Family Friendly Screenplays
Murder of Crows
Based on the novel with more ghostly twists and turns!
It asks the question: What would you do if you suspected your new house was haunted?
That’s what Liam, a lonely ghost obsessed teenage boy, finds out when his family relocates to small Georgia town and moves into a dilapidated Civil War Era mansion. In this family paranormal feature - along the lines of Goosebumps meets Sixth Sense, Liam finds himself as a misfit in two different worlds: a freshman in a new high school and human living in a haunted house.
As soon as they move in, strange things start to happen: every single smoke alarm goes off at the same time – without batteries, the coffee pot brews without being plugged in, and a strange handprint appears as a stain on the floor.
Those peculiar instances are quickly forgotten when school starts. Until…Liam is given a writing assignment in English – to write something spooky and ghostly for Halloween, and given a writing partner…Ellie – a goth girl who recently moved back to the small town.
She comes over to work on their project and immediately recognizes the house as the Old Whitney plantation, where Sarah, a girl their age, murdered her entire family with an ax while they slept. They make a Ouija Board to see if they can contact Sarah. No luck with her, but they unknowingly let other spirits in.
That night Sarah reaches out and contacts Liam, begging him to solve the mystery of her family’s murder – she swears she’s innocent. He agrees, starting down a path with Ellie that takes them from the safe confines of reading old newspapers in the library, to using their Ouija Board at Andersonville – the old Civil War prison camp, to battling ghosts while searching for a confession made by Liam’s great-great grandfather.
Throughout his journey Liam discovers the value of friendship, whether his friends are living or not, as well as the rewards of facing downs his fears and helping others.
It’s a supernatural twist on a classic ‘who done it’ murder mystery.
It asks the question: What would you do if you suspected your new house was haunted?
That’s what Liam, a lonely ghost obsessed teenage boy, finds out when his family relocates to small Georgia town and moves into a dilapidated Civil War Era mansion. In this family paranormal feature - along the lines of Goosebumps meets Sixth Sense, Liam finds himself as a misfit in two different worlds: a freshman in a new high school and human living in a haunted house.
As soon as they move in, strange things start to happen: every single smoke alarm goes off at the same time – without batteries, the coffee pot brews without being plugged in, and a strange handprint appears as a stain on the floor.
Those peculiar instances are quickly forgotten when school starts. Until…Liam is given a writing assignment in English – to write something spooky and ghostly for Halloween, and given a writing partner…Ellie – a goth girl who recently moved back to the small town.
She comes over to work on their project and immediately recognizes the house as the Old Whitney plantation, where Sarah, a girl their age, murdered her entire family with an ax while they slept. They make a Ouija Board to see if they can contact Sarah. No luck with her, but they unknowingly let other spirits in.
That night Sarah reaches out and contacts Liam, begging him to solve the mystery of her family’s murder – she swears she’s innocent. He agrees, starting down a path with Ellie that takes them from the safe confines of reading old newspapers in the library, to using their Ouija Board at Andersonville – the old Civil War prison camp, to battling ghosts while searching for a confession made by Liam’s great-great grandfather.
Throughout his journey Liam discovers the value of friendship, whether his friends are living or not, as well as the rewards of facing downs his fears and helping others.
It’s a supernatural twist on a classic ‘who done it’ murder mystery.
Worlds Away Franchise
“WORLDS AWAY” is an exciting, family fantasy adventure franchise that’s a roller coaster of emotion for three siblings…who happen to be trapped in different worlds.
“WORLDS AWAY: WITHIN EMERALD FORESTS” introduces the feisty siblings to their eccentric aunt and uncle when they are forced to spend their summer vacation together on an extraordinary ranch where their aunt is keeping a shocking secret -- they are caught in a mysterious chain of events that forces them realize things aren’t as they seem.
The unsuspecting kids uncover the secret when one is captured by Bigfoot…as revenge for humans taking her own son – while another sibling is snatched by a tentacle in the pond and dragged underwater…intended as a sacrifice for an enormous sea monster -- leaving the lone sibling to wage an epic battle against fairies and goblins for the fabled unicorn horn in order to reunite the family.
“WORLDS AWAY: ACROSS RUBY FIELDS” takes the kids from the emerald forests of their aunt and uncle’s to a phenomenal adventure in the Fairy Realm where they must rescue a changeling without falling victim to the wicked Fairy Queen who plans to use them as bait to lure the guardians away from the vortex.
But are the siblings the ones foretold of in the Legend of the Three who will end up destroying the Queen?
“WORLDS AWAY: INTO AMETHYST MISTS” brings the children back together into the Fairy Realm to save their aunt who was kidnapped by a wayward Minotaur and held hostage in order for the vortex to be overrun and destroyed by the Fairy Queen, allowing the cryptic creatures to run amok in the human world.
“WORLDS AWAY: UNDER SAPPHIRE SKIES” concludes the saga with a battle of epic proportions, finally settling the dispute as to whether the Fairy Queen will gain control of the vortex or whether the humans can shut her down for good.
Tonally, the family friendly films are blended with action and humor. While mischievous, the kids are courageous and resourceful while the worlds are surreal and treacherous.
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