The Abbey by Robert Bruinewoud | Script Revolution

The Abbey

Inspired by Poe's "Masque of the Red Death": Fleeing a deadly pandemic, a security specialist escapes to a luxurious floating city, only to become embroiled in a plot to overthrow the madman who built it.

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inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"
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After narrowly escaping the horrors of The Red Death, a mysterious and terrifying pandemic, IRIS believes she is now safe aboard The Abbey, a luxurious floating city in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. However, soon after her arrival, one of her friends is executed, an innocent victim in a power struggle between the city's two rival factions. Devastated by the senseless death, Iris realises no one can be safe until the structures that control the city are overthrown.

In preparation for the day when she can enact her plan, Iris embarks on the dangerous business of seeking out an alliance with a secret cabal operating inside the city’s population of indentured workers.

At the same time, the struggle between the city’s rival factions intensifies until, in the bloody aftermath of a failed coup attempt, Iris is presented with the opportunity her plan needs. The winning faction's victory celebration – a decadent Masked Ball.

Submitted: February 6, 2022
Last Updated: February 24, 2023

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The Writer: Robert Bruinewoud

Melbourne, Australia 1982. I submit my first "screenplay" (and I use the term very loosely) to the BBC. It was a hugely expensive Doctor Who saga. Needless to say, it wasn't picked up. You can read all about it here . Now, I’ve been advised that the above is not the way to sell myself as serious writer. I’m not sure why. The fact that any screenwriters’ first screenplay doesn’t sell is, I would’ve thought, to be expected and so not something anyone should hide. Nor is the fact that I’ve been writing screenplays (off and on) for forty years, something to be shy about. During that time I had my paying job (graphic designer and advertising art director) distracting me, but over those years I... Go to bio

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