When six wildly different fourteen-year-olds are the only ones in their class brave enough to camp-out on Halloween night in a cemetery, the spirits from the Potter’s Field and murderous thugs change their lives forever.

SYNOPSIS:

On a field trip to the cemetery on Halloween, MRS. RAINTREE (45) details the sordid history of the Potter’s Field, where criminals, slaves, hobos, and the poor were buried in mass. This entertains, but doesn’t spook, the class (24 kids), including JENNA (14), the teacher’s nerdy, wallflower daughter; CARLOS (14), a short, ever-smiling Latino; DESI (14) a tall, handsome, African American surrounded by giggling girls; BRITTANY (14), a cute blonde battling unsuccessfully to nudge closer to Desi; MARTIE (14) a butch girl with short-cropped hair; and SAMMY (14), a pudgy Italian talker.

On the field trip, Desi dares the entire class to camp out in the Potter’s Field from midnight to dawn. At midnight, only the six named teens above show up. They’re not close friends. All, but Desi, are loners and outcasts. And, they’re all unwelcome by the spirits in the Potter’s Field, whose ghostly arms shake branches, generate spooky sounds, and physically prevent them from leaving. They’re all stuck, so when Jenna reveals that her dad is in prison, the other teens begin to open-up.

The socially uncomfortable night takes a sinister turn when a town vagrant, VICTOR GRAHAM (47) crashes through the campsite, extinguishes their fire, and runs off, only to be gunned down by two thugs with automatic rifles. The teens witness the murder. Jenna, the smartest in the group, takes command. She takes photos of the shadowy killers, and when the thugs leave, Jenna and the others investigate the body to get an ID. Carlos secretly robs Victor of a thick roll of bills, and quickly loses it.

The teens try to escape the cemetery, but the spirits seem to pull them back. The killers return to burn and bury the body, with Jenna documenting the crimes. The teens can’t escape the cemetery, because the killers may be waiting for them. Snuggling eases the tension and fear. In the coming-of-age backstory, bonds from between Jenna and Carlos, Desi and Brittany, and between Sammy and Martie.

Dawn brings more danger to the teens, as one of the thugs returns to find Victor’s cash. The teens, armed with wooden spears, and with the help of the spirits, overtake the thug, who Jenna recognizes as her UNCLE JOHNNY (40). The POLICE CHIEF (55) arrives, but when he shoots Uncle Johnny, the teens find themselves in a hopeless situation. The Police Chief is the town’s crime kingpin. Again, the spirits help the teens out, as Jenna, the master detective, uncovers how her father was framed. The FBI arrives to arrest the Police Chief, and later, Jenna finds the thick roll of laundered $1,000-bills. Jenna’s father will be released from prison, and all ends well for “the Potter’s Field Six.”

LOVE TERRORS: THE POTTER'S FIELD SIX