The Drownsman Page #4

Synopsis: After almost drowning in a lake, Madison finds herself bound to a life of fear. Unable to describe what happened to her during the moments she was underwater, she begins to develop hydrophobia: an abnormal fear of water. Crippled by her post trauma, Madison attempts to shut out the world but her fear intensifies and she is faced with the vision of a dark figure that haunts her day and night. After watching her struggle for one year with the phobia and visions, Madison's four friends attempt an unconventional intervention in which they accidentally open a floodgate to a dark place where none of them are safe. As Madison and her friends dive deeper into the dark history of this figure that haunts them, it reaches out and begins dragging them to a horrifying place that they can never come back from.
Director(s): Chad Archibald
Production: Black Fawn Films
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IMDB:
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NOT RATED
Year:
2014
88 min
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- Hannah, please.

- Sorry, I'm done.

I'm a fly on the wall.

Fly on the wall.

Who is it?

Hey, it's, um...

it's Madison.

We spoke on the phone earlier.

Come in and close the door.

So what are you two young ladies

doing in my house today?

Um, I wanted to ask you

about the Drownsman.

Of course you do.

What can you tell me about him?

Nothing.

I've wasted too many years

discussing that topic.

Please, sir, um...

I'm seeing this man.

How are you seeing him?

In visions.

Okay, out. Get out.

Time to go.

Sir... sir, please.

It's getting worse,

and I don't know how to stop it.

Forget about it.

Don't let it do to you

what it did to me.

Come on, Maddie, let's go.

No.

Please.

I'm sorry for what happened.

He killed your daughter.

He killed other girls, too.

What stopped him?

Isabelle.

She was to be

one of his victims.

But she drowned him.

Drowned him in the same place

that he drowned

the other women.

Where is she now?

You don't want to speak to her.

Please, sir, I think we would.

Soon after she killed him,

she said she also had visions.

How did she stop them?

She didn't stop them.

She burned down her house,

she burned the neighbor's

house down.

She killed the man

who killed my daughter.

Sir?

Three, four times a day

he would take me to the basin.

I struggled until I realized

he wasn't trying to drown me.

It's not until

your last breath is taken

can you cross over.

These are all the answers

I could find.

Did the police

ever find his body?

Just bones. All female.

Take these memories.

I don't need 'em anymore.

Hey, how's our

crazy little friend?

Um, yeah, she's okay.

When I got up this morning,

I went downstairs

and I poked my head

into her room.

She looks like

she's losing her mind.

Look, when are you coming home?

I'm just finishing up here, why?

Just get home, okay?

We need to talk.

Yeah, okay, sure.

Oh, Jesus.

You okay?

So they're

ramblings of a madman.

Okay, like, "Last night,

I spent the evening

trying to drown myself

in the bathtub

in hopes he would take me."

This guy's a nut.

Okay, sorry.

Got it.

- It's just, why would...

- Just please keep looking.

Okay.

Okay, so a number of women

go missing over the years

and then all of a sudden,

one of them shows up...

Saying that she's killed him,

escaped,

but the police can't find a

body.

Well, the woman sounds crazy.

Why would they believe her?

They didn't.

Oh, sh*t.

What?

Sh*t!

Hello?

What's that?

"The only records

I've been able to find

on Sebastian Donner

are about his birth.

On July 30th, 1954,

Louise Donner passed away

giving birth

to an 18-pound baby.

She had been pregnant with him

for over 19 months.

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Chad Archibald

Chad Archibald is a Canadian film, television and music video producer and director. more…

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