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BLOOD TWISTED
By Ed Penney

GENRE: Film-noir
LOGLINE: BLOOD TWISTED [psychological thriller] Phil’s wife, Rebecca, has just inherited a fortune and their marriage is on the rocks, so he hatches a fiendishly clever plot to get rid of her, frame his sister-in-law lover for the murder and get his hands on the money.

SYNOPSIS:

SYNOPSIS Phil is married to Rebecca. They are both hospital doctors. Their marriage is on the rocks due to Phil’s womanising and he has been having a long standing affair with Felicity[Flick] his sister-in-law. Phil’s sister Julia is a hospital nurse. When her Aunt Cecilia dies and leaves her a fortune, Rebecca tells Phil that if he doesn’t mend his ways she will cut him off without a penny. Phil has a history of domestic violence. Phil and Rebecca get their kicks from watching and re-enacting scenes from old Hitchcock movies and filming them. Phil embarks on another affair with Gabby, a nurse. Gabby’s husband, Jez, used to be a male nurse but was framed two years before by Phil for giving the wrong dose of vaccine to a child when it was Phil’s fault. Gabby and Jez hatch a plan to blackmail Phil but the plan goes wrong when Gabby is brutally battered to death. Jez is framed for the murder. Jez phones an old friend, Eddy Boyle, for help. Eddy is a Private Eye and ex-cop. At the same time Rebecca contacts Eddy to shadow Phil because she wants proof of Phil’s affairs before she starts divorce proceedings. There is a mutual attraction between Rebecca and Eddy. Eddy arranges a ‘honeytrap’ for Phil but he doesn’t bite. Maybe he has reformed? Flick’s jealousy becomes overpowering because Phil has now ended the affair and she threatens to tell Rebecca about it. Phil dreams up a plan where Rebecca will be murdered and let Flick take the rap. Flick arrives at his house for the weekend after he has told her that Rebecca is away visiting her sick grandfather. As they are settling down for the evening Rebecca storms in and pulls out a gun. Rebecca says she is going to give them both an overdose of diamorphine which she has allegedly stolen from the hospital pharmacy. Flick, who is neurotic anyway, is on the edge of hysteria. But this is all a put up job. Rebecca puts the gun down and stands back and laughs. They have been filming this scene so they can watch it again and enjoy the moment. Flick grabs the gun and shoots Rebecca dead although she thinks that it is only a stage prop and only fires blanks. This is the ideal outcome for Phil because Rebecca is dead and Flick is responsible for her murder. He then casually phones the police. Fortunately Eddy is one step ahead of the game and has tipped off the police. In an explosive final scene Phil’s past and his incestuous relationship with his sister Julia are revealed…….but will they get away with their complex plan? When confronted by the fact that their plot has failed Julia shoots Phil and herself dead and we find out who Eddy has really been working for all along. And is Rebecca really dead? ‘Blood Twisted ’ is a psychological thriller full of twists…..a ‘film noir’ of seething sexual eroticism, incest, double crossing, deceit and murder.

BLOOD TWISTED

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