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DRY BARREL

DRY BARREL
By Val Chernyavskiy

GENRE: Comedy
LOGLINE:

A firefighter with serious issues takes his daughter, who is 17 years older than him, to a pop star’s concert, only to find himself at the center of a police sting operation targeting a notorious serial killer—who happens to be him. While trying to escape, he must hide his identity, deal with his daughter's involvement in the evening's bizarre events, and locate his comatose gay lover, who is somewhere at the concert.

SYNOPSIS:

Foley, a seemingly ordinary 30-year-old firefighter, plans a night out with his 47-year-old daughter, Raiden, at a concert for her favorite pop star, Lady Dick. However, the evening takes a chaotic turn when Foley notices a suspiciously large number of police and SWAT officers at the venue. His worst fears are confirmed when a vaseline vendor reveals the concert is a sting operation to catch the serial killer known as "Dry Barrel." Unbeknownst to everyone, Foley is the killer.

In the restroom, Foley uses hidden cameras to monitor his latest victim chained in the basement of his home. The captive, terrified and broken, is forced to endure mind-numbing reality TV shows for Foley's twisted entertainment. Confident his dark secret is safe, Foley must now focus on escaping the venue undetected while keeping his daughter entertained and discreetly searching for his comatose gay lover, whose location remains a mystery.

Using a stolen police radio, Foley learns the only safe exit is backstage. On his way, he spots his comatose lover on a stretcher adorned with an LGBTQ+ flag, being wheeled away by a leather-clad officer. After a heated exchange— Foley: "You don’t know how to love a men. Let me show you if you don’t release my friend!" —he rescues his lover and dashes backstage with Raiden, who is now high on industrial glue she found en route.

When the police corner Foley, his daughter, and his unconscious lover, Foley takes Lady Dick hostage. He threatens that his comatose lover has an implanted atomic bomb that will detonate unless his demands are met. The police reluctantly allow him to leave. Foley drives Lady Dick, his daughter, and his lover to his home, where Lady Dick seizes an opportunity to lock herself in the bathroom. From there, she contacts Foley's captive, who has been driven insane by mindless TV shows, and gets his location. She streams a plea to her fans, who quickly track down the house.

Meanwhile, Foley struggles to break into the bathroom with a chainsaw that refuses to start. As SWAT storms the house, Foley escapes by disguising himself as a psychiatric orderly. He slips out through a hidden exit and commandeers a limousine, where Lady Dick and police officers are already seated. Foley kills the officers, attaches his lover's stretcher to the limo as a trailer, and slowly drives away, narrating his plans to make love to his partner once he wakes from the coma.

When police block his path, Foley is finally arrested and handcuffed. But at a red light, he escapes unnoticed, dragging his lover's stretcher behind him while singing a jaunty tune as the chaos fades into the night.

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