I came up with this idea a while ago, that all those little aches and pains that just seem to persist are in fact the spiteful work of little elemental sprites. They are unfortunately (fortunately?) beyond the spectrum of our vision so despite numerous visits to doctors and specialists no one can help us.

Thing is, they don't have to be invisible. A relatively unutilised part of the brain, when activated, allows us to see these tormentors. There are witchdoctors and faith healers - not all of them are charlatans - that are able to see these demons and in some cases exorcise them. There are others who are able to see these sprites that are sent mad by the torment and specter of these beings beyond their comprehension.

I'm going with this story as:

1. The horror genre has gained a certain popularity at the moment
2. Supernatural has come back into vogue (The TV show of the same name for instance)
3. The horror genre is forgiven its low budgets and dodgy special effects more than any other style.
4. Computer graphics are now up to creating these sprites in an effective manner
5. For the four reasons above horror is popular with the indie crowd.
   

Seems logical to me.

So then,

The protagonist will be ANNETTA ROSEN - a psychiatric doctor who is taking a new job at an asylum. She is thrilled with the new appointment as being doctor in charge at such a young age is a rarity. Poor girl. She is in for a hell of a scary ride.

I'm thinking that the exclusion of her family and friends from the film will help with the sense of isolation that she and the audience will feel. I might change this if the evolving plot requires.

The primary antagonist will be FRIEDRICK KERCHNER - a charismatic patient who we later find out was the previous doctor in charge. After years of studying these patients whose persistent delusions just showed too many similarities, he became obsessed with seeing these for himself. He can now see these sprites after assisting an operation on himself to re-establish an unused junction between the Occipital Lobe (responsible for visual processing) and the Temporal Lobe (responsible for memory and perception).

Additional characters:

• ABOUDJA - A Haitian Priest who becomes Annetta's savior. Will he be a patient? Nurse? External? There is even potential that he is the love interest.
• Frederick's henchmen (patients he has following him). These are all affected by sprites. When we first meet these characters their ailments appear bizarre. Once we see the sprites it all becomes pretty clear why they act so strangely.

Others will come as the plot develops I suppose.

Any feedback hugely appreciated through this whole process. I'll have to get the wide world to come visit of course.

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