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SNOWBOUND MALICE
By Alicia Ponds

GENRE: Horror
LOGLINE: It's about a demonic creature that seems revenge on those who do miss deeds during the year and he comes for them on Christmas day

SYNOPSIS:

Maximus is a cambion/ rougarou a creature that resembles a werewolf and a demonic demon from hell he has the ability to blend in with the winter snow making him deceptively adorable while hovering a sinister vendetta against those who stray from the path of virtue Maximus and bodies mischief and wrath driven by a relentless desire to enact Justice against the naughty birthing a faith and they never see coming. Maximus's unholy purpose is to serve as an avenger of Christmas for all the children who have made poor choices throughout the year he delights in the thrill of hunting down his Target doing so under the guise of teaching them a lesson his goal is not merely to frighten them he aims to instill a profound sense of terror that will deter any future misdeeds with his return each Christmas Eve he fulfills his sinister duty by sowing chaos twisted Fate to those who have forgotten the true Spirit of holidays Each year the legend of Maximus grows the stories of horrific encounters circulate among the townspeople however in the film we explore a pivotal year the moment a group of unruly teenagers decide to summon Maximus through a twisted ritual believing they could control him to prank their friends when Maximus arrives their plans spirals into a nightmare one by one the teens are hunted down in a series of gruesome events that reflect their personal sins betrayals greed envy and arrogance each climaxing with over the top visual horror Maximus's interactions are limited to those he stalks but his sinister presence is felt throughout the community the primary relationship explored is between Maximus , the teens and Mary a local shopkeeper who tells stories of the creature to warn the unwary , Mary embodies the voice of reason and attempts to get the teenagers to see the danger they are in as they face their final moments of terror remnants of friendship and unresolved conflicts among the teens emerge adding emotional deaths to the horrors of maximus's wrath Throughout this horrific encounter, the teens undergo a transformation driven by fear. Initially dismissive of the consequences of their actions, surviving members of the group must confront their own failures as the body count rises. Their harrowing ordeal forces them to reflect on their character and question their relationships and decisions. In the end, only a couple manage to escape, scarred but awakened to the true meaning of Christmas. They become reluctant advocates against misbehavior, haunted by the screams of their friends and the vision of Maximus lurking in the shadows. In a horrifying conclusion, even when they think they've escaped, Maximus's blue eyes glimmer in the darkness of a snowy night—an unending reminder that he will return next Christmas, lurking in the white, ready for his next act of retribution against the naughty. The cycle of fear and horror continues, leaving viewers questioning the fine line between morality and mischief, forever changed by the ghost of Christmas terror

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