My Own Horror Movie Idea

Over a half term, we were tasked with coming up with an idea for our very own horror movie.

Whilst these were presented in class, the idea I presented was met with some criticism and afterwards I choose to scrap the idea and revert back to my initial idea which I had written up in its entirety before choosing the idea that I would eventually scrap.

Epiphany

The film starts with Senior Detective Annette Addison of the NYPD, a 37 year old woman from Kansas who was brought up in a religious household, although not religious herself, investigating the suspicious death of her husband, Matt. The files stated that his colleague Danny tampered with his harness before Matt was sent up to clean the windows of a high-rise building giving him no support when he tripped and fell off the suspended platform,  but after a brief interview, Annette is convinced by Danny that he didn’t do anything yet her Chief sends her home for a few days to come to terms with Matt’s death claiming that her emotions and feelings towards Danny, who has been a friend of her and Matt for years, are getting in the way with the investigation.

After researching similar suspicious deaths and returning to work she heads down to the morgue to further examine Matt’s body. Dr Navajo assures Annette that nothing is up, and that the injuries are consistent. He also goes on to say that the situation reminds him of old stories his grandfather, who was a very spiritual man of Native American decent, told him. Years ago, during a tribesman’s life he would have an epiphany and realise his time on this earth was at an end, and so he didn’t anger the ancient spirits he would sacrifice himself to pass into the afterlife peacefully. But those that protested these epiphanies would be killed by the spirits in circumstances that would appear as accidents to most people and those that became suspicious of foul play on the spirits behalf would be killed in a similar fashion so they would not spread word and rally against the spirits.

Annette initially shrugs the idea off, and upon leaving she finds that Danny’s case was closed and he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life, but the van that was transporting him to prison was involved in a car crash, sparing the driver and the guard’s lives but killing Danny, a fire then breaks out in the morgue killing Dr Navajo supposedly caused by faulty wiring.

Annette is then involved a series of near-death accidents, barely surviving she comes to terms with what is happening and whilst none of her colleagues will believe her she is adamant the legend Dr Navajo told her shortly before his death is in fact true, and that she has stumbled upon a secret shrouded in mystery and disbelief for years. 

Annette is then faced with a choice, she could fight whatever is trying to kill her and if it is a supernatural entity, bring it to justice. She could also end this now, kill herself, and protect everyone from a seemingly unstoppable force...