WIPE

Synopsis

Stockton, October. NELL ARDEN (26) runs a one-van trauma-cleaning company with TEO SALCEDO (27), an ex-EMT who is quietly in love with her. Her UV lamp runs on an orphaned battery pack that chirps three times before it dies; the only charger works with the van’s motor running. She is losing her mother Peg’s house to the lender, sleeping in the van, and losing the custody fight for her daughter IVY (8) to her ex, CAL. The evaluator, DR. FITCH, wants a home and a family who will vouch for her. Alone on a job at Riverbend Terrace, Nell cleans the window seat where IRENE KOVAC (81) died, says “I’d kill for this view,” and signs the CLEAR tag. At dawn Irene is gone from the world: no obituary, no next of kin, an unidentified decedent at the morgue. The landlord hands Nell the keys to 4B, paid through March, and her bank shows Irene’s money as an inheritance.

Positioning

Contained supernatural horror · spec 98 pp · about 95 min · real Stockton locations (a van, a motel, an apartment, a hoard, a row house, a warehouse) · practical lamp-keyed violet + makeup · minimal VFX · zero false scares · 13 named roles, 8 speaking.

Rights

Available for conversation. Territory, term, and option structure discussed after inquiry — not offered as an open download.