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The Little Room Above screenplay
LOGLINE: A young man with a brain tumor confronts an alternate reality linked to his horrific childhood.
Click on the StoryPros banner to enter their Winner's Circle and view the first 9 pages of this script (PDF file at the bottom of the page):
-- Semi-Finalist, 2009 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest: "an original, new twist on the hallucination/reality thriller ... fantastic and imaginative ..."
-- 3rd place, 2008 StoryPros Screenplay contest: "a strong and distinctive psychological horror script ... nightmarish in tone..."
-- Top 15%, 2010 Nicholl Fellowship entries
Slasher screenplay
LOGLINE: In 1989 a series of grisly killings descends upon a small town, casting a horror-obsessed teen into his very own slasher movie. But what role will this unstable outsider play - misunderstood victim or monstrous villian?
-- Quarter-Finalist, 2010 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest: "compelling to read ... authentic ... an original coming of age story"
-- Semi-Finalist, 2009 Shriekfest Screenplay Contest: "Well-written, flowing, darkly cerebral without a typical ending which I found refreshing; something I would like to see."
Stagnant screenplay
LOGLINE: The aftermath of a deranged murder leads an artist, a lawyer, and a disabled convict to an ominous lake and the horrifying truth behind the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.
-- Quarter-Finalist, 2010 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest: "wickedly disturbed ... an incredible Lovecraftian tale ... very clear and creative visuals help advance the story, even for those who may not be familiar with H.P. Lovecraft's work."
-- Semi-Finalist, 2010 Shriekfest Screenplay Contest
-- Finalist 2009 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Screenplay Contest
Ian the Dead Guy
A webisode series currently in pre-production. Scripts for the first 4 episodes are complete, with approximately 20 more outlined.
If you're from the Dayton/Cincinnati area, enjoy acting or film production, and are interested in a quirky project about the everyday trials and tribulations of somebody without a pulse, visit the ModelMayhem.com Casting Call for more info.
"The Dead Must Go"
A collaboration between photographer Doug Sanders and I (along with various undead family & friends) for George Romero's "do-it-yourself-zombie-movie" promotional contest for his movie Diary of the Dead:
(If for some reason the video below doesn't open, please go to: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=29104942)
The Dead Must Go
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"Carcass"
A firsrt effort at "no-budget" film-making. Ambitious ideas hampered by inexperience (we apologize in advance for the sound quality in the classroom scene), but what the hell, you gotta start somewhere ...
"Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull." - Rod Serling
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