Pitched as “Home Alone on acid.” Genre: Magical Realism Premise: An eleven-year-old boy left alone while his parents vacation stumbles upon a surreal late-night TV broadcast of lizard musicians, leading him into a strange adventure through Chicago’s hidden corners where he runs into a bizarre guy known as The Chicken Man. About: Recently, Benny Safdie […]
ANNOUNCEMENT – I HAVE DECIDED THAT ALL MAYBES IN TODAY’S POST ARE OFFICIALLY ***IN*** THE BLOOD & INK SHOWDOWN. CONGRATS! (The following article is a follow-up to the Blood & Ink Contest. If you would like to learn more about the contest, you can go here) First of all, I have to point out that […]
ALL PITCHING IS NOW CLOSED! I have a direct line to, arguably, the biggest person in horror in all of Hollywood. This person has been in the trades relentlessly lately. And he trusts my taste implicitly. If I send him a script that I say I love, he’ll start reading it within 10 minutes. This […]
As we gear up for the final weekend of horror pitches (starting tomorrow!), I wanted to broach the most common question I’ve been asked during this submission process. And that question is, “Should I reveal my big twist in the logline?” In order to answer this question, a question I’ve been asked so many times […]
Today we discuss one of the most intensely debated topics in screenwriting Genre: Action-Thriller Logline: A star quarterback hides a twisted secret—he’s a serial killer carving up victims between games. But when a relentless detective starts connecting the dots, his perfect season—and double life—begin to unravel. American Psycho meets Any Given Sunday. About: This script finished as the […]
