in the Blood

In the Blood is the screenplay for an edge-of-your-seat thriller whose fast moving plot rapidly weaves a tight web of blackmail incest sexual jealousy and revenge. A deadly curse hangs over the heads of three generations of a southern California family whose youngest member an eleven-year-old girl finds herself in terrible danger. The film's heroine is a young police officer who is desperately trying to find the girl's mother. But a conspiracy driven by greed lust and shame is equally determined that the truth should remain hidden. The missing woman was no angel and there are plenty of suspects to choose from including an estranged husband an angry ex-lover her detestable father her mysterious brother and a jealous rival. Can the abandoned child be protected from the predators lurking in the shadows or is history destined to repeat itself? The film's dramatic tension builds steadily until it is resolved in a shocking denouement which though violent and tragic leaves some room for hope.