Synopsis

X Marks The Spot

A current year film set in a quiet town in Surrey opens with images of mind maps showing various girls faces pictured on a wall during the title sequence. The film then jumps to follow a hooded figure wearing a mask stalking a young female through a wooded area late at night. As screams are heard we see the killer crossing the latest target off his list. The picture that is crossed out reveals it was the girl being stalked.

The main family are then introduced into the film; Lisa, Martin and Henry. Shortly after they receive a phone call from the towns local detective saying parts of their daughters body have been found scattered in the woods, showing an x on her chest.  The camera shows a picture, of the girl who was just seen being killed, on the fire place of the family's house. The detective is introduced into the film whilst on the phone to the now distraught family, the mothers cries are heard through the phone and the detective hangs up abruptly.

The film continues to follow the detective at work as he tries to solve the murder. As his boss enters, a conversation takes place between the two men, they discuss the massacre of young females that has recently taken place in the town. Following this the detective calls Martin (the father) into the police station and informs him that he is considered a suspect of the series of murders. When the character arrives at the police station he is told this is because on the night of his daughters murder the last person she rang was him. Martin reacts outrageously to this and the detective unfairly sentences him to a night in jail.

A snippet of the hooded figure killing another victim in a brutal manner is then shown briefly, with the x prominently shown on the chest- similar images to this repeat throughout the film.

Towards the end of the film we see the hooded figure stalking another victim, the hooded character turns back to check for witnesses revealing the killer to be the detective! The killer/detective places his mask over his face and murders the young female brutally with a knife, engraving an x into the chest of the female. To end the film the detective/killer crosses off the most recent victim, showing a page full of crossed out faces.