Resurge Chapter 5: The Man in Red

Louise attempts to smuggle John and the Hunter off the Dawn. Saoirse spirals into chaos as Tuam is attacked by the revenant horde. The Hunter turns failure into opportunity, and his secret is revealed.

Type:

Episode

Status:

For sale

Page Count:

65pp

Genre:

Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Budget:

Blockbuster

Age Rating:

17+

Story & Logistics

Story Type:

Set Mission

Story Situation:

Necessity of sacrificing loved ones

Story Conclusion:

Happy

Linear Structure:

Linear

Moral Affections:

Duty, Penitence, Punishment

Cast Size:

Several

Locations:

Several

Special Effects:

Blood, Significant cgi, Significant pyrotechnics

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Female Adult, Female Young Adult, Female over 45, Male Adult

Hero Type:

Anti-Hero, Gifted, Ordinary

Villian Type:

Authority Figure, Beast/Monster, Femme/Homme Fatale, Supernatural

Stock Character Types:

Dark Lady, Everyman, Femme fatale, Supersoldier, Village idiot, Villain, Youxia

Advanced

Action Elements:

Hand to Hand Combat, Physical Stunts, Pyrotechnics, Vehicular Stunts, Weaponry

Equality & Diversity:

Diverse Cast

Super Powers:

Physical or mental domination, Physics or reality manipulation

Country:

Ireland

Time of Year:

Autumn/Fall, Winter

Illness Topics:

Psychological

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Submitted: 2022-Feb-07

Last Updated: 2022-Feb-07

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The Writer: James Hogan

My name is James Hogan, I'm from Dublin, Ireland, and I've been writing scripts part-time 2017. My settings and characters are inspired by my homeland of Ireland, especially the Irish countryside which I believe holds untapped potential for the production of horror/thriller. There's something unsettling about just how quiet rural Ireland can be, but it also has a sort of haunting beauty that rarely comes through in its on-screen depictions (see The Wind That Shakes the Barley or The Banshees of Inisherin for this done right). The people are renowned for their friendliness, but the state was also built on a foundation of bitter division and drenched in blood, north and south, and parts of… Go to bio

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