1 Male + 1 Female (M + F) 5 - 8 Minutes Horror/Supernatural
Room 204
Full Shooting Script in Industry Courier Monospace Format
INT. HOTEL ROOM 204 - NIGHT
Dim room. Patterned wallpaper. Bedside lamp flickers. Thunder rolls outside. Bathroom door sits half-ajar.
ANAND (38), white shirt, loosened tie, tired eyes, enters with a HOTEL REGISTER and ROOM KEY.
LEENA (32), travel jacket, jeans, wet hair, clutching a CANDLE and a ROOM KEY, stands near the bed.
ANAND
Madam, raat ke do baje... aapko room change chahiye tha toh
reception pe bol deti.
LEENA
Main reception pe boli thi.
(beat)
Aapne hi bola tha, “Room 204 best hai.”
Anand stops. Checks the key. Checks the register.
ANAND
Room 204 hi hai.
LEENA
Haan. Aur yahin problem hai.
A low RUMBLE of thunder. The lamp FLICKERS harder.
LEENA (CONT'D)
Lights off hote hi yahan ek aurat dikhti hai.
ANAND
(dry)
Madam, aap travel jacket mein hain, baarish mein bheegi hain,
aur abhi midnight ka panic phase chal raha hai.
LEENA
Main pagal nahi hoon.
She lights the candle. Warm, weak flame.
The mirror catches both of them. For a split second, their reflections are OFF by a beat.
LEENA (CONT'D)
Dekha?
ANAND
Dekha. Candle ki wajah se.
Bathroom door CREAKS open by itself.
Leena flinches. Anand forces a smile.
ANAND (CONT'D)
Hinges purane hain.
LEENA
Aur jo mirror mein tha?
ANAND
Kya tha?
LEENA
Ek aurat.
A beat. The lamp FLICKERS. Thunder.
Then—
The same five seconds seem to repeat.
Lamp flicker.
Thunder.
Bathroom door creak.
LEENA
Lights off mat karna.
ANAND
Madam, main hoon na.
A sudden SILENCE.
Then again—
Lamp flicker.
Thunder.
Bathroom door creak.
Leena and Anand freeze.
LEENA
Abhi... same hua.
ANAND
Nahi.
(then, unsure)
Shayad.
Leena steps toward the mirror, candle raised.
LEENA
Aapko sach mein kuch dikh nahi raha?
Anand looks into the mirror.
His reflection is delayed.
ANAND
(low)
...Mera reflection.
He opens the HOTEL REGISTER with shaking hands. Flips pages.
A faded entry. ROOM 204. Female guest. INCIDENT. No follow-up.
ANAND (CONT'D)
(whisper)
Nahi...
LEENA
Kya hua?
ANAND
Yeh room...
He cannot finish.
The loop repeats again.
Lamp flicker.
Thunder.
Bathroom door creak.
In the mirror, behind Anand, a WOMAN'S SHAPE appears for one blink—wet hair, pale face.
Leena sees it too.
LEENA
Woh hai.
Anand turns. Nothing.
Back to mirror—now the shape is closer.
ANAND
(shaken)
Main us raat duty par tha.
Leena says nothing.
ANAND (CONT'D)
Complaint aayi thi. Main ne bola tha... kal dekhte hain.
(beat)
Kal aaya hi nahi.
The room stutters. The lamp steadies for a second.
Leena moves the candle to the mirror.
LEENA
Toh yeh room nahi hai.
In the mirror, the WOMAN'S FACE overlaps Anand’s reflection.
LEENA (CONT'D)
Yeh yaad hai.
Anand’s breath breaks.
ANAND
Maine use bachaya nahi tha.
The bathroom door SLAMS wide open.
A final thunderclap.
Then—silence.
The lamp becomes steady.
The mirror shows only Anand and Leena.
Leena slowly lowers the candle.
LEENA
Ghosts rooms mein nahi hote, Anand.
Jo ignore kiya jaye... woh andar reh jaata hai.
Anand closes the register. Places the room key on the table.
ANAND
(barely)
Room 204... kabhi khali nahi tha.
Leena blows out the candle.
Darkness.
A beat.
The lamp flickers once.
Anand, at the door, does not look back.
CUT TO BLACK.
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