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SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board  /  Halloween 2020 One Week Challenge  /  Scripts of the October 2020 OWC
Posted by: Don, October 23rd, 2020, 11:20pm
There were 22 scripts written by 18 Authors

TZ19 - Twilight Zone series from 2019
TZ85 - Twilight Zone series from 1985
TZM - Twilight Zone movie from  1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie

Last Day by Wayne Sax - A man is discharged from the hospital on the last day of his recovery. - Short, Thriller

To Destroy A Town by Rod Serling - A small town descends into chaos when the citizens learn that there is a foreign spy among them. - Short, Drama, Thriller

Writer's Block by Anonymous - The life of an average Joe gets turned upside down as he struggles with his newfound writing ability. - Short, Drama

Help me I'm hurt by Gladys Cooper - An old woman is hunted down by some entity. - Short, Horror

Satan smokes marlboro by The CancerPony - A small time burglar-for-hire takes on a last minute-massive job orchestrated by the Devil's son himself. - Short, Thriller

Knowing Is The Battle by Rod Swirling - The presence of prescience isn't necessarily a present. - Short, Drama

Where The Rubber Meets The Road by Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington - A seemingly innocent road trip takes an unexpected turn when three friends stumble upon a wreck, and one of them can't handle what they find. - Short, Thriller

The Box by Roddy Rich - A man pleads to keep his job as an assistant. - Short, Drama

His Time Will Come by Stretch Armstrong - In order to ascend in the afterlife, a wronged soul is tasked with helping decide his killer's punishment. - Short, Dark Comedy

Saru Saru by Monkey man - A man who is desperate for money stumbles upon an endless cash cow. The only caveat… make sure the murder weapon has fresh batteries. - Short, Suspense, Dark Comedy

Teeny-Tiny Teeth by Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass - A homewrecker locks horns with a pull-string doll bent on revenge. - Short, Horror

The Mouth of the Gift Horse by Someone Too Quickly - A SWAT team responds to the weirdest callout ever, not realizing the fate of the planet is at stake. - Short, Sci Fi

Doomsday for Denton by RS - Some Legends are best observed from a safe distance. - Short, Drama

Great Again by Blank - After falsely reporting a hate crime, Wendell believes he's being followed and harassed by a mysterious man. But will anybody believe him this time? - Short, Thriller

Caller Unknown by Blank - Thanks to a myserteous cell phone, a grieving grandson is able to communicate with his deceased grandfather, but should we really commune with the dead? - Short, Slasher

Shifted by Someone - Sometimes the price of progress is greater than can be imagined. - Short, Sci Fi

The Ewig by Blank - With the Red Army on the doorstep of East Prussia, three men board a merchant ship bound for German lands in the midst of Operation Hannibal. - Short, Drama, Horror, War

An Occurrence on Owl Street by Rod Surely - A man runs for home after a case of mistaken identity. - Short, Thriller

Silence is Golden by Rod Matheson - When noise deprives a cinephile of her moviegoing habits, a genie offers her silence and every movie in existence. But at what cost? - Short, Horror, Supernatural, Genie

There's Something Inside by Rodman Edward - A strange creature seeking shelter for the night finds itself 20,000 feet in the air on an airplane wing with one passenger inside bent on its destruction. - Short, Fantasy

With a Shake of the Head by Author's Name - Two divers, running out of air, learn some home truths. - Short, Drama
Posted by: MarkD, October 24th, 2020, 12:24am; Reply: 1
I have a feeling these are the episodes which were the inspirations for the scripts in the OWC. I see mine in the list.
Posted by: ghost and_ghostie gal, October 24th, 2020, 12:55am; Reply: 2
Um, seems like a nice turn out. Good luck to those who entered. Should be fun. :)

Posted by: spesh2k, October 24th, 2020, 1:26am; Reply: 3
Cool to see some variety here with which episodes everyone chose -- only 2 episodes I see were chosen by more than one writer (I think 2 for 20,000 feet and 2 for Death Ship).
Posted by: LC, October 24th, 2020, 4:25am; Reply: 4
I'll be hitting the hay in about four hours so will miss the grand reveal, so well done in advance those who bit the bullet. :)

Only two here I was thinking of taking on so I'm very much looking forward to seeing the revamps and will review them first.
Posted by: Grandma Bear, October 24th, 2020, 5:54am; Reply: 5
I recognize some of these! Death Ship is one of my favorites. It, like so many other episodes, were based on books. The feature Countdown that we did a Script Club on a few years back was based on it as well. Great stuff! Will definitely try to read a few.  8)
Posted by: AnthonyCawood, October 24th, 2020, 6:09am; Reply: 6
I went through all the Wiki entries for every episode before deciding what to write, there was some serious creative skill on display, Serling was a genius!
Posted by: JEStaats, October 24th, 2020, 8:59am; Reply: 7
I think I'll read the entries first and then watch the episodes of the shorts that rose to the top. That way I'm not skewed by the original (and it will save me a Saturday).
Posted by: LC, October 24th, 2020, 5:54pm; Reply: 8

Quoted from AnthonyCawood
I went through all the Wiki entries for every episode before deciding what to write, there was some serious creative skill on display, Serling was a genius!

I think Richard Matheson was in that same group.

Posted by: AnthonyCawood, October 24th, 2020, 5:57pm; Reply: 9
He was Libby, an awesome writer.
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, October 26th, 2020, 4:04am; Reply: 10
Finally, I can join the party!

Feels like years since I did one of  these (even though I did one in Jan)

Disclaimer to anyone whos script I comment on - I haven't watched a single episode of TZ, didn't even have time to watch the one I used for the challenge, so I will have no clue as to how close or far your scripts are to the originals.

P.S thanks Don for posting the links to the Wiki, very helpful

P.S.S I also very much appreciate the 6-page limit, don't think I would be able to handle the reads if it was 10
Posted by: MarkRenshaw, October 26th, 2020, 10:46am; Reply: 11
I'm digging how some have drawn inspiration from two episodes, that's really thinking outside of the Twilight Zone!
Posted by: ChrisBodily, October 30th, 2020, 2:27am; Reply: 12
Just submitted my Writer's Choice.

5 Excellent
4 Very good
1 Good
4 Fair
1 Poor
6 I didn't read
And my script.

I thought I was gonna get to  those last six, but my brain burned out. :D
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