to me.  Seems like a nice mix of Ants and Toy Story.  Does meet the challenge, again to me.  Rewrites are needed.  Good luck with this.

Met Challenge?: Yes
Horror: Not much.
Overall: Pass

Writer,

Interesting story, much more suited to animation so that's how I read it  it also reads like it should be longer -- perhaps a feature. Anyway. Few typos aside, and some formatting errors and screen directions, this wasn't a bad script really. I just think you tried to fit way too much into ten pages, and that disrupted the flow of the story. Your two opening paragraphs could use a little work. Kid is not capped, certain sentences should be broken up -- it's just not a good start. But good effort here. Btw, birds are natural predators of grasshoppers.

Steve

Others have commented on the typos, grammar issues etc, so I'll let you tidy all that on the re-write.

I did however enjoy the story, would work well animated and I was pleased that you went for something else for the OWC.

Good effort.

I liked the way this started but it made a left at Boringtown and got lost there.

I could picture the transition from the kid's perspective to the ant's clearly and I liked the dichotomy between the two, but you didn't capitalize on it.

When OG started talking about killing the kid, I thought, "Okay.  Kinda dark but from the perspective of the ants, they're just trying to save their lives."

Then the climactic "battle scene" starts and their whole plan basically revolves around saying, "Boo!"
I was hoping for ants crawling into the kid's ear and nose.  Up his urethra or something sinister.
All I got was, "Let's kind of annoy him."

So much promise, so little execution.

Jordan

I feel like this has been done a few times with Bugs and Antz and the bee movie so in a sense it would work well as an animation.

Seems like you have a lot going on for the small page count.

If it was cleaned up, it wouldn't be too bad.

"We open on a backyard" Isn't needed since the opening slugline gives us the same visual info. Lots of past tense action (the "is"s)slow this up a bit more than it should.

It's a Mad World ...? If i had to choose a tune it would have been Goody Two Shoes Just as well, it's best to avoid song titles anyway.

Not sure why every Ant is capped. Andrew The Ant stands out because he not only can talk, he can give a "thumbs up" - I'm guessing this is animated and all, but how exactly does an Ant give a thumbs up? This tale needs more zip and more life, but maybe that's just e. No wait...it's not...

Quoted Text The Sun is rising in the East casting a Orangeish glow across the yard. The Orange glow makes the many dead bodies of Ants shimmer, giving it a spooky feel.

It's clunky and overwritten.
The grass is always blotchy.
The swing set is always rusty.
Almost every time in almost every line. What I mean is...well, there's only one swing set. I'm sure it's rusty the first tie you described it, Right?

My last script. This better be good.

No FADE IN: at the beginning.

Quoted Text EXT. BACKYARD - NIGHT We open on a backyard;

You just told us that. And never use "we" or "us" in action lines.

I disagree with Jeff about semicolons. But Jeff is the Simon Cowell of this bunch. Dustin was a bit of a Simon, as well, when he was here. Jeff trashed my script to high hell.

Moving on...

Quoted Text In the house[,] lights are on

Not to sound like a broken record, but CAP your characters when you first introduce them. That way, it's easier to keep track.

"Anthill" is two words? Why is it capitalized?

Comma issues. Nothing egregious as of yet.

Is "Ant" supposed to be a proper name?

"as Ants try [to] escape their now[-]destroyed home"

Quoted Text As Ants try [to] escape[,] their now destroyed home the little kid precedes to kill each and every Ant that dares to escape his wrath.

Quoted Text As Ants try [to] escape[,] the little kid precedes to kill each and every Ant that dares to escape his wrath.

"Wrath" is an orphan. Also, I'd lay off the word "ant" a little; it's getting a bit annoying.

Quoted Text The way the porch light mixes with the moonlight makes the little kid seem horrifically evil. WOMAN (O.S.) Time to come inside[,] sweetie. It’s bedtime.

There goes your horror. The Mother makes this villain cute. Cute is not scary.

I guess I stand corrected. But this script needs shaping up, fast.

Quoted Text The [a]nt[hill] looks like the remains of a battlefield.

Trim this and remove orphans. Too many orphans could waste a page or more.

No (or very little) camera directions and transitions. You're not the director, cinematographer, or editor (unless you are).

For variety's sake, why cant you just call it a hill? Break up the monotony.

"its" is possessive; "it's" = "it is."

"Ants screaming is
heard ringing into the night sky."

Very awkward sentence.

Quoted Text The song “MAD WORLD” is heard coming from the house.

Ants listen to Tears for Fears? P.S. I had to Google this song. This is about the best thing about your script.

I'm Anted out on Page 1. More like a Bug's Death.

Pass. C

Too bad my last script ended on a whimper, but congrats on entering.