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Ten Mile Inn

By Robert C. Powers                                                     Genre: Modern Western Horror                         86 pages

Logline:  A close encounter of the ghostly kind.  A family renovates an old western inn and is warned by a bloody spirit of impending danger; some supernatural help may be needed. (Coverage: Recommend.  Classic horror structure and elements, with a much deeper meaning and thematic power to it than most scripts in the genre)

Synopsis:  Early 1920’s amidst the mountains of Wyoming, the Hill Family finds a place to stay in a failed, old inn built on disputed Arapaho land. COCHETA (32) and SKYE (13) are left behind as their husband/father, SAM HILL (36) goes on a hunt with his friends, the Arapaho Indians.

RATTLE (30’s) and his brother STONEY (30’s), rob a bank and are on the run when a storm forces them to stop at the old inn.  Rattle tries to force himself on Cocheta. Her son, Skye defends her but takes a beating. While the crooks sleep, Skye steals their money and hides it as insurance against Rattle’s further threats. In the morning, Rattle kills Cocheta and Skye when Skye refuses to tell him where the money is. Sam returns, finds his family murdered ad is shot by Rattle.

Several months later. RODEO OWNER JACK KETCHUM (50) has bought the place and plans to develop it as a resort. He hires BILLY (35), a handsome, former cowboy rodeo performer as caretaker. He tells Billy he has six months to fix the place up.  He promises Billy a piece of land when the job is done.  Billy wants to make something of himself, tired of just riding and shooting for a living.  He takes his wife HONEY (30), half Arapaho Indian, and daughter CARMA (13) to the inn.  Here, they meet WHITE OWL (80), an Arapaho Indian, who is not pleased to be relieved of his job as caretaker.

Carma is recognized to be a “ghost walker”: one who has seen spirits in the past, though Billy and Honey don’t believe her. When Carma’s has an encounter, the spirit of Skye and slowly learns about Rattle’s murderous rampage. Carma relays all she’s learned to her parents, and this time something’s changed; they can feel it too and are now on guard.  A strange relationship develops between Carma and Skye, a love that will never happen.

As sure as the sun sets, Rattle and Stoney show up. They discover that Carma knows where Skye hid the money and now this fractured family must unite against the enemy, but they may need some supernatural help.

Locations:  1) An abandoned inn, barn, stables. 2) A roadside gas station 3) A log cabin 4) Forest.

Characters: Two Main, Two Secondary, Seven Supporting

Coverage:  RECOMMEND: “This screenplay has a classic horror structure, with a much deeper meaning and thematic power than most scripts in the genre. It takes the western genre and gives it fresh life. There's a classic pattern to the story like THE SHINING; we know there's something wrong with the place where the family goes but they ignore the warnings.” (Screenplay Readers, a professional coverage company).

Tag Line: “The Shining” meets “Pale Rider”.                            

Written by two-time optioned writer Robert C. Powers, Ten Mile Inn coverage reflects a solid RECOMMEND.  The coverage is available for review.

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