The Devil’s Mare

Set in mid-twentieth century (’50s-70’s), on the West Texas high plains; Luc West is a washed-up drunk rodeo cowboy, stuck in his dusty West Texas hometown that he fled years ago after a mysterious and life-changing tragedy, when he is faced with literal demons from his past; a tale of true love and redemption.
The Devil’s Mare is a hilarious, horrifying, and heart-wrenching story of love, loss, and second chances on the Texas High Plains.

“The Devil’s Mare” – an original screenplay by authors Shannon Halley, Christopher J. Oglesby, & Patricia Zamora. (c) all rights reserved.

Perhaps the best original story about Texas in the past 25 years.

“This story is like if the Coen Brothers met Taylor Sheridan in The Twilight Zone.”

REVIEWS:

• “THE DEVIL’S MARE works primarily on a strong foundation of thematic and emotional preoccupation, driven by richly rendered characters and its subversive use of genre and place.” …

  “The script’s dialogue is a true strength.” …

  “The characters here all read as singular and essential. Luc, particularly, is rendered as inevitably full of life—somehow simultaneously subjected by and imposing on the world around him. A quality of aliveness is present in almost all characters here. “

  -Alyssa Alvarado, Script Director; Grace Donaldson, Script Manager; Cynthia Cano, Screenplay Assistant

  Austin Film Festival
• “I was raised around people like those in this story – hardened, hard-drinking folks, surrounded by religious nuts that want to corner you at the grocery store. But the twists and turns that followed made for real a page-turner! ‘Unexpected’ might be a good way to put it. I didn’t expect a flying saucer and a Devil! Luc reminds me of Paul Newman in Hud. I give it FIVE STARS… GREAT JOB!” – Cary Swinney, Texas singer/songwriter
• “Vivid Imagery, well rounded characters…true to life dialogue. Tone of the time period is clear as a bell!” – Kenneth Wayne Bradley, Actor
  
• “A very well done piece of Texana, the likes of which I cannot recall ever seeing before on film” –David Muñoz, Writer/Poet

Get in touch

Email:

• shannon.halley@utexas.edu
• chris@virtualubbock.com

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