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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 2d

Page 1 from NO GHOSTS TONIGHT, my tale of a young woman who embarks on a desperate Channel crossing among strangers in a bid to get home.

A Nicholl finalist, it didn't get me an agent or manager (hint, hint), but it did open various other more productiony doors.
#Scriptsky #FirstPageFriday

EXT. WINDSWEPT BEACH - DUSK
Waves roll in. They don’t stop.
Wet sand reflects a sullen sky. Foam skitters up the beach.
Beyond, rain-hazed open sea. Grey on grey.

SUPER: France, Plage Dunes de la Slack, November 2023

A sweep of beach rises, meets wind-scarred dunes.
Bleak. Apparently deserted.

SHELTERED GULLY IN THE DUNES

SETAREH (20, looks Iranian, hyped and hyper-vigilant) hunkers
down, near invisible in the long grass and shadows.

Voices MURMUR (O.S.). Setareh listens but the words are
drowned by the waves.

She scans the dunes - where are they coming from? Pulls her
dark hoodie tight, adjusts her backpack. Ready to run.

Grass rustles. Setareh focuses...

There.

A MAN (20, Eritrean) emerges from a nearby gully. Wary, he
scans the sweep of dunes behind him. Looks straight at
Setareh, screened only by long grass in the dusk.

She freezes - holds her breath.

He steps onto the sand, an unwieldy fuel container strapped
to his back. Beckons into the dunes.

Another MAN (20s, Eritrean) emerges, lugging an outboard
motor. Together they SPRINT seaward.

Behind them FOUR MEN (20s-30s, Eritrean, Nigerian), race from
the dunes, a large inflated dinghy slung between them.

Setareh launches herself out of hiding - chases them onto...

THE BEACH

She POUNDS across rock and sand towards the dinghy.

A rocky beach at dusk - grey sky, grey sea. Rollers break over boulders.
Text: No GHOSTS TONIGHT / How far will you go to get back home?

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · 2d

It’s time for a #firstpagefriday today I’m showing off my feature TO HELL WITH LOVE

“When a grieving teenager descends into Hell to rescue his lost love, he must navigate a nightmarish underworld filled with grotesque horrors and deceptive allies in one day or else he is stuck there forever.”

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · 7d

Our proof-of-concept short horror film WITH YOUR LIFE is out now!

This is a slasher about generational trauma by way of domestic violence. The story follows Luisa as she risks everything to escape her husband’s family farm with her baby daughter.

youtu.be/nCLYjtPsIVg?... #horror #halloween #film

"With Your Life" | Horror Short Film

YouTube video by Freakish Films

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · 8d

Hey everyone! I’m directing this WEREWOLF horror short for Keeshan Giles (Grey’s Anatomy, New Girl, The Office) called HUNTERS! It’s on Kickstarter right now! Pledge and share! Please and thank you!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/168...

HUNTERS: A Werewolf Short Horror Film

A horror short about werewolves stalking the Bronx

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · 16d

Happy #firstpagefriday! HUNGER MOON: After her father is bitten and begins transforming into a werewolf, a determined young daughter battles to keep their family afloat, running the food cart by day and chaining the monster in their basement by night.

Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Sep 12

First Page Friday!

WHAT REMAINS

Logline: After the sudden death of her husband, a grieving woman retreats to his childhood home, where she begins communicating with what she believes is his ghost, only to spiral into obsession.

It’s The Babadook meets The Hunger with some Under the Skin.

Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Jul 25

I had to share my Air Bud Returns pitch! substack.com/inbox/post/1...

My Pitch For AIR BUD RETURNS

Four paws. One goal. No mercy.

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Jun 7

QUETZALCOATL #3 is out now!

The storm hits, Herminia fights back, & a golden luchador conjures a sacred wrestling ring in a soup kitchen. No big deal.

Digital is live. Physical copies available for preorder now. This is our most WILD issue yet.

www.quetzalcoatlcomic.com

#indiecomicsc #COMICS

Quetzalcoatl Digital Bundle Sale! Issues 1, 2, 3

Included in this sale: Issue #1 Digital Issue #2 Digital! Issue #3 Digital All 3 for $5!

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · May 28

Do I know any filmmakers who need a pitch deck made? I make pitch decks for producers/financiers covering a variety of genres! Hit me up! #screenwriting #filmmmaking #writing

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · May 24

First Trailer in 7 days…

Gary Deocampo @garydeo.bsky.social · May 24

7 DAYS!!! @netflix.com #TUDUM #FrankensteinGdT

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · May 9

Ever wanted to write comics? Let me break it down for you using my comic Quetzalcoatl as an example.

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Mastering the Five-Issue Comic Arc

Structuring Your Comic Series for Maximum Impact

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · May 8

Baby’s first Deadline?! Announcement time! I’ve been chosen as part of an amazing group of people for the Disability Belongs Entertainment Lab! It’s an honor! I can’t wait to see what the future of this lab! Included in the announcement is my first mention in Deadline!! deadline.com/2025/05/disa...

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · May 8

Baby’s first Deadline?! Announcement time! I’ve been chosen as part of an amazing group of people for the Disability Belongs Entertainment Lab! It’s an honor! I can’t wait to see what the future of this lab! Included in the announcement is my first mention in Deadline!! deadline.com/2025/05/disa...

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Apr 30

The only thing I love more than horror are Horror VHS Covers! What are your favorite?

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A Love Letter to Horror VHS Covers

I was maybe eight, walking through Hollywood Video with my dad, trailing my fingers along the plastic cases like I was summoning something.

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Apr 30

The only thing I love more than horror are Horror VHS Covers! What are your favorite?

open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

A Love Letter to Horror VHS Covers

I was maybe eight, walking through Hollywood Video with my dad, trailing my fingers along the plastic cases like I was summoning something.

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Apr 27

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There Is No Such Thing as “Prestige Horror”: The Genre Has Always Been Elevated

a rant.

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Apr 25

Was pretty vulnerable with this one about my insecurities regarding filmmaking and my disability. So let me know what you think and if it helped!

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The Set That Saved Me

On making horror, living with epilepsy, and finding my way back

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Apr 23

Horror has always been like that. macabremartinez.substack.com/p/there-is-n...

There Is No Such Thing as “Prestige Horror”: The Genre Has Always Been Elevated

a rant.

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Phoenix Black @phoenixblack.bsky.social · Apr 22

#specscriptshoutout for MIGRANT SPIRITS by @macabremartinez.bsky.social that brings the horror of child detention centres to the horror genre. Hope it finds a place with the Neon and A24s of the industry

Phoenix Black @phoenixblack.bsky.social · Apr 21

Sitting down with Migrant Spirits at my local. by @macabremartinez.bsky.social

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Apr 17

“Two best friends move to Los Angeles to chase their dreams, but when a fame-hungry ritual backfires, vengeful spirits seek them out and escaping may mean sacrificing everything they came for.”

Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Apr 17

Announcing our next project! We will be in production on a feature film starting in May called CITY OF ANGELS starring Amy Cassandra Martinez and Daniele Quinn.

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Apr 16

Part 2 of my ABBOTT ELEMENTARY Spec Script is out! I got a huge response for the last Part! Excited to continue the story with everyone!

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Abbott Elementary Spec Script Part 2

I wrote an Abbott spec script titled "YOUNG AUTHORS' CONFERENCE"

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Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Apr 14

So happy to finally share my Abbott Elementary spec script with y’all!! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Miguel Martinez @macabremartinez.bsky.social · Apr 11

Scary or Gross?

What Makes a Horror Movie Feel Scary vs. Just Being Gross?

Or Why I Don't Like The Terrifier Series

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · Apr 10

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

Original 1925 jacket cover of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvellous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.
"There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. ..
It was an
extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again?"
It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous er-tertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe.
It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
The
GREAT GATSBY
FITZGERALD

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