Author: James >>
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Genre: Psychological Horror / Slasher
Fandom: The Halloween Franchise
Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six
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Premise: Following the events of Halloween 4, Jamie Lloyd is committed to a secure psychiatric facility. To the staff, she is a mute, traumatised child. In reality, the psychic bond with her uncle has completed its cycle. She has not just inherited his rage; she has inherited his patience. She is the new Shape, waiting for the door to open.
THE PITCH | A TREATMENT
The story deconstructs the “Final Girl” trope. Jamie is not escaping to survive; she is escaping to hunt. The narrative focuses on her manipulation of the hospital ecosystem. She breaks the catering hot-plate cabinet weeks in advance, not with force, but with saline solution corrosion. She plays the long game.
The climax of the first chapter is the escape itself. It is not an explosion or a riot. It is silent. She hides inside the condemned catering unit as it is hauled away by unsuspecting contractors. It is a claustrophobic, high-tension sequence that establishes her intelligence and her ability to suppress her humanity, just like Michael.
SAMPLE SCENE | THE DISCOVERY
The metal interior of the catering cabinet smells of rancid pork fat and copper. Jamie pulls her knees to her chest, wedging herself between the rack runners. It is a tight fit, but she is small. Small enough to be invisible.
“Lift on three,” a voice grunts from the outside.
The cabinet lurches.
Jamie does not flinch. She does not breathe.
Through the vents, she watches the flickering fluorescent lights of the hospital ceiling roll by. She hears the nurses laughing at the station. She hears the squeak of the orderly’s shoes. They look at this rusted metal box and see trash.
They do not see the predator inside.
The dolly rattles over the threshold of the loading bay. The air temperature drops. The sounds of the hospital, the beeping monitors, the distant wailing, fade away, replaced by the roar of a diesel engine.
Goodbye, she thinks. I am coming home.
AUTHOR NOTES | DIRECTION OF THE STORY
I want to explore the idea of “The Shape” being a contagion. Michael Myers was the vessel and now Jamie is. The mask isn’t just rubber; it’s a mantle.
The story will follow Jamie’s journey back to Haddonfield, not as a victim running from the Boogeyman, but as the Boogeyman coming to claim her territory.
INTERNAL TEAM NOTES
JAMES: My interest in the franchise faded after the fifth movie, as I wish this is the direction the franchise should have gone. We have the opportunity to introduce a new ‘Shape,’ unassuming and smarter than Michael ever was.
AMIRA: Visually, I want to play with the clown costume imagery from the end of H5, but distort it. Maybe she creates a mask from the scraps she finds in the junkyard.
DECISION | 21.03.26
JAMES: Greenlit for Issue #02. Thank you all for your kind comments. This will be a flagship title for the Fan Fiction sector.
I will be providing the concept art shortly.