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THE VIDEO KILLER
By Dave Eisenstark

GENRE: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
LOGLINE:
A snuff music-video producer falls for the girl next door, a psychotic killer herself.  Who wins in a fair fight, the psychopath or the sociopath?  Adapted from my novel.

SYNOPSIS:

Adapted from my novel published by Spanking Pulp Press: http://www.amazon.com/Dave-Eisenstark/e/B00K11OR5W By produced writer: 9 feature films. Johnny Tone loves TV--not his own TV, but somebody else's. He steals one TV a night and runs home through Hilltown, Kansas, just ahead of the cops. In Johnny's basement, Terri Beales, near death, begs Johnny not to make her dance anymore for his creepy music videos. Johnny hates to do it but there's no choice--he strangles Terri with her bra and dumps her body into one of three freezers in the corner. Johnny's next-door neighbor, Laura Causely, beautiful, suicidal, and just released from a mental institution, is secretly in love with Johnny. Trapped in the house with her sister Arlene and Arlene's husband, Laura takes every opportunity to spy on Johnny from her upstairs window. Sister Arlene, to stir things up, invites Johnny to lunch. Laura panics, Arlene makes sandwiches, Johnny eyes the shiny-new Zenith. When Arlene reveals to Johnny that Laura was once a professional dancer, Johnny knows she's the answer to his dream of becoming the hottest music-video director on TV. Dead dancers pop out of the freezers in Johnny's basement. Disposing of that much human flesh almost gets Johnny caught in the act by neighbor Arlene. Mistaking Johnny's trembling for romance, Arlene falls into Johnny's arms. Next door, looking out her bedroom window, Laura is livid at seeing Arlene and Johnny together. When Arlene comes home, Laura takes the opportunity to skewer her sister and her husband together with a carving knife. Meanwhile, Johnny successfully dumps the bodies of nine women in an abandoned rock quarry. Alone now, too, Laura redecorates. Next door, Johnny prepares to immortalize Laura on video. On their first date, Laura waits for Johnny to declare his love. Johnny expresses only a desire to put Laura on tape. Laura balks. Johnny knows what he has to do. "I love you," he tells Laura. It's all Laura needs to hear. Johnny lures Laura to his basement and convinces her to Laura change into a dance outfit. Meanwhile, Johnny sneaks next door. Laura goes to look for Johnny and catches him stealing her Zenith. Johnny slips, the TV spins away. Laura picks up the TV and swings it at blurring speed, the full weight of the screen slamming into Johnny's terror-stricken face. The TV explodes, as does Johnny's skull. Bent but not broken, having killed the man she loved (again), Laura pulls herself together, catches a bus to LA and becomes one of the hottest dancers on MTV.

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