The script is a dark and twisted fantasy romance drama with horror and thriller elements. It tells the story of a city girl who escapes to the woods to recover from a bad breakup, only to discover a magical pond that unleashes a series of messed-up boyfriends.
As she navigates through the enchanted waters, the protagonist must confront her past and make difficult decisions about her future. It's a story about hope, disappointment, death, downfalls, letting go, and taking back in, all in the determination to live a life without men, and on the other hand only to truly find the right one.
The protagonist Lena has had a bad break up and she decides to visit her grandmother, who lives in a small town by a lake.
Lena is shocked by the number of men her grandmother is seeing. She also experiences a lot of mysterious things in her grandmother’s house.
Lena’s grandmother eventually reveals the mystery pond and its powers to Lena. Lena, who takes some time to let everything sink in, gets caught up in a mess because of the pond....
A self-proclaimed failure takes a hallucinogen drug to figure out why her life sucks, but meets a worm in a vodka bottle that sends her on an inner journey to fight her demons and escape her self inflicted torment, while playing a little game of its own.
Massay, a bullied teen, must survive the night with his friends and family in the Pine Barrens when the Jersey Devil chooses them to be his next contestants in its game of cat and mouse while coming to terms with his abusive father and learning the truth behind the Jersey Devil lore.
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