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A Rose in the Darkness
- Joe Marino
- Available
- No Agent
- Horror
- Thriller
- 2015
- 80.7
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Market: Fri, 20 Feb 2015
ManagerBrooklyn Weaver, David Binns (Energy)
ManagerBrooklyn Weaver, David Binns (Energy)
Kept under wraps, but described as a contained, dark/family-cult twist on The Strangers.
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Film
Film, Faith/Spirituality, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Hostage, Dark, Kidnap, Cop, Criminal, Evil, Father/Son, Killer, Mother/Son, Psychodrama, Serial Killer
107
R
Ultra Low
M
White / European
13
Average
The Strangers, Red State, Natural Born Killers, Pet
About a week
A House in the Mississippi Badlands (Attic, Kitchen, Bedroom, Living Room) Field, Church, Forest
“Rose In the Darkness” starts in Mississippi's Badlands(1994) where MICHA (13), a young boy, is having dinner with his parents, FATHER (late 30's) and MOTHER (late 30's). While the three casually pass the potatoes around and say grace, there is a horrifying screaming going on above them, in the attic. It’s relentless, loud, violent. Nobody acts surprised or concerned.
Wanting to eat in peace, the mother casually walks upstairs, and after a moment, we hear something being beaten badly. Then silence. The mother comes back down, a huge bloody handprint on her dress, and the family resumes their dinner. Micha finds a HUMAN TOOTH in his food, reacts normally. Father warns Micha not to go near the attic. Both parents have keychains with multiples keys on them.
Micha goes outside, where a chalk circle is drawn around the perimeter of the house. He finds a rose outside the circle, and can't reach it. WE SEE many fresh unmarked graves around the perimeter of the house. Father shoots a coyote that picks a bone from one of the graves.
The three are in the living room as Micha plays the violin. They hear church bells from nearby when we learn Micha...
Wanting to eat in peace, the mother casually walks upstairs, and after a moment, we hear something being beaten badly. Then silence. The mother comes back down, a huge bloody handprint on her dress, and the family resumes their dinner. Micha finds a HUMAN TOOTH in his food, reacts normally. Father warns Micha not to go near the attic. Both parents have keychains with multiples keys on them.
Micha goes outside, where a chalk circle is drawn around the perimeter of the house. He finds a rose outside the circle, and can't reach it. WE SEE many fresh unmarked graves around the perimeter of the house. Father shoots a coyote that picks a bone from one of the graves.
The three are in the living room as Micha plays the violin. They hear church bells from nearby when we learn Micha...