Title: "Hug Me"
Genre: Thriller - Horror
Format: Feature Film - 100 min
PITCH:
When Emma discovers that her 12-year-old cousin was walled alive inside her childhood holiday home, she begins to unravel a horrifying family secret that forces her to confront her childhood trauma.
TONE: "Hug Me" is a psychological thriller based on a family secret and childhood memories.
Mystery and tension will keep you on the edge of your seat, with an insidious monster who claims he just wants to hug you, and twins who sleepwalk together at night.
Emma is a strong female lead who fights her inner demons. She needs to face and overcome a childhood trauma that has been haunting her and her twin sister since they were nine.
Death is unpleasant, but living the rest of your life stuck in a never-ending nightmare is much worse, especially if you're trapped in a concealed space with a creepy boy.
"The Orphanage" meets "Walled In", "Hug Me" relies on tension rather than violence, mystery rather than blood, and claustrophobia rather than gore.
(Visuals for illustration only)
PRODUCTION: "Hug Me" is a horror thriller created by writer-director Berty Cadilhac, whose first feature ("Art Ache") was picked up by Disney+ despite having a very low budget. His latest feature film ("Tide") was released in 25 cinemas across Asia, also despite a tiny budget.
"Hug Me" was written with production efficiency in mind: a single location, a small cast and limited VFX.
It has the ambition to reach a mass international audience and not limit itself to horror fans.
DELIVERABLES:
- 2-pager
- Bible
- Full Script
DEMO:
These two shorts video were created to give the tone of some scenes.
They were shot without crew or budget.
Demo #1 - Emma and Olive synchronise their sleepwalk
Password: Hugme
Demo #2 - Emma accesses the concealed space
This scene uses AI for demo purpose only, this is for illustration purpose only
Password: Hugme
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