Beginnings...

For some time now, I've been mentally tossing over a Cthulhu Mythos-based screenplay idea. In fact, it basically is a re-telling of The Call of Cthulhu. The plot, though centering on only one main character, is quite grand in scale and is well beyond the scope of the usual fan-made fare. For this fact alone, I know it will never be used, yet I am still compelled to complete it, if only so it's out of my head and I can stop thinking about it.

Here is the introductory scene of the first draft for your perusal:

EXT. CITY RUINS - DAY

A MAN walks up to the edge of a lookout. Before
him lies the ruins of a large city. Most of the
city is rubble and the buildings that are still
standing have large sections missing. A giant
bipedal creature, the size of the tallest visible
skyscraper, is seen slowly ambling between them.
It is green, bat-winged, and has a face full of
tentacles. The creature casually brushes past a
building and its wall collapses.

The man watches on.

                   MAN (V.O.)
         This is what has become of the
         world: reduced to nothing more than
         rubble and dust. It has been this
         way now for over a year. Ever since
         that abomination and its army
         revealed themselves from beneath
         the waves to wage war on humanity.

The man watches the creature carelessly destroy
another building.

                   MAN (V.O.) (CONT'D)
         I call it a war, however, truth be
         said, it was more like a massacre.
         For the most part, the attack was
         unexpected, unprovoked and
         particularly brutal.

The man looks saddened.

                   MAN (V.O.) (CONT'D)
         There were some who were forewarned
         of this apocalypse however. A
         select few who were sensitive
         enough to hear the creature's calls
         through their dreams. I probably
         wouldn't have believed it
         possible... if I hadn't been one of
         them.

From there it will cut back to the present day and detail how the planet came to be in this state.