I AM NOT A WEIRDO
A thriller by
Thomas Holler
That moment in a
relationship where the one you love starts to show signs of violent
dementia.
Synopsis:
Douglas and Abigail are a
young couple starting their life together, Douglas has agreed to move
into Abigail's beautiful, ancestral home in the country. Helping them
move on their happy day are Douglas' best friend Grant, Abby's favorite co-worker Bryce and her father Richard who's never liked
Douglas. Douglas is big and sarcastic and not afraid to speak his
mind, Abby is cute and quirky. All things considered, they're a great
match. For the first few weeks things couldn't be better but then one
morning Abigail finds a note on the counter, it's a collection of
violent ramblings, it scares her. Over the coming days she finds
other creepy things that make her question Douglas but in his typical
Douglas way he convinces Abby there are logical explanations for
everything. Both of them badly want this relationship to work, they
decide not to dwell on these little mysteries anymore. To ease her
tension Douglas takes his woman for a romantic dinner on the pier and
they fall in love all over again.
The next morning it all
comes to an end. Waking up alone, Douglas heads out to the hall to
find Abigail standing outside of her guestroom with a horrified
expression on her face. She's screaming at him, accusing him of doing
something disgusting. He has no idea what she's talking about. When
Douglas sees what's inside the guestroom his face goes white.
Demented writing covers the walls. Abigail's dolls which once
decorated the room have been mutilated and twisted into violent
sexual positions. It's dark. Abigail is scared of Douglas, Douglas
thinks Abigail lost her mind. They fight, Abigail throws him out.
Douglas races to Grant's
house, with his help they plan on trying to convince her to see a
doctor. They never get the chance, as soon as they turn onto the
lonely road leading to her house their car is hit from behind and
spun out. When they awake they're met with Richard's shotgun and an
ultimatum. Leave or be killed. Douglas leaves, but not without a
fight. The next morning Douglas is arrested when he attempts to get
to Abby, he's told that during the night someone tried to kill her in
her sleep and he's the main suspect. Without evidence, he's
eventually released. Broken and at the end of his rope Douglas still
can't seem to let Abby go, in a effort to watch over her he takes to
stalking her. Meanwhile Abigail is trying to get over Douglas with
the help of her father and Bryce, they're the only ones who make her
feel safe with her psycho ex-boyfriend on the loose.
One night while he's
watching her house Douglas sees a mysterious figure sneaking in
through Abigail's side window. Douglas follows the figure inside the
house and chases it away but is caught by Abby and arrested on the
spot. Douglas, now sure that Abby isn't crazy; turns his suspicions
towards Bryce, who's been getting cozy with Abigail. Douglas soon
confronts Bryce, accusing him of destroying everything he had and
taking Abby from him. Bryce responds by pulling a gun on Douglas and
telling him to stay away from Abigail. Later that night Douglas finds
Bryce bleeding to death from a stab wound on Abigail's porch. Douglas
races Bryce to the hospital and saves his life, there Bryce tells him
that there's someone inside the house.
In the final act Douglas
races back to Abigail's house to warn her about the stranger in the
basement but as soon as Abby sees Douglas she slams the door and
locks herself inside with the attacker. Meanwhile Douglas tries
frantically to break down the door until he's spotted by Richard and
his shotgun who thinks he's there to kill Abigail. Douglas has to
battle his way through Richard to save Abigail who's also fighting
for her life inside the house against a rabid, basement dwelling
psychopath.
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