The above is bad bad bad!!! Earlier this week, I pointed out that two out of three of Demonic’s first scenes were “sitting down and talking” scenes. I said that I knew, as soon as I watched those scenes, that the movie was doomed. “Sitting down and talking” scenes are the worst types of scenes […]

Genre: Slow-Burn Thriller/Period Premise: Set in the 1930s when a giant dust cloud had settled over Oklahoma, a mentally unstable mother and her two children must survive both the dust and a mysterious person using the cover of the dust to infiltrate her home. About: This script finished with 7 votes on the 2020 Black […]

Might Emancipation be the next Revenant, switching out a bear for an alligator? Genre: True Story/Drama/Thriller/Period Premise: (from IMDB) A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him. About: This is the huuuuuge package that sold to Apple TV (for 105 million bucks!), […]

Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror Premise: A woman is recruited to participate in an experiment where she’s digitally inserted into her comatose mother’s mind. Once inside, she must come to terms with her mom’s homicidal past. About: Demonic is the latest entry from writer-director Neil Blomkamp, of District 9 fame. Blomkamp, who was once anointed the next great […]

Sci-Fi Showdown is just a month away and that means you should be carving your script into shape! What: Sci-fi Showdown When: Entries due by Thursday, September 16th, 11:59 PM Pacific Time How: Include title, genre, logline, Why We Should Read, and a PDF of your script Where: carsonreeves3@gmail.com The most important thing when it […]