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DEATH HOUSE
By Skip Schwink

GENRE: Crime, Horror
LOGLINE: The unearthing of a mysterious stranger within a suburban home releases an evil entity that forces innocent people to commit horrendous acts of violence.

SYNOPSIS:

Based on actual urban folklore, Death House begins its descent into madness when two small time inner city criminals arrive late for a money drop. Their sociopathic boss, Rondo, proceeds to beat one of the bagmen to death then forces the other, Miami Mike, to partake in a home burglary, or end up as dead as his partner. Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the city in the backyard of a humble and dark suburban home a man, going by the name Snake, rises from beneath the well-groomed grass. Naked and dirty, his skin sizzles in the cool night air as he climbs from the ground gasping for air. Exhausted, Snake flops along the dewy sod, his eyes well with joy upon viewing the starry heavens painting night sky. At that moment, four teenagers arrive at this same suburban home for an innocent night of debauchery. Little do they know they have interrupted Miami Mike and his new female partner, Cherry Waves, mid-robbery. In the basement, Miami Mike comes face to face with the enigmatic Snake, who confesses he is on the run from an evil entity. Cherry becomes possessed by this demonic spirit and slaughters the teenagers in the most brutal of ways. Held at gunpoint by Miami Mike, Snake has no choice but to snatch the gun and kill Mike. Not soon after, Snake and the possessed Cherry Waves come face to face. Snake is quickly sent screaming back to the hell from which he escaped. Having completed its mission, the malevolent spirit within Cherry makes it clear that returning to its domain is not an option. Some time later, the grieving brother of one of the slain teenagers and former owner of the house, returns to the property to warn the new owners of the dark secret he has discovered - the home sits on a cross section of Hell Ley Lines, a vortex for which spirits are able to cross between worlds. Coinciding with this event a drugged out inner city stripper is abducted by masked assailants and forced to star in her own snuff film. When her biker boyfriend, The Reverend Thunder, learns of his ladylove’s fate, he and his bloodthirsty gang of outlaws known as The Disciples hunt down those responsible. Armed with battle-axes, machetes, and chainsaws, their ultra violent pursuit for vengeance leads them to the doorstep of the suburban home. Twists and turns abound in the most frightening and gruesome of ways culminating in an epic battle between an unlikely crusader of God and the forces of absolute evil within the walls of the… Death House.

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