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THE HANGOUT PROJECT (CURRENT)
By John Silver

GENRE: Thriller, Horror
LOGLINE:

Four college students attending a farewell graduation party during the pandemic must fight to survive when a mysterious strain turns people into bloodthirsty monsters.

SYNOPSIS:

Brian Murphy is a college graduate in Orlando, Florida who is taping testimonies from his classmates for a video collage to add to his collection of video memories.

Brian is invited by his friends Jared, Mary Beth, and Becky to attend a farewell party in the neighborhood. He initially declines over concerns regarding the ongoing pandemic but relents and decides to spend one last time with his friends. Brian gets testimonies from each student to create a video time capsule.

But things take a drastic turn when one of the partygoers infected with an unusual virus strain violently attacks the other students. All the partygoers desperately try to escape but are bolted in the house from the outside by a mysterious government agency who advises them to remain in quarantine until the military arrives. Brian and his friends are forced to take shelter in a small bedroom while the blood feast takes place.

Jared sustains a major scratch on his legs, unable to move. Mary Beth agrees to stay behind while Brian and Becky look for a medical kit and a way out. Brian and Becky eventually find a med kit in one of the other rooms but no exits. Just as Becky devises a plan to head for the garage, she is killed by a mutant, forcing the defenseless Brian to flee. When Brian returns to the small bedroom, Jared’s condition has worsened as he reveals to be attacked by one of the infected.

The trio are forced to patch themselves up with body protection and any weapons to make their way to the garage. Jared remembers a crawlspace in the area and the three friends fight their way to the area. However, Jared slowly transforms into a mutant and is forced to stay behind while Brian and Mary Beth make their way to the garage.

Brian and Mary Beth discover the nest has now become a nest for mutants, prompting the duo to search for the door to the crawlspace. Mary Beth uses a lighter to find the outline of the crawlspace door and breaks it free. However, Brian is the only one to make it safely as Mary Beth gets attacked and closes the door, sacrificing herself.

Now alone, Brian crawls his way through the narrow space but finds the exit also bolted shut. Hopeless and desperate, Brian forcefully kicks at the door as he hears mutants crawling their way over. Brian escapes but evades the secret government’s detection before collapsing in the woods.

Hours later, Brian wakes up to discover to his dismay that he was bitten by the mutants. Laughing hysterically and in vain, Brian staggers out of the woods, trying to stop a passing vehicle. He climbs in the back of the vehicle as the infection gradually takes over the young man, his fate unknown.

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