The Death Sentence
by Matt Moeller
"When hard-bitten TV reporter Jessica Chen goes undercover on a Hollywood cult that promises fans a “death sentence” — the exact last words you’ll hear before you die — she uncovers staged rituals, celebrity complicity, and a streaming spectacle that turns certainty into carnage, forcing her to choose between exposing the truth or becoming the next headline."
Told entirely through jittery livestreams, security cams, and reclaimed media, The Death Sentence follows hard-nosed reporter Jessica Chen, her loyal producer Miguel, and a slippery crew of influencers as they unmask Las Palabras — a glitzy Hollywood cult led by charismatic actor Doug Jones that sells “certainty” by prescribing chillingly specific death prophecies. As interviews turn fatal and reality-TV spectacle collides with ritual blood rites, Jessica must decide whether the cult’s power is a sinister con or something far more supernatural, even as her career, sanity, and relationships disintegrate under the glare of viral attention. Part found-footage horror, part satirical media takedown, the script is a darkly funny, hallucinatory ride through fame, fanaticism, and the dangerous hunger for certainty in an uncertain world.
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Comparables
Late Night with the Devil, Network, Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, Spinal Tap
Meet the creator
Matt Moeller
(John Matthew Moeller)JUST A BIG OL' NERD
Matt Moeller has aspired to be a writer, director, and funnyman since living in Orlando, Florida in 2004 which is basically the cretaceous period at this point. He’s written a book about improv comedy, hosted a live show where he got romantically dumped on stage 20 times in one night, made a ton of little fun videos for channel101 and YouTube, and now he’s full port into writing and directing horror shorts. This is the first you’ve heard of him and you’re unimpressed, but somewhat tickled at his self deprecation and meta humor. Wait, he’s standing right behind you right now, isn’t he?
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