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Slamdance Horror Announces Semifinalists
The Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition has announced their semifinalists:
The Bum, The Whore, And The Hitman by Luis Cordoba
The Cannibal by Ahimsa Kerp & Garrett Calcaterra
Child In The Dark by Damian Lahey & Ian Ogden
The City That Never Sleeps by Patrick Day
Deep Down by Karl Williams
Demons in the Dust by Nathan D. Adlen
Friendly by Jacinthe Dessureault & Craig A. Schwartz
Ghost Office by Cory Marciel
Gingerbread by Dirk Scott Levinsohn
Gloria's Place by Steffen F. Kaminski
Hunting Season by Kieran Turner
Infected by Edwin Maraj
Lakeshore Manor by Stewart Wadwell & Shawn Buffington
Nanaw by Mark Harriott
The Punished by Tony Mosher
Romance of the Dead by Bobby Miller
Savage Weekend by Jeremy Padow, Patrick Crawford & Todd Crawford
Thrill Killers by Bill Richardson
Worm by Marc A. Samson
The Zombie Diaries Script by Andrew Lloyd, Story by Dave Goetsch, Andrew Lloyd
Updated: 01/06/2008
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ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Bubbling Under the Surface
After an elderly Holocaust survivor is nearly murdered in her nursing home bed, her family and the Muslim carer who saved her are pulled into a widening chain of antisemitic attacks, domestic violence, and police investigation that threatens both communities before the hatred spreads further.
Storm Dragons
In a mystical land where champions fight to the death to keep the peace, the revenge of a chosen warrior against the killer of his family risks starting the bloody war he was bound to prevent.
THE PHANTOM DRIVER
On New Year’s Eve, 1912, a violent alcoholic dies and becomes the supernatural driver who gathers the souls of the dead — until he’s given one impossible chance to save his family from the consequences of his own cruelty.
RACING HOME
An ex race car driver runs from his last crash and divorce, to find new love, danger, and himself.
DEER DOG
After hitting a dog, then saving his life, a single mother and her children fall for the dog, and the broken, homeless man who is his original owner.
The Ephod
Based on a true story, after a disturbing Bible study shatters her lifelong Catholic beliefs, Faith Alvarez is driven by a supernatural encounter to uncover the mystery of the ancient Ephod.
The Kidnapped
In Mexico, a drug cartel boss kidnaps a washed-up Hollywood director, and the two are driven to insanity while shooting a documentary about the boss's once-powerful cartel--a project meant to help both men reclaim lost glory (BREAKING BAD meets GET THE GRINGO)
The Return of the Bad Boys
A group of friends from a working-class Detroit neighborhood cheat their way through a three-on-three basketball tournament to prove to themselves that they’re not losers (WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP meets THE HANGOVER).
Only the Bad Guys
In a dystopian world where killing a killer brings their victim(s) back to life, ex-soldier turned bounty hunter Daniela Dushane makes a killing killing killers as she walks the fine line between hero and villain (THE NICE GUYS meets THE PUNISHER).
Diplomatic Ammunity!
A struggling Hollywood screenwriter recruits his former best friends to help him write a script about a series of pranks they pulled in high school, and they discover why their friendship fell apart (ADAPTATION meets IDIOCRACY).
