NEW TESTAMENT
PROPHECY...
...AT ITS GRISLIEST
THE PARACLETE
THE PARACLETE
written by
Jeff Osterhage
FADE IN
EXT - WOODS - DAY
Cool. Crisp. Clear. Final rays of a crimson sun gently recede from the golden valley below, as an anxious autumn moon peeks over the Black Hatchet Mountains east of Albuquerque.
Darkness settles faster than expected on ALAN WALKER and his two sons - MATT (15) and HENRY (8) - who make their way through the giant maze of trees with flashlights, fishing gear and a string of trout, trying to find their way back to camp.
MATT
Told ya we shoulda turned at the logpile.
ALAN
Hey, one more hill and we're there.
MATT
Sure thing, Helen Keller.
HENRY
Who's Helen Keller?
MATT
Somebody who can get us back to
camp faster than dad.
ALAN
Here we go...
They come around a boulder, but abruptly stop.
EXT - CAMPSITE - NIGHT
...but abruptly stop. Alan and Matt stare in in silence at the small flames ahead, while Henrey catches up.
HENRY
Hey, who lit the campfire?
ALAN
Good question.
Alan slowly approaches, keeping the boys safely behind. He sees a STRANGER sitting on a stump near the blaze.
ALAN
Evening.
A MASTERWORK OF SHEER TERROR
THAT TWISTS MYSTERIOUSLY ALONG A MORBID TRAIL
OF DIABOLICAL MANIPULATION
WITH A SINGLE MAN'S MISSION
TO FULFILL THE PROPHECY OF REDEMPTION
HSCRIPT
SYNOPSIS
JEFF OSTERHAGE