Logline

Three sisterwives escape the horrors of a fundamentalist cult, only to be hunted by a demonic force intent on dragging them home. 

Synopsis

Dressed in restrictive prairie dresses with floor length braids, sisterwives Esther, Beth, and Hannah flee the horrific abuses of a remote polygamous cult on the fringes of America. They're able to stay at the home of a former cult member, struggling to adapt to liberation and modern culture... until the boogeyman of the cult hunts them down.  Unspeakable punishments await if he catches them. The sisterwives must each overcome their past to protect their future - if they can.

Official Attachments

Emmy Nominee Shannon Purser (fan favorite Barb from Netflix's smash hit Stranger Things) as youngest sisterwife Hannah, and ongoing negotiations with recognizable name talent for the lead roles. 

Why Invest?

A horror film delivering on both scares and substance, The Teaching capitalizes on the cultural currency of cult fascination, trad wives, and ongoing investigations into Mormonism to make powerful statements about abuse and coercive control of women. And since horror audiences are die-hard fans, there is a guaranteed audience base for this smart, incisive horror film whose script made it to the final round of consideration for the prestigious Sundance labs.

Team

There’s an incredible team of industry professionals on this film, whose work has won Oscars and Golden Globes and premiered at the prestigious Venice, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto and SXSW film festivals.  Highlights from their collective work includes: producing the 2025 Oscar-winning movie The Brutalist starring Adrian Brody; starting Amazon’s Original Films studio and overseeing Cannes Silver Lion winner Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria, and developing and executive producing CBS’s Matlock starring Kathy Bates.