I am the writer producer and director of an imminent DV feature called 'The Children of Baal'. It is small but well written supernatural thriller that will be exhibited at the European Film Market in Berlin in February. We are due to shoot within the next two to three weeks and the film is almost entirely crewed and cast - except for the lead role which is giving us problems. We are down to a short-list of three actresses but with no clear contender to decide on. The role is gift for any actress up for an intense psychological and physical challenge and is principally why we have spent so much time deliberating. You need to be available immediately i.e within the next few days or so and be able to shoot between 25-Oct/Nov3 with odd weekends in late November or December for pick-ups. If you are interest please direct us to a headshot and showreel asap. This a deferred payment role with the possibility of profit share. Breakdown: Five years after abandoning her twin sister Mary to a Satanic Cult they were both deeply involved in Hannah Vaughn had given up all hope of ever seeing her alive again. Then one night, out of the blue Hannah receives a phone call. After a long tortuous pause Mary herself answers; in a state of distress she reveals that she has finally escaped from the cult and she begs Hannah to meet her at a childhood haunt. Both shocked and elated by the news Hannah and a handful of close family and friends set out to find Mary and bring her home. On arriving at a remote location called Ferns Wood the group wait in vain for Mary to show and against Hannah’s wishes decide to turn back. However as they are driving back through the forest Hannah sees what she thinks is Mary standing by the side of a dirt track. Screaming at her husband to stop, the party attempt to return to the scene of the sighting, but once again Mary has vanished. Believing her sister to have entered the wood Hannah urges the group to mount an immediate search, which once more proves to be futile. Soon convinced that Hannah is the victim of a cruel hoax the group eventually decide to return to their cars and make for home. However a shocking discovery awaits them when they find one of their number horribly mutilated at the steering wheel of one of the cars. With the victim still barely alive and their cars mysteriously disabled Hannah’s husband decides to go for help while the others remain behind. When help fails to arrive in time, the group decide to make for safety on their own, but a series of bizarre and sinister events begins to lead them astray. One by one, the members of the party are brutally despatched by an unseen presence until Hannah herself is left alone. Suddenly confronted with a terrifying legacy from her past Hannah struggles to comprehend a very real and very present danger. Is Mary herself now a murderous instrument of so called ‘Children of Baal’? Have the cult returned to claim her as their own as they said they would? Or is something more supernatural and terrifying at work? Finally escaping back onto to the streets of London Hannah makes a frantic and desperate bid to return home. Nevertheless, she is caught in terrifying vortex of shadows and happenings that lead to her coming face to face with her tormentors, culminating in a disturbing and shocking revelation. Patrick Astwood 2006