As Scared As You

A twenty-something male “drifter” antihero, and a young blind woman become caged prisoners at a bed and breakfast in small-town northern California, where the drifter’s violent, malignant actions prior, push a group of malicious locals-- along with their two animalistic, basement-held zombified residents, dressed as a dog and a clown-- to seek vengeance.

  • Jesse Dorian
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    Suspense Thriller, Graphic Horror, Dark Romance, Dark Drama, Psychological Horror, Dark Comedy, Mystery
  • Number of Pages:
    83
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Nightmare Fuel Film Festival LA
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    February 29, 2024
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Gold Award)
  • Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival
    Online Event
    December 20, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay (2023)
  • LA International Horror Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    November 5, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay
  • The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    October 17, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Genre Script
  • Las Vegas Independent Film Festival
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    September 22, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay
  • Black Owl Festival
    Bodrum, Mugla 🇹🇷
    September 13, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Screenplay
  • MADH ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS (MIIFA)
    Mumbai, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    September 3, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script
  • MADH ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS (MIIFA)
    Mumbai, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    September 3, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Jury Selection Script
  • MADH ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS (MIIFA)
    Mumbai, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    September 3, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay Feature Script
  • MADH ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS (MIIFA)
    Mumbai, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    September 3, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Writer Feature Script
  • Rome Movie Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    August 18, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Script (July - August 2023)
  • Austin International Art Festival
    Austin, TX (Online Event) 🇺🇸
    July 3, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Script in a Feature Film (July 2023)
  • New York Neorealism Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    July 31, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best American Screenwriter (July 2023)
  • New York Neorealism Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    July 31, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Psychological Horror (July 2023)
  • New York Script Awards
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    July 31, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Male Screenwriter (2023 Summer Edition)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Hellraiser Gold Award - Best Unproduced Thriller Screenplay (Summer 2023)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Mary Shelly Gold Award - Best Unproduced Horror Screenplay (Summer 2023)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Cthulhu Gold Award - Best Writer/Thriller (Summer 2023)
  • SoCal Film Awards
    Huntington Beach, CA 🇺🇸
    July 17, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay (Long-Form) (Award of Achievement) (Season 17)
  • HYBRID GENRE USA: Los Angeles Film Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 22, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - 2023 HYBRID GENRE RED LIST - Best Hybrid Genre Screenplay
  • Chicago Script Awards
    Chicago, IL 🇺🇸
    June 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Screenplay (2023 Summer Edition)
  • Los Angeles International Sci-Fi Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 18, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script
  • Naples Film Awards
    Naples, Italy 🇮🇹
    June 15, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Comedy Script (May 2023)
  • Sweet Democracy Film Awards
    Cannes, France 🇫🇷
    June 12, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Charles Bukowski Prize (May 2023)
  • Sweet Democracy Film Awards
    Cannes, France 🇫🇷
    June 12, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (May 2023)
  • Frida Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    June 4, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Script (Alfred Hitchcock Awards FIRST EDITION)
  • Hollywood International Golden Age Festival
    New York, NY (Online Event) 🇺🇸
    June 2, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Script in Feature (June 2023)
  • Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    May 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Critic's Choice Award) (May 2023)
  • Cuckoo International Film Awards
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu 🇮🇳
    May 21, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script/Screenplay (Special Jury Award) (April 2023)
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    May 16, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Drama (Cannes First Edition)
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    May 16, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best International Screenwriter (Cannes First Edition)
  • Die Laughing Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    May 14, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Feature Screenplay
  • Milestone International Film Festival
    West Mumbai, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    May 19, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenwriter
  • Milestone International Film Festival
    West Mumbai, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    May 19, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script
  • Milestone International Film Festival
    West Mumbai, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    May 19, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Dark Drama Script
  • Milestone International Film Festival
    West Mumbai, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    May 19, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Suspense Thriller Script
  • Milestone International Film Festival
    West Mumbai, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    May 19, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Script Writer
  • Prague International Film Awards
    Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
    April 23, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Screenplay (2022/23 Winter Edition)
  • New York Film Awards
    New York, NY (Online Event) 🇺🇸
    March 10, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay (February 2023)
  • Los Angeles Film Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    November 15, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Screenplay (November 2022)
  • LA Under The Stars Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    February 9, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay: Best Horror
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 28, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Horror Screenplay (Leviathan Platinum Award) (Winter 2022)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 28, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Drama Screenplay (Europa Platinum Award) (Winter 2022)
  • New York International Film Awards - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    March 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (February 2023)
  • New York International Film Awards - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    March 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Script (February 2023)
  • New York International Film Awards - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    March 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Mystery Script (February 2023)
  • New York International Film Awards - NYIFA
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    March 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Script (February 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    March 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (February 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    March 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Script (February 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    March 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Mystery Script (February 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    March 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Script (February 2023)
  • Oniros Film Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    March 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Script (February 2023)
  • Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 6, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Screenplay (November 2022)
  • Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    January 13, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script/Screenplay - Award of Prestige (January 2023)
  • Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    January 13, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Drama/Thriller Screenplay - Award Of Excellence (January 2023)
  • Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    January 13, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Screenplay - Award of Prestige (January 2023)
  • Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    January 13, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenwriter/Feature - Award of Prestige (January 2023)
  • RED MOVIE AWARDS
    Reims, France 🇫🇷
    January 10, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Script (2022 AUTUMN EDITION)
  • Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival
    Portland, OR 🇺🇸
    March 30, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Feature Screenplay (Spring 2023)
  • Diabolical Horror Film Festival
    Online Festival
    October 27, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script
  • Best Script Award - London
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    November 3, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Crime Screenplay (Autumn 2022)
  • Festigious Los Angeles - Monthly Film Competition
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    January 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Screenplay (December 2022)
  • Festigious Los Angeles - Monthly Film Competition
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    January 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Screenplay (December 2022)
  • Stanley Film Awards
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    March 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Twelfth Edition)
  • Red Dragon Creative Awards
    Dallas, TX 🇺🇸
    November 9, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Feature Script (September 2022)
  • Stardust Films and Screenplays Festival
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    November 1, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Feature Screenplay (Season 7)
  • Redwood Shorts & Scripts
    Sunnyvale, CA 🇺🇸
    March 3, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Script (2023 - Season 13)
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    December 9, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Script (December First Edition)
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    December 9, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best International Screenwriter (December First Edition)
  • Hollywood on the Tiber Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    April 6, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (March 2023)
  • Berlin Shorts Award
    Online Event 🇩🇪
    March 27, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Script (March 2023)
  • Horror Bowl Movie Awards
    Chandigarh, Punjab, India 🇮🇳
    November 16, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Thriller Script (Edition XI, 2022)
  • Phoenix Shorts
    North York, ON 🇨🇦
    December 26, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Unproduced Script (December 2022)
  • Tokyo International Short Film Festival
    Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
    February 4, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (January 2023)
  • L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    April 1, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Writer (Europa Gold Award) (Spring 2023)
  • Mexico City Grand Festival
    Mexico City, Mexico 🇲🇽
    February 27, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - TBA
  • After Hour Film Festival
    Online Festival
    January 9, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Horror Screenplay (Season 7)
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
    Pune, Maharashtra 🇮🇳
    October 22, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay/Special Jury Award - Best Writer
  • Druk International Film Festival
    Punakha, Paro 🇧🇹
    November 16, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script
  • Cult Critic Movie Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    October 28, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Screenplay (Outstanding Achievement Award)
  • Knight of the Reel Awards
    Hyderabad, Telangana 🇮🇳
    November 22, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script/Outstanding Achievement Award (Oct - Nov, 2022)
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    November 3, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Scriptwriting (Cine Vision Award) (Season 6) (August - October)
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    November 3, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay (Cine Vision Award) (Season 6) (August - October)
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    February 28, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Outstanding Achievement Award) (January 2023-February 2023)
  • TRILOKA INTERNATIONAL FILMFARE AWARDS
    Balaclava, Wellington, Tamil Nadu 🇮🇳
    November 10, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenplay (Feature Film)
  • Filmzen International Film Competition
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    February 26, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Drama (January-February 2023)
  • Filmzen International Film Competition
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    February 26, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Original Screenplay (January-February 2023)
  • Cooper Awards
    Odesa, Ukraine (Online Event) 🇺🇦
    December 1, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Screenwriter Feature Film
  • INDO FRENCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Pondicherry, India 🇮🇳
    March 8, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script/Screenplay (February 2023)
  • Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards
    Kolkata, West Bengal
    February 9, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Best Feature Script (Outstanding Achievement Award) (January 2023)
  • Bridge Fest
    Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦
    November 12, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - Screenplay (Grand Monthly Winner) November 2022
  • The North Film Festival
    Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
    February 24, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER/❤️ HONORABLE MENTION - Outstanding Script Feature (2023)
  • Indie Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival
    Apopka, FL 🇺🇸
    October 9, 2023
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - (🥈 2nd Place) Best Feature Script
  • 1st Monthly Film Festival
    Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸
    October 21, 2022
    🏆 AWARD WINNER - (🥈 2nd Place) Best Feature Script - September 2022
  • Washington Film Festival
    Washington, DC 🇺🇸
    February 27, 2024
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Screenplay
  • Hollywood Gold Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    October 5, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Script
  • Gorst Underground!
    Port Orchard, WA 🇺🇸
    August 30, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Exploitation Screenplay
  • Lit Scares International Horror Festival
    Harrogate, North Yorkshire 🇬🇧
    August 6, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Los Angeles Movie Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    May 7, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Script
  • The International Horror Hotel
    Strongsville, OH 🇺🇸
    April 20, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Script
  • Frights! Camera! Action! Screenplay and Film Contest
    Online Event
    April 12, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Screenplay (April 2023)
  • Thrills And Chills Film Awards
    Online Festival
    October 25, 2022
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Unproduced Script (Feature)
  • Silver Mask Live Festival (Los Angeles)
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    October 26, 2022
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Adbhooture Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    November 22, 2022
    ❤️ Special Mention - Best Horror Screenplay (Below 120 Pages)
  • GLIFF - Golden Lemur
    Lisabon, Portugal 🇵🇹
    February 5, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Monthly Future Of Film Awards
    Ohrid, Macedonia 🇲🇰
    October 31, 2022
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Script
  • Snow Leopard International Film Festival
    Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
    November 13, 2022
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Screenplay
  • New York Tri-State International Film Festival
    Online Event
    December 25, 2022
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature (Long) Script
  • Roma Short Film Festival
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    February 6, 2023
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Script
  • Golden Giraffe International Film Festival
    Nice, France 🇫🇷
    October 26, 2022
    ❤️ Honorable Mention - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Shockfest Film Festival
    Online Event
    December 2, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Northeast Film Festival Horror Fest
    Teaneck, NJ 🇺🇸
    November 12, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Screenplay (Unproduced)
  • The North Film Festival - New York City
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    October 24, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Script Feature Film
  • Denver Movie Awards
    Denver, CO (Online Event) 🇺🇸
    June 2, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Screenwriting (June 2023)
  • MAGMA Hawaii International Festival Of Independent Cinema
    Online Event 🇺🇸
    April 19, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Horror Screenplay
  • MAGMA Hawaii International Festival Of Independent Cinema
    Online Event 🇺🇸
    April 19, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Semi-Professional Screenplay
  • MAGMA Hawaii International Festival Of Independent Cinema
    Online Event 🇺🇸
    April 19, 2023
    🟠 Nominee - Best Original Concept/Screenplay
  • Festigious Los Angeles - Monthly Film Competition
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    December 30, 2022
    🟠 Nominee - Screenplay Contest - Features
  • Digital Griffix Film Awards
    Montreal, Quebec 🇨🇦
    December 17, 2022
    🟠 Nominee - Best Screenplay Feature Film
  • Swedish International Film Festival
    Arvika, Sweden 🇸🇪
    November 7, 2022
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Script
  • 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
    Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩
    November 7, 2022
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Script
  • Beyond The Curve International Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    December 8, 2022
    🟠 Nominee - Best Feature Script or Screenplay (November 2022)
  • Boston Horror Comedy Film Festival
    Boston, MA 🇺🇸
    December 4, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • HorrorFest International
    St. George, UT 🇺🇸
    October 3, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Video Nasties Genre Film Festival
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    October 2, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Script
  • Be Afraid Horror Fest
    Gorizia, GO, Italy 🇮🇹
    October 2, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Horror Feature Screenplay
  • The Magic of Horror
    Richmond, VA 🇺🇸
    September 27, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • The New York Independent Film Festival
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    September 12, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • A Night Of Horror International Film Festival
    Sydney, NSW 🇦🇺
    August 14, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Unproduced Feature Screenplay
  • Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    July 21, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature-Length Screenplay
  • HYBRID GENRE AUSTRALIA: Melbourne Film Awards
    Melbourne, VIC 🇦🇺
    July 20, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - GREEN-LIST SCRIPT COMPETITION: TV/Feature Screenplay
  • HYBRID GENRE FRANCE: Marseille Film Awards
    Marseille, France 🇫🇷
    June 13, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - RED LIST Screenplay Competition - Best Feature Script
  • WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
    Houston, TX 🇺🇸
    April 23, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Screenplay (Horror/Thriller/Mystery)
  • WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
    Houston, TX 🇺🇸
    April 23, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay/Scripts
  • The Strange Days Horror Fest
    Online Festival
    February 5, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Atlanta After Dark Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    April 12, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Horror Screenplay (Spring 2023)
  • Austin After Dark Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    April 2, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Texas Screenplay Award (Spring 2023)
  • 13HORROR.COM Film & Screenplay Contest
    Online Festival
    November 15, 2022
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Visionfest Screenwriting Competition
    Online Event
    December 3, 2022
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Art Film Awards - Monthly Competition
    Skopje, North Macedonia 🇲🇰
    October 31, 2022
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Script
  • Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival
    Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
    November 2, 2022
    🟦 Finalist - Best Original Script
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
    Athens, Attica, Greece 🇬🇷
    November 4, 2022
    🟦 Finalist - Best Original Script
  • Stafford Film Festival
    Stafford, UK 🇬🇧
    January 2, 2023
    🟦 Finalist - Best Feature Script
  • London International Monthly Film Festival
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    November 8, 2022
    🟦 Finalist - Best Original Script
  • ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition
    Beverly Hills, CA 🇺🇸
    January 24, 2024
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • DaVinci International Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    January 10, 2024
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Sunvale Screenplay Contest
    Online Event
    December 30, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Horror/Thriller/Drama
  • Chicago Screenplay Awards
    Online Event 🇺🇸
    December 16, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay (September 2023)
  • Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
    Providence, RI 🇺🇸
    July 29, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Screenplay
  • Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition
    Online Event
    June 16, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Santa Cruz Independent Film Fest
    Santa Cruz, CA 🇺🇸
    April 9, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Unproduced Script
  • Santa Monica Film Awards
    Santa Monica, CA 🇺🇸
    April 5, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Unproduced Script/Best Script
  • Film Fest LA Live
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    October 31, 2022
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Screenplay
  • MidWest WeirdFest
    Eau Claire, WI 🇺🇸
    February 10, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Renegade Film Festival
    Atlanta, GA 🇺🇸
    January 7, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Vancouver Movie Awards
    Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦
    February 4, 2023
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Unproduced Script
  • Paris International Short Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    December 1, 2022
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Unproduced Script
  • Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards
    Philadelphia, PA 🇺🇸
    December 19, 2022
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Horror Screenplay Feature
  • Robinson Film Awards (International Film Festival)
    Poggiomarino, Campania 🇮🇹
    December 28, 2022
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Script
  • Los Angeles Crime And Horror Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    November 5, 2022
    🟥 Semifinalist - Best Feature Screenplay/Best Horror Feature Screenplay
  • Reno Tahoe Screenplay Contest
    Online Event 🇺🇸
    December 31, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Feature Screenplay (2023 Season)
  • Los Angeles CINEVERSE Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 10, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Screenplay
  • Los Angeles CINEVERSE Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 10, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Writer
  • Portland Screenplay Awards
    Portland, OR 🇺🇸
    May 17, 2023
    🟪 Quarterfinalist - Best Feature Screenplay (June 2023)
  • Polish International Film Festival
    Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱
    November 29, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Miraban UK Film Awards
    London, UK 🇬🇧
    November 13, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Film Script
  • Melbourne Lift-Off Film Festival
    Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
    November 9, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script, Screenplay or Teleplay
  • Miami Screenplay Awards
    Miami, FL 🇺🇸
    November 1, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay (Sept. 2023)
  • Red Dirt Film Festival
    Stillwater, OK 🇺🇸
    October 22, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Yucca Valley Film Festival
    Yucca Valley, CA 🇺🇸
    October 15, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Script
  • South Carolina Underground Film Festival
    Columbia, SC 🇺🇸
    October 5, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Length Screenplay
  • Boston Screenplay Awards
    Boston, MA 🇺🇸
    September 25, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Castellabate Film Festival
    Castellabate, Salerno 🇮🇹
    September 25, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival
    Newton, MA 🇺🇸
    September 13, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay (Feature Length)
  • Wallachia International Film Festival
    Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴
    September 9, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Silicon Beach Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    September 7, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Austin Under The Stars Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    September 7, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay: Narrative Feature
  • Austin Under The Stars Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    September 7, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay: Horror Feature
  • Vancouver Independent - International Film Festival
    Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦
    September 7, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay/Best Thriller/Best Horror/Best Drama/Best Screenwriter
  • The Macoproject Film Festival
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    August 31, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Lebanese Independent Film Festival
    Beirut, Lebanon 🇱🇧
    August 13, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script
  • Austin Spotlight Film Festival
    Austin, TX 🇺🇸
    August 7, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay: Narrative/Best Feature Screenplay: Horror
  • Vegas Shorts
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    July 27, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Marina del Rey Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    June 6, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Burbank International Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    May 26, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay (Original & Adapted)
  • Marseille CINEVERSE Film Festival
    Marseille, France 🇫🇷
    May 16, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Your Way International Film Festival
    Birkirkara, Malta 🇲🇹
    April 23, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay/Best Original Screenplay/Best Unproduced Screenplay
  • The Fantasy Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    April 15, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Medium/Feature Script
  • Berlin International Art Film Festival
    Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
    April 1, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay/Unproduced and Produced
  • Chicago Indie Film Awards
    Chicago, IL 🇺🇸
    March 28, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Unproduced Script
  • Geneve Awards
    Geneve, Switzerland 🇨🇭
    February 4, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script
  • Seoul International Short Film Festival
    Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷
    April 4, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Script
  • Golden Draft Awards - New York
    New York, NY 🇺🇸
    December 30, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Moody Crab FIlm Fest
    Moga, Punjab 🇮🇳
    October 19, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Liber Films International Festival
    Athina, Greece 🇬🇷
    February 21, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay/Best Original Screenplay/Best Script Unproduced
  • Colortape International Film Festival
    Brisbane, Queensland 🇦🇺
    October 23, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Script Writing (Screen)
  • Silver State Film Festival
    Las Vegas, NV 🇺🇸
    October 23, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Rome Prisma Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    October 6, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Monthly Picks (September) - Best Feature Screenplay/TV Script
  • Fox International Film Festival
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    October 25, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Los Angeles Film Awards
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    November 15, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • BRAZIL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Online Event 🇧🇷
    November 1, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay Feature
  • Onyko Films Awards
    Odesa, Ukraine 🇺🇦
    November 3, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenwriter Feature Film
  • Rome Prisma Film Awards
    Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
    November 4, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay / TV Script
  • Brno Film Festival
    Brno, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
    January 25, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Grand Prix: Best Feature Script/Best Horror Screenplay/Best Thriller Screenplay (2022/23 Winter Edition)
  • WIFF Film Festival
    Phoenix, AZ 🇺🇸
    November 8, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Script
  • Black Swan International Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    January 17, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script
  • Crown Wood International Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    November 6, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Script/Screenplay
  • Horrors4You
    London, UK (Online Event) 🇬🇧
    January 1, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Script
  • Culver City Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
    November 30, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay/Screenplay Competition
  • Florence Film Awards
    Florence, Italy 🇮🇹
    December 4, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Script
  • Europe International Film Festival
    Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
    February 24, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Fusion Awards
    Toronto, ON 🇨🇦
    December 13, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Feature Screenplay
  • Paris Shorts Film Awards
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    December 16, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Unproduced Script
  • Kalakari Film Fest
    Dewas, Madhya Pradesh 🇮🇳
    February 13, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Story/Script Writing
  • Virgin Spring Cinefest
    Kolkata, West Bengal 🇮🇳
    December 28, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Screenplay
  • Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival
    Manchester, UK 🇬🇧
    February 28, 2023
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Scripts & Screenplays (2023)
  • Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival
    Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
    October 13, 2022
    🌟 Official Selection - Best Scripts and Screenplays (2023)
Writer Biography - Jesse Dorian

ADD/bipolar screenwriter/actor/editor/film director/songwriter/composer/musician, community college dropout, with dumb little gothpop music project on the side; also (as of 2022) newly a small e-commerce business owner, and apparel designer (LostScorpion/LostScorpion Apparel).

Had one full-on manic episode/nervous breakdown in 2012… years later, came out on the other end with an unfinished, 95% completed feature film/directorial effort that never saw the light of day-- plus, 5 separate story ideas that in 2021, would be revised competently into 5 different, coherently-readable documents... er, better yet-- 5 professionally-organized feature-length film screenplays.

Endgame is to station in Los Angeles and focus on acting and music. Would also excel as a writer/actor, and would ideally fit in writing/producing/directing independent projects for distributors A24, NEON... with long-time mainstream prospects including creation of/writing/producing/directing franchise and world-building feature film projects for Universal Studios.

Has 2 rescue cats named Fred and Caramels.

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Writer Statement

Winner of 94 AWARDS, 16 Honorable Mentions, with an additional 107 Nominations, Finalist, and Official Selection accolades — and counting, the currently unproduced feature film screenplay 'As Scared As You' is the 3rd out of 4 screenplays in a Quadrilogy of unrelated stories I had originally outlined, all during a manic episode (at that time yet-to-be diagnosed Bipolar I).

'As Scared As You' is a genre mashup that purposely avoids placing well-intentioned, conventional characters front and center because — it's predictable, and we've already seen that a million times.

As a story, it’s cold, and it’s mean.

Essentially, there are no heroes in 'As Scared As You.' It's an all-human reverse-home invasion horror/thriller freak show with no one to believe in, in the ensemble of murderers, monsters and villains.

Be less surprised by the level of carnage in 'As Scared As You,' and instead, be more surprised if there’s actually a developed character in 'As Scared As You' for the general audience to root for.

'As Scared As You'
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