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The Gift

LOGLINE: Obliging aliens arrive bringing what they think we cherish. Turns out, there was a teeny tiny error in translation.
SETTING: Any Town, USA
STORY: On Halloween night six bored teens who want to smoke the evil weed go to a cabin by the lake. Come on the cabin in the woods is overdone.
I said bored teens, this is not Crime and Punishment, don’t expect depth.
Generous aliens arrive eager to give deserving humans what they know we most desire. The teens try to welcome the strangers and explain the inter-cultural miscommunication.
But these aliens are on a tight schedule, they have miles to go before they sleep, they are in Santa mode; gotta visit, gotta visit, gotta go.
Sadly the teens don’t appreciate the effort it takes to gas up the ship, whizz across interstellar space and deliver gifts from the heart.

  • Peter Roach
    Writer
    Sisters
  • Project Type:
    Short Script
  • Number of Pages:
    8
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Writer Biography - Peter Roach

I write science fiction and fantasy screenplays. Yes sci-fi; aliens, abductions, time travel, galaxies, starships, all that wonderful stuff, but no anal probing.
I spent a bazillion years developing computer systems for the energy business. The last decade working on the Grid. Yes that Grid, the one that always fails in apocalyptic sci-fi.

So some time ago and with time on my hands I started my screenwriting education. It was like the old quote, "Damn, I have been wanting to do this, I am willing to do this." So I took the leap, retired and dedicated myself to writing.

Oh, I was challenged to write a horror story. I did. I wrote a horror story about perfect love.

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Writer Statement

Aliens tune into the SYFY channel and get the wrong idea about humans.