Horror story video script: two original scary shorts, ready to narrate

10 scenes · about 60 seconds

1. Scene 1

   The family left me a list of rules for house-sitting. I thought they were jokes. They were not jokes.

   Visual: A handwritten note held to a fridge by a lemon-shaped magnet, the kitchen lit only by the fridge light; the list is too blurred to read.

   On screen: The House-Sitting Rules

2. Scene 2

   Rule one. Biscuit sleeps in the kitchen. If you hear him on the stairs, it isn’t Biscuit.

   Visual: A shaggy grey dog asleep on a kitchen mat, breathing slowly; in the dark hallway behind him, the staircase disappears into black.

   On screen: Rule 1

3. Scene 3

   Rule two. The upstairs bathroom tap drips. Don’t fix it. It’s counting.

   Visual: Extreme close-up of a chrome tap releasing one drop into a white basin, a faint blue night light in the corner.

4. Scene 4

   Rule three. We don’t own a cat.

   Visual: Low angle along a hallway carpet at night; at the far end, two small reflective eyes catch the light, then blink out.

   On screen: Rule 3

5. Scene 5

   The first night was quiet. Biscuit snored. The tap dripped. I fell asleep on the sofa with the TV on.

   Visual: A living room lit only by a television showing static-free blue light; a blanket draped over the sofa, the dog’s tail visible on the kitchen floor beyond.

6. Scene 6

   At two in the morning, the dripping stopped.

   Visual: The same tap, completely still, a single drop hanging and not falling; silence implied by a perfectly still frame.

   On screen: 2:00 a.m.

7. Scene 7

   Then I heard paws. Slow ones. On the stairs.

   Visual: The staircase from below, deep shadow at the top; one step catches a faint stripe of moonlight from a landing window.

8. Scene 8

   I looked at the kitchen. Biscuit was right there, wide awake, staring past me at the stairs. Growling.

   Visual: The grey dog standing stiff on his mat, ears flat, eyes fixed on something off-frame, lit by the cold fridge glow.

9. Scene 9

   I found the rest of the list in the morning. Rule four was on the back.

   Visual: Daylight. A hand turning over the handwritten note on the kitchen counter, a cup of coffee going cold beside it.

10. Scene 10

    If Biscuit growls at the stairs, thank him. He’s the only reason it doesn’t come down.

    Visual: Slow push-in on the dog asleep again in the sun on the kitchen mat; at the top edge of frame, the staircase stays dark even in daylight.

    On screen: Rule 4

• “Never take a house-sitting job with a rule about the stairs.”
• “Rule three said they didn’t own a cat. I saw its eyes on the first night.”
• “The dog sleeps in the kitchen. So what was on the stairs?”
• “I was paid to follow four rules. I only read three.”
• “If the dripping in your bathroom ever stops, listen for what comes next.”
• “I got a voicemail from my own phone number at 3:12 a.m.”
• “My own voice told me not to open the door.”
• “Check your sent voicemails. I wish I hadn’t.”