Some very exciting news – my short ghost story script The Dead of Winter has made it through to the semifinals of the Spring 2021 Screencraft Film Fund.
It’s one of 150 scripts, whittled down from almost 1,300 quarterfinalists, so just getting to this stage is a big achievement!
The Dead of Winter is a classic Christmas ghost story in the style of MR James and Charles Dickens, with a modern setting and a psychological edge.
Here’s the logline:
After an affluent man leaves a rough sleeper to die in the cold on Christmas Eve, he’s haunted by a figure that may be a vengeful spirit – or his own guilty conscience.
Read more about it – and check out the pitch deck – here.