LOGLINE
An immortal werewolf desires to live a normal life and the only solution is to kill his inner beast to become a full human.
GENRE
Drama / Fantasy
MYTHS
Spin-off from Dracula
Werewolf as a myth itself
Pinocchio’s “wants to be a real boy”
SYNOPSIS
It is the year 1827. The story starts off in the dark forest where a monster hunter chases after Mr Lycanthrope, an intelligent and indifferent werewolf that can control his ability to transform. He is soon cornered and gets shot down by the crossbow. This gives him no choice to confront his chasers, transforming into the Beast and killing him, then feasting on him.
The story moves forward to the future in different eras – 1880s, 1920s, 2000s – where Mr Lycanthrope shapeshifts into different faces of his human form, hiding in the shadows and looking at humans in envy. Being the one and only species of his kind, he finds the humans interesting through their enjoyment of life, as well as companionship between couples. The humans could live together in peace and harmony. He desires for this life.
March 2015, Mr Lycanthrope is now seen trying to blend into the society without interacting with anyone – as it may affect his status quo. He sees a group of guys having a time of their life playing basketball in the park. With the build-up of his urges to interact with humans, he joins them and plays along, having the best time of his 300-years life. He got so immersed in the game and became very competitive, turning aggressive when he is blocked by the 3 huge guys. He pushed them and with his superhuman strength, they flew across the court. Shocked and guilty of his actions, he runs away.
Mr Lycanthrope thinks about his purpose in life; purpose in his existence. He is in an existential crisis and yearns for a solution to this dilemma. His finds his ability – a disease – a bane to his existence and decided that he should kill the Beast within. He researches for a cure, knowing that in this modern time and age, it is definitely possible. He goes through a series of self-experiments.
Mr Lycanthrope tried using wolfsbane, the poison known to humans that is used to kill wolfs and beast, but his body rejected it. He tried using the silver bullet, the element used to kill his cousins – the vampires – but his body only regenerated ever-so-quickly. He also finds an exorcist to perform exorcism, where his wolf spirit is called forth and was burnt in flames, but it was not affected. Seeing that there was an actual research on clinical lycanthropy, he tries neuroleptic drugs as well as but it was only a temporary solution, lasting only a few mins as his body regenerated fast enough to counter the medications.
Being the last resort, Mr Lycanthrope started his ultimate plan – of using the modern day technology and skills of the Researchers. Sure, this could be a double-edged sword where he could cure him or he could end up dead and dissected. When all preparations are complete, he kicks off his plan and goes on a rampage to let his presence be known. Sure enough, a research facility picked up on his existence and captured him to conduct intensive experiments. Weeks after weeks; month after months; experiments after experiments – a cure was imminent. While being a subject of research, he was also looking at the humans as a subject of his own research.
After a whole 11 months, the deed is finally done. Mr Lycanthrope, who knows the facility inside out, takes this opportunity to start his escape with his vaccine. Every corner, every access code and every personnel – he remembered to heart, and soon he successfully reaches the exit of the facility.
Just as the door opens, he sees an unknown pretty face with a beautiful figure in a lab coat. Threatened by her presence, he tries to escape and was successful. With all his emotions building up, he takes a last glance at her and leaves successfully. Mr Lycanthrope, now at his safehouse, with all determination to become human, shapeshifts into a new face before injecting himself with the vaccine. He faints.
Waking up hours later, Mr Lycanthrope is now still on his newest face, but his attempts to shapeshifts are useless. It worked, and Mr Lycanthrope is finally a complete human – free to live life. He immediately leaves his house.
Mr Lycanthrope is now at the research facility entrance waiting patiently, unknown to anyone, and it ends with him introducing himself to the pretty-faced lady, with time slowly ticking away, cherishing every moment he has as a human.