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Genre: Thriller
Title: DREAM HITCHER
Logline: Logline: In dreams the mind sorts through the information gathered by the senses during waking hours and discards that which would be destructive to sanity. Suppose one man can not dream. Then what?
Synopsis:
Thousands of warriors have returned from the Iraq War. Among them is Dan Gallatin, violent, bare knuckle fighter, studying for Doctorate Of Neuroscience. Many veterans show horrible wounds, missing arms and legs, disfigured faces. Not visible are the brains damaged by roadside bombs, or warped by the constant fear of being blown all to hell by a bomb, or killed by a sniper’s bullet. This trauma causes terrifying nightmares. Anubis (an alias) can’t dream and hitches onto the dreams of sleeping vets. He then kills the vet and hitches onto his journey into the afterlife. Each afterlife is unique, created by the dying man’s mind. Colonel Granville has a terrible head wound and knows the savagery of war. His wound has given him the capacity to see human auras and to lead scores of veterans into dreams where he heals their afflicted minds. Anubis stalks Granville. Dan is thrust into danger to protect the Healer from the Hitcher. In the afterlife, the true Anubis,the Jackal God waits.
Title: Sudden and Untimely
Logline: LOGLINE: An insecure girl makes contact with the ghost of a boy accused of killing several high school students fifty years earlier. She sets out to prove his innocence.
Synopsis:
Soon after a boiler room investigation of a 50 year old school fire, Annie McGreevy’s mother is stalked. Annie is with her as a grave situation develops. She watches her die in a suspicious accident. Throughout the story Annie’s quest is to find the killer. In time she meets Frankie Spiletto in that same boiler room. Annie thinks she’s hallucinating, but soon realizes he’s a ghost, the person blamed for the fire. The same killer who stalked her mother now stalks her. Several perilous incidents nearly take Annie’s life. Later we learn that Annie is Frankie’s granddaughter. He had relations with the grandmother. The grandfather is the culprit. His increasing bitterness and jealously are motives for murder. In the end the police are forced to kill him. Annie briefly sees his ghost and the revelation is made that Frankie is innocent. Annie is left alone to deal with her grief and newfound family secrets. (WGA #948147)
Title: Project Human
Logline: Two humans regain their memories to realize they are aliens.
Synopsis:
Darryl and Adelle wake up in a "hospital" where they are being treated for amnesia. As Dr. Whitmere struggles to do his research on them, Dr. Barton helps them to realize that they have been abducted and are experiments that will become less human by the day.
Barton learns that he is never going to be released, so he plans on sabatoging the experiments and taking Darryl and Adelle back home to Earth.
But before Barton can do so, Whitmere catches him. Barton, Darryl, and Adelle fight for their lives before it's too late.
Title: Peeker
Logline: Thomas is a peeping Tom who turns his predilection for spying on people into a thriving security service. He has it all; wife, money and friends, until he witnesses a murder and his past catches up.
Synopsis:
As a boy, Thomas O'Connor was a peeping Tom. In his early twenties, he has it all: money, success, love and friendship. He has turned his predilection for looking into other people's lives into a thriving security service. Life is wonderful until he and his partner Pat witness a murder while on stakeout. The victim is billionaire Leonard Batista, founder of the nutrition conglomerate, VitaFit. It seems that Thomas' involvement in the case is over since it appears the murderer is their client, Angela Batista. However, things are rarely as simple as they appear.
The following morning he wakes to find that Angela apparently committed suicide. Since she was wanted for the murder of her husband, it makes sense to everyone except Thomas. When Pat is killed on a deserted road it becomes clear that the stakes have been raised. Thomas must discover who is behind these senseless murders and what it is they're trying to hide before they get to him and his wife. WGA #1256599
Title: THE SCAMMERS
Logline: When scam artists operating out of Nigeria, a country notorious for incubating such people, dupe an ex marine of $400,000 in a fake contract scam, they kindle the marine spirit in him to seek justice
Synopsis:
Mark Tice Fisher, a Wall Street investor and an ex marine receives an unsolicited proposal to partner in a deal to supply the Nigerian military with military use jeeps. Mark travels to Nigeria to meet with the originators of the proposal, a trio named Albert, Obata and Vincent. They introduce him to a fake army general who provides an official imprimatur of the Nigerian government in the deal. Mark returns to the States and wires $400,000 to the trio for use in contract expenses, especially bribe money for the fake general.The trio spends Mark's money. Later, Mark is invited back to Nigeria by the trio for a purported follow up meeting with the fake army general. While in Nigeria, the trio organizes Marks assassination. He survives the attack then embarks on a mission to obtain justice. It was a years long process, but Mark, aided by FBI Agent Dempsey, Mark's fiancee Beulah, investigators Newsome and Amobi, and many others, obtains justice when the trio is caught, tried and jailed.
Title: The Devil Returns to Heaven
Logline: God has forgiven the Devil and he returns to the Heavens. God placed seven girls on earth to determine the fate of the world. Each girl is given a Protector who must kill all that tries to harm them
Synopsis:
God forgives the Devil and allows him to return to the Heavens. The Devil must explain to Man how and why he was expelled from the Heavens. Now the Demons roam the earth and they are far worse than the Devil.
God places seven young girls on the earth to determine it's fate in thirty three years. Each girl is given a Protector who must fight and kill all that tries to bring harm to them.
A new Profit is sent forth to prove that God is a woman and that all religions lead to the same God. The Profit also teaches that the seven girls, who are placed on different continents, will decide that the world is too evil and should be destroyed. This causes the evil doers and the high church to try to kill the seven before the thirty third year.
A demonic priest cons the President into believing the girl is evil and a trick by the Devil. They learn that the location of the so called Heavens on earth are beneath the glaciers and began bombing.
God turns all animals against Mankind.
Title: TRANSPLANTATION
Logline: Following a kidney transplant, Steven develops a strange relationship with his donor who is wandering in between two worlds. This thriller is partly inspired by real facts.
Synopsis:
Steven Fisher and Mike Dawson meet in the territory between life and death. Steven had been condemned by disease but recovers hope when he is saved by the unexpected arrival of a donor organ. Mike, a registered organ donor, dies in a brutal accident, which leaves him wandering between two worlds. Mike’s spirit witnesses the removal of his organs a few short hours after his accident. He suffers a trauma which leaves him inextricably linked to Steven. The two men then live out a spiritual conflict in which two parallel worlds clash. The resolution comes from an old Peruvian Shaman solicited by Steven’s wife with the help of her friend and university professor. The Shaman travels between the two worlds to help Mike free himself from his physical body and continue along his path after life. He puts an end to this struggle by freeing Steven and Mike from their conflicts and attachment.
Written by Jacques-Yves Mistretta, Emilia Henriques da Silva & Stéphanie Doncker
Title: Black Angel
Logline: Nick, condemned to life in jail, protests his innocence by going on a hunger strike that will enable him to develop powers which he will use on his co-inmates to help them reintegrate the society.
Synopsis:
Nick Duncan, an American man, is condemned to life in prison for murder. Nick rapidly withdraws into total silence and subsequently begins a hunger strike to protest his innocence. Unexpectedly, he develops powers which enable him to connect with his fellow inmates’ minds, live their experiences and act in their interest and on their behalf. Soon, Nick’s case contradicts medical science and draws the attention of the media. A mediator named Matt Crowe is brought in to resolve the crisis of the "Black Angel,” a nickname given to Nick by the other inmates.
But it soon becomes clear that the renowned mediator was actually hand-selected by the Black Angel himself... With his help, Nick will implement measures and reforms to help inmates recover their integrity and give them a genuine second chance at life.
Title: The Power Elite
Logline: A brutal gangland slaying sets off a relentless investigation in pursuit of an elite hit crew, which will lead into the national and international political arenas.
Synopsis:
On a drizzling Chicago night four men sit unsuspectingly in a coffee shop. Only a few feet away from them, within minutes their whole world is turned upside down as FBI agent Bruce Miller and his men gun down their boss Big Paul Crescenzi, Chicago's top organized crime boss, and his bodyguard in their car. Looking to eliminate any possible witnesses, Miller orders his men to fire on the coffee shop. Unbeknownst, the men he is about to open fire on are the elite killer hit squad known around law enforcement circles as the Vincent Mainieri crew. A horrible gunfight ensues. In the aftermath only Miller manages to get away. The hit crew looks in horror as they see who the intended victim was.
Why the murder? That is the question veteran homicide Detective Will Mannon has to answer fast. Already skeptic of the evidence at the crime scene, when a fingerprint of one of the crew members is found Mannon senses the impact of bringing down the Mainieri crew and its effect on a career.
Title: Court of Love
Logline: A case of a husband, murdered by a killer whose signature is a naked Barbie doll ends on the desk of Becky Ward.
Synopsis:
Becky Ward is a tough detective in an unhealthy relationship with her boyfriend, Paul; Rachel, Effie and Antonia belong to privilege.
How their lives cross and change at the time when the markings of time, children and marriage make women more vulnerable is at the core of Court of Love.
This ruthless action, sensual, at times hilarious, highly insightful movie is a searing tale of contemporary life.
Title: Forest Through the Trees
Logline: They came to divide us. Instead they united us.
Synopsis:
Unknown to the small town of Piedmont, a series of coordinated terror attacks is underway throughout the United States.
Chief Howie Winter, the newly appointed Police Chief of Piedmont tries to protect his town in spite of the greedy and narrowminded town administration who refuses to shut down the local college or cancel the upcoming town fair.
Follow the action as Chief Winter risks his reputation, his family and his life to protect the close knit community from the sleeper cell who is now hiding in the mountains surrounding the town.
Title: Unholy Silence
Logline: A reporter working for the Vatican receives an exclusive that entangles him in a web of deception, and takes him beyond Church walls, into a ring of political treachery. WGA 2002-2007, cc.2001-2003
Synopsis:
In 1929, Vatican City is born through the Lateran Accords, putting an end to the long-standing rift between the Church and the Italian government. A young, Catholic reporter, Anthony Cusac, is given the Vatican exclusive.
Anthony leads a double-life, but he is not the only one. Everyone has secrets. Maria, his gorgeous girlfriend, has a mysterious past. Pointer is a traitor of Mussolini''s party. Mussolini trains Germans on Italian soil without informing his military advisor. Even the pontiff has a few secrets. And the pontiff''s doctor? He is the last one to see Pope Pius XI healthy, and alive.
Suspicious circumstances surrounding the pontiff''s death are overshadowed by the crowning of Pope Pius XII and the onset of WWII.
Anthony joins the underground resistance movement in his continued effort for truth and justice. He comes across one document that could expose everything -- when the time is right.
Title: COCKTAIL COP
Logline: A female cop who instead of issuing speeding violations sentences people to attend her weekly cocktail parties. Officer Stacy takes it too far with one violator that ends up in murder.
Synopsis:
Imagine speeding down the road in your car with a beer resting on your lap. You then see the flashing blue lights pull out behind you. You pull your car over, begin to panic and try to act innocent. Officer Stacy approaches your car with a large flashlight and shines it in your face. You know your busted, now how can you get out of this situation? Officer Stacy then offers you a deal. You can be arrested for DUI and other various traffic infractions, or the entire ticket can be thrown out the window if you agree to attend eight of her weekly cocktail parties. Sounds like an easy choice, but sometimes the easy choices are the wrong choices. I mean how bad can going to a few cocktail parties be?
Title: Affair of Deception
Logline: A beautiful, young bank manager meets the man of her dreams, but the love affair quickly turns into a nightmare when he forces her to launder cash for a gambling ring he is involved with.
Synopsis:
Karen Moore has everything a girl could want, a loving family, good friends and a rewarding career. The only thing missing is that special someone. One afternoon, while browsing through a local bookstore, she meets Bradley Peterson, a tall, handsome CPA who owns his own accounting firm. After a whirlwind romance filled with dinners, dancing and nights of passion, Karen feels she’s finally found the love of her life. Unfortunately, Bradley has other plans. While wooing Karen, he secretly begins to conduct suspicious transactions at the bank she manages. An experienced teller becomes aware of these activities and informs Karen. Karen confronts Bradley, who not only doesn’t stop; he uses threats, intimidation and violence to escalate his activities. Karen’s dream world crumbles around her as Bradley forces her to launder larger and larger amounts of cash. Will Karen be able to overcome this devious adversary and protect her reputation, career and family and regain her once perfect life?
Title: Creatures of the Forest
Logline: A group of college friends on a summer camping trip find themselves in a fight for their lives against a mysterious creature, after being duped by the man they hired as their guide.
Synopsis:
Lance, a college football star, arranges a summer camping trip which will take him and his friends deep into the forest of northern California. This is his last chance to repair his failing relationship with his highschool sweatheart, Michelle, and reconnect with his hometown friends. He hires a guide, Billy, to lead the group''s week long adventure.
Unbeknownst to Lance, Billy has alterior motives. During his childhood, Billy''s family was killed by a blood thirsty creature which still prowls the woods that the group will be calling home for the next week. Billy leads the group into the remote backcountry in the hopes of drawing out the creature and avenging the death of his family.
Before they know it, drinking around the camp fire and adolescent fun are replaced by sheer terror, as the friends realize they are the unwitting pawns in in a game of cat and mouse, with not only Billy, but the creature itself.
Title: The Refined Art of Camouflaged Writing
Logline: When a fed-up writer finally scores representation and feels his life coming around, he wants away from the criminal life a shady comedy club owner once presented him to... if he can.
Synopsis:
Jeff Norton is a writer. A talented, laconic writer currently being at the rock bottom of his life. No girlfriend, no representation and he kill people for money to make a living.
One day, after a hit and feeling bad about himself for actually feeling pretty good, he meets dream girl Lisa at a café and gets a call from Brett Irwin, highly acclaimed screenplay agent. Coincident? Maybe not, but Jeff decides to go for the whole shebang and wants out from the killing biz, something seemingly harder than it first looked.
Title: Mischief and Murder
Logline: A too clever child menaces society, and the President wants the boy vanished; failing that, the Commander in Chief might want to disappear.
Synopsis:
Dylan Harmon, 14, a prodigy rare, is a bit of a loner. Next to the boy’s widower dad, the kid’s best friend is a dog dying of old age; a tragedy inspiring Dylan to research canine longevity. Genetic science can always use a faster computer, and Dylan’s machine works at near quantum speed due to a worrisome math equation sired by the boy.
Dylan’s PC breaks encryption codes, mischief that could hurl our computerized world into the sun, and the President thinks the child, the boy’s allies, and Dylan’s algorithm should all share the same grave. As usual, the White House isn’t thinking too clearly; a point Dylan, his heroes, and some villains attempt to drive home during a dangerous game in which no one’s a sure winner.
Title: Served Cold
Logline: Derek Wilson returns home to find his wife and two daughters murdered in cold blood. Now, there is nothing that can stop him from finding out why.
Synopsis:
Derek Wilson is an average man of average means who returns home from work late one night to find his wife and two daughters murdered in cold blood. His eyes burn with THEIR love and HIS thirst for revenge. With complete access to an advanced weapons development company there is nothing that will stop him from finding out why.
Through the complicated weave of lies and corruption Derek is not alone in his search for the truth. Detective David Riley is assigned to the case whose own brush with the violent murder of his family begins to cloud his judgement of right and wrong.
Will Riley stop Derek''s crazed rampage or will his own conflicting emotions over the definition of justice win out?
Title: Root of Evil
Logline: A lonely bus driver comes across 2 million dollars. His cautious nature, the police investigation, and unfortunate circumstances lead him down a dark path.
Synopsis:
Frankie is a bus driver past his prime who is constantly surrounded by people but can''t relate to. Day after day, he makes the same stops with the same passengers till a DESPARATE man leaps aboard his bus gasping for air and bleeding from a gunshot wound. He lugs a bag with $2 million on board and makes Frankie a desperate proposition, $1 million to take him to the hospital and hold on to his money till he heals.
The mysterious man dies and Frankie isolates himself in fear as the police investigation draws closer. So Frankie hides the money in his ailing grandmother''s attic, the perfect alibi. At the reading of her will Frankie learns of a cap with whatever "minor" remains going to her nurse Amanda, making the 2 million hers. Burning with greed, he befriends her to get closer to the money, ultimately leading him to do things he would never have done. With Amanda, Frankie has finally discovered the connection he has always longed for, too blind to see it or the horror to come.
Title: ESPIRITU
Logline: A young outcast with a strange supernatural ability is linked to a string of bizarre deaths.
Synopsis:
When ROSA was ten years, her mother MARIA was crippled by a drunk driver leaving her unable to speak or move. Shortly after the accident, Rosa discovers she can have outer body experiences at will. Now at nineteen years old, Rosa is a dark and depressed social outcast in college. She is riddled with guilt from her mother''s mistreatment in a nursing home and fighting to keep her loving father from getting to close to her.
But Rosa is also tormented with her strange ability she feels she can''t control and realizes she may be doing some horrible things. Rosa''s aunt CHELA, is a medium that can channel into the spirit world. She can also feel other people''s pain caused by an entity connected to either a relative of Chela''s or a close friend. For nine years, Chela has sense and felt the unexplained deaths of strangers until she finally suspects that it''s Rosa lashing out at the world for what happend to her mother. Now it is up to Chela to stop her troubled niece before it''s too late.
Title: Wolves at the Door
Logline: When an agoraphobic writer is the only witness to a murder next-door, she realize that there are some madness she cannot kep out and some secrets she cannot keep in.
Synopsis:
Through dreams, Marcia Whorley is haunted by her past. As a writer Marcia is plauged by two things: a looming deadline and writer''s block.
As she struggles to find her groove, she makes an uneasy friendship with the neighbor-next-door, Jaymee. Slowly but surely, the two of them hits it off until a stranger visited Jaymee at her home and brutally slays her.
As the only witness to the crime, Marcia must survive the killer''s onslaught but most of all, survive her own past.
Title: The Casino Carpathian
Logline: An eccentric entrepreneur risks more than he realizes when he creates “Sin City’s” first gothic-horror themed casino.
From now on, “What slays in Vegas, stays in Vegas!”
Synopsis:
Evan Eden, a brash young Las Vegas investment mogul, gambles on society’s fascination with “things that go bump in the night”. His casino-resort creation, The Carpathian, is part Victorian mansion, part Walachian fortress. Though it offers many standard Vegas attractions – at The Carpathian they appear in imaginative “dark side” variations. Even before the crowds descend upon it, tragic events suggest that The Carpathian may be afflicted by a deadly “curse”. Both success and dangers seem to spiral beyond Evan’s control. A particularly mysterious visitor, Lucas Stanley, makes Evan an incredibly generous buyout offer. Stanley, it is soon discovered, has a most sinister motive – one that must be resisted. Evan is forced to go beyond simply running his casino. He must ultimately defend it, and himself from a very powerful adversary. Lucas Stanley’s true identity may be easily guessed, but never fully comprehended. Can you say “hostile takeover”?
(WGA#1146674)
Title: Ladybug
Logline: When terrorists plan to blow up a bridge with the President and thousands of innocent people, a police officer must choose between duty to country and the love of his son. But will he lose both?
Synopsis:
We open at a refugee camp somewhere along the Afghan-Pakistan border. Relief worker TRACY DORR, 30’s, attends to patients. Then she becomes the unfortunate witness as Military Police mistakenly shoot down a truck driver they believe to have a bomb. The incident passes, but unfortunately a bomb has already been planted in one of the camp’s porta-potties. All are killed. Only the calling card of a mechanical ladybug is left behind.
One year later, MIKE DORR, a veteran cop, is on vacation with his son at a popular island resort when he learns that the island has come under siege by home-grown terrorists. Making matters worse, several hostages have been taken including his son, and word quickly spreads that the terrorists intend to further draw attention to their cause by destroying the world’s longest suspension bridge, and in the process, killing the President, the Governor, and approximately 60,000 spectators.
Title: Hollowed Ground
Logline: When a caretaker’s late son falls prey in a series of perverse grave robberies, he sets out to unearth the ominous secret of those responsible in a spellbinding climax.
Synopsis:
Caretaker of the Millwood Creek Cemetery, Seth Coleman works with sincere commitment. But when a series of unexplained grave robberies torment the public, he takes matters personally when his late son is exhumed. A conflict of man versus self, nothing can prepare Seth for what lies ahead.
In addition to earning a B.A. from Binghamton University in film, I’ve also done extensive research on the dark history of British folklore, namely grave robbery. I have also written and directed several short films that won academic awards.
Please let me know if you''d like to read the script. I look forward to your reply and thank you for your consideration.
Title: The Warren Vendetta
Logline: A new film revealing the real killer of JFK is uncovered and a seedy detective will stop at nothing to save his family and give the truth to the world.
Synopsis:
When the "Deepthroat" who claims to have this new film is murdered, he leaves his secret behind for Detective Warren Black, who''s father may or may not have been part of the original conspiracy. The investigation is re-opened and the questionable detective suddenly finds himself fighting to keep his family and himself alive while at the same time keeping the film safe from those who wish to keep the truth secret at any cost.
When his family is kidnapped as ransom for the JFK film, it becomes an all out war on discovering the truth about his father and his own background and the CIA quickly learns that they have met their match in "The Warren Vendetta". Thank you for reading and I hope I have interested you.
Title: Intimate Bondage
Logline: Dear Sirs: For your consideration: Kate Dawson, a homicide detective with a past, must enter the seedy underworld of porn shops, Internet sex sites, and S&M clubs to catch a sadistic serial killer.
Synopsis:
Kate Dawson was once an up-and-coming star of the San Francisco Police Department. Then she came home one day to find her daughter the victim of a senseless shooting with Kate''s own service revolver. Now, 4 years later, she sees a chance to redeem herself. Two victims are dead, and Victim #3 has just been found murdered, shackled in a dungeon, beaten and castrated. The only lead: the name of a sadistic Dominatrix - Crystal Rose - on a provocative email found at the crime scene. Dawson quickly finds herself on the trail of a serial killer who uses the seedy underworld of porn shops, Internet sex sites, and S&M clubs to target victims. When Kate''s partner becomes Victim #5, she is forced to team with suspect Jay Monroe, a psychology professor with a penchant for mind games and S&M, to trap the killer. A clever game of cat and mouse ensues. Only who is after whom? As they move closer towards Monroe''s desires for "intimate bondage," Kate Dawson may have to sacrifice all to get her killer.
Title: The Dollmaker
Logline: A reporter who''s cried "wolf" one too many times. A serial killer who''s been dormant for 15 years. No one believes either man has any credibility or even exists. Who will succeed in their agenda?
Synopsis:
Mike Broyles is a successful and arrogant reporter for the prestigious New York Examiner. Some of his stories are found to be made up and/or based on fraudulent information. He is promptly fired and returns to his hometown in Wisconsin. He plans on re-evaluating his life and trying to figure out how it all went so wrong.
Little does he know that he''s about to step into a mystery. The day after he arrives, the body of a missing 8 year old boy is found hanging from a tree. Yet the body dangles as if it were a marionette doll, his death having already been completed before being put up on the tree.
This causes fear and panic in the little town, for 15 years ago, a series of 8 murders took place for a five year duration. The bodies were all found identical to this one but the killings stopped and the culprit was never found.
Thus, Mike has found a story that could redeem himself and his career, yet the more he digs, the closer he may not live long enough to finish writing it.
Title: CHARITY
Logline: CHARITY is the story of how a simple act of kindness sends the lives of a young couple spiraling horribly out of control.
Synopsis:
After winning the lead on a multimillion-dollar account, STANLEY BROOKS and his fiancée MARISSA leave a company function to celebrate. They encounter CHARLIE, a homeless man, who asks them for change. Stanley rejects him, ushering Marissa into his car and driving off. They cross paths with Charlie again the next day, but before Stanley can interject, Marissa steps in, offering Charlie a few spare bills. Stanley, to impress Marissa, decides to give him even more, cutting him a check for a large sum. He and Marissa go about their way, not giving Charlie another thought.
But if only it were that simple. With the aid of a jealous co-worker, Charlie begins to harass Stanley, while appearing as a grateful friend to Marissa. The game continues until Stanley, losing everything else, finds his life -- and possibly Marissa’s -- is in peril. Backed into a corner, it’s now up to Stanley to protect himself and the ones he loves from someone he’d least expect -- a recipient of his charity.
Title: When Lightning Strikes
Logline: There''s something in the lightning. And that something is alive. It is an ancient creature that has taken a small town hostage and there is only one man who believes he can stop it.
Synopsis:
This is a story told in the tradition of Jaws and Moby Dick. It is very much character driven while at the same time containing the element of the seemingly unbeatable antagonist as something that everyone is truly afraid of. Lightning.
The sky is full of lightning, and something is in the lightning. In that tiny instant when the lighting races to the ground and flickers IT is visible. And only for that instant but that is long enough for it to kill. Now it has taken a small town hostage and only the crusty Donavon Keyes seems to have a handle on just what is going on. Because he has tracked this creature for his entire life and soon it will be time for the final showdown. Will his knowledge of this ancient devil help him defeat it or will his blind obsession and rage for this thing deliver him into the hands of the beast.
Title: Serial Encounters
Logline: Dear Sirs,
for your consideration:
Logline:
While trying to gather information to sell to the FBI a P.I. crosses the path of a serial killer and his professional and private life entwine
Synopsis:
Alex, a P.I. chasing terrorists for rewards, is hired to protect Ann, a singer, from a serial killer.
Alex often chats with Linda. Like Alex she had some bad relationships. They never met and plan to keep it that way.
While Alex works for Ann they get involved, but she dumps him after Hank, the killer, stages his own death.
Linda dates Hank after meeting him online. It's a real disaster. It´s time to take a chance and meet with Alex.
Alex is staking out a hotel where a plutonium dealer is meeting with Hank.
Hank knows Linda is meeting Alex in the hotel and sets her up, sending her to the dealer´s room. Alex saves her, but with all that has happened their chance for a relationship is over.
Alex gets a message from Hank: He kidnapped Linda and is on his way to his next victim, with the plutonium. Alex catches up with them and learns Hanks´ motives, and that he wants Alex to be the one that kills him. But 2 jets are already on their way to take him out. Alex has to move fast
Title: The Warren Vendetta
Logline: Detective Warren Black finds a film revealing the real killer of JFK and soon finds the CIA hot on his trail and one very dark family secret.
Synopsis:
It is just days before the world is to learn the truth about the Kennedy assassination and the one man behind the promise is murdered and his body left on the steps of The Lincoln Memorial. Seedy detetecive Warren Black is handed the investigation. Only hours into his investigation, his powerful family background makes him the one man the victim could trust and Warren finds himself holding America's Holy Grail of mysteries - the film revealing the real killer of John F. Kennedy.
Things quickly heat up and The Central Intelligence Agency find themselves fighting to the death against a man who will not let his family down - nor his country.
Title: COPIER SALESMEN
Logline: During the 2002 DC Sniper Crisis, a young salesman has one week to close a deal or his addicted mother in New York will be killed by a heartless drug dealer.
Synopsis:
A young COPIER SALESMEN caught in the middle of the 2002 DC Sniper crisis, XAVIER THOMAS’ life altering dilemma begins on Monday, October 7th and comes to a violent end on Friday, October 11th. Financially strapped after squandering a string of sales deals, a frustrated XAVIER is on the verge of losing his sanity, apartment, and employment. His crooked Sales Manager TREAVA offers a way for him to stay employed at DIGI-TECH SOLUTIONS: traffic Heroin for her in his sales territory. For most of the week, there appears to be no alternative: if XAVIER refuses to traffic narcotics for his boss, her partner-in-crime KONRAD will kill XAVIER’S mother in New York City. Labeled as incompetent for not yet catching the SNIPERS, Rockville Police Chief CHARLES MOOSE continually questions his aptitude as a crime fighter. On Friday, XAVIER devises a way how to save his fragile mother’s life while restoring the public’s confidence in MOOSE’S ability to fight crime.
Title: Repressed Memories
Logline: A horror novelist suffering from paranoid delusions discovers during therapy that she may have based one of her novels on a murder she witnessed her mother commit during her childhood.
Synopsis:
Kristine Matheson believes her mother and three other women may be responsible for the death of a young girl who is the main character in her novel
"The Rose Garden". While suffering from paranoid
delusions, Kristine decides to return to her hometown to find out once and for all if her beliefs are delusions or reality.
After arriving, Kristine finds her mother Mary has been in an insane asylum for the last 17 years. Mary recites Kristine's novel as if it were reality and teases her with cryptic clues of what really happened. Kristine finds a picture of her mother and Susanne who was also involved in the murder. Susanne sees Kristine and attempts to put an end to her investigation. She convinces another deranged patient from the asylum that he is the true murderer and he plays out scenes from her novel with deadly and horrific results driving Kristine to the brink of insanity. Are they delusions or reality, WILL KRISTINE EVER FIND OUT?
Title: Mortality
Logline: A dark priest from India ritually kills decadent Western couples, to purify their future births.
Synopsis:
What is the most wonderful thing in this material world?
This is the timeless question posed by a madman to his horrified victims as he coldly prepares them for sacrifice, the correct answer to which is their only means of escape. Drawn into this shadowy realm, cynical L.A. detective Ray Seaton challenges his own perceptions of reality as the materialism and complacency of modern life collide inexorably with the wisdom and archaic practices of the world's oldest culture.
Karma and reincarnation intertwine with mystery and suspense, and just a touch of dark humor, in Mortality, a spiritual thriller which dissects life at its most primal.
A former law student and white Australian Hindu priest (!), I am currently a quarter-final contender in the International Screenwwriting Awards with this screenplay.
I would like to submit this screenplay for your consideration and can be contacted as listed below.
Thank you kindly.
Title: The Warren Vendetta
Logline: After 45 years of being the world's biggest mystery, seedy D.C cop Warren Black finds a huge secret - a new film exposing the real assassin of JFK!
Synopsis:
The footage was taken at Dealy Plaza that day in Dallas and it is not long before the real gunman and his "government" behind it want the film back. Only one problem: Warren is not giving it up without a fight! When they take his family hostage as ransom for the film, it becomes a non-stop battle of thrilling action and intrigue and the predators become the prey. They quickly realize the have messed with the wrong man and the exposure of the JFK conspiracy has now simply become Warren's vendetta!
The script is fresh and exciting and already has a built in audience with the material of the JFK assassination. It is a new spin on one of the world's biggest mysteries and a story-line of this nature has never been touched. I am really looking forward to getting this script to your attention and am looking forward to hearing from you soon. I can easily be reached at the information below and hope to be in touch.
Brendan Ethredge
brendanethredge@yahoo.com
919-967-9827
Title: Children of Immortality
Logline: A young Attorney's quest to find his missing uncle uncovers an eighty year old conspiracy for world domination.
Synopsis:
When Attorney Jack Morrissey's uncle, a seasoned criminal defense attorney, disappears under suspicious circumstances, Jack unveils a secret Nazi conspiracy that spans three continents, invloves courthouse employees, and high level government officials all the way to the White House. While on his quest to clear his uncle's name, Jack discovers that the last client he represented holds the key to unlocking the mystery. The enemies of freedom have used the promise of, "immortality," as part of their plan to seize control of the oval office and achieve world domination. As the deception unfolds, Jack is faced with the question that haunts us all, "does the fountain of youth really exist," and if so, "is it really possible to get a second chance?"
Title: The Chemical Drum Murders
Logline: All is not what it seems. This upscale ocean front community is hiding an evil presence, unknown, until now.
Synopsis:
Seven missing girls, all from the White Rock South Surrey Area.
No trace of the missing girls until now.
A chemical drum turns up with human remains in it, another, and then another, all in the space of 2 days. The remains are so cleverly disposed of, only a jelly like substance is left for the Forensic Team.
A Missing Persons Task Force is formed to handle the case.
Avery Trask heads up the force and sets out to put his team together.
The killer is buried deep in deception. The Task Force has yet to find one clue or have a suspect.
They are racing against time before this monster takes another girl.
When the Task Force and Forensic Team finally close in on the perpetrator, the knowledge of the fiend's identity is shocking.
Title: Out Of Control - (TL)The mind is a terrible thing
Logline: Consumed by lust. Tormented by fear. Destroyed by regret...he'll be the one to make them all pay.
Synopsis:
One man's odyssey through a reality forged by his own lust, fear and regret - a place where what's occurring might actually be real.
Forever haunted by the murder of his childhood sweetheart, Christian decides to unleash his own form of punishment on those who would bring harm to the weak, naive and innocent.
Nurtured by the saintly Yori, ensnared by the dark vixen Lydia, Christian teeters along the line between repentance and self-destruction until his horrors become too much to bare.
Ultimately, he's forced to accept the sad truth about his two unlikely companions and face the monster he's become.
A black void that devours all in its path. A treasure chest filled with an endless supply of weaponry. Walking corpses with scores of their own to settle and oh yes...a celestial haven where all who enter find the peace they've long sought. All this (and much more) lay in store for you. Dying to see where this goes? So was Christian.
Title: Karen and Willis
Logline: “Karen and Willis” – A Thriller: A journalist abandons her early retirement to investigate a series of increasingly violent attacks on a dangerous Southern California gang.
Synopsis:
Karen Masters was living the California dream! But, being a retired journalist, she just had to find out why a local gang was suddenly the target of violent attacks. The attacks start with simple vandalism, but soon escalate to a rocket attack on a biker bar and multiple murders. Karen’s snooping is fueled by the fear that her girl friend Willis is responsible. Because of her probing, Karen becomes a major pain to both the police and the gang. The gang does its best to eliminate Karen before she can foil its plans to level Los Angeles, but she is able to battle her way out of traps set by the bad guys. As the story unfolds, Karen is forced to face her own sexuality, and her relationships with both her husband and the wily Willis. Just before a dramatic final attack on the home base of the gang, the motivation for the attacks becomes clear. Even so, don’t bet on the gang’s future!
Title: perfectlives
Logline: In an age where everyone seems to be looking for a short cut to happiness, how far would you go for your perfect life?
Synopsis:
New Year's Eve.
·Elliot – late twenties.
·Carol and Tony – a married couple.
·Ishi – mid-twenties.
·Orson Glass – early forties, Ishi’s violent and powerful husband.
·Philip – late thirties, inventor of perfectlives.
By chance Ishi, Philip, Elliot, Carol and Tony meet at a bus stop, where Philip persuades them to share a taxi. He makes an unscheduled stop on failing to return, they follow him into an abandoned warehouse and discover him, naked and unconscious, wired up to a computer. He has designed a computer programme that allows the user to live their perfect life, as a real or fictional character.
For Philip to permanently remain in his perfect life, he must die; and needs them to kill him. In return he offers them their own perfect life. Meanwhile Orson Glass is hunting his wife and will stop at nothing to force her to return and pursues them through a series of nightmarish virtual lives.
wga no. 1022727
Title: The Caretaker
Logline: The Archangel descends in the midst of murder and deception to help release a troubled spirit and to ensure the fate of one who shall someday rise to great power.
Synopsis:
The mysterious Caretaker's arrival in this small town cemetery is no coincidence. His concerns: 1) the deceptive ones involved in a desperate search of an expensive heirloom 2) one of their victims - Nichole Cummings, now a spirit who refuses to leave her grave as she guards the heirloom her sister secretly buried in it, and 3) Rony Liggon, a victim of circumstance who has lost all faith.
This supernatural thriller starts with a fatal car crash, the death of Ronny's grandfather, and the murder of a powerful psychic. During the funerals, Ronny is drawn into temptation which resluts in theft of the cemetery - all part of the master plan. The Caretaker uses unconventional ways with the help of his assistant, a black bird, and a few earthbound spirits to obtain his goals: To set Nichole's soul free by eliminating her worst fears, and to ensure the spiritual well being of the future Pope. In the end, we discover the Caretaker is Michael, the Archangel. Feature length. WGA 1008036
Title: The Hatchet Fairy
Logline: A fairy tale willing to bleed its way to the ball
Synopsis:
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Bitty had always been a strange sister, so when Lore met Bitty's fairy godmother for the upcoming ball, she didn't think much of it. Sure, the fairy godmother was mean and drank scotch, but then again, Bitty was a personal injury lawyer, so allowances had to be made about her mental stability.
After refusing to go the ball and disgust the prince with her appearance, Lore wakes to find her roommate dead and Bitty still thirsty for blood. With the first strike of midnight, Bitty's gone and Lore's bleeding. Kill or be killed, the ghosts finally convince her. Armed with only her shoes, Lore has to survive the ball, ignore the prince, and kill her sister to stay alive.
Nicer than the ghosts in The Sixth Sense, more honest than Cinderella, and bloody as Scream's little sister,
I would love the chance to send you a copy of The Hatchet Fairy.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Abby Winter
Title: Target Superpower
Logline: A CIA agent teams with an alcoholic anarchist to pursue the author of a controversial book igniting a wave of racial violence and terror in the US.
Synopsis:
A provocative book circulates throughout the US proclaiming the oppressed black population in the South has formed a new and self sufficient nation. During its first week in circulation, the book triggers racial unrests across the country and the author, Ray Marshall, is abducted.
Greg Dale, a known CIA agent, is chosen to find the author and bring him back alive. To do so, he must enlist the help of Sam Gold, a self-proclaimed genius and old friend of the author. Together, the two men embark on a dangerous journey in which they uncover grand conspiracies involving hostile regimes and terror.
Title: Witnessed
Logline: A white, racist ex-cop and an Arab-American FBI Agent turn to the Russian Mob for help in uncovering an FBI conspiracy.
Synopsis:
WITNESSED is the pilot teleplay for a weekly dramatic series about JIM DAVIES, a white, racist ex-cop who witnesses an arms deal involving ALEXEY CHERNOV, the head of New York's Russian Mafia. As the key witness in a trial aimed at putting Chernov away, Davies puts his life into the hands of WALTER EL NASSER, an Arab-American FBI Agent assigned to protect him. When an attempt on Davies's life goes wrong, Davies and Nasser quickly realize that the order came from somewhere in the FBI, and they must now put their trust in the only man who can keep Davies Alive -- Alexey Chernov.
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