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This award-winning screen play is gathering some big wins on the independent film festival circuit, proving once again the global appeal of the gothic literary giants and the centre of our story. Beautiful Monsters promises an intriguing period twist, with a present day edge, a blend of art house beauty with dark brooding eroticism and jump in the seat horror. In present day New York, three young American classical English Literature students, each blessed of a striking beauty discuss the merits of European Gothic against that of American counterparts. To settle the argument, they visit and old east village book store to find one perfect sentence of such astounding excellence to settle the debate for good. However, this is no ordinary book shop, for it is a place of evil enchantments and dark magic. Imagine a world where three of the most influential authors of Gothic fiction the world has ever known, Bram Stoker (Dracula), Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) and Robert Louis Stevenson (Jekyll and Hyde), finally face the creatures they created. Imagine again if you were trapped in these books and became these authors. Cast includes Linda Clark, Steven Arnold, Wendy Laurence James, Olivia Charlotte Cole, Ray Calleja, Edwina lea, Alan Cammish with more cast to be announced.