A priest kidnaps an atheist writer and tortures him until he believes in God or one of them dies in the process.

by JTDallas · Penpusher · 90 pts 0 views

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Irreverent: A small-town Catholic priest kidnaps atheist writer David Ellington with a plan to convert him into a believer: Chained naked to a bed in a small dark room beneath the church, David struggles to free himself from the mad priest’s agonizing tortures while his ex-lover detective searches for him. Together with David’s televangelist father and socialite mother, Lita, David’s best friend, Audra, helps the detective retrace David’s last steps before he went missing. With time running out before David succumbs to the priest’s psychopathic treatment, both David and the priest must reexamine their beliefs and decide whether either is worth dying for.

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CraigDGriffiths · Overlord · 12,600 pts

Your story can (and should) have heaps of twists and turns. But a logline should give a clear pitch of the story.

People assume Logline X 100 complex things equals movie.

So logline confused by too much X 100 equal confusing train wreck of a film.

I was listen to a logline competition on a podcast and the winner was “A man clones his wife so he can fall in love with her again”.

You know there is going to be twists and turns, but that is the story at its core.

JTDallas · Penpusher · 90 pts

"Is it about a fight to the death type thriller, or is it an exploration of people going to extremes and losing sight of reality?"

My answer: yes. You hit the nail on the head. There are some existential points, mainly in the throughline, but your review and the logline suggestion are both concise and, at this point, accurate. I'm completing the third act as we write.

Thanks so much!

JTDallas · Penpusher · 90 pts

It's happening. These reviews (all of them helpful) will keep me honest in my approach to the climax.
Thanks so much!