TWISTED
In life you must be the writer and the main character of your own story, God knows that is not you the director.
This is the story of the stories; the stories that happens within the confinement of the wall inside that box where you made a home; the stories that are told behind doors, within the four walls of a therapist office.
Seven people and their stories are seven different movies, the only thing they have in common was that they shared the same therapist until she disappeared.
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TWISTED
by Walter Moore
Synopsys
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The Art
Index
The Story
ArtWork
Characters
Film
TWISTED begun a film student project who came to for assistant and sponsorship for the preproduction and production of a short film. We provided the sets and the story, a diluted version of “Le château du Marquis”, (The Marquis’ Castle), a story of twists and decadence inspired in the story of Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade.
Several versions came along during preproduction; some of them gained the consensus needed to take the project to production but the usual production issues had delayed the process and forced major changes in the story.
Background
The title TWISTED is self-explanatory however it is more associated to the twist at the end of the story more than the many twisted situations that happens during the film.
Today, each version that was preapproved has its own title, see bellow:
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The Door of Secrets
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Don’t Look Back
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The Hall of Life
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Twisted
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He was the One
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Red Silk
Versions:
Trailer:
With the feeling that we are on a dream, charged with tension, the story opens with “The Door of Secrets”, a door at the end of a creepy hall, from which we zoom/dolly out. A red broom at the other end of the hall falls, making a big noise. In another room we see a red scarf been pulled like a fisherman line with a catch. The red scar is around the neck on a very handsome young man who is naked in bed with one end of the scarf around his neck and the other tied to the head of the bed were he is waking up. Confused, the man struggles to free himself, and when he does, he rushes out of the room and finds his clothing on the hall. But at the end of the hall there is that door that he feels drown to open. Picking up his cloths along the way, the man gets to the door, and finds the red scarf hanging from the knob.
--Don’t…-- he hears in his mind as no one else is there, is the voice of a woman who is guiding him. --Look around. Do you see the exit?--, the voice said,
The man complies looking around and nodding when seeing the exit at the other end.
--Turn around and walk straight to the exit. You must get out of there immediately. Go!--
--I feel heavy-- he said noticing how hard is for him to move.
But the man has a feeling, someone or something threatening is behind him, and he slightly turn his head back, realizing that he had barely moved away from the door, his breathing become agitated, he is about to enter a panic state, he feels he is about to faint, and he falls on his knees. He tries to get up but he can’t he tries scrolling away but is incredibly hard for him. He looks back to the door at the end of the hall and he realizes that in spite of his efforts he is right by the door. The door opens, we see nothing because is dark behind the door, and the man is pulled into the door opening.
The next moment he is on top of a gorgeous woman chocking her with a red scarf, she is Dr. Samantha Segovia, his therapist, and suddenly he return to his senses and realizes that he is in the dr.’s office. chocking her with a red scarf.
The following scenes are about Dr. Segovia going over her notes and recording with her voice on her mobile and treating six other patients. Eventually we see her at home, working on her computer, having a glass of wine and speaking on the phone with her husband. When she is ready for bed, she turn off the lights when we see the silhouette of a man looking at her from the other side of her window.
The Project:
Seven very different people look for help in a highly recommended psychotherapist named Samantha Segovia, who uses unconventional methods to treat her patients, such as hypnosis, the use of non-regulated drugs and sex as part of her therapy. She might be under investigation from the board but she obtains the best results.
Through hypnosis, Dr. Segovia takes their patients to a mental state where the can compartmentalize their memories, and create a room for the hidden memories that the patients had block due to trauma on their childhood. She creates a long hall in their minds letting them visit memories to take them to the ones that have been affecting their present lives. She taps into their secret desires, fears and guilt, and she helps them face their truth, but one of her patients is so disturbed that allowing him to look back into his past might be worse for his condition.
Doctor Segovia will disappear with no trace, triggering an investigation by a police detective and a journalist who will try to discover which one of the patients is behind her disappearance; one is hopping to find the body the other is hopping to find her alive.
The Story:
Patient 1: A young handsome politician who is hunted by a traumatic event of his childhood locked in the labyrinth of his mind.
Patient 2: A housewife and mother who has a horrible secret
Patient 3: A 21 year old young man who never had sex
Patient 4: A young boy with autism and a very high IQ
Patient 5: A young man who is about to get married and just discovered his secret sexual orientation
Patient 6: A prostitute
Patient 7: A woman in a man’s body
Journalist: Believes there is a great story behind the allegations of malpractice against Dr. Segovia and then her disappearance.
Policeman: Believes that one of the patients murdered the doctor.
Doctor: The enigmatic and highly recommended psychotherapist named Samantha Segovia, who uses unconventional methods to treat her patients, such as hypnosis, the use of non-regulated drugs and sex as part of her therapy.
Characters:
