Genre: Horror Premise: An aging rocker with a hankering for death-themed items purchases an old suit online that is said to be haunted, as it comes with the ghost of the man it belonged to. About: This is an early adaptation of one of Joe Hill’s books. With the recent success of Black Phone, there’s […]

Today we get a pilot script from Hollywood’s newest golden child screenwriter Genre: TV Pilot – 1 hour – Horror/Slasher/Sci-Fi Premise: Set 15-20 years in the future, a group of high school kids ensconced in future technology are shocked when one of their friends is murdered, seeing as murder rarely happens anymore. About: Today’s pilot […]

Genre: Horror/Comedy Premise: A Youtuber who’s recently come back from being cancelled livestreams an all-night excursion in a haunted house. About: Pitched as “a found-footage horror movie for people who hate found-footage horror movies,” Deadstream made its debut at SXSW to lots of audience love. The movie was written and directed by husband-wife team Vanessa […]

It’s always fun to see Scriptshadow veterans have success.  Kevin Bachar is a former Amateur Showdown winner.  He credits the win and the subsequent review as a big learning experience for him.  Since then, he’s gone on to write a script, The Inhabitant, a modern take on serial killer Lizzie Borden, that he got optioned […]

This genre, once a secret handshake between in-the-know writers and audiences, has been all but forgotten.  Is a sleeper screenwriter ready to revive it? One of the movies I watched recently for my dialogue book was the romantic comedy, Jerry Maguire. That movie has some of the most iconic lines ever written in it. SHOW […]