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The Demon of Hope Street

Logline: A homeless vet, haunted by the war, discovers that a deranged street preacher is murdering his followers to send them to heaven — and if he doesn’t stop him, he might be next.

Mike returns home from the war with a Bronze Star and severe PTSD. He wakes from a nightmare and fires his Glock at a dark figure lurking in his bedroom doorway. It’s his son. His wife lunges at him, and the bullets miss their mark. Mike drives off into the night, leaving his family behind.

Mike ends up on skid row at the Hope Street Mission where he meets Isaiah, a street preacher who sustains a head injury and comes to believe he’s been given a special calling from the Lord. Isaiah shares God's message of love on the street, then leads his followers down a dark alley and injects them with a lethal dose of morphine. Now they won’t be suffering anymore. They’ll be in heaven.

Mike fears Isaiah’s coming for him next and needs to hunt him down if he’s going to survive. It’s his only chance at finding a path to peace and redemption — and a way back home to his family.

  • Craig Peters
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    105
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Writer Biography - Craig Peters

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

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