Do Not

It exists in its own universe and is *not* part of the Crypt Monster Universe or the Featured Creature series.

## Production Information

### Release Date

* 2017 (original release date)
* March 9th, 2018 (YouTube rerelease)

### Cast

* Adam LaFramboise
* Mikol Nguyen
* Salvatore DelGreco

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***Do Not*** is a 2017 short horror film written by Vincent Vena Cava, directed by Paul Stamper, and released by Crypt TV. It stars Adam LaFramboise, Mikol Ngyuyen, and Salvatore DelGreco. It is not to be confused with *Do Not Watch Me*, a similar short film by Stephen Jangro.

The film was originally released in 2017. It was rereleased on Crypt TV's YouTube channel on March 9th, 2018.

## Summary

Adam isn't good at following directions. Sooner or later, he will face the consequences.

## Plot

The film opens on a beautiful sunset in a woodland park, panning through the trees and over the river. A man, Adam, takes a drag of his cigarette, waiting for a moment before exhaling a puff of smoke. He gets up from his spot, and behind him there is a sign that reads "do not smoke". As Adam walks back from where he was sitting, he passes a sign that reads "do not walk on grass". Adam gets back to his car, a small blue car with a license plate reading "TBL MKR", and gets inside. With a loud rev of his motor, he drives out of the park. On his way out, he passes a sign that reads "do not enter". The camera pans over a nice woodland neighborhood, and at dark Adam returns to his house. He goes into his bathroom and opens a cabinet filled with first aid supplies and medicine bottles. He takes out one of the prescription bottles and opens it, pouring a pill into his hand. When he puts the bottle back, there is a label on it that reads "do not drink alcoholic beverages while taking this medicine". Adam pops the pill, and promptly washes it down with a bottle of beer.

Adam goes into his living room and sits down on the couch, turning on the television. He flips through several channels, including a news report on two missing task force members (which he tells to "fuck off") and a music video with a panda in it. He then stops on a program that is a black screen, with the words "do not watch". Adam tries to change the channel, but nothing happens, and he tries to turn off the television with similar results. He resigns to the television and decides, against the program's advice, to watch the show. The words then disappear from the screen, and static appears. Soon after, a man appears on the screen with his back facing the camera. As Adam watches, the screen continues to go to static, and when it disperses, the camera is closer to the man, showing that there are hooks dug into his skin, which are hanging from ropes suspended in the air. The man is then made to pick up the nearby rotary phone, and as Adam watches, slowly dials a phone number before holding the phone to his ear.

Adam's phone suddenly rings, startling him, and, not taking his eyes off the television, he takes his phone out of his pocket. As he looks at the phone, the caller ID reads "DO NOT ANSWER". Adam tries to hit the decline call button, but nothing happens. He then tries turning off the television again, getting angry when he can't do anything. As his phone rings incessantly in the background, he gets off the couch and unplugs the television, but the picture is still there. Seeing no other option, Adam answers his phone. When Adam answers the phone, the man says, with his back still turned, "do not scream." Adam asks who this is, and the front of the man appears on the screen. Hooks are hooked into his skin, with not even his face being untouched, almost like puppet strings. The man tells him once again, "Do not scream." Adam asks what that means, and the man doesn't answer, saying "do not scream" louder and louder until he is screaming himself. A humanoid shape suddenly appears in the darkness of the living room, causing Adam to curse loudly and fall back on the couch. He looks back at the screen, only to see the man has fallen silent. After a moment, the man begins to scream as the hooks lift out of his skin.

The man is then shown face-down on the table, with the hooks that formerly held him dangling in the air with chunks of his skin attached to them. They hang in view for a moment before they start to move, and are lifted up by an unseen force. There is static before a black figure is shown on the screen taking the ropes back, and it growls at the camera as its eyes glow red. The screen then permanently goes to static.

Adam falls back on the couch, horrified at what he's seen. Suddenly, his phone begins to ring again as he hears a thumping echo through his house, like someone is walking on his roof. He gets up and slowly goes towards the foyer, and, taking his phone out again, sees the same number from before. He answers the phone, but there is nobody there. His phone shuts off by itself, and slowly, rusty hooks on rope descend from the ceiling. Adam looks back and forth at the hooks, knowing that something is holding them there, but physically resisting the urge to look up. There is a dark shape above him holding the ropes, and it growls. Adam snaps his head up, and the shape is a grey-skinned man holding makeshift marionette sticks.

## Cast

 The Captive
 The Do-Not
 Newscaster
 SInger

## Trivia

* The phone number that The Do-Not calls Adam from is (666) 666-6666.
* *Do Not* shares many elements with *Do Not Watch Me,* a short film by Stephen Jangro also released by Crypt TV. Both of the films were originally released in 2017, share similar titles, and feature a person in a television program urging a channel-surfing viewer to not watch the show, lest the viewer be killed by the malevolent force behind it.

## References

1. ↑ "Do Not (2017)." IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7013784/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Crypt TV. "DO NOT | Scary Short Film | Crypt TV." YouTube, Crypt TV; March 9th, 2018.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Named after actor for posterity. Production name unknown.
4. ↑ *Do Not Watch Me* (dir. Stephen Jangro; February 9th, 2017)