loglineWhen 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. accolades2016 Semi-Finalist @ FilmQuest
2016 Official Selection @ Fright Night FF 2015 Semi-Finalist @ Shriekfest table readA 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.
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video pitchquick pitchA dash of 1998's Fallen with a smidge of Brian DePalma's Carrie thrown into the mix of your favorite head-scratching whodunit!
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basicsGENRE: 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 infoWhile 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. |