Genre: Drama/Serial Killer (loosely based on true events) Premise: A struggling single mother must confront dangerous forces – and sins of her past – when her world collides with that of a serial killer. Inspired by the true story of Delaware’s only serial murderer, the Route 40 killer. About: This script finished on last year’s […]

Is La Brea the new Lost? Genre: TV Pilot/Drama/Sci-Fi Premise: (from IMDB) A massive sinkhole mysteriously opens up in Los Angeles, separating part of a family in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a disparate group of strangers. About: Here’s series creator David Applebaum on his high concept show: “The genesis of the idea was just […]

Got a horror script? Good news! Scriptshadow has a screenwriting competition for you. And it’s absolutely free! Send your horror script to me by October 21st and I’ll pick the best five concepts to compete for the Halloween Horror Showdown title, which will take place that very weekend! The winning script will get reviewed here […]

An exposition trick that’s guaranteed to make you a better screenwriter. The other day we talked about story ideas so steeped in information, they just aren’t worth writing. Because doing so would amount to 120 straight minutes of exposition dumps. My contention in that review was that these scripts are difficult even for professionals to […]

Is Sprockets the funniest script never made? Genre: Comedy Premise: When German nihilist and talk show host, Dieter, learns that his monkey is kidnapped, he must head to America to find him. About: One of the most infamous projects never made, “Sprockets” was notoriously days from production when Mike Myers pulled out of the project […]