PITCH: Title: Funeral Rites Written by: Sy Shanti Type: Short Film Genre: Horror, Thriller Logline: After his distraught father confiscates his sister’s remains, a desperate son fights to perform the burial within 24 hours before a family curse claims their lives. Interested in this logline, please email us at info@wildsound.ca and we’ll forward your email… Continue reading HORROR Short Film of the Day: Funeral Rites, by Sy Shanti
Month: April 2017
HORROR TV PILOT of the Day: FIRESTORM, by Clayton Emery
PITCH: Title: FIRESTORM Written by: Clayton Emery Type: TV PILOT Genre: Horror, War Logline: Battle so fierce even Heaven and Hell step in… In LOST style, American GIs come to occupy St. Michel-Du-Lac, “the city of miracles”. German soldiers – fanatics, draftees, and family men – oppose them. As seen in flashbacks, everyone is a… Continue reading HORROR TV PILOT of the Day: FIRESTORM, by Clayton Emery
HORROR Feature Film of the Day: Somebody’s Knocking, by Sherril M. Kinney
PITCH: Title: Somebody’s Knocking Written by: Sherril M. Kinney Type: Feature Film Genre: Paranormal, Thriller, Horror Logline: “Somebody’s Knocking” is what I said upon awakening as a man in an armored suit ascended the stairs to my apartment wearing a mask I would find hanging from my brother’s bed post a month later on the… Continue reading HORROR Feature Film of the Day: Somebody’s Knocking, by Sherril M. Kinney
Every Genre Has Horror to Thank
Originally posted on MORGAN K TANNER, Writer of Horror:
? Everyone enjoys that feeling of being frightened. OK, so I’ve kicked things off there with quite a bold statement. Many of you may strongly disagree with that but if you do, you’re lying. Nah, just kidding, but I bet somewhere deep down there is feeling…
99 Great Quotes from Authors
Originally posted on Books and Mor:
A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. C. S. Lewis Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Benjamin Franklin You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. Ray Bradbury And the idea of…
5 Things “The Hellbound Heart” Taught Me About Writing
Originally posted on Books and Mor:
For those of you who may not know the movie “Hellraiser” and the franchise it spawned was based on the novella “The Hellbound Heart” by Clive Barker. When I first read “The Hellbound Heart” it was because I had seen that Hellraiser was based on a novella and I…
Bed Time Stories
Originally posted on Wordland Voyage:
Mara’s sister and brother-in-law were out to attend someone’s wedding party and she had to babysit her four years old nephew, Eddie. Mara and Eddie were sitting in the living room and Eddie’s favourite cartoon show was playing on the T.V. Mara looked at the wall clock and it was…
Drama in Real Life
Originally posted on Insights from "Inside":
(dim the lights, cue dissonant minor chords, stoned disco pulsating) A few moments ago in a city much too close to home the White House (a decrepit abandoned hotel-asylum presumably haunted with ghosts of madmen past) drips bloodied cuckoos’ nests while Nurse Spicer scrubs the walls.…
March 2017 HORROR Stories, Screenplays, and Short Films
Submit your Horror Screenplay to the Festival Today: https://festivalforhorror.com/ HORROR BEST SCENE Screenplay – THE INTERVIEW March 2017 ReadingWritten by Laszlo Tamasfi 1st SCENE Screenplay – MONSTER MURDER MYSTERY March 2017 ReadingWritten by Arran McDermott 1st SCENE Screenplay – EVEN HERE I EXIST March 2017 ReadingWritten by Dylan Stump **** Director/Producer: Matthew… Continue reading March 2017 HORROR Stories, Screenplays, and Short Films
HORROR Short Film of the Day: Skin, by Paul Okpuno
PITCH: Title: Skin Written by: Paul Okpuno Type: Short Film Genre: Horror, Thriller, Supernatural Logline: Two interracial gay partners are trapped in a basement as a herd of zombies tries to break in, one out of the two men has been bitten by a zombie. Time runs out as the other contemplates whether or not… Continue reading HORROR Short Film of the Day: Skin, by Paul Okpuno
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