FADE IN

ESTABLISHING SHOT OF DEALERSHIP

A young man, ERNEST, has never felt the same since his wife died. He is desperate. He buys a car, a Chevy Fleetmaster with a dent in it.

ERNEST stares into the distance. There is a flashback and he sees his wife’s face. Back in the present, he sighs.

MEDIUM SHOT of driving

On his way home he notices the headlight flickering. He pulls over and fiddles with the headlamp.

MEDIUM CLOSEUP OF HEADLAMP

He gives it a kick and it stops, and keeps going on his way. It starts up again. The man goes out to inspect the front of the car.

CLOSEUP OF ERNEST’S FACE

He looks at the headlamp and swears he could see a shape moving around in it.

CLOSEUP OF HEADLAMP, FACE-ON

It stops after a while, ERNEST is driving again on the road. All of a sudden it starts strobing violently. As he is driving the police officer calls him to pull over.

TWO SHOT

CONSTABLE: Pull over, young man, something’s wrong with your headlight.

He gets out of the car

CONSTABLE: Now tell me what’s wrong with that headlight.

ERNEST: I swear, I just need a chance to–

As they are talking, a silhouette moves across the headlight. Thrashing about

ERNEST: Did you see that?

CONSTABLE: Now Stop playing games, son.

Ernest: Something moved, in there.

CONSTABLE: Now, get to the point already.

ERNEST: but, wait, look

The silhouette starts to calm down slightly and appears to be huddling in a corner of the headlamp. ERNEST is staring at it intently. Then the silhouette turns around and blinks at him. The officer moves towards EREST but then stops too.

CONSTABLE: Now what’s going on? Care to explain yourself?

ERNEST: It’s my wife. She died in a crash with this car. I would give anything to be with her.

CONSTABLE: Oh.

The car shudders and then turns off. The ghost slides out of the headlight and swirls around.

Constable: What in-

The ghost surrounds ERNEST and then drags him in with her they are both sucked back into the headlight. He is with her forever.