The Healer

"The Healer is a mystic thriller about Dr Benjamin Jindal, a trauma surgeon and the mystic-mystery man, Nance. It’s an engaging read, maintaining an intrigue.

The concept of a ‘chosen’ mortal being manipulated by a mystic with unworldly powers, and with a secret, hidden agenda, works.

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"The Healer is a mystic thriller about Dr Benjamin Jindal, a trauma surgeon and the mystic-mystery man, Nance. It’s an engaging read, maintaining an intrigue.

The concept of a ‘chosen’ mortal being manipulated by a mystic with unworldly powers, and with a secret, hidden agenda, works. The screen play has a nonlinear structure, which serves the purpose. The plot elements, including the hospital setting, occult-mysticism also are put to good use.

Ben Jindal, the lead character, down on luck and skill with his profession of trauma care is orchestrated to meet the mystic Nance, who offers him unlimited powers, but with a catch revealed later. This catch of being forced to kill people named by Nance, in order to maintain the healing touch, sends Ben into a vortex of crime, but with a hope of curing his son Gregory afflicted with cancer. His character is interesting, active, and definitely has a good character arc, and audience can empathize with him..."

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"Nice story. Very creative. I think the ending really flowed well... Overall good job."

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"I enjoyed your script. When I chose something of yours to read, I always know it's going to be a good read.

The script starts out very detailed and catches your attention quickly. It felt like I was reading a shooting script of a produced movie. This is definitely not one of those scripts you can read through in an hour or so. It has a lot of detail and was obviously well researched.

Plot is very interesting and had its own uniqueness about it, although similar themes have been endeavored upon in other films.

Your characters were all well-crafted and meticulously described. I could easily visualize them all with your attention to detail.

Your dialogue was engaging and helped the story flow forward."

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BREFNI O'ROURKE is a New York based screenwriter actively marketing all of his materials for possible sale or option. He is the author of more than 50 original feature-length spec screenplays, primarily within the action, suspense-thriller, and horror genres. The "cinematic Brefniverse" includes: 

"The Awning", a supernatural thriller, was a quarterfinalist in the 2023 WeScreenplay Feature contests. It was named a finalist in the 2022 Story Pros International Screenplay Contest and has been awarded a Coverfly badge of - Top 6% of discoverable projects. In March of 2023 it made the Red List as the # 8 ranked thriller screenplay.  

"Wake", a psychological thriller, was recognized as a semifinalist in the 2022 Creative World Awards. It was recognized as a quarterfinalist in the Final Draft/Big Break Contest (top 10% of entries) and the American Zoetrope contest. It has been awarded a Coverfly badge of being among the top 22% of discoverable projects.  

"Descendancy", an action-thriller, was recognized as a Quarterfinalist in the Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2022 and has been awarded a Coverfly badge of - Top 18% of discoverable projects.  

"Moving Day", a supernatural thriller, was recognized as a quarterfinalist in the 2015 Final Draft/Big Break Contest.  It has been awarded a Coverfly badge of being among the top 34% of discoverable projects. 

"Panopticon", an action-thriller, was selected as a "Notable Project" by Amazon Studios (one of only 50 projects recognized as such).   

"God's Work", a supernatural action thriller was optioned by The Ferla Consulting Group.  

"Threshold", a horror-thriller (cowritten with Elizabeth Rowin and Greg DeRochie) was optioned by Contribution Films. (http://www.contributionfilms.com/threshold.html). 

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