Scarred from the twisted abuse by her beauty obsessed mother, a teenage girl in rural Texas escapes her basement prison propelling a bloody rampage that threatens the lives of all those unlucky enough to cross her path.
SCISSOR MOUTH is a female-driven gothic fairy tale set in rural Texas in the mid-eighties. For years mutilated teenager Elizabeth Horn has been a prisoner in her own home, locked in the basement and hidden away from the world to hide the truth of her mother’s crimes. Her scarred face has more in common with the Predator’s war cry than The Joker’s smile. With arrested development, anger issues, and no impulse control, she spends her days watching old romantic VHS movies and dreaming of escaping to find love in an ugly world. Meanwhile, just above the basement, Elizabeth’s mother and jailer, Angela Horn, goes about her daily life as a hairdresser, running her home hair salon out of their decaying gothic house on the outskirts of a dying town. Obsessed with beauty, she’s losing a grip on hers as she ages. In a fit of unhinged rage while punishing Elizabeth for making too much noise, Angela slips on a bar of soap and dies instantly when she’s impaled to the wall by a coat hook to the back of her neck. This is Elizabeth's chance to escape… but the moment she gets to the front door so does her mother’s next client. Vapid beauty queen, Darlene Baker, is here for her 2:30. Thinking quickly Elizabeth puts on a face mask to hide her scars and pretends to be an assistant as she seats Darlene in the salon chair. Darlene’s unexpected arrival starts a domino effect of bloody consequences which don’t end well for Darlene. The beauty queen’s fiancé, Police Deputy Wayne Dixon, not the smartest cop in Texas but he sure does love his gal, returns to the house to pick up his boo, only to walk into a crime scene of epic proportions. In the second act climax, Elizabeth gets the better of the Deputy and locks him in the basement as the house catches fire. She flees the scene and escapes to their nearest neighbor - a pig farm. It's there that she meets the farmer's son, a handsome innocent blind boy, Charlie. He looks just like one of the leads from the old romantic movies she used to watch trapped in the basement. It’s love at first sight but the pair are interrupted by the Deputy in hot pursuit. Charlie protects Elizabeth from the deputy and the story ends with a spectacular blood wedding between the pair as her home burns in the distance.
Producer - Patrick Wirtz
Co-Producer - Marcus J McGill
Casting Director - Kimberly Skyrme CSA
