THE GAME

Weeks after his 7-year-old brother's kidnapping, Jacob, decides to partake in THE GAME in hopes of finding him. Now trapped in an eerily vacant hotel with nothing but a laptop, he must find three codes spread across the DARK WEB, before the night ends. He will not be alone. He will not be safe.

  • Jay Bailey
    Writer
    "HONEY (2024)"
  • Project Type:
    Short Script
  • Number of Pages:
    18
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - New York Film Academy
Writer Biography - Jay Bailey

I'm Jay Bailey, A twenty-one-year-old, Afro-Rican Writer / Director and Cinematographer born and raised in the South Bronx of NYC. I’ve written and directed 18 short films, and have edited far more films than that. All I am, is Film. All I do is create.

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Writer Statement

For as long as I could remember gaming has played an enormous role in my my artistic passion as a storyteller. As I often believe, especially when it comes to horror, that games can truly embody the genre’s greatest attributes. With WELCOME TO THE GAME: THE SHORT FILM, I’m finally able to bridge the two with my own talents.

With this adaptation, I want to lean the games towards the horror genre even further than the games did in terms of tone. Something that thrills, feels dirty, feels forbidden. Like we’re watching some kind of dark web snuff film before our eyes. I seek the same provocative nature as the original BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Something that reaches the Id of the viewer. This film will be grinding, claustrophobic, eerie, uncanny, and in the end - harrowing.