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DECAY
By Matthew Corry
A mysterious package arrives on a young family's doorstep and soon they're struck by a horrific and ancient curse that threatens to tear them apart forever.
SYNOPSIS:
Denise and Rick Besley are living the married life with their only son Joey. From the outside looking in this family appears happy but inside Denise struggles to gain love and attention from her husband while he happily loads all of his into Alexa, a hot young co-worker.
Cliff Stuckley, an old cheerful man from down the street, has been a friend and confidant to Denise for some time. Without his friendship and his happy demeanor her world would have crumbled long before now.
On the Besley’s doorstep a small package wrapped in paper and tied with twine waits for them but this innocent parcel is no gift. It harbors a curse, a horrible affliction that will infect their world. It will bring darkness, it will bring decay and it will bring the Rotted Man.
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Hello Matthew,
Your post about submitting to Amazon Studios was the first I read on Stage 32 and it caught my attention. Good luck with your submission. Since you write stories for a genre I am interested in, horror, I read your loglines.
I liked Decay because it has something unique (the package with the curse) and makes me wonder who sent it, what this curse does and how the family will deal with it. If you don't mind me doing so, I would like to comment on the synopsis, hoping you may find what I write useful. I think this synopsis is too short and adds little to what we already know from the logline. It seems like it covers only the first act. Based on what I have read and find logical, a synopsis should cover all acts, even the third one.
I hope you are successful with your work, horror is a genre that allows you to send query letters to many producers since it does not require big budgets. I also happen to live outside the United States, so networking is especially difficult. But, like you wrote, slim chances are better than zero!