Feature Screenplay • Psychological Crime Thriller

FivePerfect Faces

One face to gain trust. One face to take a life. One face to hide behind.

A special-effects artist turns his talent for creating perfect human faces into the ultimate weapon — murder, disguise and revenge.

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The Hook

What if the killer could become anyone?

Paul Fry is a mild-mannered special-effects artist with an extraordinary talent: creating hyper-realistic human masks. Behind his ordinary exterior, he is preparing a carefully constructed campaign of revenge.

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“Steal a face. Kill a victim. Make someone innocent pay.”
The Complete 116-Page Screenplay

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When Sister Mary McIntyre is murdered, detectives Saul and Haddad find what appears to be a convincing case against Father William O’Shea. But the evidence has been manufactured. The killer has been watching, collecting hair and photographs, studying routines — and preparing a face that can fool the people who know his target best.

Why This Film

A thriller with a built-in visual identity.

A Killer's Craft

Paul's profession isn't background detail. His ability to manufacture convincing human faces is the engine of the crimes.

The Investigation

Detectives Saul and Haddad follow evidence that seems airtight — while the audience gradually sees how expertly it has been manipulated.

Personal Revenge

Paul's violence grows from childhood trauma and a private grievance that has hardened into a methodical obsession.

The World

Perfect faces.
Imperfect motives.

The story moves between the police investigation, Paul's hidden workshop, his professional world of special-effects artistry, and fragments of the past that reveal the source of his rage.

Key Elements
  • Psychological crime thriller
  • Serial-killer mystery
  • Identity and deception
  • Special-effects artistry as a murder tool
  • Detective investigation with an evolving conspiracy
  • A visually distinctive central villain
Five Perfect Faces

Everyone has a face they trust.

G Michael Smith — Writer

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