Feature Spec Scripts
The Campground
"Effortlessly delivers a fast-paced and well-handled story that includes suspense and classic horror elements. A wonderful script with a terrifying story that could keep any horror fan's heart racing."
- "ScreenCraft" Coverage Reader
Logline: Two sisters must overcome the guilt of their past and survive the horrors of a cursed campground, threatened by more than just an immortal slasher. Horror, 94 pages
The Pitch: In a twist on classic slasher films from the 80s, The Campground follows the dual emotional journeys of two sisters, as they struggle to survive an endlessly reviving killer in a forest campground that won’t let them leave.
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The main heroine is Claire, who struggles with the guilt from her past and her own suicidal thoughts, learning that her younger sister, Annie, has been missing for the past week after going on a graduation camping trip with her friends. Desperate for redemption, Claire sets out to find her, only to become lost in the woods, and unable to return home due to an impenetrable wall of fog. She meets Devon, a survivor of the area who’s fighting and running from The Watcher, a killer that resurrects every time it is killed, no matter how brutal or effectively. He agrees to help her find Annie and reveals that he feels guilty for letting the Watcher kill his girlfriend, Lexi.
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Meanwhile, Annie, trying to move past her own guilt, has gone on a camping trip with her friends in an attempt to get closer to her crush, Luna. During the night, they are attacked by another killer in the shadows, known as The Entity. While her friends are slain, Annie manages to escape to a nearby church, meeting Michael. He gives her a sermon on the folly of guilt, as well as an old gun, just before the Entity attacks them. Annie escapes to an abandoned summer camp, where she decides to hold up and lie in wait.
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The Campground is about guilt and overcoming it. Claire, Annie, and Devon all feel guilty for one reason or another and have dealt with it in vastly different ways. The arc that they must go through is to let go of their pain by accepting that there are things beyond their control, represented by The Watcher. It makes the story relatable to anyone, but especially for young adults who are still trying to figure out their place in the world and may be holding onto pain. There are also themes of suicide and the ever-present urge to give up, and this film challenges its heroines to find the will to survive, despite those obstacles.
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The lead roles of Claire and Annie offer the chance for young actresses to flex their emotional muscles, having to combine fear, guilt, and sadness, as well as needing to be determined and powerful during the climax. The role of Devon is a layered and dynamic side/mentor character. And The Watcher as a killer is front and center, rather than being hidden in the shadows, offering some fun opportunity for mime artists or stunt people.
Official Selection
Oxford Script Awards Winter Season, 2025
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Official Selection
Berlin International Screenwriting Festival, 2025
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2nd Place - Best Horror Feature Script
The 13th Annual International Horror Hotel Film Festival
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Quarterfinalist
Outstanding Feature Screenplay Competition, 2021
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Quarterfinalist
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards, Season 6​
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Quarterfinalist
ScreenCraft Horror Competition 2022
Penance
Logline: a grieving father must overcome the mental manifestation of his guilt for his daughter's death and prove his worth to his pregnant wife. Drama, 89 pages
The Pitch: Flipping the script on the typical haunting story, Penance features a ghostly presence that is a mere hallucination of the focal character, Morton, whose guilt has manifested in the form of his deceased daughter.
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A year after her passing, Carrie’s parents are expecting a baby boy. However, Morton still hasn’t gotten over her death, and is seeing her at his side all the time. She even wakes him in the middle of the night, screaming about the noises involved in her death. He attends a grief counselling session where he meets Dr. Ellis. She advises him to try and be a better parent to her in death, so he can move on from his guilt. Despite his best attempts, Carrie doesn’t disappear. When he takes her to the park one day, he is accosted by another father, who mistakes Morton for being a pedophile. Carrie beats up the dad, only for Morton to realize that he’s the one doing it, meaning that Carrie isn’t a mere hallucination anymore.
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Meanwhile, Morton’s wife, Angela, a psychiatrist, is trying to move forward from her daughter’s death so she can focus on the new baby. While she seems to have her emotions under control, she inadvertently realizes that she’s more unstable than she thinks. She consults with her friends, who offer the idea of leaving Morton in his state. While she is resolute in standing by him, she can’t help but think it may be best for the child.
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Penance is about more than guilt, it’s about grief and the damage of dwelling on the past and a failure to look to the future. While Morton is heavy on the guilt, he blames himself for Carrie’s death and it’s this that draws his focus away from his future child. Angela deals with her grief in her own way, but she feels guilty for attempting to move on. Feelings of grief and the need to move on are a universal life lesson. As such, this film could apply to any demographic, but since the characters are middle-aged and parents, it is aimed more at adults between the ages of twenty-five and forty, as they would be able to relate to the more complex themes and emotions.
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With only four major speaking roles, Penance offers a focus on character emotion and growth, offering an opportunity for actors to express their range. The hardest part to cast would be the daughter, Carrie, who’s supposed to only be six years old. However, the child must be sweet and scary all in one, leading to some interesting potential.