John Leslie Butchart

Lake of Fire: a Feature Screenplay John Leslie Butchart

The feature screenplay for the movie Lake of Fire from Highway 29 Motion Pictures. A Southern Gothic tale set in rural North Carolina. Dive into the twisted tale of Lucy Speckle and her father Ray, just out of prison for partnering in a horrible crime in a Southern town that's still waiting for a Walmart. Lucy tries to restart her life after taking someone else's, while Ray, a hard-drinking Primitive Baptist preacher, dreams of building his very own Jesus Putt-Putt. Lake of Fire puts a modern spin on the Southern Gothic genre, weaving together themes of family and friendship with a raw-boned look at fallen humanity, all those poor fools who "swim in hell's fires," as Ray says, and ignore the sweet salvation at their door.