by
Edward Abramson
Logline: When a
marine biology student falls for a deceased 1960’s Beach movie
starlet who’s been resurrected as a Killer-Mermaid in a Voodoo
ceremony gone wrong, he must face his fear of water and risk
almost certain death to confront the Killer-Mermaid he loves.
Synopsis: Marine biology student NICK BIGMAN has a problem. He comes from a long line of surfers; his father was an amateur surfer, his grandfather ROD BIGMAN a surf champion who appeared in 1960’s beach movies like Beach Blanket Bingo. Unfortunately, Nick suffers from hydrophobia, an anxiety disorder that plagues many people who suffer from this extreme fear of the water. Nick can’t enter any body of water without immediately going into a panic attack. And not only is Nick afraid of the water, he is also afraid of women.
Killer Mermaid revolves around the ghost of 60’s beach movie starlet, KAREN SLATER. When Karen’s controlling Hollywood agent, DON BULASKY finds out about her love affair with her BEACH BONGO co-star, ROD BIGMAN, (Nick’s grandfather) her agent drowns her in a jealous rage. Overcome with grief DON seeks out the help of a local Jamaican witch doctor to bring his favorite beach movie starlet back to life.
There’s only one problem. While what comes back resembles the beautiful Karen Slater, in voodoo mythology if a person dies a violent death, their soul returns evil incarnate. In Karen’s case, she’s become a flesh eating astral zombie residing in the pool of her old abandoned Malibu Beach house. Every spring Karen needs to feed on twelve poor souls, so she can exist on this earthly plane for another year. And because she’s an astral zombie, Karen can materialize anywhere in the house or pool area where there’s water!
With the help of her keeper, Hollywood agent Don Bulasky, Karen lures a pair of surfer Nazi college kids, who of course decide to throw a huge Spring break pool party at her Malibu beach house! Being Spring, it’s feeding time again! Nick would love to save his friends from getting eaten in the pool, but he is afraid of the water.
We envision the creature like the first Species, a sexy femme fatale who lures both men and women into the pool. She appears as a sexy vixen at first, who then morphs into an Alien like creature with razor sharp piranha teeth.
As the party-goers are knocked off one by one, Nick and his fun loving dorm buddy DARYL don’t realize what’s going on – they’re too preoccupied with getting laid! Nick and Daryl have their eyes on cute girls ALEX & CINDY. But when the girls fall prey to Karen as they wade in the pool, Nick is forced to confront both his hydrophobia and this flesh eating creature who was once Karen Slater, the sexy 60’s beach movie starlet Nick’s idolized for years.
As Nick and friends are about to find out in Killer Mermaid, it’s time to be afraid of the water… again!
Synopsis: Marine biology student NICK BIGMAN has a problem. He comes from a long line of surfers; his father was an amateur surfer, his grandfather ROD BIGMAN a surf champion who appeared in 1960’s beach movies like Beach Blanket Bingo. Unfortunately, Nick suffers from hydrophobia, an anxiety disorder that plagues many people who suffer from this extreme fear of the water. Nick can’t enter any body of water without immediately going into a panic attack. And not only is Nick afraid of the water, he is also afraid of women.
Killer Mermaid revolves around the ghost of 60’s beach movie starlet, KAREN SLATER. When Karen’s controlling Hollywood agent, DON BULASKY finds out about her love affair with her BEACH BONGO co-star, ROD BIGMAN, (Nick’s grandfather) her agent drowns her in a jealous rage. Overcome with grief DON seeks out the help of a local Jamaican witch doctor to bring his favorite beach movie starlet back to life.
There’s only one problem. While what comes back resembles the beautiful Karen Slater, in voodoo mythology if a person dies a violent death, their soul returns evil incarnate. In Karen’s case, she’s become a flesh eating astral zombie residing in the pool of her old abandoned Malibu Beach house. Every spring Karen needs to feed on twelve poor souls, so she can exist on this earthly plane for another year. And because she’s an astral zombie, Karen can materialize anywhere in the house or pool area where there’s water!
With the help of her keeper, Hollywood agent Don Bulasky, Karen lures a pair of surfer Nazi college kids, who of course decide to throw a huge Spring break pool party at her Malibu beach house! Being Spring, it’s feeding time again! Nick would love to save his friends from getting eaten in the pool, but he is afraid of the water.
We envision the creature like the first Species, a sexy femme fatale who lures both men and women into the pool. She appears as a sexy vixen at first, who then morphs into an Alien like creature with razor sharp piranha teeth.
As the party-goers are knocked off one by one, Nick and his fun loving dorm buddy DARYL don’t realize what’s going on – they’re too preoccupied with getting laid! Nick and Daryl have their eyes on cute girls ALEX & CINDY. But when the girls fall prey to Karen as they wade in the pool, Nick is forced to confront both his hydrophobia and this flesh eating creature who was once Karen Slater, the sexy 60’s beach movie starlet Nick’s idolized for years.
As Nick and friends are about to find out in Killer Mermaid, it’s time to be afraid of the water… again!
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