Carson has never seen The Evil Dead. Until today! Genre: Horror Premise: A group of friends head out to a remote cabin where they inadvertently unleash a series of demons from the woods. About: This was Sam Raimi’s first film! You know Raimi as the director of the original Spider-Man films, the director of Dr. […]

As someone who reads a lot of scripts – scripts of every level – I’m lucky enough to be one of the few people who will read a top level professional screenplay and then, just a few hours later, a script from a brand-new writer. This allows me to study screenwriting from a unique perspective, […]

Genre: Thriller/Horror Premise: After an introverted college kid gets together with a pessimistic strange young woman, the two visit her father’s old home, where many secrets lie below the surface. About: One of the most prolific writers in the screenwriting business, Zahler, wrote this one in 2005. He would eventually turn it into an audio-story, […]

Genre: Horror Premise: A group of friends get together in a remote cabin but their weekend of partying comes to an abrupt halt when a crazed woman wearing a broken ankle chain shows up at their door. About: Today’s script comes from a new writer who made last year’s Black List with this script. The […]

Genre: Horror Premise: A group of camp counselors prepping a previously closed down summer camp are hunted down, one by one, by a mysterious killer. About: Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham loved the title “Friday the 13th” so much that, even though he hadn’t made the movie yet, he put a giant ad […]