(Horror Film) Creative Film Project Synopsis

(Before You Snap)

Michael lives a seemingly normal life, he's a college student who has high hopes of becoming a successful businessman in the future. His parents are kind and generous, always wanting to help their son in whichever ways they can. However, when work starts to pile up and Michael falls behind on all his deadlines, something snaps inside of him. The overwhelming feeling has been kept inside for too long, and now it wants out.

 Using an old hockey mask he used to use when he was a child, he begins his murderous killing spree, killing anyone and everyone near him. His anger, his rage and his anxieties have all been waiting and building up to this very moment, the moment where he strikes. 

 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6mXuZGP0uI)

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