LOGLINE: In the middle of nowhere, a young woman awakens after a mysterious assault. She travels to a nearby church for refuge only to be inexplicably wooed by a dark figure in this Gothic retelling of the spiritual odyssey, The Dark Night of The Soul by St. John of the Cross. SYNOPSIS: A young, injured woman awakens in the middle of the remote woods to find drag marks gouged into the ground, leading directly to where she lays. She runs in search of refuge only to be confronted with a mysterious, seemingly vacant church nestled at the edge of a gorgeous reservoir. Upon entering the church, she find a dusty gramophone, but despite her best efforts, can't get it to play. A dark figure manifests in a far corner of the church; a blackened, silent, faceless creature with talons who moves with such grace it's as if it exists outside of time. The young woman approaches the dark figure and it courts her, taking her hand and caressing her body, until the gramophone miraculously begins playing on it's own. The young woman dances, maddeningly and free. When the record ends, the dark figure vanishes, leaving the young woman desperate for its return. She runs out of the church and back towards the woods where she happens upon a grave. A wooden crucifix serves as its headstone. She digs into the freshly disturbed dirt to uncover a little wooden box. Opening it, she finds a burnt note... a message. The dark figure's nigh, watching her read the note from the treeline before turning and walking directly into the camera ~ it has successfully guided the young woman through her dark night of the soul.