Project Detail

A Serial Killer's Guide to Life

©Lenka Rayn H.

Synopsis

30-something, self-help addict, Lou Farnt wants nothing more than to escape her overly controlling mother and the dead-end seaside town where she grew up. So when strange and strikingly confident new life coach Val invites Lou on a road trip of alternative therapies, Lou finds the perfect opportunity to leave, and the perfect person to become. Unfortunately for Lou, Val’s a serial killer.

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Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Features
Running time: 81 mins
Director: Staten Cousins Roe 1st Feature
Producer: Staten Cousins Roe, Poppy Roe, Charity Wakefield, Giles Alderson
Editor: Poppy Roe, Staten Cousins Roe
Screenwriter: Staten Cousins Roe
Director of Photography: James Layton
Production Designer: Madelaine Leech
Composer: Laurence Love Greed
Principal cast: Katie Brayben, Poppy Roe, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Sinead Matthews, Sian Clifford, Fiona Glascott, Sarah Ball, Tomiwa Edun, Owain Rhys Davies, David Newman

Genre

Action Horror Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Forward Motion Pictures Ltd

37 Trinity Road
Hurstpierpoint
BN6 9UY

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Sales Company

Arrow Films,

The Engine House
Shenley Park
Radlett Lane
Shenley
WD7 9JP

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Kevin and Cassandra are a married couple who have lost their only daughter Hannah in a freak car accident. They both raised her differently. Kevin had been a traditional parent, Cassandra a permissive one. While Hannah had decided to exhibit her body and mind online, she cut adrift from her father and gravitates towards her mother. Her death drove a wedge between them. Their lounge becomes a battlefield where incendiary words and spiteful things are said. Their marriage is one where opposites no longer attract. Kevin is filled with loathing for his in-laws, his daughter’s boyfriend, himself. Cassandra wears her daughter’s favorite colours with pride and exhibits her painting on the walls. Kevin finds he is powerless in his home and Cassandra mocks the fact that it was her father who bought it. And when he finally leaves it, he leaves Cassandra forever.

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