Deo Vindici

Deo Vindici is a feature-length horror screenplay.REBUL, a psychotic ex-Army chaplain, returns home shortly after his grandfather is murdered under mysterious circumstances. He hooks up with a casino gal SHILOH to remodel grampa's old place, situated on Cemetery Ridge. The house is haunted by Confederate General EARL VAN DORN, who successfully defended Vicksburg from a sneak attack on Christmas Eve 1862.A few days later, Van Dorn was murdered by Rebul's great-grandfather after the general seduced his wife. Shiloh tells Rebul she's a banshee sent to bring his sorry ass down to hell, but he doesn't believe her.He struggles against her dangerous (often seductive) advances, his psychotic hallucinations, his conscience, and the townspeople, who have vilified his family for 150 years for assassinating the Hero of Vicksburg. Inspired by actual events, past and present, from the writer's life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: US Naval Academy alumni, licensed Professional Engineer, Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering, close to a Ph.D. in mathematical physics (work in progress), published two textbooks with McGraw-Hill on energy conservation and electrical design.