An aging B-horror queen realizes that sometimes you really DO have to die to become famous!

SYNOPSIS:

Veronica DePond catapults to fame in 1966 when she appears on The Tonight Show, after the spunky 7-year-old is discovered by a Hollywood talent scout while vacationing from Minnesota with her single mother, Jane. Veronica captivates not only Johnny Carson, but an entire nation, when she swallows a 12-inch banana— Whole! Immediately, Veronica is signed to a lifetime contract by aging talent agent, Heinie Silver, and his partner, Dirk Stein; the latter of whom would sell his own mother up the creek (and allegedly has). For the next decade, Veronica is paired with wannabe hoofer, Throne Feely. The dynamic dance duo become fast friends, appearing on T.V. variety shows like Donny & Marie, The Sonny & Cher Show and The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. But what Veronica really wants to do is “act.”

Now a drop-dead, gorgeous teenager, Veronica meets horror king writer, Lee Branson. A working/romantic relationship evolves, and Veronica is branded “Queen of the B-horror movies.” Together, they write the musical horror script “Shadow Lounge,” about a muse who haunts a dying disco. You know, like “Xanadu,” only gorier! Once in production, Veronica discovers she is pregnant with Lee’s baby... Or is it? As Lee’s eye wanders to a sexy backup dancer in the film, Veronica confronts the man who she believes is the father of her baby. His name is Oliver Rock, the producer of Shadow Lounge, who Veronica “accidentally” shoots and kills. Production on the movie comes to a screeching halt, as Veronica stands trial for murder. She is found NOT guilty, but upon returning to the set of Shadow Lounge, she learns that Lee has replaced her with the sexy backup dancer. An enraged Veronica drops a disco ball on Lee and the backup dancer from the soundstage catwalk. They survive, the movie is shelved, and Veronica is sent to the loony bin...

Veronica’s life becomes a blur for the next few years. Heavily sedated, she slips into a deep state of depression, especially when she’s told that her baby died during childbirth. Upon her release from the sanitarium, Veronica is ready to take Hollywood by storm! ... Only no one wants to work with her. Like her doomed movie, Shadow Lounge, so is Veronica’s career. Then, she learns another bombshell. Her now 7-year-old daughter, Molly, is alive and well, living with her aunt in Minnesota. (Veronica’s mother has since passed.)

When Veronica meets her daughter, she is the spitting image of herself at that age. Veronica brainstorms and whisks Molly off to Hollywood as her meal ticket back into the movies. Only, Molly hates Hollywood. So, Veronica moves back to Minnesota, where she tries her best at being a “good mother,” while always wondering what could’ve been if she was given a second chance.

Years later, Bryce, an aspiring filmmaker/horror geek, tracks Veronica down and asks her if she would like to resurrect the movie Shadow Lounge.

Is that even a question?!

Veronica is ready to give Bryce her life’s savings to finance the movie, when a now teenage Molly calls Veronica “selfish!” Molly was counting on that money to go to college. Feeling a sense of guilt, Veronica deliberates what to do while driving down a rainy stretch of road, when her car plunges over a ravine and into a pond. Suddenly, Veronica’s life flashes before her eyes. She imagines her career being bigger in death than in life. Later, when the car is pulled from the icy waters, Veronica is missing and presumed dead... Or is she?

Find out the outrageous outcome in a mockumentary that could be best described as “Waiting For Guffman” meets the off-Broadway cult musical, “Ruthless.”