The Blood List is the top 13 most-liked screenplays in the
horror, thriller, sci fi, fantasy, or dark comedy/drama
genres. 75 industry insiders vote for their top three choices.
To make it on the list a screenplay had to receive at least 3 votes, and come out wi thin the last calendar year (October 2010 to October 2011).
Apologies for any discrepancies.
Enjoy.
15 Votes
MAGGIE by John Scott III
Agents: Billy Hawkins & Dan Rabinow (CAA)
Logline: After a zombie infects a 16-year old girl, she has six weeks before she transforms.
Genre: Horror/Sci Fi
Status: Pierre Ange financing. Henry Hobson attached to direct. Casting.
13 Votes
BETHLEHEM by Larry Brenner
Agent: Martin Spencer (CAA)
Manager: Mitch Soloman (Magnet Management)
Logline: In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by flesh-eating zombies, a benevolent vampire teams up with a group of humans to survive.
Genre: Horror
Status: Joe Roth & Palak Patel producing. Julius Sevcik directing.
SUBJECT ZERO by Dave Cohen
Agent: Emile Gladstone (ICM)
Manager: Jeremy Platt (Generate)
Logline: It’s a love story on par with Romeo & Juliet. It’s a father and son movie. It’s a tragedy. It’s a monster movie tipping it’s hat to Frankenstein and most importantly it’s an origin story explaining the birth of a viral scourge.
Genre: Horror
Status: Available
11 Votes
MR. ALLEN by John Hulme
Agent: Adam Levine (Verve)
Manager: John O’ Morisano (Powder Room Graffiti)
Logline: When his childhood boogeyman returns, a father must fight to protect not only his inner fears, but also his family.
Genre: Horror
Status: John Hulme is attached to direct.
7 Votes
THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Barbara Curry
Manager: John Jacobs (Smart Entertainment)
Logline: A lonely woman in her 30s has a one-night stand with the 17-year- old boy next door but his obsession proves to be deadly. In the vein of FATAL ATTRACTION.
Genre: Thriller
Status: Available
6 Votes
THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL by Alex & Max Schenker
Agent: Greg Pedicin (Gersh)
Manager: Jeremy Platt (Generate)
Logline: Upon inheriting a ranch, a man becomes mired in an age-old blood feud with his new neighbors.
Genre: Thriller
Status: Available.
IN THE EVENT OF A MOON DISASTER by Mike Jones
Agent: David Kopple (CAA)
Manager: Lindsay Willams (Gotham Group)
Logline: A re-telling of the first moon landing, but in this version disaster strikes the astronauts.
Genre: Thriller
Status: FilmNation producing.
MARTYRS by Mark L. Smith (based on the French film of the same name that was written and directed by Pascal Laugier)
Agent: Stuart Manashil (CAA)
Logline: Two best friends who grew up in foster care take revenge on those that brutalized them.
Genre: Thriller
Status: Temple Hill & Morgan White producing. Daniel Stamm is attached to direct.
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK by Scott Milam
Agent: Adam Levine (Verve)
Manager: Brad Kaplan (Evolution)
Logline: After a girl wakes up from a brutal attack, she begins to have supernatural visions, which leads her to unravel a disturbing truth about NYC's WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. In the vein of POLTERGEIST meets SALEM’S LOT. Based on true events.
Genre: Horror
Status: Daniel Alter & Caliber Media Co.’s Jack Heller producing and looking to partner.
5 Votes
NO GOOD DEED by Jessica Chandler-Fay
Manager: Ken Freimann (Circle of Confusion)
Logline: After saving the life of a young woman left for dead in an alley, a good samaritan couple realize the dying girl was just bait and quickly find themselves in an escalating game of cat and mouse with the twisted family who set the trap. In the vein of THE STRANGERS.
Genre: Horror
Status: Available
4 Votes
CUL-DE-SAC by Evan Hoyt Wasserstrom
Agent: Ryan Saul (APA)
Logline: When a group of teenagers carpool to a Friday night party together, looking for a good time, they end up at the wrong house which is occupied by squatters (a murderous husband and wife) who will do anything to get their hands on a young female to procreate for them.
Genre: Horror
Status: Available, Dan Scheinkman attached to produce and looking to partner.
THE FACES by Eric Reese
Agent: Stuart Manashil & Matt Rosen (CAA)
Managers: Jeremy Bell, Nate Matteson & Peter McHugh (Gotham Group)
Logline: A newlywed couple finds themselves the target of an organization that uses terror as a means of entertainment.
Genre: Horror
Status: FilmNation producing. Paul Solet directing.
3 Votes
RATTLE MAN by Victor Salva
Agent: Abram Nalibotsky (Gersh)
Manager: Dave Brown (Artist International)
Logline: 3 brothers encounter the evil Rattle Man, a shadowy figure that terrorizes them and their small coastal town.
Genre: Horror
Status: Available
-OVERVIEW-
15 Votes = MAGGIE
13 Votes = BETHLEHEM & SUBJECT ZERO
11 Votes = MR. ALLEN
7 Votes =THE BOY NEXT DOOR
6 Votes = THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL, IN THE EVENT OF A
MOON DISASTER, MARTYRS, WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK
5 Votes = NO GOOD DEED
4 Votes = CUL-DE-SAC & THE FACES
3 Votes = RATTLE MAN
To make it on the list a screenplay had to receive at least 3 votes, and come out wi thin the last calendar year (October 2010 to October 2011).
Apologies for any discrepancies.
Enjoy.
15 Votes
MAGGIE by John Scott III
Agents: Billy Hawkins & Dan Rabinow (CAA)
Logline: After a zombie infects a 16-year old girl, she has six weeks before she transforms.
Genre: Horror/Sci Fi
Status: Pierre Ange financing. Henry Hobson attached to direct. Casting.
13 Votes
BETHLEHEM by Larry Brenner
Agent: Martin Spencer (CAA)
Manager: Mitch Soloman (Magnet Management)
Logline: In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by flesh-eating zombies, a benevolent vampire teams up with a group of humans to survive.
Genre: Horror
Status: Joe Roth & Palak Patel producing. Julius Sevcik directing.
SUBJECT ZERO by Dave Cohen
Agent: Emile Gladstone (ICM)
Manager: Jeremy Platt (Generate)
Logline: It’s a love story on par with Romeo & Juliet. It’s a father and son movie. It’s a tragedy. It’s a monster movie tipping it’s hat to Frankenstein and most importantly it’s an origin story explaining the birth of a viral scourge.
Genre: Horror
Status: Available
11 Votes
MR. ALLEN by John Hulme
Agent: Adam Levine (Verve)
Manager: John O’ Morisano (Powder Room Graffiti)
Logline: When his childhood boogeyman returns, a father must fight to protect not only his inner fears, but also his family.
Genre: Horror
Status: John Hulme is attached to direct.
7 Votes
THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Barbara Curry
Manager: John Jacobs (Smart Entertainment)
Logline: A lonely woman in her 30s has a one-night stand with the 17-year- old boy next door but his obsession proves to be deadly. In the vein of FATAL ATTRACTION.
Genre: Thriller
Status: Available
6 Votes
THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL by Alex & Max Schenker
Agent: Greg Pedicin (Gersh)
Manager: Jeremy Platt (Generate)
Logline: Upon inheriting a ranch, a man becomes mired in an age-old blood feud with his new neighbors.
Genre: Thriller
Status: Available.
IN THE EVENT OF A MOON DISASTER by Mike Jones
Agent: David Kopple (CAA)
Manager: Lindsay Willams (Gotham Group)
Logline: A re-telling of the first moon landing, but in this version disaster strikes the astronauts.
Genre: Thriller
Status: FilmNation producing.
MARTYRS by Mark L. Smith (based on the French film of the same name that was written and directed by Pascal Laugier)
Agent: Stuart Manashil (CAA)
Logline: Two best friends who grew up in foster care take revenge on those that brutalized them.
Genre: Thriller
Status: Temple Hill & Morgan White producing. Daniel Stamm is attached to direct.
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK by Scott Milam
Agent: Adam Levine (Verve)
Manager: Brad Kaplan (Evolution)
Logline: After a girl wakes up from a brutal attack, she begins to have supernatural visions, which leads her to unravel a disturbing truth about NYC's WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. In the vein of POLTERGEIST meets SALEM’S LOT. Based on true events.
Genre: Horror
Status: Daniel Alter & Caliber Media Co.’s Jack Heller producing and looking to partner.
5 Votes
NO GOOD DEED by Jessica Chandler-Fay
Manager: Ken Freimann (Circle of Confusion)
Logline: After saving the life of a young woman left for dead in an alley, a good samaritan couple realize the dying girl was just bait and quickly find themselves in an escalating game of cat and mouse with the twisted family who set the trap. In the vein of THE STRANGERS.
Genre: Horror
Status: Available
4 Votes
CUL-DE-SAC by Evan Hoyt Wasserstrom
Agent: Ryan Saul (APA)
Logline: When a group of teenagers carpool to a Friday night party together, looking for a good time, they end up at the wrong house which is occupied by squatters (a murderous husband and wife) who will do anything to get their hands on a young female to procreate for them.
Genre: Horror
Status: Available, Dan Scheinkman attached to produce and looking to partner.
THE FACES by Eric Reese
Agent: Stuart Manashil & Matt Rosen (CAA)
Managers: Jeremy Bell, Nate Matteson & Peter McHugh (Gotham Group)
Logline: A newlywed couple finds themselves the target of an organization that uses terror as a means of entertainment.
Genre: Horror
Status: FilmNation producing. Paul Solet directing.
3 Votes
RATTLE MAN by Victor Salva
Agent: Abram Nalibotsky (Gersh)
Manager: Dave Brown (Artist International)
Logline: 3 brothers encounter the evil Rattle Man, a shadowy figure that terrorizes them and their small coastal town.
Genre: Horror
Status: Available
-OVERVIEW-
15 Votes = MAGGIE
13 Votes = BETHLEHEM & SUBJECT ZERO
11 Votes = MR. ALLEN
7 Votes =THE BOY NEXT DOOR
6 Votes = THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL, IN THE EVENT OF A
MOON DISASTER, MARTYRS, WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK
5 Votes = NO GOOD DEED
4 Votes = CUL-DE-SAC & THE FACES
3 Votes = RATTLE MAN
