Valle de Nieblas
Independent script/ grupal project for college
A group of solitary individuals become isolated in a high mountain valley where a secret cult traps them within their own nightmares, until they realize that the only way to escape their own fears is by sharing their dreams.
This is a series project developed by a group of three people including me. As final project of the master's degree.
It is a mystery series with dark fantasy developed in a town that is repopulating after a long time. where a series of individuals will be affected by a mysterious dream epidemic.
Amidst the towering mountains, Samuel, a lone mountaineer, faces a calamitous incident in a remote high valley, losing his gear over a precipice. Seeking refuge, he stumbles upon an abandoned mine, spending the night and encountering vivid nightmares that personify his deepest fears.
As day breaks, Samuel discovers a rejuvenated village housing a Spa Hotel, the Bakartia, built upon the ruins of an old sanatorium. The village's reclusive inhabitants welcome him as their season nears its end, and he finds shelter among them.
In this intricate tapestry of mysteries, a police inspector named Nicolas Verdasco investigates the recent disappearance of a child, while Elena Páramo, the missing child's sister, delves into her own dreams to unearth paranormal clues. Guided by a spectral owl, Elena believes she's receiving messages from her lost brother within the realms of her surreal visions.
Mildred (45), a wealthy tourist with demanding needs, is discovered unconscious by hotel cleaning staff in one of the already closed rooms. She had been immersed in this dream for two days, missing her flight. Trapped within this delirious dream, the tourist struggles to confront her own psyche and finds no assistance. Instead, apart from the monsters demanding tips, only a mocking figure named "La Salamandra" appears. This entity is part of Bob's consciousness, who navigates others' dreams to aid them, lest they be consumed by the dream without a way back to reality.
Inspector Verdasco, still searching for clues about the missing boy, takes notice of the village eccentric, Bob (57), one of the few original residents, diagnosed with a triple personality disorder. Bob roams the village, sometimes shouting, sometimes whispering to people. When he encounters the Inspector, Bob becomes agitated upon hearing mention of the mine, forewarning of impending horrors.
Meanwhile, from the shadows, an enigmatic hacker named Lucía Lozano (25) pulls the strings from anonymity, sending hypnotic links that plunge people into this endless dream. Verdasco manages to uncover that Lucía is a hacker receiving substantial payments for secretive programming tasks. But it's too late; he too succumbs to the link.
All the protagonists receive this hypnotic link with no means of waking up. The dreams continue, and dreamers must confront these mind-bending obstacles, some taking the form of monsters. As they overcome these challenges, they begin to encounter each other in this limbo-like state, striving to decipher the reason behind this never-ending nightmare. As they reach new layers, they must learn to collaborate to return to reality intact and unveil who is causing these nightmares.
By the end of the season, after La Salamandra sacrifices itself to shatter the dream, Elena manages to locate Asier at the core of this dream platform. He guides her and warns her about the place where he's trapped, connected to machines to stabilize the dream.
