Four people are riding an escalator in a shopping mall when suddenly the escalator stops, and they are stuck figuring out how they will escape.

"Serial killer forgets new batteries for the tape player with their instructions."

haha.. that's hilarious!

Here's mine...

Down on his luck singer falls into an empty cavern and becomes trapped. To his amazement, the cave possesses excellent harmonics. He sings to save his life. With the help of echoes, he must give his greatest off-Broadway performance ever.
- "Alone in the Dark - The Musical"

A Man and his pet Beaver, Tom are stuck in a tree house, in a giant redwood, on the side of a massive cliff, jutting against a beautiful sea, filled with boats of mothers and babies who are trying to set a world boating record, must get out and stop a lunatic woodsman known as Red Wood from cutting it down.
In 3D and in IMAX.

Man wakes up to find himself chained to a desk inside a tiny, windowless, cell. He's forced to watch episodes of Jeopardy! and answer the clues. Every time he answers incorrectly the room fills up with a foot of water. When he answers correctly water is sucked out of the room. Call it "Double Jeopardy".

@filmocrat: Double Jeopardy sounds funny. Could even be a good contained thriller short film.

"Let's see how much he wagered..."

A transvestite serial killer obsessed with Titanic kidnaps a man and makes him play out the entire movie in his basement. The man as Jack...the transvestite serial killer as Rose. Will Jack die in the end?? Will he be forced to draw a picture of this guy naked!?!?

I call it "Titanic Pleasures"

When a family goes out of town for a long weekend, a group of vegetable inside a refrigerator crisper drawer must prevent a decrepit tomato from spreading its rot to the entire drawer.

Missed this on twitter, but here we go (tho' just seen Josh's post):

Peas trapped in a pod must overcome sibling rivalry to escape before a TV chef gives a live demonstrationof how to make the perfect pea and mint soup.
[I was thinking stop-motion animation]

or:

Houdini's grandson must escape a Niagra falls-bound barrel after a jilted assistant bungs up the locks with nicotine gum.

A Man, clamped down with iron shackles to a wood floor, his face hooked up to an oxygen mask, his body covered by 14 mattresses, and an ice cream cake that when fully melted will lift off a button that releases the rest of the oxygen in his tank; all taking place inside a blimp, set to explode above a children's petting zoo.
Titled - Not Again

Nate Winslow's and PatrickS's win the thread for me. If those queries crossed my desk I'd HAVE to request them!

Three man and a baby. Wait - I think I saw that one before ;)

Oh $#!t
Man wakes up trapped in an overturned porta potty, blocking the door.

I posted this one time on my blog Facebook and someone told me Stephen King wrote a short story similiar to this lol, forgot what it was called though.

title: I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S NO SIGNAL!

plot: Joe Q. Anderson is stocking the shelves of his electronics store one night ... when they all come alive and try to stock (kill) him instead!

@BittrScrptReadr - So...you're saying I should...send...no, no. Nevermind.

NO JOKE - All Joking Inside

12 Clowns, 3 little people & a dog get locked in a tiny car and are forced to fight against personal demons and a diminishing air supply.