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Doors of MiraclesThis is a story of Miracles, a young woman’s test of faith, her direct link to God, God speaking and The Holy Spirit’s response. Script Excerpt |
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and The Devil called!The Devil needs God's chosen-one to re-ignite the flames of Hell and restore it to its former Glory of Horror but she rejects him, his gifts and his promise `and you will be my bride`, so he sends his Goons to examine her brain. Script Excerpt |
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JonesyAfter being unexpectedly killed by his cat, Tuna; a man's afterlife is tested when he's left to haunt his apartment and three misfit orphans move in. Script Excerpt |
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Time Before the FallA famous movie director harboring dark sins and nightmares of war tries to persuade his granddaughter not to make a biographical drama about his life while subconsciously knowing he needs it for his redemption. His secrets come to light when a young actress channels the spirit of his missing wife. Script Excerpt |
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Monster CarnivalAn anthology series exploring humans’ modern-day meetings with folkloric creatures through cautionary tales. |
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To Lie BeneathAn insidious succubus and her incubus partner, prey on the lives of Marcus, a recently divorced business man and his ex-wife Zora, a dormant witch, in metropolitan Atlanta. Script Excerpt |
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In SilenceWhen a man's silent struggle with grief and depression becomes too overwhelming to bear, an attempt to end his suffering awakens a spirit in his house that pulls him back from death's grip. Script Excerpt |
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Misfortune CookiesAccidentally killing an elderly Chinese chef during a botched robbery, an oafish redneck teenager and her misfit friends begin dying one by one when the chef's ghost returns from the grave, killing them in gruesome fortune cookie-themed ways. Script Excerpt |
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RestorationDiscovering a centuries-old religious painting that shouldn't exist, an introverted art restorer slowly succumbs to the evil temptations of the mystical canvas, even as otherworldly forces strive to prevent her from revealing the artwork's unholy secret. Script Excerpt |
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Perfect ContritionA traumatized priest haunted by visions of his violent past obligingly serves a rural parish while indulging in a long distance affair, but his vindictive compulsion is sparked when he’s wrongly blamed for the deaths of two troubled altar boys. Script Excerpt |
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The AWNINGTroubled commuters take shelter from a sudden downpour on a Chinatown street corner, only to be tormented by the elderly man in their midst selling unique umbrellas and dispensing cryptic wisdom. Script Excerpt |
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QUANTUM LOVE (OR HOW NICK AND VALERIE DESTROYED THE WORLD)A surreal love story of disaster-movie proportions, its Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Cloverfield , with a touch of Sid and Nancy . |
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E Pluribus UnumVirginia 1860 – when a profitable, free plantation founded by disguised aliens and supported by famous Abolitionists is attacked by pro-slavers, two former slaves - a fighter and a pacifist, leave to seek help from newly-elected President Lincoln. Script Excerpt |
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TandemgenitorI’m here to reboot, repair or reset the earth’s population as we know it |
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Long Path To PeaceA drug lord's incorruptible and alienated step-son escapes into the wilderness where he saves his Guide - the father he’s always wanted, from a never-ending, guilt-fueled nightmare. Script Excerpt |
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God's WarriorGod chooses a young woman to be His Warrior but fails to warn her of the formidable opponents which collude to destroy her. |
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The Folklore FilesDuring the Great Depression a spiritualist for the FBI teams a God-fearing redneck agent with an African American female civilian skeptic because the all-knowing spirits foretell that the dualistic duo will defeat the demon who is constantly breaking apocalyptic seals and causing the world’s chaos. |
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The Waterwheel ForestThe Waterwheel Forest is a fantasy drama short about the young boys working in a turn of the century steel mill and what happens to them during a mill disaster. |
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Free IndeedWhen our heroine sees more than what meets the natural eye, she knows she is on a divine assignment, if she doesn't free a woman from spiritual bondage the woman will die. Angels of light fight angels of darkness to protect us. Our prayers influence the outcome of spiritual warfare. |
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Marley's ChainsMarley and the Ghosts have been using Christmas Eve to torment someone into a better life for the past 150 years. They’ve been successful every time…until now. |
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DuplicitousA father takes his young disabled son to the country to reconnect in an old Victorian, but their stay becomes one of regret after a malevolent presence is awakened. Script Excerpt |
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BellamyA night out with friends turns out to be anything but normal as a local legend is put to the test. Legends have a way of adding to their own lore and these three friends will find out that if you don't know your local history, you're doomed to repeat it. |
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Supernatural - InterventionSam sets up an unusual intervention to address Dean's alcoholism. Script Excerpt |
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The Devil's From TomorrowAfter a near fatal accident a young man sees his own future through twisted visions so real he can't separate them from reality. Now he must find a way to stop the accident and four murders... including his own. |
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THE POOLCharacter-driven psychological horror thriller set in a suburban house, with a disturbed female lead and a shocking twist ending, inspired by Henry James' "Turn of the Screw". Two children seem to be haunted by the ghost of their dead mother's secret lover, as seen through the eyes of a young, troubled woman hired as a nanny while their father leaves town on business. Their suburban house evolves into a nightmare world of psychological evil that seems to emanate from the back-yard pool. Hook: is there a ghost in the house, or is the nanny imagining it and going mad? |
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The CallBart, age 15 and a new convert to the Christian faith, fights temptation in a different way. Script Excerpt |
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meet The Devil!An award-winning journalist who doesn't believe in God or the Devil interviews the author of a book on these `mythical` characters landing him in Hell calling for God. Script Excerpt |
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Tormented SoulMephisto has “supped with the Devil” and she wants payment - the eternal servitude of their innocent love-child, so Mephisto hides Ryan in the future where as an adult he's drawn to the “dark side” – a sure-fire way into Hell, compelling Mephisto to deliver a painful lesson to save his soul. Script Excerpt |
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PwnedA second rate musician acquires a pawn shop guitar for free, then learns the price he must pay for taking it. |
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According to Their KindAfter a famous atheist receives an ancient artifact that may hold the secrets about the origins of life, she’s thrust into an age-old battle between angelic and demonic forces where choosing the wrong side will imperil her life and the world. |
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AMERICAN OOZEAmerican Ooze follows an entitled pre-teen that discovers the start of his essential self. He experiences a frightful, metaphysical, journey on All Hallow’s Eve. |
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Hy-BrasilAfter being diagnosed with a terminal illness, a ship captain and his friends embark on a journey to the mythological island of Hy-Brasil, in hopes that its inhabitants will grant them immortality. |
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Supernatural - I Got You, BabeWhen a John Lennon impersonator gets killed by the doppelganger of Mark David Chapman, Sam and Dean step in to find out why on a cruise ship full of celebrity impersonators heading for Bermuda. Script Excerpt |
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Heaven SpentA lonely young man, Micah Cohen, considers suicide, only to be visited by an “agent for the afterlife” who mistakenly thinks he’s already gone through with it. Rejuvenated by his new lease on life, Micah's determined to set things right…but when he discovers that Death itself is hunting him down, it’s up to Micah’s guardian angel – a rookie -- to save him. A dark reverse spin on Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. |
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Perfect ProphetA death metal atheist with a tortured religious past becomes the target of his satanic fan base because they think he's something more. Check out the novel and its sequel, Prophet Reborn, published in 2018 and 2020. Book Three in preproduction. Script Excerpt |
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MeonHumanity seems faced by an imminent quantum leap when the planet Earth is immersed for 20 long seconds in an intercosmic wall of light. Through the combination of ancient, metaphysical codes with the ultimate in modern science, Dr. Sean Saquasta and his team decipher the key to an inexhaustible source of energy , a gigantic golden ball, the control over which unleashes a perfidious battle. |
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Gray and Lover - The Hearth Tales IncidentDemons frighten people but fear Gray and Lover. A female steampunk duo are contracted to stop "Demon" from terrorizing Seattle before it finds a famous horror writer conjured by his unfaithful and murderous golddigger wife back in LA. Semi-Finalist in Circus Road Films screenplay contest. |
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The SchoharieA volunteer firefighter of Native American descent must convince a small town sheriff with a grudge that a vengeful Indian spirit is bent on destroying their town with the flood waters of a nearby creek. Inspired by the actual Schoharie Creek bridge collapse of 1987. Now available as a novel. Script Excerpt |
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PORTAL TO HELLPORTAL TO HELL: the existence beyond the mind. a spirit. a ghost. a poltergeist. Script Excerpt |
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RediscoveryTwo simple-minded brothers work part time for a university and science lab, and find machinery in an unauthorized work area that unknowingly transports them to Spain years before their time—and now they must figure out where they are, how they got there, and how to get back home. |
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Conversations With GodEvery child has an angel that looks upon the face of God. Laurine was no exception. These are the conversations that happened in heaven, that caused supernatural to happen on earth. |
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Last Stop Before ValhallaLast Stop Before Valhalla is an animated, high concept character comedy set in a small north woods Minnesota bar called The Bunyan, the last stop before the exclusive Valhalla rehab center, and when the real Thor arrives, the lives of the locals are thrown into chaos. |
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The BenchA 30ish, suicidal man has a life changing experience when he encounters two men sitting on a bench in a public park; Father God is demonstratively having His own personal crisis while the Holy Spirit is trying to comfort Him when Jesus joins their conversation. Script Excerpt |
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PERFECTPERFECT is a supernatural crime drama about a suicidal FBI agent accused of treason and a 9-year-old girl with dangerous memory powers who make a pact to join forces and discover the truth about the agent’s slain daughter and the real identity of the girl. |
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The RemnantYoung Dar Beaumont struggles to hold her life and marriage together amid her growing terror that a long-dead crime victim has taken up residence in her brain and may be directing her behavior. Script Excerpt |
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OVERPASSWhen a cement truck driver avoids slamming into a Lexus, only to lose his own life, he haunts the Lexus driver and teaches him a powerful life lesson in the process. Script Excerpt |
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HARBINGERDetective Sandy Marone feels the weight of the world come crashing down on her shoulders as she investigates the mysterious disappearance of a senior citizen, one of several over the past few months. This investigation will lead her to a place she's never been... and didn't know existed. Script Excerpt |
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A Guy ... With SpiritA Valley Girl’s romantic rendezvous, arranged through an online dating service, results in a menage a trios that is literally out of this world. Script Excerpt |
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Going AloneWhen a biologist working on a vitally important environmental report dies mysteriously, his estranged daughter takes over his work with an assassin closing in. Script Excerpt |
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Saving Keylan MillarSix Episode Mini-Series: While Keylan is secretly investigating a crime syndicate, he takes the rap to save his best friend’s reputation, giving a criminal mastermind the opportunity to destroy him. But Keylan’s determined to get revenge for the injustice and with friends – living and dead determined to save him, he won’t be going down without a fight. Episode One: A Lead Firefighter/ex-Navy SEAL moonlighting for the DA, becomes distracted by personal tragedy and fails to support his best friend from spiraling into despair with devastating consequences for both of them. |
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Howlingween 2: Clarry the ClownHoliday-makers on a beautiful island resort find themselves trapped with a murderous clown. Script Excerpt |
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Nightmare in a JarWith her husband out of town on business, Lisa plans to spend time writing, until a woman shows up at her door selling special face cream; from there everything gets dark and freaky. Script Excerpt |
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Poor Lord Ritchie's AnswerMedieval Lord Ritchie in this original tale of descent into madness in the surreal world that is either hallucinated or actually is a wizard's revenge. Late great actor Rutger Hauer chose this short story version in his contest. A prequel story, "Breaking on Cave Island" is also now available from when a younger Ritche was a pirate in a haunted cave. |
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MalleusHandsome rogue, denounced by his vengeful wife as a "wolf by night" in medieval France and burned at the stake, surfaces in modern day Los Angeles and befriends a fatherless teenage boy. Script Excerpt |
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La HaciendaAn interracial Latino/White couple arrives in Mexico during the Day of the Dead holiday to renovate a hacienda owned by her parents, but they soon discover it's haunted by former residents, the couple must figure out how to get the surviving member of the family to "remember" them, so the couple isn’t doomed to repeat these spirits' bloody past. Script Excerpt |
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GOBLINHorror comedy in the 80's retro style of "Gremlins". Two young, naive newlyweds move into a Victorian house that's in serious need of supernatural pest control. The new bride discovers and befriends a E.T.-type creature who may be a monster but is the key to an ancient mystery that may save their marriage...if they don't kill each other first. Script Excerpt |
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Dark of kNight (adaptation)Adaptation by request of author TL Mitchell's first book in the Werewolf / Vamp series. Those mean old despicable Werewolves... Vampires just hate them. This is why. |
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VIRALThe ghost of a teenager cyberbullied into suicide haunts the internet as a social-network virus that turns abused kids into killers who take revenge against bullies. When a smart but family-troubled geek fights back and succumbs to the cyberghost, his father has to intervene to save his son. Script Excerpt |
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Fight For OilA beautiful young anti-war activist and a Death Valley auto mechanic learn about love and loyalty during a future Gulf War. Script Excerpt |
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Popsicle DeathA neighborhood Popsicle vendor kills himself for not being paid by yet another self-involved child, but retribution does not die with him. Can the boy survive the night? What if he says, it's just not his fault? Finalist screenplay at 13Horror.com film & screenplay contest Could also work well for an animated piece. |
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Searching for her estranged sister, FBI Agent November Knight reluctantly joins an Elite Team, A.
THE ORGANIC SVENGALI
She wants to connect with her dead parents by attending their alma mater; he’s a young genius coasting as a music history professor who cured himself of cancer, and is looking for a fresh mind now that the cancer has returned; their paths and wills are about to cross.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
A rare book dealer uses the reading of his will to seal heirs who he believes wronged him, in a panic room with no air or escape, unless they decode a mystery hidden in a centuries old book; even here the female book appraiser and the investigator must keep their secret.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A 14 year old preacher renounces his faith in God in the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter.
CIRQUE D' ETOILES
*** Russian astronaut, thrown out of the space program, hijacks a space taxi going to the International Space Station.
THE SOCIAL POLICE
Twenty years from now, an FBI agent patrols the social media This pilot streamer has it all.
CURIOUS BUDDIES
It's not your mother's buddy movie.
LOTUS OPERANDI
This one is pure Fun! It's a genre buster, Fosse/Verdon meets James Bond, meets All That Jazz and Cabaret! Asian American Black Belt goes undercover for the CIA, to help track down terrorists.
NOCTURNE'S RAINBOW
Kids and their dogs find the Rainbow Bridge in a snowstorm.
THE CALL CENTER
Locusts invade the building, the adherence schedules are off kilter, and one of the night managers is watching TV and preaching the word.