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Some calls shouldn’t be answered.

Logline:
A night-shift 911 dispatcher encounters a mysterious caller who knows her deepest secrets and warns her against answering the next emergency - forcing her to make a choice with potentially irreversible consequences.

Synopsis:
Elizabeth is a seasoned night-shift 911 dispatcher, accustomed to emergencies of every kind. But when an unsettling caller begins recounting intimate details of her life - details she thought were private - her calm, methodical world starts to unravel. Every keystroke and hesitation feels critical as the line between routine and the inexplicable blurs.
With an incoming call on the verge of ringing, Elizabeth is faced with a decision that could change everything. Time is slipping away, tension builds, and reality itself seems uncertain. In this high-stakes encounter, Elizabeth must navigate the unknown, confronting forces beyond her understanding and the consequences of what happens if she chooses wrong.

  • Rhonda Yates
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay, Short Script
  • Number of Pages:
    3
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Writer Biography - Rhonda Yates

Rhonda Yates

Writer/Director
Indianapolis, Indiana

Rhonda Yates is a horror screenwriter and emerging filmmaker based in Indianapolis. Her work focuses on existential and psychological horror, exploring themes of fractured identity, distorted perception, memory manipulation, and the instability of the human mind.

Her screenplays FED, LEGION, and PROTOCOL have received recognition from multiple international festivals and competitions, including the Days of the Dead Film Festival, the INROADS Screenwriting Fellowship, the Cinema Royale Paris Edition Festival, and 13Horror.com. In 2026, she also completed production on her first short film adaptation of LEGION.

Influenced by atmospheric and psychologically driven horror, Yates is drawn to stories that blur the boundary between internal fear and external reality. Her work aims to create lingering unease while examining the emotional and existential vulnerabilities that define human experience.

She is currently developing additional short films and feature-length horror projects for production.

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Writer Statement

My work explores horror as an internal experience rather than spectacle alone. I am drawn to stories about fractured perception, unstable identity, memory distortion, and the psychological consequences of fear.
I see horror as one of the most creatively liberating genres because it allows difficult emotional and existential questions to take physical form. Through surrealism, psychological tension, and atmosphere, I aim to create stories that linger beyond the immediate narrative and invite reflection after the final scene.
At the center of my work is the belief that fear reveals vulnerability, and vulnerability reveals truth.