Locked In

Five high school students connected by a dark secret are locked in detention by a masked man, challenged to learn the man's identity before time runs out if they want to get out alive.

Type:

Feature

Status:

For sale

Page Count:

93pp

Genre:

Horror, Thriller

Budget:

Independent

Age Rating:

17+

Synopsis/Details

Five high school students from different cliques receive detention together. Their teacher is attacked by a man covered in bandages that cover burns over his entire body. The man challenges them to discover who he is and why he is doing this to them. This leads the kids to connecting with each other and the towns history. Through this they become friends and realize that this man is seeking revenge after their parents burned him alive incorrectly thinking him responsible for a series of child murders years earlier. In the end the kids confront the parents for the things they did to the mystery man and the things they did to the kids.

Story & Logistics

Story Type:

Revenge

Story Situation:

Abduction

Story Conclusion:

Happy

Linear Structure:

Linear

Cast Size:

Few

Locations:

Couple

Special Effects:

Blood, Prosthetics

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Female Teenager, Male Teenager

Villian Type:

Mentally Disturbed

Advanced

Life Topics:

Adolescence, Coming of Age, Middle school/Junior High

Time Period:

The Social Age (2004–present)

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Time of Year:

Autumn/Fall

Sport Topics:

American Football

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Submitted: 2022-Feb-14

Last Updated: 2022-Apr-22

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The Writer: Noah McCay

Noah McCay is a 22 year old writer/director from Farmington New Mexico. He graduated with a degree in Film and Digital Media arts in May of 2021 and is now looking to pursue a career in film. He has directed several short films. One Alone won awards at the Medusa film festival and the Zeus International film festival. He has written several short films and three feature films that he is polishing and hoping to have produced one day. His work is primarily in the Horror and Thriller genres where he hopes to tell stories that will be fun and appeal to genre fans while simultaneously moving the genre forward and addressing real world issues. Go to bio

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