Suffer Creek
Logline
Up at Suffer Creek, it's hard to keep a dead man down.
Genre
Action,Horror,Suspense/Thriller,Gothic
Short Summary
Beth is headed deep into the Tennessee mountains to meet her fiance's family. Everything about this trip seems to warn of disaster. But Beth is pleasantly surprised to find a loving family and a genteel welcome to their estate. If only the neighbors hadn't come for a visit.
As the family hunkers down for the night, figures begin to shuffle out of the surrounding woods. And Beth finds herself joining her new family in a fight for their lives. They say, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." But at Suffer Creek, what doesn't kill you makes you wish it did.
Setting
(int, ext) country house, (int) small apartment, (ext) various roads and streets
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Overcoming Monster/Villain,Quest
Plot - Other Elements
Twist
Mature Audience Themes
Extreme Violence, Language/Profanity
Main Character Details
Name: Beth
Age: 20's
Gender: Female
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Complex,Greedy,Insecure,Romantic
Additional Character Details
Name: Jory
Age: 60's
Gender: Female
Role: Mentor
Key Traits: Engaging,Complex,Decisive,Faithful,Gracious,Religious
Additional Character Details
Name: Multiple family members
Age: various
Gender: Other
Role: sidekick
Key Traits: Complex,Engaging
Additional Character Details
The author has not yet written this
Development Pitch
SUFFER CREEK: CHARACTER-DRIVEN OLD SCHOOL HILLBILLY ZOMBIE HORROR WITH A WICKED TWIST. Headed deep into the Tennessee Mountains to meet her fiancé Jory's family, city girl Beth is filled with apprehension. Everything about this trip seems to warn of disaster. Even her fiancé's soft southern drawl falls oddly upon her ears. "Sulfur Creek? I thought you were saying they live at Suffer Creek!" A deeply disturbing dream on the drive up only adds to her stress. But Jory's clan is ideal; loving and intelligent and welcoming in every way. Still, the family seems to grow tense as night falls, urging Beth to be cautious. At twilight, neighbors emerge from the deep woods, mindlessly singing hymns and creeping closer to the ancestral home that harbors Beth, Jory, and his extended family. They anxiously await the return of Jory's father. But what is coming is something that Beth could never have dreamed. Beth, untainted by the waters filtering down from Oak Ridge, is something of a prize to the locals. And a hunger for Beth is driving a horror that even her worst dreams could not have conjured. Meeting your fiance's family shouldn't be this hard.