Tom Mann

Take the Shot follows a quiet teenager, Caleb, who joins his old-school father, Ray, in the one place they seem to understand each other, on a hunting trip. When tensions in the woods rise and a moment shifts their path, the day becomes something neither of them expected.

Set in 1980, an ambitious moonshiner tries to convince his reluctant friend to join him full-time, pushing him to see the potential in both his craft and what they could build together. Loosely inspired by legendary moonshiners Popcorn Sutton and J.B. Rader, the story follows the beginnings of a partnership fueled by ambition and some damn good likker.

When a Developer comes to a small town looking at a specific piece of land the locals try to warn him off because that particular piece of land is known to them as The Dead River. They tell the story of the Bates Family who in 1852 were cut off from society by the Great Flood. With this the family became incestious from lack of socialization and even cannibalistic. Well the Developer doesn't believe the locals and decides to survey the land anyways and finds himself in a world of trouble.