Scotty’s Horror Short Showcase: ‘Mystery Box’

Written by Scott Edwards 

It is just amazing what you are able to find to purchase on the internet these days. You can get a bag of pens, some person’s used bath water, even used fake eyelashes. While I had no idea that there is/was a market for such strange things, it does exist and if someone is willing to shell out the cash for something that you got, I guess it is alright to sell it. Just be mindful of what you might be buying on the web however, you may never know if there might be some extra strings attached when buying the weird stuff.
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Anxiously waiting for a package to arrive, a woman stands alone with a knife in her hand and goggles that are ready to cover her eyes, just in case. Having just ordered a mystery box, she knows that there might be something strange that comes along with it, since that is what happens in the stories, but when the deliveryman knocks on the door, everything seems to be alright. Opening the door and bringing her new internet find into the house, she takes some long looks down the hallways to make sure she is alone and when she is content that she is in fact the only person in the house, she starts with the opening of the package.

With nothing really out of the ordinary in the box, just a plastic bag with a USB drive inside, she puts her guard down and plugs it into her computer. What she sees next will change her life forever, as there is a man dressed in all white with a power drill that is looking to take advantage of someone that appears to be tied up in a trash bag. Before the scene is finished, the screen fades to red and that is when the woman’s real nightmare begins. Checking the box for anything else, she finds a strange puck before getting a cryptic phone call, saying that it is a tracking device, and now the woman becomes the target of someone who seems to get their kicks from attracting and tracking new victims.

Not really into the whole mystery box craze, while it seems to make for a good video online for a while, it just never really caught my interest at all. I get it, you can get anything in the box, and shout ‘WHATS IN THE BOX!?!’ But come on, you could get nothing and that would make you feel even worse. I liked the hesitation that the woman showed before opening her new package, that seemed to be right on the money and the unknown intruder was pretty awesome as he makes his way around the house. With a mystery box, a USB drive, a strange video, a strange phone call, a large kitchen knife, an unseen threat and a power drill that will haunt your ears for ages, this is fun horror short that will make you wonder if what you order next will be your undoing. Stay Scared.

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