Movie Idea

Folks who leave the Arizona interstate highway and venture into the barren mountainous interior do so for many reasons. The isolation, to capture on film the awesome scenery, or perhaps to imagine they're walking in the footsteps of such famed Apache warriors as Cochise and Geronimo. In his unrelenting pursuit of wealth, multi-millionaire Jeffrey Tenison loses all rapport with his fifteen year old son, Paul, a highly sensitive, movie fanatic and budding writer. To salvage their relationship, Jeffrey takes Paul on a 'man to man' vacation in a robust, go anywhere Recreational Vehicle. Eventually resolving their differences and picking up a passenger, a stray dog Paul names Beric, father and son head into a bleak mountain range where they spend two idyllic weeks beside a little known lake called 'Prairie Basin'. All goes well until Beric warns of a distant rattlesnake, which Jeffrey shoots and kills. Unnerved by this close call they hastily pack up and leave, but when a dense mist shrouds the mountains and they become lost, they settle down for the night unaware that at daybreak, events will plunge them into an ordeal of terror beyond imagination.