A depressed teen with a death wish discovers she has a 'gift' that could help police stop a serial killer. In this "The Dead Zone" meets "Se7en" the double twist ending will leave audiences gasping at and debating her decision long after the movie ends.

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Synopsis- "Touch" Michelle Barton, the 17 year-old daughter of a Lutheran pastor, no longer has faith in God due to a traumatic event from her childhood. Trying to escape the demons that haunt her she has turned to alcohol, drugs and cutting herself. On the night she decides to end her life she instead discovers the lifeless body of a girl her own age. When Michelle touches the dead girl's hand, she see's something she doesn't quite believe or understand. When the police arrive, detective Robert Schmidt realizes right away that the deceased is the third victim of a serial killer he's been trying to stop. When he questions Michelle about her discovery he can see Michelle is deeply troubled and asks her if she didn't find the victim, would the coroner be taking away two bodies instead of one. Michelle does not answer. Michelle turns to a boy from her school to try and escape whatever she experienced when she touched the dead girl's hand. She drinks heavily and has sex with him to push away everything else going on in her head. But when she hears on the radio that another young woman has been discovered dead, a probable victim of the serial killer, Michelle has her boyfriend drive her to the crime scene. When she arrives it's apparent to Detective Schmidt she is drunk but she insists on seeing the body, and touching her hand. Despite her condition Schmidt can see in her eyes the need to do this is strong and allows her to. When Michelle takes the decease's hand in hers we see what Michelle sees: her murder at the hands of the serial killer. To make sure Schmidt and all of the other officers on sight believe her she gives them a piece of evidence they have never made public. She tells them the victim, like the previous one, was raped with a crucifix. Schmidt has no reason to doubt she's telling the truth, despite how bizarre it may be to his fellow officers. When he brings in Michelle for further questioning he discovers Michelle is truly lost and in pain, hiding something from her past she wants to tell but can't. Besides the crime, they have deep conversations about religion, God and fate. She tells him she no longer believes in a God that can allow such crimes to happen to innocent girls, and wants no part of His 'gift', that it shouldn't be her responsibility to stop a monster He shouldn't allow exist. Schmidt tells her that he lost his own daughter to a drunk driver four years earlier, and that Michelle reminds him of her. Michelle can't understand why he could forgive a God who could allow such a loss of life. Schmidt reasons we can't know how He works, or why He allows such pain. After giving the detective the details of what she saw in both murders, and that she couldn't see the killer's face because he wears a black ski mask, she again turns to drugs and cutting to escape her pain. She also becomes reclusive her last few weeks in high school before graduation. On the night of graduation, just before she and her best friend are to go to the shore for the summer, Michelle disappears without a trace. It's been a month since the last murder. While still working the case, Schmidt keeps track of Michelle's disappearance investigation, which is now 3 weeks old. The last 20 minutes of the film has two major surprises/twists that I've never seen done before. Michelle's decision and ultimately her fate will shock audiences and leave them debating it long after the film is over.

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