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ONLY 16 MILES

ONLY 16 MILES
By Eric Fisher

GENRE: Horror
LOGLINE:

A panicky teen must spend the night eluding a Satanic cult who wants her for a ritual sacrifice after she discovers a decapitated body in her car's trunk. 

SYNOPSIS:

Olivia didn’t want to attend the party that night, but she did because a friend insisted she come. The social interaction becomes too intense and a panic attack occurs. Olivia escapes from the party after the panic subsides.

Into the darkness she drives.

A deer leaps onto the road. Luckily, she dodges the animal. But a man walking on the roadside is illuminated by the headlights. He jumps at the right moment.

Crunch. His body smashes into the windshield.

Olivia stops the car on the roadside. She passes out due to the shock of what just happened. When she wakes up a few minutes later all seems fine. She searches for the man’s body. Nothing is found, except for the hair-raising revelation that the vehicle’s trunk is ajar. Inside trunk, Olivia makes a disturbing discovery.

The decapitated corpse of a teenage girl is rolled up in a garbage bag. Bite marks cover the corpse.

Olivia drives hastily down the road. Shocked. Disoriented. A faint moan is heard from somewhere inside the car. A hand from the backseat grabs the front passenger headrest.

Terrified, Olivia loses her focus on the road. The vehicle careens over a ditch and crashes into a tree in someone’s front yard.

Olivia’s night of hell has only begun. She’ll soon learn what it feels like to be prepared as a human sacrifice by Satanic worshipers, drive with a serial killer posing as a cop, fight for her life in a muddy arena, and survive a horrific night at a hospital that’s supposed to keep people safe from additional harm.

The events appear random, but they’re not. Olivia’s final test relates to a fear she has struggled against for a long time. She’ll have to use all her wits to defeat a man who has haunted her dreams for years. A man who is the catalyst to all the horrific events she’ll experience that very night…16 miles from home.

ONLY 16 MILES

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