I’m Inky, an indpementant investigativeb jouaralist.
Title: Inky’s Mystery Files
Logline: The seemingly innocuous often hides the most bizarre.
Genre: Scfi-Horror, comedy drama, action.
Tone: Dark, gritty.
Format: Short film episodes/30min TV. Drama.
Premise: What if X-Files and Scooby-Do landed in a small sea side town in the 1990’s.
Dramatic Question: What if poking your nose into innocent events revealed more than you bargained for?
Controlling Idea: Curiosity killed the cat and Inky can’t help but dig.
Synopsis: Following the declassified case history of Inky, an investigative journalist who was booted from the local newspaper for their wild claims of unsubstantiated reports of ghosts and other phenomenon, embarks on a self funded newsletter where they can indulge in these alleged events.
Their work attracts the attention of a shadowy government agency and Inky receives funding from them with the instruction to report on unusual events missed by the public.
EP1 – Earthlings Are Tasty – an alien slug threatens the town.
EP2 – The Night Riders – A gang of bandits are hijacking cars on horse back. Are they cosplaying highwaymen or something else?
More episodes in development.
World Of The Show: A world where aliens and the supernatural have a tangible presence.
Setting Of The Show: Sleeply 90’s small town on the SE Kent coast. Quite normal on the surface with daily lives. Under current of tension and dislike of strangers poking around.
Contact: Kevin Groves, kgroves@batteredhatproductions.uk, 07900 230783, @kevingroveshok