My Synopsis

Pitch for Mortuis Lacus (The dead lake)

Logline: Alex Cape’s father tries to control his strange son but he cannot protect him from the evil within him, the evil that’s power comes from the dead lake.

The Producer/director/writer Ryan Clark (director and writer of the BAFTA winning classic Killer Tomatoes) compares the style of the film, narrative and cinematography resembles We Need to Talk About Kevin, Insidious and Dark Water and says it will be a must see for 15 + horror fans. Set around a isolated Scottish Lock with a small community, Mortuis Lacus is a fantasy/horror/thriller (that will primarily appeal to horror fans 15-30 years) about a young boy, Alex Cape (played by Insidious star Ty Simpkins, and is evil like Kevin in We Need to Talk About Kevin but with super natural powers), who is a fantastic swimmer being pushed everyday by his controlling father (played by 28 Days Later star Robert Carlyle - a good choice because this Brit zombie horror enjoyed international success like this film has the power to do) to train in the icy waters of the lock in order to be selected for team GB.

As Alex starts to resent his father strange things start to happen to people on and around the lock. Like Tom Riddle in Harry Potter, Alex is controlling the dark waters of the loch with deadly supernatural powers. Releasing his son is to blame and knowing he cannot turn to the authorities he rounds up a team of people he knows he can trust who have a sound knowledge of the lake. Together they try to stop Alex, ultimately his own father shots him and his body falls into the lake.

This leaves way for a money-making sequel, his body could mysteriously re-surface 12 years later his father is released from prison and the horror could begin again.

The chilling narrative, strong characters, expert casting and gruesome special effects ensure that this film represents the needs of horror fans across the globe. It will be released in Multiplexes, IMAX, independent and art-house cinemas because like 28 Days Later and The Woman in Black it is a British horror that could gross a massive profit.