SILENT MOMENTS

Written by
Alexander F.C Mroz

Based on the Short story Silent Moments by Alexander F.C Mroz

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FADE IN:
EXT. SIDEWALK-DAY
The year is 1930: The street is empty there
fog that feels as if its suffocating the city.
sidewalk there are few people all of them have
down as if they are hiding something. There is
uncomfortable feeling in this city.

is a strong
On the
there heads
a an

As the few people walk by A YOUNG BOY, (8) short hair

wearing a hat, coat and shorts that barley reach his knees.
The boy looks well kept. Walks into frame. The Boy has a look
of determination on his face as he is walking at a swift
pace.
The Boy then walks passed an ally way, but something about
this ally way struck the boy as odd. Unlike the rest of the
city, the ally way was the only place that didnt have any
fog around it; As if the ally way wants to be explored. The
Boy walks back to look at the ally.
The Boys look turns into a stare as he is completely glued
to that ally as if a force is bringing him closer. He synapse
out of his daze. Just as he begins to walk away, he feels a
tingle through his body as his he is making A mistake by
leaving. The Boy turns back and nervously begins walking down
the ally.
CUT TO:
EXT. ALLY WAY-DAY
The Boy slowly walks down the brick walled and grounded
ally. The uncomfortable feeling in the city is multiplied in
the ally. With every step he takes the uneasy feeling becomes
stronger. His breathing becomes heavier. The Boy stops when
he notices that at the end of the ally is a store.
Krazy Toys was what was written on the front of the story.
The Boys fear turned into curiosity and excitement as he gets
closer to the store. He then walks up to the window and rubs
the dirt off to get a better look inside. The Boy sees
puppets hanging from inside. They look as though they were
made yesterday. In the back he notices something hanging
from the ceiling, to him it looks like a big puppet.
He takes his face away from the window and walks towards
the door. He puts his hand on the knob but its stuck. He
tries a few more times and then takes his hand off the knob
in defeat. After a second the door opened. He looks confused.

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He takes a breath and walks inside. As he steps in, a puppet
at the window slightly moves.
CUT TO:
INT. KRAZY TOYS-DAY
The store is old and made up of only brick and wood. There
is a door in the back right corner that the Boy feels as
though he is being pulled towards. He resists the temptation.
a couple feet away from the door is the cashiers table. It
looks as if it had barely been used. On the table there is a
puppet sitting upright staring at the Boy. The puppet looks
as if its the owner of the store, or at least designed for
that purpose.
He picks the puppet up and stares at it, it looks as if
the puppet is staring right back at him. The Boy breaks eye
contact and looks up. He sees giant hanging puppet that he
saw through the window. However He realizes that it is no
puppet but a man.
The Man is hanging from his neck, looks like suicide. The
Man is wearing an old brown workers apron; on the apron is a
name tag that says REGINALD (70) short dying white hair about
6 feet and dust covered glasses. He has a similar look to a
rotting Geppetto.
NARRATOR
There he hangs. The man that was
know for making these fine
creations, a man that we knew as
Mr. Brown but insisted we call him
Reginald.
CUT TO:
EXT. ALLY WAY-DAY
The ally is still all nothing can be seen or heard the fog
outside the ally acts as a wall to the outside world. There
is no escape.
NARRATOR
A Man that insisted he share more
then just the puppets with the
children. A man that didnt
understand the line between
curiosity and obsession.
(MORE)

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NARRATOR (CONT'D)
A man that took love and joy away
from the city. A man that took the
innocents of the children.
FLASHBACK:
INT. KRAZY TOYS-NIGHT
Opening credits (10 years before) of REGINALD BROWN (70)
short white hair, 6 feet wearing a brown apron and glasses,
making a puppet in his image at his desk in the back left
corner in candle light.
CUT TO:
INT. KRAZY TOYS-NIGHT
The shop looks 10 years younger but still much hasnt
changed. There are puppets places all around the shop yet
there are no puppets near the back door nor the cashiers
table. The shop almost has a claustrophobic feeling to it as
if your about to be suffocated by all the puppets.
Reginald stops working on his puppet and puts his tools
down on the table. He takes his glasses off and rubs his
eyes, he then puts his glasses back on and looks around his
store with a sense of repressed sadness. The puppets all have
a look of happiness on there face.
CUT TO:
REGINALD GRABBING HIS CAIN
Reginald grabs his cain and starts walking to the door to
turn the open sign to closed. He looks up and sees a
reflection of himself in the glass. In the background of the
reflect he sees the puppet sitting at his desk. The puppets
head slowly turns and stares at Reginald. He drastically
turns and stares at the puppet. The puppet is looking in the
same position that he left him in.
He turns, locks the door and walk back to his desk.
CUT TO:
REGINALD SITTING AT HIS DESK
He stares at his puppet with a look of disappointment. He
grabs the puppet, picks him up to get a closer look at him.
Reginald puts the puppet down and takes his tools back out.

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As he does this the camera slowly zooms passed him as the far
left puppet hanging at the windows head begins to turn to
face Reginald.
Gasp! Reginald turns to see the puppet believing he saw it
move in the corner of his eye. However the puppet is facing
back at the window. Reginald, almost convinced he saw the
puppet turn to him; hesitates to grab his cain. He stops his
slight tremble, grabs the cain and slowly stands up. Reginald
slowly walks towards the puppet as if he was a child, afraid
of the dark; slowly walking towards a dark room.
CUT TO:
REGINALD STANDING BY THE WINDOW
Reginald stands by the window and slowly puts his hand on
the puppet at the far left. He then swiftly pushes him. The
puppet swings lifelessly.
He taps the puppet a few more times and then stops. He
laughs and to himself and taps the handle of his cain on the
puppets head, as he chuckles. He then turns around to proceed
back to his desk. Once he turns a tingle is sent shooting
down his spine by the sight of the puppet on the desk
missing. Then a faint Childs laugh is heard.
Reginald is startled and trembling.
REGINALD
Were closed(Beat)so come... come
out now.
CHILDS VOICE
(Whisper)Come find me.
Reginald still afraid lets out of sigh of breathe and
slightly coughs. He begins to walk towards the cashiers
table.
REGINALD
Its much to late for games young
one.
The laugh starts to get slightly louder.
CHILDS VOICE
Its never to late for a game.
REGINALD
There is a time and a place for
games, now is not the time. Where
are your parents young one.

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As Reginald is saying this he is getting closer to the back
door. His pace quickens. Once his is about 10 feet from the
back door the Childs voice interrupts him.
TO CLOSE!

CHILDS VOICE

The voice sounds violent. All the candles in the shop and
blow out simultaneously. The shop is pitch black.
Reginalds breathing gets heavier and fearful and he
desperately turns to light a candle. As he is doing this a
door can be heard opening and Reginald can her the quick
pitter patter of a child running.
CHILDS VOICE (CONTD)
I dont like it when you get that
close Mr. Brown.
Reginald strikes a match and lights the candle at his desk.
Everything is as it was when the lights went out. Reginald
looks around the shop but he dares not leave from his desk.
P.O.V OF CAMERA PANNING ACROSS ROOM.
Once his sight gets to the back door. He steps back until
hes on the wall.
His breathing is heavy. Fear is getting the best of him. He
turns his head back to the front of the store and he notices
a childs shoe on the floor about 10 feet away from him.
Reginald gasps in fear. He stares at the shoe not taking his
eyes off it. A few seconds go by and the laughing begins.
Then a small childs pale hand reaches out to grab the shoe.
Reginalds fear turns to anger as he now has had enough of
the childish games. He tightens his fist and storms over
towards the child.
Once he walks over he is anger turns to confusion as all he
sees in the childs spot is a puppet. The laughing stops
Reginald picks the puppet up and turns to look at the back of
the shop. He sees that on chair of his desk there is a young
girls blue dress.
CUT TO:
REGINALD WALKING TOWARDS THE DESK AND PICKING UP THE BLUE
DESS.
As Reginald picks up the and stares at it a voice is then
heard of a young girl.

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YOUNG GIRL
Im not aloud to do that Mr. Brown.
Reginald is startled and then lights once again go out.
It is pitch black as Reginald tries to strike a match. His
breathing is heavy and his fear has returned. The laughing
has returned.
Reginald strikes the match and lights the candle. The candle
light reveals that reginalds puppet has returned in the same
position on his desk. The laughing stops.
REGINALD
Hello are you still here?
Reginald starts walking towards the back door when he hears
the front door open and then close. He turns his head to see
the door shut.
Reginald has a look of relief as he walks over to his desk
and sits down. He stares at the puppet on his desk with a
look of satisfaction.
As he stares at the puppet a childs hands appear behind him
slowly coming more into frame and then cover Reginalds eyes.
CUT TO:
DARKNESS AND THEN REGINALD SLOWLY OPENING HIS EYES.
Reginald gets up off his desk looks around to notice that
everything is normal. He picks up the puppet on his desk and
begins to chuckle. He laughs the whole ordeal off as if it
was a bad dream and then drops the puppet.
That hurt!

PUPPET

Every puppet in the store turns and looks a Reginald

immediately. A shiver shoots down Reginalds spine as the
candle light is aggressively blown out. The laughing begins
but this time louder then ever.
Reginald tries to light the match but cant stop shaking, he
drops the match box on the ground. He gets on his knees to
search for a match. As he searches he hears a strike of a
match. The laughing stops its dead silent not a sound can be
heard. The light reveals his puppet holding the match with
all of the puppets in the store accompanying him.
Reginald is petrified.

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PUPPET (CONTD)
What do you see Reginald? Joy or
sorrow?
The puppet repeats this over and over as the childrens
voices begin to accompany him.
As they continue to say this all the puppets begin to slowly
break out of there body to reveal disturbing monster like
creatures coming out of them.
Reginald is helpless to his fear.
FLASHBACK:
INT. BACK ROOM-NIGHT
It is completely dark there is no sound but the faint sound
of moaning. You can see the faint image of something in the
right corner of the room. Then it is revealed that Reginald
in is bed with a young child raping her.
The camera moves to his eye until it fills up the shot.
MATCH CUT TO:
INT. KRAZY TOYS-NIGHT
Reginalds eye as the camera zooms out to show Reginald in
complete fear staring at the puppets. The laughing as now
turned to screams and crying and the puppet and children
repeat.
PUPPET
Now do you see!
Reginald puts his hands on his head and begins to shake his
head and closes his eyes
REGINALD
I didnt know. I didnt know. I
DIDNT KNOW!
It becomes dead silent.
Reginald opens his eyes and sees a man standing in front of
him. As he begins to get up off the ground and becomes face
to face with the man he sees that it is him EVIL REGINALD is
a replica of Reginald except he has pale skin and black eyes.
Reginald looks at him disappointed with tears in his eyes.

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Evil Reginald then opens his mouth unnaturally wide and moves
to frame.
Reginald then begins to freak out.
He grabs some rope.
Ties a loop.
Throws it over the ceiling beam and stands on his chair.
He puts the loop around his neck and kicks the chair.
FLASH FORWARD:
INT. KRAZY TOYS-DAY
Reginalds body still hangs as the boy turns and walks out of
the shop. The boy walks back down the ally towards the
street. The fog isnt as thick as it was before. The boy is
still holding the puppet, he has taken it as his own.
NARRATOR
To be taken and feel the love of
someone else is rejuvenating, for I
have been so alone. But now I can
move on. Now I can see beyond. Now
I feel true love. For now my eyes
are open.
The boy walks back, down the sidewalk, and into the fog.
FADE OUT.
THE END