Screenplays

Please contact me for more information on any screenplay that grabs your attention. Some of the unproduced screenplays are available for option or sale.



SANSON

Feature Screenplay
Status: Unproduced / Available

Genres: Drama, Historical Drama 

Charles-Henri Sanson, the Paris executioner, finds himself in a unique position during French Revolution. Based on a true story.

Read an excerpt from the screenplay Sanson. 

 

Winner: 

Feel The Reel Screenplay Competition (2021)

 

Finalist:   

Florida Script Challenge (2021), Oaxaca FilmFest (2019). 

 


THE FLOWER GARDEN

Feature Screenplay

Status: Unproduced / Available

Genres: Horror, Psychological Horror

 

A girl who has been missing for two years suddenly appears in  a small town and may hold the key to the terrifying secret behind other disappearances. 

Honorable Mention - Frights, Camera, Action! (2022)

Finalist - 13Horror Screenplay Competition (2022)

 

PAGEANT

Short Screenplay

Status: Unproduced / Available

Genres: Horror, Dark Comedy, Horror-Comedy

A reluctant beauty contestant finds an interesting way to get out of the competition.

 

 

THE FATHER OF LIES
Feature Screenplay

Status: Unproduced / Available

Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Thriller 

Loki, the Norse Trickster God, leaves a path of death and destruction in his wake as he searches for the keys that will free his monstrous children and bring about the end of both the gods and humanity.

Read an excerpt from screenplay The Father of Lies.

 

Winner - Grim North Screenplay Festival (2019)

 


THE FAMILY WAY
Feature Screenplay
Status: Unproduced / Available

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Dark Drama 

After springing their trap on a group of vacationers, a murderous family discovers that one of their intended victims may have the potential to become one of their own.

Read an excerpt from The Family Way.

 

Winner -  

Olympus Film Festival (Best Horror Screenplay 2019), Hollywood Screenplay Contest (Gold Award Horror 2018), Chicago Genre Screenplay Competition (Best Screenplay & Best Horror Screenplay 2017), 

Finalist - 

Women In Horror Film Festival (2017), Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival (2017), Feel The Reel Screenplay Competition (2017), Cannes Screenplay Competition  (2016), Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest Screenplay Competition  (2016)

 

THE HAUNT

Feature Screenplay
Status: Unproduced / Available

Genres: Horror, Thriller 

Four vacationers discover that a haunted attraction run by an eccentric showman has a dark secret to its success.

Read an excerpt from the screenplay The Haunt.

 

Winner -

Las Vegas Screenplay Contest (Best Horror 2019),  Olympus Film Festival (Best Horror 2019)

 

Finalist - 

Women in Horror Film Festival (2018), Frights, Camera, Action! Screenplay Competition (2018)

 

 

 

THE SECRET OF RED LAKE   

Feature Screenplay
Status: Unproduced / Available

Genres: Horror.

 

A group of campers knowingly venture into the stomping grounds of a famous serial killer.   

 

FATHER OF LIES
Short Screenplay

Status: Produced in 2018 / Released 2020

Genres: Horror, Fantasy 

In a fit of rage over the kidnapping of his children and the death of his wife, the Norse Trickster God Loki murders Odin's favorite son Balder. As punishment, he is bound to a tree on Earth with the keys to his children's prisons dangling just out of reach. There he will stay hidden from the eyes of mankind until the trees lose their memory of Balder...

"Father of Lies" is a fantasy-horror story based on Viking mythology. Set in both the present and the past, the tale unmasks the Norse gods for the cruel beings they are and illustrates that the line between what is good and evil is often blurred.

THE FAMILY WAY: COMING HOME
Short Screenplay
Status: Produced in 2016 / Released 2018

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Dark Drama 

An angry teenager commits a series of horrific murders, unaware that he is being tracked by a family who takes a special interest in serial killers.

This short film is a prologue to the feature screenplay The Family Way. It is based on the original opening that was cut out of later drafts.

See The Family Way: Coming Home on Vimeo

 

SERIAL KILLERS IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

Short Film  

Status: Produced 2020 / Released 2020  

Genres: Dark Comedy

The Stay-at-Home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic are making things difficult for everyone! This mockumentary follows five serial killers who are finding ways to cope with the "new normal".

 

See Serial Killers in the Time of Coronavirus on YouTube

THE GUILD

Short Screenplay
Status: Produced in 2019 / Released 2020

Genres: Horror-Comedy, Dark Comedy 

An ambitious novice serial killer runs into a big problem while attempting to murder an entire family on the orders of a mysterious organization.
 

See The Guild on YouTube

 

 

PANDORA'S BOX PART TWO

Short Film  

Status: Produced 2020 / Released 2020  

Genres: Dark Comedy

 

The Greek Gods meet to discuss how the hardships of Pandora's Box may have gotten out of hand during the coronavirus pandemic lock-down in 2020.

See Pandora's Box Part Two on YouTube.

 

 

U.B. KILLER

Feature Screenplay
Status: Unproduced / Available

Genres: Horror-Comedy, Black Comedy 

An online horror show that lets its viewers vote on how the characters are killed off  finds itself in a pickle when an actress dies for real on the set during the live-streaming show.




TERRIBLE SECRETS
Feature Screenplay 
Status: Unproduced / Available
Genre: Horror, Anthology Horror

A group of strangers discover they all have something in common when confronted by a psychologist.

Read an excerpt from "Terrible Secrets".

CUPID

Short Feature Screenplay

Status: Unproduced / Available

Genre: Horror

A woman gets more than she bargained for when she employs a company that promises to discover how much someone loves their spouse.

PSYCHO CHICKS ANONYMOUS

Feature Screenplay
Status: Produced in 2010 / Released

Genres: Comedy, Dark Comedy 

A mockumentary about a support group for men attempting to escape from dysfunctional relationships.




PREDATORY MOON
Feature Screenplay

Status: Produced in 2016 / Released

Genres: Horror, Dark Drama 

When a man and his nephew are attacked while hiking in Florida, an animal behavior researcher suspects that there is something more sinister in the woods than just a bear. Unfortunately for him, there is someone who sees an advantage to having a stranger in town who cries "werewolf".




THE FIGURE

Short Screenplay
Status: Produced in 2016 / Released

Genres: Horror-Comedy, Dark Comedy 

 Six campers visit Red Lake, a place rumored to be the hunting grounds of a legendary serial killer. This horror-comedy short pays tribute to the old-school slasher genre with a unique, modern twist.

See "The Figure" on Youtube



REAL PEOPLE, NOT ACTORS

Short Screenplay
Status: Produced in 2016 / Released

Genres: Comedy, Parody

A parody commercial depicting a world where real people have taken over all the jobs traditionally done by professional actors.

See "Real People, Not Actors" on Youtube. 



INTERVENTION

Short Screenplay
Status: Produced in 2010 / Released

Genres: Horror-Comedy, Dark Comedy

 

Roger has tried every trick in the book to get Craig to face up to his devastating addiction. When Craig continues to deny that he's been using, even when confronted with solid evidence, Roger knows that there is only one thing left to do to force Craig to admit that he does indeed have a problem.

See "Intervention" on YouTube.

COFFEE

Short Screenplay
Status: Produced in 2008 / Released

Genres: Horror 

Three young hoodlums are in for a surprise when they rob a local coffee shop and discover the proprietor's secret.

MONSTER SAFARI: EPISODE ONE

Short Screenplay
Produced in 2007 / Released

Genres: Genres: Horror-Comedy, Dark Comedy, Parody Comedy
 

Meet Jake Helsing, the host of the show Monster Safari. Today he's on the hunt for one of the most popular but elusive creatures in the world... the vampire.