After a celebrity therapist known online as The Happiness Angel is tasered, she develops a lethal compulsion to attack her lovers mid-act.

In this darkly comedic, psycho-sexual thriller set in the UK, a 50,000-volt hit from a police taser damages stress management therapist Candy Towne. It electrifies her sex life and transforms her into a dangerous Jekyll and Hyde-type personality. She experiences the real-life taser-related disorder EXCITED DELIRIUM.

Candy is a 25-year-old high-profile dame with an embarrassing problem, regular clients and a weekly vlog to post. Her performance is sharp and sexy with a temperament and a tongue quicker than her brain.

Inspired by true events, TASERED (along with its alternate title THE HAPPINESS ANGEL) is a multi-award-winning female-led feature screenplay (WorldFest Houston – established 55 years ago) + 22 other film festival outright wins during development in 2022-2023.

The action jump-starts in the Dartmoor National Park where Candy, acting as a good Samaritan and triggered by past trauma, mistakes a young married couple participating in a kidnap/hostage sex romp for the real deal. Determined to rescue the hostage, Candy gives chase in her car. There’s a confrontation and a crash! The husband is killed and Candy’s key contradiction is exposed: she’s reckless, yet selfless!

The widow, Scarlett Snow, reveals herself to be a super-fun villain who pops up in all kinds of strange situations. She has a web of relationships with other cast members, allowing for interesting betrayals and truly malicious behaviour. When the police show up on Dartmoor, Scarlett accuses Candy of murder, but later, she falls in love with Candy. There’s an intricate push-pull between them. Scarlett is a stunning Gothic hedonist, able to tempt and blackmail Candy, whilst Candy - preppy and conventional - does her best to maintain order.

Candy struggles to regain her sanity, beat a murder rap and manage her love life as she wages a one-woman David and Goliath war against taser industry mogul Zalika Rose.

The heart of this screenplay lies in the psycho-sexual powerplays among its main cast. In Hollywood speak, Candy is a tough-as-nails Erin Brockovich with Basic Instinct's Catherine Tramell lurking inside her.

I’ll fucking make you love me if it kills me, says Candy to her emotionally unavailable beloved mental health entrepreneur Jason Wood, in an early scene. By FADE OUT she does and it does. Jason, shackled to his iron bed, is at the mercy of Candy’s lethal compulsion. Pleasure, and then agony grip the couple...

Candy seems unstoppable when, in the pivotal moment of overcoming her lethal compulsion, a police helicopter appears alongside Jason’s penthouse master bedroom’s French windows. A police marksman aboard the aircraft shoots Candy in a Zalika-inspired set-up. Glass shatters and cascades. Candy recoils from the bullet to her chest. Her legs slam back against the bed. She catapults, face down, back into Jason’s outstretched and tethered arms. He groans as she crash-lands on top of him.

A poignant lament escapes her lips, “Love you. Sorry.”

With mental health problems at an all-time high, the unique premise and dynamic characters featured in this high concept thriller should appeal to both young and older adults in today’s interconnected digital world.

The screenwriter is an award-winning stress management consultant and national franchisor specialising in problems of the subconscious mind. (Daily Express Award for Innovation in Franchising, 1993). His lifetime of professional experience is the bedrock of this screenplay that features mental health in a highly-original, visual, and entertaining way. His lifetime of mental health expertise is invested in TASERED that is market-ready right now.