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THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP
By Patrick Schwarz

GENRE: Thriller, Drama
LOGLINE:

Two brothers get mired in a business deal together that quickly turns sour. They set out on a path of revenge bent on destroying each other's lives.

SYNOPSIS:

Two brothers get mired in a business deal together that quickly turns sour. They set out on a path of revenge bent on destroying each other's lives. Dale Beaumont, uptight YoPro, struggles with his insecurity. He lives to impress his abusive father. Mac Beaumont, Dale’s brother, is a talented contractor with an explosive temper and a weakness for the bottle. Dale needs a contractor to fix up an old warehouse for his business. In order to impress his father, he hires his brother to do the job.

Dale is driven to grow his business to keep his wife, Selena, satisfied with the appearance of being wealthy. Dale also needs to pay back a large sum of money stolen from Selena’s grandmother’s account. Dale knows if it isn’t paid back in thirty days, he could end up in jail. Selena was against hiring Mac from the beginning. Mac struggles financially. He needs to pay back his creditors and decides to squeeze Dale for more money. Mac learns of an affair Dale is having with a co-worker. He takes pictures and sends them to Dale. The more money Dale gives him, the more Mac keeps asking. The escalating fights with Mac bring up a painful past growing up in the Beaumont family. Dale decides not to pay Mac and call his bluff. Mac sends the pictures to Selena.

Selena takes her son and leaves Dale. In a fit of rage, Mac burns down Dale’s warehouse in order to destroy his life. Dale knows that there is no saving Mac or impressing his dad. Dale goes to his dad’s house and lures Mac there with a promise of money. His dad is drunk and passed out. Dale confronts Mac about all the things he has done to him. Dale kills Mac with his dad’s gun and plants the gun on his dad. Dale leaves with the money to start a new life.

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