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THE KISS
The Kiss movie is a psychological/horror thriller starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Caterina Murino.

Since 1988, Sean Patrick Flanery has appeared in over 53 films and television shows, including Dexter Season 8, Powder, Simply Irresistible, and D-Tox. He is best known for playing Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints and Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.

Caterina Murino got her start internationally as a Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig in Casino Royale. She then received the 2008 Golden Globe in Italy due to her stellar body of work in multiple movies and TV shows. In addition, Caterina does not shy away from difficult roles, having starred in Zen opposite Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist and The Legend of Zorro), in L’Enquête Corse with Jean Reno (Le Professional and The DaVinci Code), and in the European TV show Odysseus as Penelope.

The Kiss movie is scheduled to be filmed in 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona and will be released in early 2016. The Kiss is written and directed by Remi Vaughn and is produced by Three Horizons Productions, LLC.

TAGLINE
The dying art of perfection

LOGLINE
A troubled painter, on an obsessive quest for beauty and perfection, throws herself in the path of a killer who forces her into a gruesome alliance to create her masterpiece.

SYNOPSIS
The story is about two obsessed artists. One artist is an alchemist-painter, Camille, who is obsessed with restoring her sister’s scarred face back to its original beauty. She orchestrates an encounter with Kyle, a genius scientist and sculptor, who creates amazingly life-like sculptures. Believing Kyle is the one who will help her create that everlasting mask for her sister, she sets out to learn his artistic secret -- but the tables turn when she becomes his prisoner and discovers why his sculptures are so life-like.

STORY TRAITS
The Kiss has been compared to three distinct movies by producers, professional readers, and sales agents: Perfume (alchemy and science to create perfection), Silence of the Lambs (a serial killer's morbid quest for human beauty), and Black Swan (the obsession for artistic perfection). In addition, the blending of traditional artistic techniques (sculpting and painting) with hi-tech adds a unique sci-fi element to the traditional psychological and horror thriller. In The Kiss, the characters are damaged, obsessed, crossing the line between right and wrong… embarking on a journey that pulls them deeper and deeper into the dark side of the human psyche.

SCRIPT REVIEWS
“You have here a script that feels like Frankenstein mashed up with Perfume. It has that gothic feel… in which the darkness drives the story… with a strange yet real love story playing out in the background. Your voice as a writer is quite strong, and it gives us something fresh. You sound different, special, and a treat in a drab world of generic scripts. It definitely showcases your innate ability to create a mood and tone in a horror screenplay. It also shows the depth to which you can create characters and the world you wish for them to inhabit. I think you have something special here.” — “Script Coverage from Script Pipeline”

“A very compelling and provocative story…the writing is very skilled dealing with complex feelings, the characters and dialogue are excellent…the atmospheric elements are beautiful…a very gutsy story…Ms. Vaughn is not afraid to go the dark places of the human psyche…a story we haven’t seen before.” — Dara Marks (Top Hollywood Script Doctor)

“This was a very unique thriller with its own distinctive style. It combines art with horror retaining gruesome and frightening moments and images to appease fans of the genre while incorporating themes dealing with art, sex, and death. The tone of the piece reminded me very much of BLACK SWAN and PERFUME. You tell a good story with a very original method and style." — Professional Script Reader (Sundance Table-Read Contest)

“Your script has real market potential. The story is practically poetry in its visual storytelling. I can really see every character in this script and I almost never get a chance to say that. Your dialogue works extremely well. You do skate on the edge of being deliberately mysterious – a little like David Mamet. Your sense of visual action and visual storytelling is some of the best I’ve seen, ever.” — Howard Allen (Script Doctor/Screenplay Instructor)

SCRIPT AWARDS
The script awards received so far for The Kiss are:


 * 2014 CineStory Foundation – Quarter Finalist
 * 2014 Fresh Voices Screenplay Contest – Semi-Finalist
 * 2013 ISA Contest – Top finalist
 * 2013 StoryPros Contest – Top 4% Finalist
 * Script qualified for the 2012 Big Bear Lake Script and Film Festival

A short script version was submitted to contests to get initial feedback and received several awards:


 * 2010 American Gem Screenplay Competition – Horror Finalist
 * 2009 GIAA Festival Short Screenplay – Winner of the Best Horror Short Screenplay
 * 2009 European Film Festival – Short Screenplay Selection
 * 2009 Spooky Movie DC Film Festival – Top ten finalist

WEBSITES
The official movie website - https://www.thekiss-movie.com

Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/thekissbyremivaughn

Imdb pro page - https://pro-labs.imdb.com/title/tt3661482/

Three Horizons Productions website - http://www.threehorizonsproductions.com/