Where is Zendaya’s movie on this list?? It is time for the official RE-RANKING of the Black List. As we all know, at this point, the Black List ranking system is all over the place.  It’s being manipulated by managers and agents.  It’s promoting agendas that don’t include the quality of the script.  It ignores […]

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 […]