Fat Ghost (PROJECT - HITCHHIKER)

Character Names - Guy and Bud are all subject to change since they are just placeholder names.

Eric- Third member of the group who goes missing in the beginning and is found half mauled at the end.
Bud (Allen )- Second in charge at their "Ghost Hunting" agency. He is snarky and sarcastic.
Guy (Malcolm )- Self said leader of the "Hunters". He is bold and cocky. shoot first ask questions later.
FAT GHOST(Subject 42)- Is a Fat ghost...
News Anchor - A female news anchor

a story of a ghost who haunts people but has mostly the same limitations of a “Morbidly” obese person.

Examples:

-Can still go through walls and floors but struggles hilariously
-Has to take breaks while chasing people
-snoring sleep apnea?
-Gets fatigued when using ghost powers so often opts to use normal methods of movement
-Can slam into floors and walls using its own weight to shake rooms

Jokes -

-When one goes to use bathroom the other warns not to open and close the mirror as a ref to the mirror trick.
-Their ghost hunting careers started off because they watched too many horror movies

Ghosts in this universe have some limitations, they are semi-corporeal and depending on the circumstances of their death have varying attributes. Each kind has a strength and a weakness e.g. FAT GHOST being able to shake corridors and rooms because of his heavy strength but having the limitations of a obese person. 

Preamble -

Eric walks into the facility and slowly through to the kitchen. The sound of items being moved around in a fridge can be heard and eric lifts his light to an open fridge door with nothing there. A loud slam is then heard behind eric and FAT GHOST appears out of breath and gurgling. Eric screams and covers his face with his arms. FAT GHOST goes in for the kill.

Story -

Starts on a TV ad for a ghost hunting team that is advertising to be hired. The guys turn the channel to the news by the end of the ad talking about how they never get work even with such a “cool” ad. Discussion is interrupted by the news showing that an old research facility is going to be demolished. the anchor says that the research facility shut down because of an accident where several of the workers lost their lives. 

The reporter mentions that the facility has been a hotspot for ghost hunters and the like trying to explain the incident due to “Strange Happenings” in the area. Footage on the screen shows late night footage from around the facility, the reporter shuns off the idea of the paranormal but the main characters pause they can see eric sneaking into the facility.

The guys talk about how they haven’t seen eric since last night and how the facility is being demolished tomorrow. They write off that he is in there but decide that the opportunity is too good to pass up to try hunting there before it gets demolished.

conversation in apartment and gathering gear and such happens

trip to the site has more conversation and backstory

not a handy cam movie - fixed camera
Will have a joke where Bud turns on a camera and it switches to handy cam and the other guy yells at him and says thats been done so much people are sick of it.

pull up to place scene. followed by slow walk through entrance and walking to room to setup and get ready

woken up in the middle of the night to sleep apnea snores farther down the hall. warrants an investigation after conversation about wether or not someone else is in the house. 

They investigate the source of the sound, a rising and falling blanket on a bed with the shape of a giant man underneath. The snoring abruptly stops and so do the rising and falling motions and the struggle for breath ensues (Like apnea). The get concerned and pull the covers off to reveal nothing underneath. (First ghost sighting.) there is, however, the indent of a large man sleeping in the bed. upon investigation the bed abruptly snaps back into correct place.

They quickly discuss the oddness about it and how it could be the ghost. they hear a loud bang behind them and they turn to see FAT GHOST. The ghost gurgles and belches and the guys get scared and run.

FAT GHOST gives chase, albeit slowly as it gasps for breath and takes breaks. one trips and other helps up giving FAT GHOST some time to catch up.

They escape the hallway back to their base. one says lets get out of here, the other says they should have plenty of time based on how lumbering the ghost is. so they discuss their next move.  They want to learn more about it, why it is the way it is and why it haunts this place.

They talk about how there must be some clues somewhere so lets get looking. they leave BASE

scene shows FAT GHOST struggling through the ceiling as if is doesn’t fit. If comes to a crashing stop on a bunch of the guys equipment. they don’t hear

the guys are in the basement where they casually notice many many food wrappers and chip bags on the floor and furniture.  On the walls are signs that say “Don’t forget to Eat” and “Remember the consequences for not finishing your food” and such.  On the walls in blood (vomit?) are “don’t stop eating” and the like. 

conversation about what the fuck is going on while the heavy footsteps can be heard slowly coming from above presumably from the stairs (FAT GHOST gets tired going through walls and doing anything ghostly hence not using his ghost powers, later it will be shown that he struggles going through a wall and gives up). they stumble upon a cupboard.

Heavy steps in the background continue. Clipboard shows a meal schedule which one of the guys not noticing the timeframes. the other mentions that the meals, being represented in ounces, a high amount, are scheduled for every 20 mins and the check boxed next to them have columns for “fed, finished, punishment, reward” with varying punishments listed.

conversation about what this is interrupted by the heavy footsteps coming down the stairs and gurgling. Conversation quickly changes to how they are gonna get away and one notices a (Crack? Hole? bolted door?) in the wall and they escape through it just in the nick of time. FAT GHOST is seen here attempting to follow through, half ghosting and getting tired, struggling and then giving up and turning back.

the room they escape into is a monitoring station. tv’s and equipment is spread throughout the room as well as blood everywhere and a large bite taken out of the table. one computer works upon inspection and it reveals that there was a patient/experiment called PROJECT: HITCHHIKER.

They were forcing someone to eat high calorie meals every 20 minutes while being stuck in a room unable to leave. The intention was to make someone morbidly obese with no clear intent as to why. They both respect the notes while the heavy footsteps can be lightly heard in the background and one notices that it clearly marks subject as deceased on <day> and the notes continued referring to the subject as if he were alive. One mentions that maybe they were doing some kind of reanimation research, but that is contradicted by the note following deceased called “Room and Subject sterilized by incineration - ashes disposed of”.

at this point it is known that the subject was forced to become obese, died, and was incinerated but the notes referring to the same subject continue. They look up PROJECT: HITCHHIKER mission statement and learn that scientists have confirmed ghosts exist and that there are certain circumstances under which they can be created. This particular project was designed to see if things done to subjects transferred to their ghost forms after they turn. Hence FAT GHOST. leading the viewer to believe there are many more variations like this one and that this is some kind of facility that is working on creating ghosts.

Last note on file has something about how the ghost escaped containment and they can’t find it. The shielding on the monitor station is beginning to fail and they can hear heavy footsteps (Perhaps audio message). Then the sound of gurgling and screaming and an attack.

Conversation about what they just read and argument about getting out of there/what to do. One just wants to leave while the other says they need to find a way to stop this thing because otherwise it will get out. Something says that there is shielding around the facility, much like in the monitor room, and logic states that it will fail again releasing whatever else is in this there.

quick argument leads to them agreeing to do whatever they can but they need to figure out how. they look through the computer and it says something about there being containment cells located further in the facility and that there are some manner of failsafe measures there as well.

mains need to get to the other side of the facility. so they leave the monitoring area. the sounds of heavy footsteps are heard waning off in the distance. they assume now is their chance and they make their was out of the room turning off the shielding for power consumption reasons. 

They exit the basement area and at the top of the stairs they walk a few feet into the hallway. Struggling noises behind them cause them to turn around and they look up to see FAT GHOST struggling through the ceiling and it comes crashing to the floor breaking some floorboards and causing a rumble that staggers the mains. One gets knocked over completely.

The one who isn’t knocked over goes to help the one who was. and they manage to escape while avoiding the ghosts struggling attempts at killing (eating) them. (FAT GHOST can slam the walls causing the room to shake and disorient people.)

the two manage to escape back to BASE although one twisted his ankle and is unable to carry on. they have a conversation about sticking together but ultimately split up. The one without the injury carries on, while the other is left to presumably be eaten by FAT GHOST.

the Map of the facility he saw shows he needs to go to the end of the hall and upstairs. He mutters that while running and heads in the direction. FAT GHOST lumbers behind him slamming the hallway causing him to trip a few times and almost get caught but gets upstairs.

upstairs there is a locked door with a puzzle of some kind and it is locked. FAT GHOST can be heard attempting the stairs. Heavy footsteps and gasps for breath. Some attempted teleporting but failing. Slowly but surely making his way to the top of the stairs. 

Guy is in a panic trying to figure out the puzzle to the door. FAT GHOST vomits from the stairs and it almost hits guy. Shocked guy continues and as FAT GHOST manages to get to the top of the stairs he succeeds and gets into the door, slamming it down and locking it behind him.

Cold Storage room. guy catches his breath and speaks to himself about how he needs to figure a way out of this. also referencing that his friend was just killed by FAT GHOST. Hears a glass bottle roll across the floor and after a startle begins to investigate. A shadow in the background jump scare happens. guy is investigating a room full of cold storage containers and what look to be some kind of containment units.

a voice can be lightly heard from another part of the room. Guy goes to investigate and a jump scare happens to reveal Eric with one arm, no foot and a huge bandage over his torsoe. Barely alive Eric and Guy have a brief catch up conversation and Eric explains what he learned from being in cold storage.

Apparently they figured out how to trap and store ghosts in cryo boxes. We can draw conclusions here that some of the boxes we have seen earlier have stored ghosts in them.

Eric Explains that since these Created Ghosts have corporeal attibutes, they have can be slowed with extreme cold and the cryo boxed have ghost sheilding.

They come up with a plan just in time to hear FAT GHOST lumber through the door. it takes a moment to rest. Eric explains what to do on the controls and offers to sacrifice himself to lure FAT GHOST into the cold storage box. They argue about it but about then is when FAT GHOST gets his second wind.

No other choice, Guy has to run and operate the controls and Eric cralws toward a then closed container.  The controls are frozen and guy yells to Eric about it. Eventually he gets them to work and the container opens. Meanwhile Eric is getting FAT GHOSTS attention by throwing things and yelling.

FAT GHOST lumbers toward Eric and the container while Guy is operating the controls and working on getting the evrything ready to trap and store FAT GHOST. Eric starts having a final thoughts conversation with guy.

FAT GHOST enters the container while Eric crawls with what is left of him all the wat yo the back. He yells to Guy that its time. The controlls dont work right away and FAT GHOST starts to notice that guy is working against him and turns his head to Guy at the last second for dramatic tention and the container closes and seals. FAT GHOST turns back to Eric and devowers his entire upper torsoe before he freezes completely and the ghose sheilding is activated.

Guy has a sigh of relief but realises both that Eric is dead and so is the other guy. He runs back to BASE where he left Bud. 

Upon arrival, he doesnt see Bud but he cals out his name and moves some stuff around and he finds Bud minus an arm but other than that no worse for ware. They have a catching up conversation about how Bud survived and how Eric was here but is dead now. Both are excited to leave so they get everything easy to carry and make their way out.

Guy excitedly asks bud about any footage, because maybe this will actually launch their ghost hunting career. Bud chastises Guy saying that he planned to have the camera on the whole time to catch anything they saw but Guy said they werent doing the whole "handy-cam" thing. So they didn't get anything.  Guy makes a lack of "Handy-Cam" Joke and Bud laughes and says its not the time... A few more one liners like "Speaking of "Time" isnt that your watch arm?" and bud saying you better "watch" yourself.

The next scene they are back in the apartment they started in having a conversation about the events. Namely, why they would be demolishing a research facility that still has active testing equipment in it. The News comes on and shows that an organization has delayed the demolition of the facility. and in the background you can see a truck with a logo on it and a team of people removing what has to be the containment cube from cold storage, presumably, the one with FAT GHOST and the half body of Eric in it.

The two look at each other and and the movie quick cuts to credits.

After credits scene is ERIC waking up in a different facility but a ghost (He died in a horiffic way) and some kinda of freaky half ghost half human thing maybe?