logline

When a violent suicide and possible smallpox outbreak quarantines Sunny inside upscale furniture store, FURNISH --
she must determine who among the equally trapped co-workers and customers is carrying -- not smallpox -- but a vengeful entity, desperate to continue killing.

accolades

2016 Semi-Finalist @ FilmQuest
2016 Official Selection @ Fright Night FF
2015 Semi-Finalist @ Shriekfest

table read

A 1st reading was held in early 2016.
The Cast:  Libby Baker, Michael Balin,
Cameron Bender, Lee Boxleitner, Randy Frank, Rahvaunia Johnson, Monte Light,
Maggie McCollester, Steve Newman,
​Candis Phlegm and Chris Smith.
|   SPECIAL GUEST READERS   |
​Cerina Vincent (Eli Roth's Cabin Fever,
Not Another Teen Movie) & ​Lynn Lowry (Romero's The Crazies, Cronenberg's Shivers).

hey, shannon!

In what has become a tradition in most of my scripts, I have a character named "Shannon" within the story.  In FURNISH, "Shannon" is the furniture store's assistant manager.
Picture
artwork by Michael Klug

video pitch

quick pitch

A dash of 1998's Fallen with a smidge of Brian DePalma's Carrie thrown into the mix of your favorite head-scratching whodunit!

basics

GENRE:  Horror / Thriller / Mystery
PROTECTION:  WGA; West registered
LENGTH:  Feature-length
DRAFTS:  Nine (9) completed drafts
PAGE COUNT:  Ninety-eight (98) pages
NUMBER: This is my 7th feature spec
PROBABLE MPAA RATING: R
3K-WORD SYNOPSIS:  Available upon request
COVERFLY PROFILE
FILM FREEWAY PROFILE
SCRIPT ED. / CONSULTANT:  Jonna Jackson
ALTERNATIVE TITLE:  Dirty Souls
INSPIRATIONS:  Having worked for 5 years in Bev. Hills retail management, ​I left with plenty of tales to tell!
RECORDS:  Furnish is my quickest writing turnaround ever:  a 77-page 1st draft completed in only FOUR DAYS!

adt'l info

While working on Furnish, two feature film ideas came to light, both centering around this furniture store, its customers and employees.
IDEA #2 (an Anthology):  Five separate stories told from the perspective of people who have never dealt with bad customer service or rude customers in the "Stepford" dimension which they inhabit.  But when someone from "another place" interrupts their tranquil existence, everyone has a terrible tale to tell.