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THE SHADOW OF THE DEADMAN'S DAUGHTER

THE SHADOW OF THE DEADMAN'S DAUGHTER
By David Williamson

GENRE: Western, Horror
LOGLINE:

After her family is destroyed by greed and betrayal, a frontier woman haunted by her father's ghost hunts down those responsible, only to uncover that the greatest betrayal came from within her deceased fathers voice.

SYNOPSIS:

The Shadow of the Deadman’s Daughter is a brutal, lyrical psychological horror-western about the cost of vengeance and the ghosts we choose to carry.

Mercy Boone rides across a scorched frontier, marked by blood and betrayal. Armed with a cursed ledger and haunted by the voice of her dead father—an outlaw hanged for crimes she was raised to avenge—she hunts the men who stole her family’s land and left her mother to die. But as Mercy cuts through her enemies one by one, a deeper truth begins to unravel: her father wasn’t a victim… he was the architect of her mother’s ruin.

As Mercy’s sanity frays and the line between memory and possession blurs, she’s forced to reckon with the darkness she inherited—and decide whether to become the monster she was raised to fear… or break the cycle before it consumes her completely.

Visceral, poetic, and emotionally charged, The Shadow of the Deadman’s Daughter is a ghost story without ghosts—a slow-burn revenge tale where trauma is the real haunting, and survival means choosing what parts of the past are worth saving.

THE SHADOW OF THE DEADMAN'S DAUGHTER

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Maurice Vaughan

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Maurice Vaughan

The Shadow of the Deadman’s Daughter sounds fresh and exciting, @David! I've never heard of a Psychological Horror-Western. I think your logline is solid except the last part is vague.

David Williamson

Thanks Maurice. I appreciate your feedback. The last part is being left a little ambiguous on purpose to prevent giving away too much.

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, @David. I completely understand. It's just some producers and directors might pass on your script since the last part is vague. It's happened to me and other writers, and I wouldn't want it to happen to you. Either way, I think it's a strong logline.

David Williamson

Thank you for your feedback. I am going to have to think about how to retool it slightly to soften some of its ambiguity.

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, @David.

Tasha Lewis

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