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THE LAST BLACKFACE PARTY

THE LAST BLACKFACE PARTY
By Christopher Harmon

GENRE: Horror, Comedy
LOGLINE:

The angry ghost of a female slave crashes and slashes a Blackface party on Halloween.  

Genre – Horror, Comedy elements

Comps - THE GRUDGE, FRIDAY THE 13TH, TALES FROM THE HOOD


SYNOPSIS:

The ghost, Queenie, was a freed slave, murdered on her Arizona property after the Civil War. For her dying wish, she vows to protect the property in her afterlife.

Nick is wealthy, racist and spoiled - as are his friends who go to the same exclusive school. In their senior year, they decide to rent Queenie's supposedly haunted house for the party.

For a party theme, they callously decide on-- Blackface.

Nick desperately tries to hide the secret that may lead to his social ruin. His divorced mom is dating an African American. After school, and a few drinks, he has a rocky run-in with her and is sent to his room. He falls asleep.

At the party, friends are dressed as Lil Wayne, Whitney, Cleopatra, 2pac, Wu Tang, Serena Williams, OJ Simpson, Dennis Rodman (wedding dress), Cosby, R Kelly, Prince, Tiger Woods, Ray Charles, Buckwheat, Missy Elliot, Simone Biles, "light skinned friend looks like Michael Jackson and a dark skinned friend who kooks like Michael Jackson'. And of course, Al Jolson.

Warned not to do try and contact Queenie, they do a séance anyway. Queenie has been watching from the shadows all along, but now steps forth in all her glory. She goes about killing all the guests, one at a time, in humorous fashion. The last alive, Nick (in Blackface) is abused by a cop (Queenie in Whiteface) and shot.

Nick awakes in his bed, sweat-drenched and screaming. His mother and boyfriend comfort him. He never went to the party after all. Nick sees the horrible error of his ways. Mends the relationship with his mom, is more open to her boyfriend and tries to cancel the party.

He cannot convince his heartless friends to abandon the idea. As they talk, a storm occurs as it did in the dream. The call is lost. He calls back, all that is heard, is Queenie's cackle.

Nick, now reformed, has his head on straight, but as for his friends. They belong to Queenie.

THE LAST BLACKFACE PARTY

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Nick Brown

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Richard Buzzell

This is worth taking a chance on, but I doubt anyone will because it's too high risk.

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