An aspiring horror filmmaker stumbles upon and films a fairy-tale copy-cat murder, but when no charges are pressed, he must try to stop another murder.

For me, I get a little lost when you mention he films a murder, but yet there are no charges? Even with a very corrupt justice system, you'd at least expect a charge if they were caught on camera. Granted, they may still get off, but I am left wondering why being caught on camera you can escape a murder charge.

>>>a murderer who is recreating a fairy-tale

So there's the story hook: ?a serial killer who compulsively (ritualistically?) acts out the same scenario of a specific fairy tale.

Any particular reason you ?want to make the protagonist a filmmaker instead of, say, a detective?

Could the film maker get involved when he is consulted on the case because the serial murders replicate the scenario of his most successful -- and notorious -- horror film? ?Life imitating art -- that's the copy-cat aspect?

fwiw

>>>a murderer who is recreating a fairy-tale

So there's the story hook: ?a serial killer who compulsively (ritualistically?) acts out the same scenario of a specific fairy tale.

Any particular reason you ?want to make the protagonist a filmmaker instead of, say, a detective?

Could the film maker get involved when he is consulted on the case because the serial murders replicate the scenario of his most successful -- and notorious -- horror film? ?Life imitating art -- that's the copy-cat aspect?

fwiw