
Synopsis/Details
Bev Hodder, and her Police Chief James Stowe, investigate the murder of a man in his hotel room and the slaughter of a homeless camp in Seattle.
Their trail leads to a pair of televangelists, Eve and Thomas Masters, who are also brother and sister who are hiding a secret of being the decedents of a family who have been given the "Curse of the Werewolf Clan."
After being stonewalled by the Masters and their lawyer, Alex Koerger, Bev and Stowe leave and encounters a former member of the department, Judas Warner, whom James was partially to blame for his dismissal.
Thomas reveals to Alex that has "poisoned" some of his coffee with some of the "blood of Christ" that they are sending out to the faithful for a nationwide broadcast this Friday. The blood has been mixed with Thomas' and their plan is to infect all of those who take this "Sacrament."
Stowe and Bev sit down with Judas has new information and Judas tells the story of Wladislaw Brenryk who unknowingly killed a werewolf when trying to defend himself from its attack. A vampire-like creature, known as "The Master," confronts him along with six other werewolves and tells Brenryk that he must join his "Werewolf Clan" and curses his family bloodline.
After a year in their service, Wladislaw betrays "The Master" and tells the Hunters in his village about an upcoming attack and they are successful in killing the werewolves.
One Hunter finds Wladislaw over the body of his slaughtered wife. He asks the villager to kill him and take his only daughter away to save her from "The Master" - a vampiric creature who is leading the werewolves. He does, just before "The Master" arrives. But the horrible figure sees him fleeing with the baby girl and knows the bloodline will survive Wladislaw's death.
Bev doesn't believe Judas and he tells her that he has someone inside that has something that will convince her and Stowe it is real - Alex Koerger.
Alex has sent a FedEx envelope with a thumb drive that contains files that will expose the Masters. He is caught by Eve and she and her bodyguards escort him to a transition room to see if the "Blood of Christ" actually works. They strap him into a metal chair and, after he successfully changes into a Werewolf and tries to kill them, Eve shoots him.
Bev returns to Stowe's office where he tells him the rest of the story of the "Werewolf Clan" and "the Master" being from beyond the stars and the silver from his ship being melted down to trinkets. "The Master" meets a descendant of Wlaidslaws on the cliffs overlooking the Battle of the British Navy against the Spanish Armada. He tells him that he will break the curse if he, or one of his descendants, can retrieve all of the silver that just went down with one of the ships.
Stowe finishes by telling her that a local collector, Robert Doyle, bought a bag filled with silver antiques, and books, from a young man who met the last known descendant, before the Masters - a transient who was living under a bridge.
Meanwhile, boxes of the "Blood of Christ" vials are shown being delivered across the country.
Judas receives the package from Alex and takes it to Bev. Stowe overhears the conversation between Judas and Bev and sends them s to the Ministry for the Broadcast while he goes to intercept the goblets before they get to Doyle's house.
Stowe is successful but races against the clock trying to get them to Ministry as he is also being pursued by two of Eve's Bodyguards now turned into Werewolves.
Bev and Judas make their way into the temple and witness the Broadcast from the edge of the stage. The Masters are turning their faithful into werewolves!
It's a battle against time to see if they succeed in their battle against the werewolves to save the world against their "curse."
All Accolades & Coverage
Finalist
Semifinalist, Filmmatic - Inroads Fellowship Season 6
Other Accolades
Official Selection, HorrOrigins Film Festival 2023
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Pursuit
Story Situation:
Daring enterprise
Story Conclusion:
Ambiguous
Linear Structure:
Linear
Moral Affections:
Bad Man, Legality, Right, Wrong
Cast Size:
Many
Locations:
Many
Special Effects:
Blood, Minor pyrotechnics, Other in-camera effects, Prosthetics, Significant cgi
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female Adult, Male Adult, Male Middle Aged
Hero Type:
Ordinary
Villian Type:
Beast/Monster
Stock Character Types:
Supervillain
Advanced
Subgenre:
Action Suspense-Thriller
Action Elements:
Hand to Hand Combat, Physical Stunts, Pyrotechnics, Vehicular Stunts
Equality & Diversity:
Female Protagonist
Super Powers:
Physical or mental domination
Time Period:
Contemporary times
Writer Style:
Stephen King