It is Ireland, 1816. Twenty year old John Melmoth visits his uncle's death bed in the Wicklow Mountains. He learns of his ancestor, Melmoth the Wanderer, who has roamed the earth for 200 years as part of a pact he made with the Devil. If the Wanderer can find someone to take over his infernal contract before his time is up, he will be released from its awful consequences. Otherwise he is damned for all eternity. An ancient manuscript reveals how the Wanderer tormented an Englishman called Stanton in an attempt to persuade him to exchange their fates. Further stories concerning the Wanderer are uncovered by John and his pregnant wife, Elizabeth. With time running out, the Wanderer has returned home to die. Upon discovering that John has fatal consumption and dreads his unborn child growing up fatherless, the Wanderer realises he might yet be saved.
Based on the classic gothic novel of the same name written in 1820 in Ireland by Charles Maturin, the great uncle of Oscar Wilde.
STATUS - This feature film project is in development with screenwriter Patrick WHITTAKER.
SIMILAR FILMS - "The Others", "Sleepy Hollow", "Dracula" (the Hammer version), "Interview with the Vampire", "Nosferatu" (the remake).
TAG LINE - For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? |
