Script Files
The 49th Day
A young girl's imaginary friend starts killing her family off, one by one. But how can you stop Death when she wants to play?
Diana, a child with a vivid imagination, sees a sparkling image in a crystal. It's Shyla, a girl who wants to be her new friend. When Diana's brother drowns in the family swimming pool, Diana fears that Shyla was responsible for his death.
She has visions of her dead brother, and her behavior becomes increasingly bizarre. Her parents take her to a psychiatrist who warns them that she needs help — Diana might be suffering from early-onset schizophrenia.
Then Diana's grandmother dies when she tumbles down the stairs, and her best friend gets strangled on a rope ladder. Diana knows that Shyla murdered them. She steals her father's pistol. She's got to kill Shyla before the rest of her family ends up dead.
But Shyla loves this game and wants to stay.
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Project Type:Screenplay
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Number of Pages:104
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Country of Origin:United States
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Language:English
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First-time Screenwriter:No
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Student Project:No
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Writing Credits for Screen: THE 49TH DAY Feature - Thriller / Horror Selected for the BloodList 2016 ScreenCraft Horror Contest Grand Prize Winner 2016 WeScreenplay Third Place Winner 2016 ISA Fast Track Fellowship Top 50 2016 Page Quarterfinalist 2016 Best Screenplay, Horror, Table Read My Screenplay 2015 Circus Road Semi-Finalist 2015 ScreenCraft Horror Semifinalist 2015 Capitol Fund Screenplay Competition — Hot 100 2015 ScreenCraft Fellowship Finalist 2015 WeScreenplay Quarterfinalist 2014 Circus Road Semifinalist 2014 Write Movies Finalist 2014 ScreamCraft Horror Semifinalist 2014 Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest Silver Prize Winner for Horror 2013 Nicholls Quarterfinalist (top 372 out of 7251) 2013 Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2012 Creative World Awards Finalist 2012 Reel Authors Screenplay Contest Finalist 2012 Fresh Voices Contest Semifinalist 2012 CineStory Writers Retreat Winner 2011 American Screenwriting Competition Semifinalist 2011 Script Pipeline Finalist (top 20 out of 3000) 2010 Story Pros Grand Prize Winner 2009 Script Savvy 1st Place Winner 2008 Blue Cat Semi-Finalist 2008 Screenwriters Showcase 2nd Place Winner 2007 Screenplay Festival Finalist 2007 American Zoetrope Quarterfinalist 2007 THE DEMON OF HOPE STREET Feature - Thriller Page Semifinalist 2016 Cinequest Feature Quarterfinalist 2016 Shore Scripts Quarterfinalist 2016 WeScreenplay Finalist 2015 Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2015 (top 3% of 3500 scripts) ScreenCraft Fellowship Semifinalist 2015 Table Read My Screenplay Contest Semifinalist 2015 WeScreenplay Semifinalist 2015 Fresh Voices Quarterfinalist 2015 Big Break Contest Top Ten Thriller 2014 StoryPros International Screenplay Contest Semifinalist 2014 New York Screenplay Contest Finalist 2014 CineStory Quarterfinalist 2014 ScreenCraft Fellowship Semifinalist 2014 Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2014 Hollywood Screenplay Contest Finalist 2013 Fresh Voices Screenplay Contest 2013, Nominee for Humanitarian Award. “This award rewards material that highlights social and political issues around the world, as well as writers that strive to make a positive difference through their writing.” Story Pros Quarterfinalist 2013 Happy Writers Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalist 2013 SOVEREIGN CITIZEN Feature - Thriller Fresh Voices Quarterfinalist 2017 ISA Fast Track Fellowship Top 50 2016 Table Read My Screenplay Semifinalist 2016 Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2016 Story Pros Quarterfinalist 2016 Shore Scripts Quarterfinalist 2016 Hollywood Hills Screenplay Competition Top Finalist 2015 WeScreenplay Finalist 2015 Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2015 (top 3% of 3500 scripts) Write Movies Quarterfinalist 2015 THE SQUAWKER Feature - Comedy /Action / Adventure WeScreenplay Semifinalist 2016 ScreenCraft Family-Friendly Script Contest Semifinalist 2014 Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2012 Creative World Awards Semifinalist 2012 Reel Authors Semifinalist 2012 THE LIBERTY BELL SWEEPSTAKES Feature / TV Special - Comedy Based on the author’s original stage play The $88,000 Liberty Bell Sweepstakes that won two national playwriting awards and received seven productions on stages from coast to coast — recently adapted for the screen Official Selection of the LS and B Comedy Writing Contest 2016 In Development SONGS OF MAD WILLIAM Feature - Drama CONVICT LAKE Feature - Comedy
Craig Peters
www.craigpeters.info
Resume
Education:
BA Stanford 1976
MFA UC Riverside 1979
Writing Credits for Screen:
THE 49TH DAY
Feature - Thriller / Horror
Atlanta Screenplay Awards Finalist 2020
New York City International Screenplay Contest Finalist 2020
Inroads Screenwriting Finalist 2019
Emerging Screenwriters Semifinalist 2019
Big Break Semifinalist 2019
Capital Fund Screenplay Competition Hot 100 2018
Big Break Quarterfinalist 2018
13Horror Screenplay Finalist 2017
Official Selection of the FilmQuest Festival 2017
Selected for the BloodList 2016
ScreenCraft Horror Contest Grand Prize Winner 2016
WeScreenplay Third Place Winner 2016
ISA Fast Track Fellowship Top 50 2016
Page Quarterfinalist 2016
Best Screenplay, Horror, Table Read My Screenplay 2015
Circus Road Semi-Finalist 2015
ScreenCraft Horror Semifinalist 2015
Capitol Fund Screenplay Competition — Hot 100 2015
ScreenCraft Fellowship Finalist 2015
WeScreenplay Quarterfinalist 2014
Circus Road Semifinalist 2014
Write Movies Finalist 2014
ScreamCraft Horror Semifinalist 2014
Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest Silver Prize Winner for Horror 2013
Nicholls Quarterfinalist (top 372 out of 7251) 2013
Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2012
Creative World Awards Finalist 2012
Reel Authors Screenplay Contest Finalist 2012
Fresh Voices Contest Semifinalist 2012
CineStory Writers Retreat Winner 2011
American Screenwriting Competition Semifinalist 2011
Script Pipeline Finalist (top 20 out of 3000) 2010
Story Pros Grand Prize Winner 2009
Script Savvy 1st Place Winner 2008
Blue Cat Semi-Finalist 2008
Screenwriters Showcase 2nd Place Winner 2007
Screenplay Festival Finalist 2007
American Zoetrope Quarterfinalist 2007
THE DEMON OF HOPE STREET
Feature - Thriller
Big Break Semifinalist 2019
Finish Line Script Competition Official Selection 2018
StoryPros Semifinalist 2017
Page Semifinalist 2016
Cinequest Feature Quarterfinalist 2016
Shore Scripts Quarterfinalist 2016
WeScreenplay Finalist 2015
Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2015 (top 3% of 3500 scripts)
ScreenCraft Fellowship Semifinalist 2015
Table Read My Screenplay Contest Semifinalist 2015
WeScreenplay Semifinalist 2015
Fresh Voices Quarterfinalist 2015
Big Break Contest Top Ten Thriller 2014
StoryPros International Screenplay Contest Semifinalist 2014
New York Screenplay Contest Finalist 2014
CineStory Quarterfinalist 2014
ScreenCraft Fellowship Semifinalist 2014
Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2014
Hollywood Screenplay Contest Finalist 2013
Fresh Voices Screenplay Contest 2013, Nominee for Humanitarian
Award. “This award rewards material that highlights social and political
issues around the world, as well as writers that strive to make a positive
difference through their writing.”
Story Pros Quarterfinalist 2013
Happy Writers Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalist 2013
SOVEREIGN CITIZEN
Feature - Thriller
ISA Fast Track Fellowship Top 50 2020
Table Read My Screenplay Semifinalist 2017
Story Pros Quarterfinalist 2017
Fresh Voices Quarterfinalist 2017
ISA Fast Track Fellowship Top 50 2016
Table Read My Screenplay Semifinalist 2016
Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2016
Story Pros Quarterfinalist 2016
Shore Scripts Quarterfinalist 2016
Hollywood Hills Screenplay Competition Top Finalist 2015
WeScreenplay Finalist 2015
Script Pipeline Quarterfinalist 2015 (top 3% of 3500 scripts)
Write Movies Quarterfinalist 2015
THE SQUAWKER
Feature - Comedy / Action / Adventure
Emerging Screenwriters Semifinalist 2019
Table Read My Screenplay Semifinalist 2017
WeScreenplay Semifinalist 2016
ScreenCraft Family-Friendly Script Contest Semifinalist 2014
Screenplay Festival Semifinalist 2012
Creative World Awards Semifinalist 2012
Reel Authors Semifinalist 2012
THE LIBERTY BELL SWEEPSTAKES
Feature / TV Special - Comedy
Based on the author’s original stage play The $88,000 Liberty Bell Sweepstakes that won two national playwriting awards and received seven productions on stages from coast to coast — recently adapted for the screen
Official Selection of the LS and B Comedy Writing Contest 2016
THE MYTHICAL GOLDEN TROUT (Completed 5/18)
Feature - Comedy / Action / Adventure
Stage 32 Gidden Media Grown Up Movies Contest Semifinalist 2020
New York City International Screenplay Contest Semifinalist 2020
Write/LA Semifinalist 2019
Story Pros Semifinalist 2019
Finish Line Script Competition Official Selection 2018
Story Pros Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalist 2018
In Development
SONGS OF MAD WILLIAM
Feature - Drama
Writing Credits for Stage:
THE $88,000 LIBERTY BELL SWEEPSTAKES
Stage Play - Comedy
Productions:
Harlequin Theatre, Cayuga College, NY 1992
Theatre Americana, Altadena, CA 1990
Kingston Showboat Theatre, Eddyville, NY 1988
New Playwright’s Theatre, Ashland, OR 1988
The Y.E.S. National Playwriting Festival Winner 1987 (Playwright in Residence at
N. Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY)
The Uprising Theatre, Long Beach, CA 1987
Glendale College Theatre, Glendale, CA 1986
THE MIGHTY SAMSON SISTERS
Stage Play - Comedy
FOUR DAYS FROM HONEYSUCKLE GARDEN
Stage Play - Comedy