DANGEROUS CURVES
Bill Durand had finally reached easy street. He had a beautiful wife named Karen, two new cars, and a successful business as an architect.
But then Bill's life took a wrong turn. He finds out Karen is sleeping around, he gets fired from his job, and a violent argument with Karen ends in her accidental death. And, though Bill didn't kill her, who would believe his innocence under the circumstances?
But bad news turns to good: While transporting Karen's body to the sleazy motel where she meets her lover, his car goes out of control on a dangerous curve and crashes. When Bill wakes up in the hospital, the Doctor gives him the bad news: "Your wife was killed in the car accident".
Bill is off the hook.
His life goes back to normal. He gets his job back, meets a beautiful nurse named Shelly, and falls in love. Even the suspicious policeman, Morgan, doesn't bother him.
But Bill's plans for a new life are shattered when his dead wife returns from the grave, demanding that he pay for what he's done to her.
Trapped in a paranoid nightmare, Bill struggles to maintain his relationship with Shelly, his sanity on the job, and his cool around Morgan...
While Dead Karen haunts his nights.
But has Karen really returned from the grave? Or is it part of a plot to bilk Bill of his life's savings? A plot hatched by Karen's business partner? Her lover? Bill's best friend? Morgan the Policeman? or Karen herself?
"DANGEROUS CURVES" is a dark, twisted thriller in the tradition of Hitchcock, "Shattered", "Blood Simple" and the novels of Cornell Woolrich.
"DANGEROUS CURVES" a screenplay by William C. Martell
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