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SELLING UP

 SELLING UP {3M:3F} – A HAUNTING TALE (50 mins) - See Review


Stephen and Evie are preparing to move out of their basement flat on dockland and emigrate to Australia. The relationship is not a good one. Something's gone wrong around their borrowing money to have a baby. But it's the effect the flat has been having on Evie that has taken the marriage to breaking point. Evie, spurred on by her mystic mother, is convinced the flat hosts paranormal activity to do with the port’s slave trading history. And today her mother’s back, announcing that the presences are getting stronger - "something's started channelling them". Stephen's father, mother and brother are also helping with the move; something Evie doesn't find particularly helpful as Stephen's father has Alzheimer's. They are preparing to load the flat’s contents directly into a shipping container due to be placed outside the patio doors. But the shipping container is late and, according to the news, it's not the only container to go missing today. As the day progresses, the sinister forces build and dark secrets in each of the characters’ pasts are subtly revealed to build a complex back-story that drives a final shocking outcome. 'To many, emigrating to Australia is a dream come true; for them, it's about to become the stuff of nightmares.'

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