INT.

HALLWAY - DAY

CU of front door handled being rattled. The lock turns and

the MOTHER, 45, enters, carrying a shoe box. We follow her as
she walks up the stairs onto the landing.

INT. LANDING - CONTINUOUS

The mother walks to a bedroom door and opens it.

INT. THE BOYS BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

The BOY, 16, sits on an easy chair on his phone. His room is
messy. He ignores his mother as she places the shoe box on
his desk.

MOTHER
Honey, Ive got you a couple of
things from the charity shop. Ill
see you after work.

Milo doesnt look up from his phone.

BOY
Alright, see you later.

MOTHER
Bye!

BOY
Bye.

After a moment, the boy stands and crosses to the desk. He

opens the shoe box, pulling out a pair of shorts and a T-
shirt. He tosses them on the floor. Remaining in the box is a
small china doll holding a teddy. Milo examines it, shrugs,
and places it on his shelf.

Blackness.

The title appears, doll, and fades.

INT. BOYS BEDROOM - NIGHT

The boy sits at his desk, wearing headphones and playing

video games. He is lit only by his desk lamp. The doll
watches him.

From the dolls POV we see the boy totally engrossed in the
game.
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The boy looks up at the doll. Distracted. Something is wrong.

He turns his attention back to the game. But an indistinct
WHISPERING can be heard come from the doll, though it doesnt
move. The boy stares at it. He picks it up and puts it in his
desk draw. He keeps playing.

After a second he looks up at the shelf again. The doll is

sitting there, just as before. The boys breathing rises. The
PLASTIC BOTTLE on his desk is flipped over. Then, the WOODEN
BOAT next to the doll twitches and moves along the shelf. The
boy stands in panic, pushes his headphones off and runs to
his door. It is locked. He struggles with the handle.

The whispering of the doll starts again.

Darkness.

We see the boy in the dark bedroom fall to the ground. The
dolls indistinct whispering grows louder.

Darkness.

INT. BOYS BEDROOM - MORNING

The boy wakes up, groggy. He is in his bed, still dressed. He

sits up and checks his phone. He rushes to the shelf but the
doll is gone. He checks the top drawer of the desk. The doll
is not there. The boy holds his head in his heads. He phones
his mother.

BOY
Mum, where are you?

MOTHER
Im driving to work honey, are you
ok?

BOY
Was I on the floor this morning?

MOTHER
What? Why would you be on the
floor?

BOY
Dont worry. Did you take that doll
from my room?

MOTHER
Yeah yeah. Its in the car with me
Im going to put it on my new desk
at -
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BOY
Mum, get rid of it. Get rid of it
right now. Theres something wrong
with it.

MOTHER
What? What dyou mean?

BOY
I cant explain. Theres just
something wrong. Really wrong with
it.

MOTHER
Well its only a china -

We hear the sound of wheels screeching at the end of the

phone. The skidding sound grows. Silence.

BOY
Mum? Mum?

There is no reply. The boy stands in panic and moves around

his room helplessly.

Darkness.

INT. BOYS BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

The boy sits with his head in his hands. He looks up at his
door. He stands and runs across the room. He opens the door.

INT. LANDING - CONTINUOUS

The boy hurries across the landing and down the stairs. He
reaches the hallway and opens the front door.

EXT. PORCH - CONTINUOUS

The boy looks out at the street, then down. The doll is sat
facing him on the mat outside.

END