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#Horror #Thriller

A family on the brink of collapse tries to reconnect at a quaint Bed and Breakfast for the weekend, but a supernatural evil in the house has other plans.

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2 Reviews | 88 pages | 3 years ago | Draft 1
Karen is planning a getaway for her and her family. Their elementary aged son Michael is looking forward to the trip. Karen's husband James, however, has been working away from home quite a bit and has been having an affair that Karen is beginning to suspect. Taking time away at a quaint seaside bed and breakfast run by a strange older couple, the family spends time with the only other family staying there while all are besieged by a malevolent force in the house that tries to pull them even further apart for its own evil purposes.

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“The Procidat” is a by-the-books horror-thriller script that works perfectly fine in all aspects of this genre’s storytelling while not excelling in any in particular.
The main characters are a typical family of a dedicated wife, an absent father and an introverted only child. Their characterization doesn’t really go much further from that, with the exception of the father, who's actually trying to do what’s best for his family despite his flaws...
Let me start off by saying that this is my first review and that horror is my least favorite genre. That said, I found this script engaging but a bit confusing. I was unclear at first who was the protagonist and what was he/she trying to achieve. There was alot of general creepiness but not a clear antagonist or plotline. The set-up and vibe was all intriguing as was the interactions between the guests and Alex and June, although June was a more...

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