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Script Hive is the world’s largest free library of professional film and TV scripts, created for screenwriters to study and learn. 🐝 #scripthive #readthemovies

Los Angeles, CA
Joined September 2016
What’s your favorite noir-iest noir film moment? Could be a line, could be a plot, could be a shot, could be a whole scene - and why? Noirvember 🌑🗃️🎥🔍 #screenwriting #readthemovies #screenplays #noir #amwriting
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What was the last script you read, and what stuck with you the most ?🐝 #readthemovies #screenwriting #screenplay #scripthive
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“October was a good month for the library. We added over 200 new files, including enough Shining Time Station scripts to make me wonder if I accidentally got a job at the station.” See our Substack for highlights (link in bio). #screenwriting #readthemovies
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What are your favorite time loop films? (Watch out for these pesky loops when you turn your clocks back tonight.) All of these screenplay PDFs are available on the Script Hive, link in bio. #screenwriting #readthemovies
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* Groundhog Day - by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis * Edge of Tomorrow- screenplay by DW Harper * Palm Springs - by Andy Siara * Happy Death Day - by Scott Lobdell and Christopher Landon * Looper - by Rian Johnson * About Time - written by Richard Curtis
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Carpenter and Hill’s goal was to write Halloween like a radio play, with scares every ten minutes. (This and other fully formatted pdf screenplays available at the link in bio - always free.)🎃 🐝 Halloween - written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill #screenwriting #horror
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Diablo Cody’s original script was bloodier than the final version, including more scenes of Jennifer tearing apart her male victims. (Screenplay pdf avail at the link in our bio)🎃 🐝 Jennifer's Body - written by Diablo Cody #screenwriting #horror
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We've got a 2007 and 2008 draft at the Script Hive
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Director Samuel Bodin on showing the monster: "It was part of my intention; everything is practical… It's a choice we made, the choice to do everything on set." (Screenplay pdf avail at link in our bio) 🎃 🐝 Cobweb - written by Chris Thomas Devlin #screenwriting #horror
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Which means it’s also on our featured page ( no log in): scripthive.com/featured
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Our Substack this month digs into the writing in Cobweb: scripthive.substack.com/p/co…
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🩸 HORROR WRITERS WANTED. 3 DAYS LEFT! Killer Shorts offers a $5,000 feature screenplay Grand Prize presented by @DeepCutsCoffee + a read of the winning feature script by @bellevueprods! 🔪 Proudly sponsored by @Shudder ⏰ Deadline: OCT 31 Submit: killershorts.com/
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Did I post this on the 28th day of our spooky script month on purpose? Yes. Yes, I did.
Originally, a 28 Days Later character was infected by a dog. Writer Garland later decided the virus would only be communicable between primates, and no other animals would be infected. (Screenplay avail at link in bio)🎃 🐝 28 Days Later - written by Alex Garlan #screenwriting
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Originally, a 28 Days Later character was infected by a dog. Writer Garland later decided the virus would only be communicable between primates, and no other animals would be infected. (Screenplay avail at link in bio)🎃 🐝 28 Days Later - written by Alex Garlan #screenwriting
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The Script Hive is teaming with @killershorts for an epic, spine-chilling Cut to Black Challenge collaboration! This challenge is taking place exclusively on the Killer Shorts discord server buff.ly/8NPPvRi 👻 #screenwriting #shortfilms #horrorshorts #filmmakers
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The winning script gets a FREE ENTRY to the current season of the Killer Shorts Contest! Killer Shorts is the premier writing competition for horror & this is your chance to get your work in front of industry judges and jumpstart your screenwriting career.
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THIS WEEK'S ELEMENTS: Genre: Horror Element: Possession
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Sinners’ writer/director Coogler said, "Everybody would have reactions when they read that [piercing the veil scene], and that, to me, was like 'OK, maybe I've got something’...” (Screenplay pdf at link in our bio.)🎃 🐝 #screenwriting Sinners - Written by Ryan Coogler
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The newspaper article seen in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, reporting webs shrouding the Bay Area, was genuine. It had happened a week before filming commenced there. (Screenplay at link in bio.)🎃 🐝 #screenwriting Invasion of the Body Snatchers - written by W. D. Richter
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Ghostwatch, inspired by a real case, was never supposed to trick TV viewers. It was billed as a drama, but many people tuned in late and thought it was a live show. (Screenplay available at the link in our bio.)🎃 🐝 #screenwriting Ghostwatch - written by Stephen Volk
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