Make sure to vote below!
As is always the case when I put these contests together, I experience the highest of highs (“Wow, where has this writer been?? This is great stuff!”) and the lowest of lows (20 entries in a row without a single compelling opening page!). But in the end, I love it because it celebrates you guys and all your hard work.
Now, I have good news if your script didn’t make the showdown. I have ten more entries that didn’t make the cut, but were close. I’m going to do an “Almost Made It Showdown” for those scripts at the end of August. So don’t get too upset if your script didn’t make it. Because there’s a chance that the best script in the entire competition is in that second tier of screenplays.
Okay, now for the rules. At the very least, read the logline and first page of every entry. I’ve also included links to the scripts themselves. If you have the time, read as much of each entry as you can. Then, in the comments section, tell us which script you’re voting for. You are not allowed to half-vote. Mega-Showdown is the big leagues. It’s once a year. So you only get full votes.
The four highest vote-getting scripts will each get their own “Show Day” next week. That means they’ll get five pages posted so that, at the very least, all voters read those first five pages. Then, next weekend, we’ll do the second half of the showdown. The four finalists will go into a final voting round and, once again, you guys will vote for your favorite. The winner gets a review the following Monday.
Something to keep in mind here is that, unlike past showdowns, I didn’t just read the logilne or the first page. I read at least five pages of everyone’s entry. Therefore, if you don’t love someone’s logline down below, I encourage you to still read as much of the script as you can because some of these entries were picked more on the writing than the concept.
VOTING CLOSES SUNDAY AUGUST 3RD AT 11:59PM PACIFIC TIME!
Okay, are we ready? The time is finally here. :)
Good luck everyone!
Title: A Woke In The Night
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Logline: When a home invasion interrupts a family gathering, rational thinking Alice takes evasive action, but her two progressive sisters ignite an evening of depravity.
Title: SNOW AND THE SEVEN
Genre: Action/Revenge Thriller
Logline: After narrowly escaping a hit on her father, a washed-up slacker is rescued by a secretive group of elite mercenaries known as The Seven, who help her recover, then teach her their ways so she can avenge his death.
Title: Worm
Genre: Horror
Logline: When Ada’s sister is brutally murdered in a Victorian London alleyway Ada begins to investigate, and slowly, as women start being murdered in the same fashion across the city, the truth begins to unveil that the killer may not be a man, but a monster.
Title: QB1
Genre: Action-thriller
Logline: A star quarterback hides a twisted secret—he’s a serial killer carving up victims between games. But when a relentless detective starts connecting the dots, his perfect season—and double life—begin to unravel. American Psycho meets Any Given Sunday.
Title: The First Horseman
Genre: Thriller
Logline: At the height of World War 2, a young Japanese-American investigator must race to prevent a terrifying Japanese plot to unleash a devastating plague on the United States. Inspired by true events.
Title: HARD LABOR
Genre: Real-time action thriller
Logline: A heavily pregnant woman is found by criminals she’s been hiding from and the shock makes her go into labor. Now she must awaken old skills to survive this night – because killers are coming…but so is the baby.
Title: UNDISCLOSED
Genre: Contained Thriller
Logline: At the height of the Cold War, a combat radar operator working at a remote US military outpost near the Russian border, discovers what they believe to be a rogue UFO, and must find a way to stop it without triggering World War 3.
Title: War’s Last Day
Genre: War/Thriller
Logline: As the last US troops withdraw from Afghanistan, a brash CIA field agent ropes a stray recon team into a hasty, off-the-books rescue mission, taking them high into the impassable Hindu Kush mountains with no way out, no backup, and the Taliban closing in behind them.
Title: The Ballad of the Ember Knight
Genre: Medieval Epic Adventure
Logline: In war-torn 14th century France, a disgraced knight—Roland Chandos, once the legendary Ember Knight—must confront his betrayals, protect the last heir to the throne, and redeem his honor in a final duel against the man who orchestrated his downfall.
Title: SMOKESCREEN
Genre: War-action.
Logline: Shot down by the Red Baron, a Nurse with a photographic memory must navigate the perils of no-man’s land to transport critical intelligence to the Allies that will save countless lives and shorten the Great War.
