### The Candy Lady

#### FADE IN:

**EXT. NORTHSIDE OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA - DAY**

*The summer sun blazes down on a quaint neighborhood. Children run and play, laughter echoing through the streets.*

**EXT. MS. ANNA ARCENEAUX’S HOUSE - DAY**

*A chain-link fence surrounds a modest home. Kids gather at the fence, shouting joyfully.*

**CHILDREN**  
(chanting)  
Cold Cup Lady! Cold Cup Lady!

*MS. ANNA ARCENEAUX (70s, silver hair tied back, kind smile) appears, pushing a cart filled with colorful cold cups and candies.*

**MS. ANNA**  
(with a warm smile)  
Alright, alright. Who wants a treat?

*Kids cheer and rush to the cart. Anna hands out the treats with gentle affection.*

#### MONTAGE:

*Different years flash by—1990, 1991, 1992—Anna selling treats, kids happily enjoying them.*

#### CUT TO:

**EXT. NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY (SUMMER 1993)**

*A mournful atmosphere. Posters of missing children are plastered everywhere.*

**PARENT #1**  
(teary-eyed)  
It's been weeks. No sign of him anywhere.

*Anna approaches, a sorrowful expression on her face.*

**MS. ANNA**  
(comforting)  
We'll find them. I promise. I'll help in any way I can.

*She hands a donation to a grateful parent.*

#### INT. MS. ANNA’S WASH HOUSE - NIGHT

*Rows of jars filled with strange herbs and potions. The centerpiece: a wooden effigy.*

**NARRATOR (V.O.)**  
(ominous)  
But no one knew the darkness that lay behind her kindness.

*Anna whispers incantations, pouring a vial of liquid on the wooden effigy.*

#### CUT TO:

**INT. MS. ANNA’S WASH HOUSE - DAY**

*Children, sedated, lie on makeshift beds. Anna tends to them with eerie tenderness.*

**MS. ANNA**  
(whispering to a child)  
Hush now. Soon, it'll all be over.

#### EXT. LAFAYETTE - DAY (SUMMER 2000)

*An unusually hot day. The neighborhood is tense.*

**NARRATOR (V.O.)**  
(ominous)  
And then, the summer of 2000 brought something sinister.

*Parents gather, talking in hushed tones about shadows and strange sounds.*

#### INT. MS. ANNA’S WASH HOUSE - NIGHT

*The children wake from their stupor. They see Anna in ceremonial garb, chanting around the effigy.*

**CHILD #1**  
(terrified)  
What’s happening?

*Anna dances wildly, the air thick with tension. The effigy starts to tremble.*

#### CLOSE-UP:

*The wooden effigy splits open violently. Kooshma emerges—a grotesque fusion of human and nightmare.*

**MS. ANNA**  
(ecstatic)  
Master, I have brought you life.

*Kooshma steps forward, eyes burning with malevolence.*

**KOOSHMA**  
(whispering)  
You will be the first.

*With a swift motion, Kooshma drives claws into Anna’s chest. Her body convulses, face frozen in disbelief.*

#### LOW ANGLE:

*Kooshma turns to the terrified children.*

**KOOSHMA**  
(sinister)  
And now, for the rest.

#### EXT. MS. ANNA’S HOUSE - NIGHT

*Parents, sensing something wrong, rush towards Anna’s house. They burst in.*

#### INT. MS. ANNA’S HOUSE - NIGHT

*Parents find the horrifying sight: Anna lifeless, Kooshma melting into the shadows.*

**PARENT #2**  
(crying out)  
Oh my God!

*They rescue the traumatized children.*

#### EXT. MS. ANNA’S HOUSE - NIGHT

*Police tape surrounds the house. The neighborhood whispers in fear.*

**NARRATOR (V.O.)**  
(whispering)  
The story of the Cold Cup Lady became a haunting tale, a warning of the darkness behind kind smiles.

#### INT./EXT. ABANDONED WASH HOUSE - NIGHT

*Empty, eerie. The wind rustles softly.*

**NARRATOR (V.O.)**  
And if you listen closely on hot summer nights, you might hear the faint chanting of Ms. Anna, trying to complete her deadly bargain with the night terror.

#### FADE OUT.

**TEXT OVERLAY**  
"THE END"  

*(CREDITS ROLL)*