When a troubled teenaged daughter of a Lutheran pastor, who no longer believes in God, discovers she has the ‘gift’ of second sight she must decide whether or not to use her power to help local police stop a serial killer. The decision this suicidal young woman choses is a twist no one will see coming, with audiences debating the ending long after this “Se7en meets The Dead Zone” film is over.
Sadie goes on a package holiday designed for serial killers and finds herself reunited unexpectedly with her daughter, another serial killer.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Thriller
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
A dark and humorous tale of greed, where capitalism has gone mad, revealing its “holidaymakers” as serial killers who want a slice of hedonism just like the rest of us. Its emotional heart unwinds unexpectedly as plot events force the lead characters Sadie and Samson to discover uncomfortable truths. In this overloaded genre market, it has the potential to be serialized.
4. How would you describe this script in two words?
Razor-edged.
5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
Mulholland Drive and Videodrome.
6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
About 14 months.
7. How many stories have you written?
Five screenplays. Six theatrical plays. I have written and directed theater and short film.
Denise – Julie C. Sheppard
Jack – Geoff Mays
Narration – Hugh Ritchie
Cecily – Victoria Urquhart
Doctor – Sean Ballantyne
Rebecca – Lada Darewych
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
I began this screenplay in 2015. I was making a social comment on the cell phone reports of people falling into fountains while on their cell phones, car accidents and altercations. Because the teen generation was particularly engrossed, I decided to turn the story into a horror film. The screenplay is about a girl in her Senior year during Christmas break. Her family has recently lost their Father and she and her little brother become very close as their Mother has become distant. One evening, she visits an abandoned house behind her own home with some friends. The house is condemned. Inside an evil entity lurks, a tortured soul. When one teen films inside a room where gruesome murders took place, the spirit is captured through the eye of a cell phone. When the friends continue to communicate through their cells, the evil is released and spreads through the town. As horror ensues, our heroine begins to unravel the mystery of the numerous, and horrific deaths.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Teen Thriller/Horror
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
This film was written with a sequel in mind and I believe is an entertaining and creative comment on how much the cell phone generation has been effected by today’s technology.
4. How would you describe this script in two words?
Thrill Ride.
5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
Stepbrothers
6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
Writing is rewriting! I have revisited it often for the past 2 years.
7. How many stories have you written?
Countless. But currently I have 6 screenplays, 2 Television Series, 7 short stories (4 produced and directed by me), I have also written numerous commercial’s for various industries.
8. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
Painted Black The Stones
9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
Dialogue, especially when writing teens, it must be authentic. I had a HS Senior read it and make notes which was very helpful.
10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
Painting, editing, filming, scouting independent music and talent, design, and water sports.
Kali: Julie C. Sheppard
Marianna: Victoria Urquhart
Narration: Hugh Ritchie
Game Master: Sean Ballantyne
Jessica: Lada Darewych
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
The Hostel X – is a sexploitation horror thriller story inspired by the 2005 film Hostel and it begins with the introduction of five couples from different parts of the world that is kidnapped by an underground secret society of elite gamblers and forced to play, participate and endure sex themed games of life and death in which they bet and gamble.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Horror, erotica, action
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Because it is an original idea that have not been done before.
4. How would you describe this script in two words?
EXTREME, EXPLOITATION
5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
SAW
6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
Since 2015
7. How many stories have you written?
two dozen and ten dozen more to go.
8. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the
most times in your life?)
“Rather Be” by Clean Bandit feat.
9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
Writing the VERY DISTURBING AND VERY GRAPHIC scenes.
Character development and story structure.
10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
Donald – Geoff Mays
Narration – Victoria Urquhart
Ag – Hugh Ritchie
Bert – Sean Ballantyne
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Norse Gods who command the living and undead to do their bidding set into motion a serious of pandemics toppling humanity, the gods themselves and move hell on earth.
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Beautifully packaged buffet of intertwining creative stories makes this a movie must!
4. How would you describe this script in two words?
Zombie Smorgasbord
5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
Star Wars
6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
Three years
7. How many stories have you written?
Two; Chasing the Zombie & Molly and Her Magical Monster Spray
8. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
Sublime’s “What I got”
9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
The biggest obstacle I faced was tampering down my imagination to kept it in the realm of reality/possibility and most importantly to the heart of the screenplay. Also, I found myself overthinking parts of the screenplay, basically making things harder on myself then they needed to be.
10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I am also passionate about spending time with my family.
NARRATOR: Becky Shrimpton
Edsall: Allan Brunet
Aesop: Anthony Tran
Candice: Mahtab Sabet
Get to know the writer:
What is your screenplay about?
Inked In Blood is a story of revenge. It’s about a tortured man who returns to the town he ran away from as a child to exact his revenge on all those who wronged him, and face the one man he fears the most. His father.
In a desolate, completely unremarkable town in the mid eighties Aesop Quarrels grew up living a tortured existence. His father, Sheriff Edsall Quarrels, was a cruel and vindictive man on his best of days. More so after the birth of his “freakish albino son”(his words). Amid the constant abuse he endured while growing up, Aesop was forced to witness his mother’s abuse at the hands of his father’s weekly poker buddies.
Nineteen years after escaping this living hell, Aesop has returned to exact his revenge. After receiving news of his mother’s apparent suicide, the fires of suppressed rage and vengeance have been stoked. He returns a tortured soul. Symbolic tattoos adorn both his arms. One side depicting scenes of Hell, the other scenes of Heaven. He wears them proudly, a badge to the horrific struggles that they both endured.
One by one he will make them pay; not only to mend the shattered pieces of his own life, but for his mother’s suffering as well. Past horrors begin to unfold as he embarks on a twisting trail of carnage that must ultimately lead to Aesop facing the one man responsible for their suffering. As he struggles with the terrible weight of what he’s done, and the price that he will eventually have to pay, Aesop heads towards a final showdown with his father and, in the process, he will uncover a hidden family secret that threatens to tear him apart.
What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Horror
Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
I think “Inked” has a unique cast of characters with their own voice. The protagonists tattoos play an important visual role in the story and are there for more than just the esthetics, and this would add another dimension to the story telling.
How would you describe this script in two words?
Dark, intense.
What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
The Big Lebowski. I never get tired of it. The first scene in the bowling alley with Donny, the Dude and Walter talking about the rug is one of my all-time favorites.
How long have you been working on this screenplay?
I wrote Inked In Blood in 2012, but I did nothing with it for several years. After sending it out to a couple screenwriting contests and placing in a few, I did some serious rewrites and eventually began to win. That brought me to where it is today.
How many stories have you written?
I have four completed screenplays and several in the works. I also have a short that has placed in a couple contests.
What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the
most times in your life?)
Wow, can’t name one song. If I had to pick an album I listened to the most in my life, I’d have to say Ozzy’s Diary of a Madman or Rush 2112.
What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
I think the main obstacle I faced while writing this screenplay was the fact that I don’t really watch horror movies. I don’t particularly like to be startled, or scared, but I think that this ultimately helped me in the end, because I wasn’t pulling ideas from anything I had seen in the past. Another obstacle I faced was trying to come up with interesting ways for Aesop to take his revenge. I wanted to keep each death interesting-anyone can pull a trigger. Finally, the last obstacle was trying to keep my anti-hero human. While he is taking his revenge through violent acts, he struggles with the decisions he’s made, and knows that some day he will have to pay for his actions.
Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I went to art school where I studied fine art photography. It’s something I still do, and enjoy, in my spare time. I am also very passionate about music. In what now feels like another life, I was the drummer in a rock band and played all around Hollywood during the height of Guns and Roses, Motely Crue, etc. Oddly enough, twenty some years after it all came to an end, a record company released a seven song CD of our music this year. Oh yeah, I grew up a huge comic book nerd and that hasn’t changed to this day.
I NEED YOU, 5min., USA, Thriller/Romance
FAN FICTION 1st Scene Screenplay – THE LAST CAMPOUT
THRILLER 1st SCENE Screenplay – THE BLUE ROOM
THRILLER BEST SCENE Screenplay – BACK FROM THE DEAD
BEST SCENE Screenplay – TOUCH TABLE
INKED IN BLOOD – HORROR BEST SCENE Screenplay
THE WORK OF ZOMBIES – HORROR BEST SCENE Screenplay
CORNERSTONE WOODS – HORROR BEST SCENE Screenplay
SINGLE SOUL – THRILLER BEST SCENE Screenplay
SPEAK NO EVIL – HORROR BEST SCENE Screenplay
HAYRIDE – HORROR BEST SCENE Screenplay
INFECTED ROMANCE – HORROR BEST SCENE Screenplay
REVAMPED MODELS – FANTASY BEST SCENE Screenplay
THRILLER BEST Scene Screenplay – SQUID JIGGERS
SCI-FI BEST Scene – AMERICAN INDIAN UPRISING
COMEDY BEST Scene – THROUGH A GLASS CEILING
HORROR BEST SCENE Screenplay – THE INTERVIEW
BEST SCENE Screenplay – OBEDIENCE
BEST SCENE Screenplay – HEIDI
BEST Scene – KIDICIDE
BEST Scene – THE LEGEND OF YAKATUTCH