The Devil Plays Bingo
TAGLINE: “Love is hell. And then you die.”
GENRE: Horror / Comedy
LENGTH: 116 Pages
LOGLINE: A Las Vegas high-roller lands in Hell for having an affair with a devil’s wife—then takes a head-spinning journey back to Earth to make up with his pregnant girlfriend.
SETTINGS: Hell and Earth.
COVERAGE COMMENTS:
“Glorious.” “Superb.” “Compelling story with strong characters.” Great lines.” “Very well developed.”
THREE KINDS OF DEVILS: 1.) Like destruction; 2.) Like pleasure; 3.) Never should’ve landed in Hell.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A casino in Hell is rigged. Devils bet on cars about to crash back on Earth. But when a newly fallen soul realizes he was killed in one of those crashes, he sets off on a head-spinning journey back to Earth to find the double-talking devil who made it happen—and keeping him from harming his pregnant girlfriend.
SUMMARY:
The story is about a high-roller from Las Vegas who lands in hell after he crashes his Ferrari. Fortunately, the place in Hell where he lands resembles Las Vegas. He’s surprised, but happy.
He wonders into The Bingo Room, which is a specialty storefront betting parlor, where Devils bet on how many bodies will die in car crashes back on Earth.
Supposedly, the devils watch the car crashes on a live feed from Earth.
The trouble is, the feed from Earth is not live – – it’s a video.
The high-roller sees himself on the screen. He’s fighting with his pregnant girlfriend. It’s his last moments on Earth before his Ferrari blows up -- and he realizes the betting parlor is rigged. His car crash, death and subsequent fall from grace were diabolically planned.
After fighting with the devil who made the crash happen, he sets off on a head-spinning journey back to Earth to track him down – and protect his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn baby from harm.
The reason why the devil caused the crash was because the high-roller had an affair with his wife. But he didn’t know she was a devil herself – or that she was married to a devil. He only finds that out when he lands in hell and sees a video of his last moments on earth.
Stakes:
The protagonist must save his pregnant girlfriend from the devil who caused the car crash.
Twist:
He must travel back to Earth to find her.
Irony:
If he stays too long in Hell, he’ll grow a tail and be a devil for all eternity.