This document outlines a horror film storyline and production details. The story follows a young girl who is found wandering alone, adopted by an abusive family who eventually kill her, and returns from the grave a year later to seek revenge. Key elements include abuse and innocence as themes, with the main character and her abusers as main characters. Shooting would require costumes, makeup, and locations establishing a creepy, 21st century setting for nighttime scenes of the girl's discovery, abuse, and revenging return.

2. TARGET AUDIENCE
PRIMARY
B/C1/C2 DEMOGRAPHIC
18-25 YEAR OLD STRUGGLERS/EXPLORERS
SECONDARY
30-40 YEAR OLD STRUGGLERS
B/C1 DEMOGRAPHIC

3. Storyline
Young girl found wandering the streets. Unable to find any
trace/missing person reports on her. Gets adopted by a
family and is then abused by her adopted father and a
group of his friends, who end up killing her brutally. Her
death is covered up and she is buried on the moors. On
the first anniversary of her death, she returns from the
grave to seek her revenge.

4. Possible Titles
• Girl X
• Unidentified
• Lost

5. Themes
• Abuse
• Life and Death
• Innocence

6. USP
The USP of the film is that the people who are
haunted and killed are not innocent, as they
are in the majority of horror films.

7. Research required
• Extensive research is required into the typical
conventions
• What content qualifies as an 18 certificate

8. Characters
• Girl X – main protagonist
• Adopted Mother
• Adopted Father
• Friends of adopted father

9. Costumes and props
• Main protagonist costume will be basic,
maybe a nightdress when she returns
• Dark hair, dark makeup, maybe blood?
(Inspiration taken from The Ring)
Other characters will be in 21st Century
costume in order to demonstrate the era of
the film

10. Locations
• Small, black cottage – creepy
• Stambridge Mills
• Doggetts Chase

11. Time of day
• The film will be shot predominantly at night
• The lighting will be dark when the girl is first
discovered but will be high density when she
is adopted
• However, the light will then become low
density when she begins to be abused and she
will return during the night.