Nurse Betty

"Chant her name, seal your fate—Nurse Betty's curse never waits."

In 1930s New York, naive Nurse Betty uncovers a serial killer’s diary in a corrupt insane asylum, only to be transformed into a supernatural slasher by a deadly encounter—decades later, teens unleash her vengeful spirit by chanting her name, trapping themselves in her abandoned killing ground where only one may survive.

Synopsis:
In 1933, fresh out of nursing school, Betty Harper lands her first job at the decrepit Willow Creek Asylum in upper New York, the only place hiring new nurses. The asylum is a cesspool of cruelty, where sadistic staff exploit inmates for profit and pleasure, and a malevolent force seeps through the walls. Betty, eager but unprepared, stumbles upon a diary belonging to Alisha, a cunning inmate and secret serial killer who takes a chilling interest in her. When Betty takes the diary home to read its gruesome confessions, she returns to find Alisha vanished—no one knows where she went, and no one cares. That night, Alisha appears in Betty’s home, ready to kill, but Betty instinctively blasts her in half with a shotgun. The act awakens a supernatural curse, fusing Alisha’s murderous essence with Betty, transforming her into a relentless, otherworldly slasher.

Betty’s killing spree terrorizes the asylum, her supernatural powers making her unstoppable until she’s finally captured and executed in the electric chair in 1939. Her legend festers, and by 2025, the abandoned Willow Creek Asylum is a local urban myth. Twelve thrill-seeking teens, daring each other to test the legend, chant “Nurse Betty” eight times, unwittingly summoning her vengeful spirit. Trapped within the asylum’s decaying walls, the teens are hunted one by one, each death more brutal than the last, as Betty’s supernatural prowess—teleportation, unnatural strength, and psychic torment—ensures no escape. The asylum itself seems alive, its corridors shifting to thwart their plans. As the body count rises, the teens uncover fragments of Betty’s past, realizing the curse is a death sentence. In a desperate final stand, one teen, Mia, outwits Betty using clues from the diary, earning a fleeting chance to flee as the sole survivor—setting the stage for a sequel where Betty’s curse lingers, ready to strike again.
 
Elevator Pitch:

Nurse Betty is a chilling horror slasher set in a corrupt 1930s New York insane asylum, where naive nurse Betty uncovers a serial killer’s diary, triggering a supernatural curse that transforms her into a vengeful, otherworldly killer. Flash to 2025: twelve teens chant her name, unleashing her spirit in the abandoned asylum, where they’re hunted one by one in a inescapable nightmare—only one survives, setting up a sequel. It’s Halloween meets A Nightmare on Elm Street with a period twist, blending gritty gore, supernatural terror, and a cursed urban legend

Pitch:
Picture a horror slasher that grips you with the raw dread of Halloween and the supernatural menace of A Nightmare on Elm Street, but rooted in the grim, oppressive atmosphere of a 1930s insane asylum. Nurse Betty follows Betty Harper, a wide-eyed nursing school graduate in 1933, who takes the only job she can find at Willow Creek Asylum in upper New York—a decaying hellhole where sadistic staff prey on inmates, and a sinister force pulses through the walls.

When Betty discovers a diary belonging to Alisha, a charismatic but secretly murderous inmate, she’s drawn into a web of dark secrets. Taking the diary home, Betty reads of Alisha’s brutal killings, only to return and find Alisha gone, erased from the asylum’s records, with no one batting an eye.

That night, Alisha appears in Betty’s home, poised to strike, but Betty, in a desperate act, obliterates her with a shotgun.

This violent clash awakens a supernatural curse, merging Alisha’s malevolent spirit with Betty, turning her into an unstoppable slasher with eerie powers—teleportation, unnatural strength, and the ability to twist minds.

Betty’s reign of terror carves a bloody path through the asylum until her execution in 1939, but her legend endures. In 2025, twelve reckless teens, chasing thrills in the now-abandoned Willow Creek, test an urban legend: chant “Nurse Betty” eight times, and she’ll rise. They do, and she does. Trapped in the asylum’s shifting, almost sentient corridors, the teens face a relentless predator who hunts with surgical precision and supernatural fury, each kill more gruesome than the last.

As they uncover scraps of Betty’s past, they realize the curse is a death trap—except for Mia, a resourceful survivor who uses the diary’s clues to outsmart Betty and escape, but not without leaving the door cracked for a sequel. Nurse Betty delivers visceral gore, psychological horror, and a period-infused supernatural saga, perfect for fans craving a fresh yet timeless slasher icon.