“TWISTED ROOT”

GENRE: Family Drama, Psychological Thriller, & Folk Horror

A troubled young woman learns she may be the illegitimate daughter of a notorious cult leader on death row, and he’s bequeathing the commune to her.

Written by Hannah May Cumming

(90 pages)

COMPS: Rosemary’s Baby, The Wicker Man, Sharp Objects, My Own Private Idaho, Hereditary, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Bones and All
THEMES: Nature vs. nurture, bodily autonomy, reproductive rights, familial trauma, critique of organized religion, faith, patriarchy, addiction, abandonment