Genre: Period/Mystery/Thriller Premise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) 1867 After losing her father, a woman unwittingly takes a job as a maid at a countryhouse of aristocratic cannibals. About: For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone could pitch me their screenplay on Twitter, as long as it was contained […]

Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama?/Horror?/Supernatural?Premise: (from IMDB) In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to ‘close the loop’ by transporting back Joe’s future self.About: Rian Johnson, who broke onto the […]

Genre: HorrorPremise: A young woman takes two friends back to the house her mother murdered her family in to recover her things before the house is torn down.  Once inside, however, the house refuses to let them leave.About: The Quiet Ones is the first picture of a new financing partnership between Shine America and Emjag […]

Genre: DramaPremise: Two lovers/serial killers drive cross-country to Los Angeles in 1974, where they plan to kill Elvis Presley. About: Scriptshadow favorites Eddie O’Keefe and Chris Hutton are back, with their third script reviewed on the site.  The first was the highly ranked Black List script, When The Streetlights Go On.  The second was the […]

Genre: CrimePremise: A detective who refuses to follow the rules finds himself in over his head when he tries to determine who robbed a bank, a squeaky clean family man, or his black sheep twin brother.About: Barry Levy burst onto the scene with his viewpoint shifting spec “Vantage Point,” which went on to become a […]