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Film Title: The Heartbreak Killer
Genre: Thriller / Suspense
Budget: $4.0 Million USD
Storyline
After a six-year-old boy witnesses his mom’s bloody murder, he becomes a detective to catch the serial killer responsible—now, if only he could overcome his fear of blood to investigate the killer’s latest victims.
The story takes place in the mini-mansions of Louisville’s East End. When he was six, Calhoun Carter witnessed his mother’s murder -- the final killing by the Heartbreak Killer. He vowed that someday he would avenge her death, becoming a homicide detective. However, he was unable to find new evidence on the case until the killer twenty-five years later. New clues. New evidence. But there are two problems. The night of his mother’s murder, Calhoun developed a severe case of hemophobia that hinders his investigation, and the killer’s targets are his girlfriend’s acquaintances.
Synopsis
CALHOUN CARTER ARLINGTON is now the head detective for the Louisville Homicide Squad. But when he was only six years old, he witnessed his mother’s brutal murder by the Heartbreak Killer. The traumatic event left him with a fear of blood and the desire to avenge his mother’s death. A junior detective on his mother’s case, BOBCAT ARLINGTON, promised he would find Calhoun’s mother’s killer. He didn’t.
Twenty-five years later, the case is cold, and Calhoun’s hemophobia hinders his homicide work. Therefore, he decides to transfer to SWAT with the blessing of the Chief of Police, his adoptive father -- Bobcat. Just as the paperwork is signed, the Heartbreak Killer strikes again. Calhoun stays with homicide.
The evidence again points to members of the family who were suspects twenty-five years ago. WILLIAM “DADDY” DARLING’s wife was the first victim. Now, the latest victim was a guest in his house the night before, attending a birthday party for his daughter, DARA DARLING. To further implicate the Darlings, Dara was the target of cruel insults by the victim. But Calhoun is torn. While he loathes Daddy Darling and believes he is the killer, Calhoun still has romantic feelings for Dara from high school.
Calhoun is relieved when Dara is cleared of one of the murders. She was with him. After Daddy Darling is cleared, only one suspect remains -- Nancy Boucher, the sister of Daddy Darling’s murdered wife. But women are not serial killers, and they do not kill their sisters. Or so Calhoun has always been told.
But Nancy was jealous of her sister marrying the rich, handsome William Darling. So she killed her sister and all her sister’s friends. Now, she is on a different murderous campaign. The teen everyone else believes is Dara’s daughter, MARYANNE “LITTLE” DARLING, is really the daughter of Nancy and William. And No One insults Nancy’s niece or daughter and gets away with it.
But Nancy is clever. Once she is a suspect, she plants a body that matches her description in her house, burns it to the ground, and makes her escape. The case goes cold.
Calhoun is not giving up. He plots a sneaky plan to flush out the killer. He dangles Nancy’s next likely target at a secluded Kentucky Lake cabin. She falls for the trap, makes her appearance, but is able to slip away when she drives a knife into Calhoun’s hand.
Nancy continues to stay one step ahead of Calhoun, splattering blood wherever she goes, until they meet in one final battle in the woods. Calhoun defeats Nancy and returns to homicide, free of hemophobia. Only one last question remains. Who helped Nancy plan and execute her crimes?