Spirit Away

For two glorious months a year, abandoned strip mall eyesores are transformed into grotesque shopping havens for last-minute planners who can’t decide if they should be a naughty zombie or a sexy Harry Potter character for Halloween. But not everyone sees Spirit Halloween stores as seasonal gifts from heaven…or Egg Harbor Township, NJ. One such person? Neville Karenbuzzkill. Desperate to rid his town of these evil stores (for reasons that will be explained at the end…), Neville spends his evenings hacking up Spirit store employees after hours, posing their carcasses in increasingly grotesque and comical instore displays. Ok, we’ll spoil it, the reason is related to long-repressed trauma resulting from peeing his costume while trick-or-treating as a kid, and being merciless teased for it for years. Anyway, lots of seasonal employees getting hacked up, liberal smatterings of bathroom humor, and long educational expositions explaining the economic benefits and caveats of short-term business leases and shifting employment patterns on the middle and lower classes. We anticipate 85% of ticket sales or downloads will be from disappointed viewers expecting to watch a Miyazaki classic.