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Popsicle Death (short)

When a young boy's innocent mistake leads to tragedy, Death incarnate returns for vengeance, exposing dark secrets and confronting guilt in a chilling tale of supernatural retribution. Finalist in 13 Horror.com Film & Screenplay contest. Synopsis: In a quiet neighborhood, a young boy innocently fails to pay a popsicle vendor when his mother interferes, unwittingly triggering a tragic chain of events. The distressed vendor, on the brink of despair, takes his own life that night. Days later, the boy encounters another vendor, cloaked as Death itself, who offers him a mysterious black popsicle. As events spiral into darkness, the boy pleads his innocence to Death, revealing his mother's role in keeping him inside that fateful day. Unveiling unsettling truths about the child and his mother's life, Death turns its attention to the boy and the to the boy's mother, entangled in a forbidden affair with her deceased husband's brother, a respected priest. As Death's pursuit intensifies, the boy struggles to save his mother from a chilling fate, confronting both supernatural forces and the haunting consequences of hidden desires. In a gripping climax, Death claims its quarry, vanishing into the night with the mother, leaving the boy to grapple with the aftermath of betrayal and the chilling reality of cosmic justice. Could work well as an animated piece.

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01/11/2009
Updated:
01/11/2025
Author Bio:
JZ Murdock is a multi-award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and author with a passion for compelling storytelling across multiple genres. His true crime biopic, The Teenage Bodyguard, has won 13 prestigious screenwriting awards, while my screenplay Gray and Lover: The Hearth Tales Incident has earned 4 screenwriting accolades. As a published author in horror, sci-fi, and non-fiction, his book Death of Heaven won the 2024 New York City Big Book Award for Horror.

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Contest Results:
13Horror.com (Finalist) [2022]
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