Loglines & Screenplays by Dave Sakmyster
Screenwriting Resources
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Roadside Assistance
GENRES: Horror
(Christine meets Psycho) A psychiatrist trying to balance his life installs a new GPS device for his car, but it soon takes on a life of its own and he is drawn into a nightmarish world of psychosis and murder. Finalist – Slamdance Horror; Genre Award Winner – Expo Screenplay Contest; Finalist – Shriekfest; Honorable Mention Winner – The Horror Screenplay Contest
Blindspots
GENRES: Thriller
(Adapted from my novel, published in 2012 by 7Realms Publishing). Trapped in a snow-bound Vermont hospital, seven strangers afflicted with Prosopagnosia (face-blindness), discover they are somehow able to see each other - but before they can figure out why, they are targeted by a preternaturally-gifted killer who has been waiting, more than one lifetime, for their arrival.
The Red Envelope
GENRES: Horror
The Ring meets The War of the Roses. Tricked into marrying the spirit of a Chinese family's deceased daughter, an American diplomat gets more than he bargained for when his jealous ghost wife begins killing any woman who gets too close to him. Adapted from my award-winning short story, and based on an actual Chinese tradition. Finalist – The Horror Screenplay Contest, Finalist – Terror Film Festival
The Lazarus Group
GENRES: Thriller
THE LAZARUS GROUP (thriller) Transformed by a Near Death Experience, a formerly crooked cop realizes he has a larger purpose in surviving when he discovers that members of his support group are being murdered – by one of their own. Runner-up/Finalist at Scriptapalooza
Contact List
GENRES: Thriller
CONTACT LIST (thriller) – cowritten with Al Fuimano (Cellular meets One Hour Photo)When a college student sends her old cell phone in to be refurbished, it's discovered by a high-tech killer who accesses her photos, account information and contact list – and uses them to insinuate himself into her life.
The Supernaturals
GENRES: Horror
Adaptation of the best-selling author David L. Golemon’s novel. An extraordinary team of ghost hunters accepts the challenge of a live television broadcast, and ventures into the ultimate haunted house.
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